User talk:CatAnna

March 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Stevie Nicks do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. freshacconcispeaktome 15:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to The U.S. vs. John Lennon. Wikipedia is not a collection 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 attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. 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. Thank you. freshacconcispeaktome 15:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Meditation. It is considered spamming and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, additions of links to Wikipedia will not alter search engine rankings. If you continue spamming, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. freshacconcispeaktome 15:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits.
The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Meditation, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing anyone from linking to them from all of Wikipedia. freshacconcispeaktome 15:58, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

April 2008

Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Tiger Ranch Cat Sanctuary, as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. --Geniac (talk) 02:24, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry about the major/minor edit thing. I assumed adding a quote from one of the news stories to clarify the text would be considered a minor edit. I'm still new at this. BTW, I am not associated with Tiger Ranch or their website; I'm just trying to get as many FACTS about this situation out there as possible. I'm also assuming that a link to the actual Tiger Ranch website would be welcome. CatAnna (talk) 05:00, 25 April 2008 (UTC)CatAnna[reply]

I understand you're still new at editing Wikipedia. Adding a quote is not a minor edit, no. When you add information to an article, please cite your sources and don't add information that isn't in the source that you provide. --Geniac (talk) 02:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

May 2008

Please don't simply copypaste text from copyrighted news articles. (See the notice at the bottom of the article; "Copyright ©1997 - 2008 PG Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.") See Wikipedia:Copyrights#Using copyrighted work from others; "...reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia. However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference." Doing this also creates quickly outdated text, such as "Testimony will continue today". In this case, "today" refers to April 29, when that article was written, and now it's May 6. See what I mean? --Geniac (talk) 16:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]