User talk:DPMaster

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[edit] Template

Hi DPMaster, welcome to Wikipedia. I removed the links to the two articles you recently added to Template:Paraphilia as they're more sexual practices than paraphilias or fetishes. This makes me think though that it might be a good idea to make a separate template (similar to the Paraphilia one) for BDSM practices. I'll work on starting one and I'll let you know what I come up with. Cheers. Robotman¹⁹⁷⁴ 19:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, I've made that template at Template:BDSM and included it in a couple of articles. Feel free to edit it as you like. Robotman¹⁹⁷⁴ 20:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, the only change I made to Tit torture was to add that BDSM template. The change I made to the Paraphilia template was to remove 3 links to articles that have now been merged into another article. I also removed [[Tit torture from that template, as stated above. All these edits and links can be confusing at first, but hang in there. You'll get used to it soon enough. Happy editing. Robotman¹⁹⁷⁴ 23:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tit tourture

Hi DPMaster, sorry to hear about your problems. I think its unlikely that Wikipedia links are causing the problem. All links from Wikipedia to external site have rel=NOFOLLOW set on them automatically. This means that any PageRank effects from the Wikipedia article isn't taken into account by Google. Wikipedia articles tend to appear higher in Google's listings, so it could leapfrog above your site, but the most I would expect to see is the Wikipedia article at #1 and your site at #2. If that's the case it doesn't seem like a huge problem. If you've dropped lower than that, its I believe unlikely to be the Wikipedia article alone.

I'm afraid we wouldn't delete a Wikipedia article or alter it for the financial interest of a commercial site. That would not be in the interests of maintaining a neutral encyclopedia. However I don't think Wikipedia is to blame here anyway. Best, Gwernol 00:36, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'm afraid you are right. All text you add to Wikipedia is irrevocably licensed under GFDL. This means you have no more (or less) right to it than anyone else. Anyone can modify, copy or otherwise o what they want with it - even sell it to people. While its on Wikipedia, other editors are going to protect it from undue influence, as they should. Sorry, Gwernol 00:54, 7 April 2007 (UTC)