User talk:87.194.26.232

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from Wikipedian: Rd232 talk 21:32, 24 November 2005 (UTC)


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. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.199.42 (talk • contribs)


You have been blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. The block is for a period of 24 hours. If you wish to make useful contributions, you are welcome to come back after the block expires. --Nlu 09:20, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Sorry, we were probably a little hasty with the temporary block on this account this morning, as there is a good chance that you weren't aware of Wikipedia's guidelines on adding external links. The problem is that adding a lot of links to one website is usually considered spam linking (see Wikipedia:Spam) and it can take a bit of work for other editors to remove them all. Looking at your past good edits on gardening related subjects, I feel sure that your links to gardenvisit.com were well intentioned. As such I've lifted the block and invite you to continue editing, but please don't add any more links to gardenvisit.com for the moment.

In general, Wikipedia prefers not to link to external sites — we would much rather have the information contained within the encyclopedia where it can grow over time. It is not always easy to decide when an external links is the best approach, you might like to check over the further guidelines at Wikipedia:External links, or feel free to drop me a note on my talk page for any further advice. -- Solipsist 16:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)