User talk:Francesca Rheannon

Welcome!

Hello, Francesca Rheannon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! The Ogre 16:16, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding external links

Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, one or more of the external links you added to the page Dennis Lehane 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.--ShelfSkewed Talk 19:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Answer to question

When your contributions consist exclusively of adding your own external links to articles, you are, perforce, a spammer. Whenever a mass addition of links by an editor who only adds links to the same website is noticed, it is (or should be) reverted. Wikipedia is not a mere repository of links, no matter how appropriate. It's an attempt to create a collaborative encyclopedia, the content of which is produced by continuous discussions and negotiations among contributing editors. So, please, by all means participate: Offer your links on the talk pages of the relevant articles and join the discussion.--ShelfSkewed Talk 17:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll admit to being a little confused by your questions, but I'll just forge ahead with my advice: The way to add your links to an article is to first propose them on that article's Talk page. For example, if you want to add a link to the article Junot Díaz, then on the page Talk:Junot Díaz you would start a new section offering your link and briefly describing (stick to facts, and stay away from PR-type prose) why you think the link would make a good addition to the article. If, after a reasonable amount of time (5 days is standard), no one has objected, then you can add the link to the article--and make sure that you mention the Talk page proposal in your edit summary so that other editors can see what you're doing. Even then, however, I can't guarantee that another editor won't remove them. Some editors take a hard-line against any conflict-of-interest additions. On the other hand, often just mentioning the link on the talk page will bring it to the attention of a regular contributor to an article and that editor will add the link for you. I know it all seems roundabout and bureaucratic, but the idea is to discourage the hit-and-run addition of external links. Otherwise every article would soon be overwhelmed by them. P.S. Smilies not only allowed but encouraged here :-)--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:46, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. On many keyboards, the tilde is entered by holding the Shift key, and pressing the key with the tilde pictured. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 18:18, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Eliot Spitzer

Unsourced material should not be added to articles about living people. If you have a source, fine, until then, I have reverted your edits. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 17:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, as long as it's reliably-sourced. We have to be careful about these things. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 17:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can actually revert to your previous version by clicking the History tab, pick the current and your last version, then click "Restore this version" on the left. This will revert to your text, but you will need to keep a copy of your references first, otherwise they will be out of step. I'll keep an eye on it for you. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 17:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]