Misplaced Pages

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This is your only warning; if you insert a spam link to Misplaced Pages again, as you did at Deborah Houlding, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted, preventing anyone from linking to them from all Wikimedia sites as well as potentially being penalized by search engines.

All contributions of this user have consisted of adding external links to the same website WP:SPAMMER. MakeSense64 (talk) 08:27, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Please check my history to see that's only the case for yesterday and then see comments I made on the Dennis Elwell and Deborah Houlding pages - can you then remove my spam-tag? thanks Clooneymark (talk) 12:24, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Not true. On August 4, 2007 you came in and did the same thing. Added external links to 8 different articles, and all these links were going to the very same website. That's about the only editing you did till yesterday, adding external links to (your?) website. That's considered external link spam. See WP:SPAMMER , and the paragraph with instructions how to warn a spammer. Quoting: If an editor spams numerous articles in a systematic fashion, they may be warned with 'subst:uw-spam4im' as the only warning that they will receive before they are blocked. -- Before editing WP you better read WP:NOT and some other guideline pages MakeSense64 (talk) 07:30, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

From 'My Contributions':

08:44, 30 March 2011 (diff | hist) m Ptolemy ‎ (→Astrology: Inserted reference tags around citation instead of bracketsClooneymark (talk) 08:00, 3 June 2011 (UTC))

09:41, 29 March 2011 (diff | hist) m Knights Templar ‎ (Added link to Jerusalem Misplaced Pages page)

Don't be stupid its not my website. Is Misplaced Pages your website? You act as if it is. That site has all the best info on that subject with the best refernces and follow up info so please check it out for yourself befor jumping to conclusions. The funny part is that you took the refrence to the site off the page off Deborah Houlding. Read the discussion there and on the Dennis Elwell page and please answer my comments fairly without aggression. Fair enough if you made a mistake and jumped the gun but you should have explained if you had concerns not issued me a threat before even saying hello.When I added my well chosen and informative links that was my way to contribute to Misplaced Pages by making links between two of my favourite sources of information. Clooneymark (talk) 08:00, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Contributing to WP is not about adding external links, improving the article is about improving the article. -- If 'that site' has quoting you: the best info on that subject with the best refernces , then it is those references we need in the articles here, not more external links to 'that site'. Also see WP:RELIABLE. -- Yes, you edited an article on two occasions, but you added external links consistently going to the same web domain on 10+ occasions. That makes you look like somebody who is using WP for self-promotion, see WP:SOAP. WP is not a directory or linkfarm. MakeSense64 (talk) 08:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

One difference between us is that I would show more discretion before rushing in with the hatchet. I don't go on your user page to publish derogatory remarks about what I think your comments make you look like. One more time - that web domain is a known and respected major source of reliable information. As per my comments on Dennis Elwell, the interview link showed an image of his birth chart and a whole stream of useful info about his life and work which demonstrates his notability. The page is requesting extra info to demonstrate his notability. So OK, I can add the info and then reference the site instead of placing a link to his interview in the external links section. But first clarify that you will not have a problem if I add, from a neutral point of view, relevant and verifyable information to the main page and then make a reference to the site where the information came from? Clooneymark (talk) 09:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)