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[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the spellcheck on Frisbee (ride)! -- Saberwyn 08:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
- And again at UFO (ride). I'm really having a shocker, aren't I? -- Saberwyn 10:56, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spam
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. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks.
- The club you readded after it was removed as spam is clearly selling memberships and other things. Adding it back was not a good idea, but you seem to be a newbie, so you get a one-time pass.
- Do not re-add it or you will be blocked. If you feel that is so good that it should be an exception, take it to talk. If you can convince an admin to add it back, I will leave it alone, but it may well be removed by other spam fighters. See Wikipedia:Project spam. Pollinator 07:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- It wasn't spam, but you're entitled to your opinion, please don't threaten to block me for having mine. --ericthefish 09:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blackpool Pleasure Beach 235 Club
Copied from User talk:Pollinator:
- I applaud your spam fighting vigour but I feel your actions and message on my talk page were just a little harsh and unwarranted, I had restored that link to the 235 club good faith. I have no connection with the club but I don't feel a link to it is spam, it's the official club of Blackpool Pleasure Beach with plenty of information that is pertinent to the article and of course it charges for memberships as you would expect with a club. Funnily enough Blackpool Pleasure Beach itself charges for park entry and is very much a commercial entity yet theres a link to that on the wikipedia page. Maybe I don't know enough about wikipedia external link policy, but I do think you should at least know a little about the links you so quickly remove. I won't add the link back myself, I've had my wrists slapped by you. Just be careful in future you'll put people off editing all together if you threaten to block people when they disagree with you. --ericthefish 09:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Generally, if a commercial enterprize is notable enough to have a page on Wikipedia, they get a free pass to one link to their official site, even if there is advertising. Otherwise, I don't mean to be harsh, but quickly re-adding a link when it's been deleted as spam immediately sets off the spam alarms. There are a lot of spammers making a lot of money off Wikipedia; they are persistent; and they don't care about the rules. Pollinator 16:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Note that I did not say you were a spammer, nor did I say you put the link there at first - just that you followed the pattern of spammers with your instant revert. And, sure, there's a lot of heat. In many of these cases the heat comes from someone's pocketbook being touched. Others are cases where someone has an overly high view of or great emotional involvement with his own page. In the cases of worthy pages that might be exceptions, be advised that we are working on a process where they can be reviewed by an impartial admin. You are welcome to initiate that if you wish. Contact an uninvolved admin and ask for a review. Then they can put the link back. It would be best to put an invisible note to that effect, of course.Pollinator 17:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Generally, if a commercial enterprize is notable enough to have a page on Wikipedia, they get a free pass to one link to their official site, even if there is advertising. Otherwise, I don't mean to be harsh, but quickly re-adding a link when it's been deleted as spam immediately sets off the spam alarms. There are a lot of spammers making a lot of money off Wikipedia; they are persistent; and they don't care about the rules. Pollinator 16:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] wikEd
Hi, I have seen that you are using the Cacycle editor extension. This program is no longer actively maintained in favor of its much more powerful successor wikEd.
wikEd has all the functionality of the old editor plus:• syntax highlighting • nifty image buttons • morefixing buttons • paste formatted text from Word or web pages• convert the formatted text into wikicode • adjustthe font size • and much, much more.
Switching to wikEd is easy, check the detailed installation description on its project homepage. Usually it is as simple as changing every occurrence of editor.js into wikEd.js on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page.
Cacycle 21:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
