Shadekiller

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Mwanner | Talk 16:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

External links

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Hi, i just want to say that i think you went a little overboard in erasing all of the external links as if it was spam. I see that you are trying to apply the guidelines of Wikipedia the best you can, but i think that you forgot to verify the sections where i added the links.

Since the link i added is a portfolio of an artist, an artist with a "dark theme" in fact, i think it fitted nicely in the "dark art" section and other related ones where i added it!

I think that you saw it as spam because i added the same link over a couple of sections, but since i'm a new user here, i'm also "learning" and the fact that i added only ONE link over a couple of page does'nt mean i'm spamming Wikipedia.

I also wanted to add other artists to theses sections, but you really did'nt give me a chance to add them because you judged me as a spammer.

I like the fact that you sent me the informations about the guidelines(since i'm a newbie) and would like to thank you for that. But still, i would like it if you would re-think some of the "erasing" you did!(Maybe the link in the "sketch" section was too much, i agree. Im sorry!)

Please answer this message, i am a great wikipedia fan and use it almost everyday, i dont want all of my "early" contributions to sink in the garbage can.

Thank you! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shadekiller (talk • contribs) 18:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC).Reply

Well, for starters, you added the same link to eight different articles. Also, links need to do more than "fit in nicely". Consider, for a moment, the number of artists in the world. Now imagine that we put links to each of them in each of our articles remotely related to their art. See the problem? Links need to be informative, and if they're going to provide examples of something, it should be the best possible example, preferably a substantial range of examples.

Finally, Wikipedia is being spammed pretty massively these days, so consider that any behavior that even remotely resembles spamming has a half-life of a day or less in general. In short, if you want your contributions to last, consider working on the contents of our articles, and limit your use of external links to exceptionally fine examples.

Happy editing! -- Mwanner | Talk 19:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

And while I'm at it Welcome!

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