User talk:82.41.193.43

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Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Fraslet 16:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link to 1st scottish ibs support group

You wrote: "I note that you chose to remove several links from the wiki's IBS page including the one detailed, without any discussion and entirely based on your own judgement.

This is a link to a non-profit support group to help sufferers of this disease in Scotland, it is wholly appropriate for this link to be included in the wiki's IBS page as it provides an avenue for peer support to readers from Scotland."

Yes, I removed it just as you added it, without discussion, based entirely on your own judgement. But behind my judgement is the External links guidelines, mentioned in Fraslet's message above. (Incidentally, many consider it to be an act of vandalism to remove warning messages from your Talk page.) If you check the guidelines, you will see that Wikpedia is emphatically not a link directory. Your link may, indeed, be helpful to sufferers, but that is not what Wikipedia is here for-- Google, DMOZ and many other resources fill that need nicely.
Meanwhile, why not add your expertise to the contents of our articles? That is something we always need more of, while external links are often added by everyone who wants his or her organization to get a little more exposure. Imagine what our articles would look like if every local organization throughout the world added a link to their site.
Incidentally, new messages are ordinarily added to the end of Talk pages, not the beginning. And if you end your message with four tildes (~~~~), the system will add a dated "signature" for you.
So, I hope you decide to stick around and help improve our articles. Happy editing! -- Mwanner | Talk 21:15, 10 December 2006 (UTC)