User talk:125.22.241.130
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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. Mwanner | Talk 18:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Would request you to let me know which of the links that i have added is a personal websites, site with which am affiliated, and is intended to promote a product. Thankyou —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 125.22.241.130 (talk)
- The links you added promote the website ecologyfund.com. You'll notice there is a full stop after nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. The list of types of websites that are inappropriate is (as it says) not comprehensive. The external links guidelines are clear that external links should contain encyclopedic information. If you wish to edit Wikipedia please ensure you are working towards our mission of building a great GFDL encyclopedia. And not merely trying to steer Wikipedia readers to another website. --Siobhan Hansa 13:33, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
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1. The website ecologyfund.com devote the resources they generate to a philanthropic cause. It is not a for-profit organisation. 2. Regarding the website being an encycopedia - In its niche area, that website indeed have a lot of resources related to the area it operates, as you can find by yourself if you visit the website. 3. While putting that link indeed has an objective of garnering the attention of Wikipedia reader, that is not the end of it. The objective of putting that link is to let the Wikipedia reader know that there is a website which is giving an opportunity for even a lay-man to be part of creating a better world. And inviting the common man to be part of this cause which do not require them to pay any financial resources. Hence we need to move ourselves away from the marketing definition that the word "promotion" is usually associated with. 4. By the way, i have no commercial affiliations to this website/organisation, neither have i communicated with any of the people behind the website/organisation. 5. Hence i request you to re-assess your decision. Thanks and Regards. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 125.22.241.130 (talk) 02:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
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