User talk:208.16.91.240

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[edit] June 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added to the page Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. —Gaff ταλκ 20:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you didn't make the edit, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Talk:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. Skinwalker 18:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your edits

Hello. Regarding your edits to the talk page of the SSRI article, the talk page guidelines generally discourage us from editing even our own comments after they're posted, particularly in ways which change the context. On the other hand, it's laudable that you wanted to tone down an abrasive post; the best way to do so, however, is to strike it out (using <s> and </s> tags) and, even better, to apologize rather than just deleting the post.

I'm sorry you find the rules here excessively bureaucratic; I feel the same way sometimes. However, your website likely doesn't meet the criteria in the external links guideline by virtue of advertising, etc. Nonetheless, these issues are generally decided by consensus on the article talk page. Meaning that it would be more effective to tone down your rhetoric and try to explain your position in a way that will be more convincing to other editors.

It's your choice whether to commit more time here, but if you do, please be aware that we try to promote civility, and some of your comments have crossed a line with regard to personal attacks against other editors. It's a common problem on articles one feels strongly about, but please tone down the language and work collaboratively, or you may end up being blocked from editing Wikipedia. MastCell Talk 19:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)