User talk:Cvlpennington

Hello, Cvlpennington! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by using four tildes (~~~~) or by clicking if shown; this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Dirk Beetstra T C 15:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: Edit a page • Upload and use images • Create your first article Intuitive guide to Wikipedia • Article Creation Wizard Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Help desk: A Wiki Styled page to ask questions on Help directory: A comprehensive list-style help contents page Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons List of policies • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism • List of guidelines Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Simplified manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Peer review • Featured content Miscellaneous User pages • Talk pages Awards a registered contributor can achieve and award Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

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It would be of much more benefit to the readers of WIkipedia if you were to add content to articles using the BGS articles as a reference rather than simply adding multiple links. I'm sure your intentions are well meaning but ultimately the repeated addition of links to Wikipedia is unwelcome. --Simple Bob (talk) 13:45, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I disagree that the addition of the links is unwelcome, the BGS is underlinked in en.wiki, in my opinon. So far I see BGS links to specific information relevant to the article. Although it would be more useful to add information to the article and reference it to the BGS. --Kleopatra (talk) 14:25, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Dear Cvlpennington. I see you are adding external links to many pages, and that above there are comments regarding that. I do share some of the concerns with these editors, in that some of the linking is inappropriate on the pages where they are added. I have left you a welcome template above, but I am going to point you specifically to a couple of our guidelines and policies which are of interest to mass additions of external links:

• The external links guideline - shows what external links are welcome, which to be considered, and which to avoid; I am afraid you trigger some of the points in the avoid area on (quite) some additions.
• One part of 'What Wikipedia is not' - we are not an internet directory and
• Another part of 'What Wikipedia is not' - not a repository;
• Our conflict of interest guideline - I presume you are involved in the site - which does not forbid you to edit in the subject, but I do ask you to show care with that.
• and to a lesser extend - you behaviour can be interpreted by some as spamming.

I hope this helps, if you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 15:17, 10 November 2010 (UTC)