User talk:209.59.32.222

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[edit] Re: Why are you deleting my links

You were adding the same link (for Mike Francesca and Mad Dog) to multiple articles, some of which were only tangentially relevant to the link — e.g. why should Don Imus' article contain a link to a Mike Francesca fan site? Please review WP:EL and WP:SPAM on effective use of external links. ... discospinster talk 14:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Just because your web page mentions the personalities, it doesn't automatically make it an appropriate link. Lots of websites mention Don Imus. The point of the External links is to direct people to further information on the subject, not to encourage them to come to your website. From WP:EL:
Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: it should be a simple exercise to show how the link is directly and symmetrically related to the articles subject. This means that there is both a relation from the website to the subject of the article, and a relation from the subject of the article to the website. For example, the officially sanctioned online site of a rock band has a direct and symmetric relationship to that rock band, and thus should be linked to from the rock band's Wikipedia article. An alternative site run by fans is not symmetrically related to the rock band, as the rock band has only indirect connections with that site.
... discospinster talk 14:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)