User talk:67.14.215.240

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[edit] Welcome

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You have been temporarily blocked from editing Wikipedia for continuing to add spam links. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. Persistent spammers will have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. Vsmith (talk) 02:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

This person above has continually deleted CONTENT APPROPRIATE MATERIAL in 2 articles pertaining to Magnet Cove, Arkansas....with the only explanation basically as "spammng". Last I checked, posting content with information regarding the topic is NOT spamming....perhaps the user who is doing this needs to be trained as to the proper use of internet terms. He has also blocked my IP, not even allowing me to discuss this with him on his talk page....definitely a way to weasel out the situation.

This is the exact type of behavior that has often made Wikipedia the subject of controversy on numerous web articles. I WOULD ask the deleter/banner exactly what he thinks the Magnet Cove area is, but as I said, he has no interest in disussing that. I DO know what the area contains. I live within a few miles of the area & have studied it, both in person & by literature, for years. The site that I was referencing, as is done on almost every well detailed Wiki entry, has information directly related to the geology & minerals of the area.

But, if it's more important to Wiki to let some "admins" show off their banning abilities, than actually let people add CONTENT APPROPRIATE MATERIAL to an article, then I guess my first impressions of the site are true & I doubt seriously if I'll be adding any useful information to a site that evidently doesn't want that information.

This user's request to have the autoblock on his/her IP address lifted has been DECLINED.

Spamming links to external sites

  • Decline reason:

You have not been autoblocked. However, you have been blocked directly as stated in your block log. Since you have not provided a reason for being unblocked, your request has been declined. You may provide a reason for being unblocked by adding {{unblock|your_reason_here}} to your talk page. -- Yamla (talk) 03:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

This blocked user (block log | autoblocks | rangeblocks | unblock | contribs | deleted contribs) has asked to be unblocked, but an administrator has reviewed and declined this request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy). Do not remove this unblock request while you are blocked.

Request reason: "The one who did the block...VSmith or something like that....has continually been deleting content appropriate material from 2 Magnet Cove articles. Instead of letting me ask him why he was being insistent upon others not adding related info to articles, he simply banned me so no discussion was possible. I have noticed similar problems related to him also, from others comments on his talk page, that he did much the same to. No excuse for this type behavior, simply because someone has the title of "admin". His excuse seems to be "spamming", when in reality, it was a reference link to a site with related information on the subject....commonly done on the great majority of good Wiki articles. These 2 concerned were barely 4 paragraphs each, both very vague, & the banner/deleter seems intent on keeping them that way."

Decline reason: "Actually, edits like this [1] do look like linkspam to me. What other people did in this case is really quite irrelevant to your block. — SQLQuery me! 12:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)"

Please make any further unblock requests by using the {{unblock}} template. However, abuse of the template may result in your talk page being protected.

[edit] You two win......

I see now, as in my first impressions from reading the numerous articles about Wiki on the net, that it is NOT am encyclopedia that "nyone can edit", but rather, one that only a certain "clique" can edit. I'll not be attempting to add any further SUBJECT RELATED CONTENT to any Wiki articles, since it's obviously not wanted or appreciated.

Since it's clar that a few??? people here have no idea what is actually in the articles on Wiki, I'll clue you in. Look at ANY well-written article on Wiki....notice the "references" near bottom?? Hummmm....same thing that I added...external SUBJECT RELATED CONTENT....wow!!!

Have fun with your dog & pony show here. Perhaps someday it might prove useful, when it actually decides that it WANTS information on the subject added to it.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.14.215.240 (talk • contribs) 13:17, 3 March 2008

Please read the Wikipedia policy and help page links provided in the previous messages. Continuallu ading links to external websites with which you may be affiliated will result in further and longer blocks and/or the site being blacklisted as a spam site. Adding external links is not adding content, you are most welcome to add actual content to the pages - but, note that the content must be supported by reliable sources and not be your original research. Thank you, Vsmith (talk) 13:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button Image:Signature_icon.png located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 06:40, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

You might also want to read Wikipedia:Five pillars, which makes it abundantly clear that "anyone can edit" is within the constraints of creating an encyclopedia of stated editorial standards ("Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, a vanity press ... or a web directory."). Gordonofcartoon (talk) 16:41, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How Wikipedia works

For a site as interesting as Magnet Cove, I just can't see why an individual who has nothing real to contribute to it, is allowed to constantly keep the article in question as basically a stub. Posting a link to an article that has a large amount MORE information that what Wiki currently offers is not "self-promotion"....it isn't like I make any money when someone visits the place. I've studied Magnet Cove for years & the info on that site is simply a gathering from many sources, put into one place for easy reference for anyone intersted in learning more about it. Doesn't matter now though really. My intention was to gradually introduce the content into the actual page, not just the external link section. With the knowledge that I have about the place, it would have made a fine Wiki-page eventually. But now, seeing how easy it is for a Wiki "admin" to simply delete others contributions as he sees fit, I have no interest in expanding the page. unsigned comment added by 67.14.215.240 (talk) 20:38, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

This is difficult to explain tersely, but I'll try.
A lot of new editors fall foul of issues like this, and it isn't the conspiracy you think, but a misunderstanding of how Wikipedia uses information.
Because anyone can edit Wikipedia, we have no way of properly checking how knowledgeable or authoritative any editor is personally. Instead, reliability of information is assessed from the reputation of the publications that an editor cites as the source of the information.
That's all it is. It's not enough to provide information: that information must be self-evidently reliable.
So, in the case of Magnet Cove, the peer-reviewed American Mineralogist is an excellent source. Rockhounding Arkansas is pretty good, as Mike Howard has a checkable reputation as an author and geologist, and there's a detailed article there citing verifiable publications. Magnet Cove Rocks, on the other hand, doesn't credit any sources; there is no way to tell from the site whether the information is likely to be accurate. Besides, there's so little text compared to the other two links, and the picture gallery appears to comprise generic examples rather than actual specimens from the location.
If, as you say, you know a lot about the area from studying many sources, why not expand the article citing those sources? (Obviously bear in mind that they have to be reliable third-party published sources, not unpublished personal knowledge). Gordonofcartoon (talk) 00:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)