User talk:66.54.159.146

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Please stop adding spam to Wikipedia (see WP:EL). --—R. Koot 11:33, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

This concerns your linking to Algogeek in articles related to puzzles. Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. — mark 21:15, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


Its not spam!! How do you define it.
There are already links which can be classified as spam then. Aren't external links supposed to pointing to external sites. Do you scrutinize each site listed in external links? What is your criteria. I see that there are already commercial and private sites listed there. Why don't you take them out as well?
Your review process is totally wrong, I see that there is this link Origami Snowflake Puzzles - Created by Rick Nordal. This page doesn't even exist. You guys should focus more on such things than picking on one website. My site is not at all spammy and I am taking efforts to make it.
Thanks for responding. Please read the links in the text above for some relevant definitions and guidelines on what kind of links we generally welcome in encyclopedia articles. In this case, the Algorithm Geeks site doesn't really 'provide a valuable service to our readers'. Its purpose is 'to create a community of algorithm enthusiasts' and there are thousands of sites like that out there. There is no reason for a general encyclopedia to include a link to this site in its articles on puzzles. Since you have been adding it to several articles, it qualifies as spam.
The fact that there might be other external links that probably shouldn't be there doesn't help, of course. I'll review the other sites. — mark 21:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

How do you defined 'valuable services to our readers'? There are already thousands of sites on algorithm, then why does wiki has it too? Your justification is not enough. I feel that my site DOES provide valuable platform to users and I have already added it again.

Again see this example : http://www.alg osort.com/ By your defination this too should qualify as commercial site. What is on this site? Links to .edu websites? What value it adds to users by collecting already present information. And did you noticed the advertisments on it????? Too many questions, I will see what you can answer

Thanks for pointing that one out. You are right, it needs to go too, and I just removed it. Currently reviewing some other ones. Have also placed a warning on Talk:Puzzle, since there are an awful lot of links there, too. — mark 21:34, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
I note that you just have registered. Thanks for that, it makes communication easier. I'm copying the discussion to your talk page, if you don't mind. — mark 21:39, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Linkspamming again

Stop linkspamming the Bollywood-related articles, please. I am going to revert all your spam, so the spamming is just a waste of your time and mine. Zora 01:19, 8 March 2006 (UTC)