I concur. The links added were valuable resources for article development (and in one case used as a reference by another editor). They were not remotely inappropriate, nor were they advertising. See also my comments at the Wikiproject Spam talk page. Voceditenore (talk) 10:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Jamesfranklingresham has linked to the pages of a renowned British academic institution which, inter alia, gives free lectures on a variety of topics. I cannot see that any of his links are not germane to each topic. Administrator Hu12 has got this badly wrong and has blocked Jamesfranklingresham indefinitely without so much as a discussion or warning. Nunquam Dormio (talk) 10:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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{{unblock|I do not believe that any of my activities could possibly be counted as spamming, as the relevance and quality of the links I have posted will attest. I have posted numerous External Links to in-depth but accessible academic lectures specifically on the relevant subjects concerned with the Wikipedia articles. These have all been good additions to the quality of the relevant pages and have increased the on-line assets available to the researcher. Therefore, I have no doubt that any review of the content and relevance of my links will dispel any worries over the possibility of these links being considered as spamming.}}
You account has been unblocked by another administrator, I am a third so you are getting lots of attention. I can see how this series of edits might have come about in good faith and I have had a good look at this site you are linking to which I rather like. However please could you desist from linking to this site again. Please read WP:COI and WP:EL. The fact you have "gresham" in your user name presumably means you are linked to Greshams? The COI guidelines states in this case you should propose the links on article talk pages not add them yourself. Also just adding links to a site is not regarded by everyone as "helping". Wikipedia isn't a link directory: good links on topics really belong in the open directory or somewhere else not here (unless they are sources or particularly relevant). --BozMotalk13:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
On this Michael Hardy and I clearly disagree. Anyway, there is a simple process of appeal for blocks which you now understand. You also have seen links to policy statements which explain what you may and may not do. I am sure you can work it out from here. Welcome to Wikipedia. :) --BozMotalk14:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BozMo, I think you're leaping to conclusions. You seem to say there's a conflict of interest. But are you inferring that from anything more than a similarity of names? If so, you haven't investigated enough. But even if there's such a problem, it's only a reason to be cautious about certain pitfalls, not a reason not to post these links at all. They are relevant on-topic links. Michael Hardy (talk) 19:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A similarity between the James Franklin listed everywhere as communications officer for Gresham College and a user id of jamesfranklingresham? How strange of me to think there might be a link, indeed it is so obvious that it is almost a proof of good faith. I am in no doubt these were good faith additions and good quality ones too: I also think Hu12's actions were predictable in the circumstances. The community likes the links so I repeat as per WP:COI when it isn't just you work for but pretty much your job is publicising Gresham that proposing links on the talk page is correct etiquette. --BozMotalk19:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I presume Hu12's actions were done in good faith, but they were FAR too extreme. He didn't just say "You should be cautious in these situations were a conflict could reasonably be perceived"; he actually blocked the user and seemed to think Jamesfranklingresham's contributions were not in good faith. Isn't there a policy that Hu12 should have assumed good faith? Like sending him to prison when there was only grounds to suspect him of overdue library books. Michael Hardy (talk) 20:37, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A warmer welcome for you - with lots of useful links to help you
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James, I have emailed you with an offer of my help in contributing to Wikipedia. I do hope you haven't been put off by today's unfortunate incident. DuncanHill (talk) 16:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hopefully you'll remember me and the Gresham external links problems of a few months back. At the time I learned my lesson and have since been merely suggesting links on the chat pages of Wikipedia entries. This has worked for a handful of pages, but the majority seem to have had nothing happen to them (because, I'm sure, simply no one has seen them). (Good examples include: Steve Shirley, The Last Mughal and Thomas Gresham). The last thing want to do is cause the type of fuss I did last time, but it seems that clear that the Wikipedia pages would be really improved by the links, so I was looking for advice about whether I could be the one to post seemingly clear links such as these. (I come to you because you were against a Gresham person posting Gresham links, and also because you were helpful last time (thank you!)). Jamesfranklingresham (talk) 14:42, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done the three you mention anyway, they are good links. Ask me some more in a few weeks or ask someone else! DuncanHill might do a few given his comments last time --BozMotalk10:45, 6 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I missed the deadline! Oh dear. I had originally created the page because it seemed comparative to other lecture series at other institutions that received their own lecture page. The reputable sources, I presumed, were the external links to the online versions of the lectures themselves (being able to view the lecture itself seemed beyond doubt of the authenticity of the lecture existing). I thought that the notability would be sufficiently justified by the speakers themselves. But I bow to superior Wikipedia style awareness (thought I might move it to above the Will in the Gresham College article, where it seems better placed). Jamesfranklingresham (talk) 09:04, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for creating this article. I made some modifications according to our style and journal article writing guides. As a substantial new article, it is eligible for "Did You Know..." on AP's main page, so perhaps you should nominate it for that. Happy editing! --Randykitty (talk) 10:06, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! You have done a lot of work on the article. Thank you very much for doing that, and apologies for not getting it together better before and so not needing so much work from others! I will go through all your changes and learn for the next one I do. Thanks! Jamesfranklingresham (talk) 11:13, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I really enjoyed your article on Edward Faragher. Just beautiful. The prose is a little too artistic and not encyclopedia-like, but that made it fun to read. I am not sure if you're still blocked, but if not, I hope to read more new articles from you. Gold Broth (talk) 21:26, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
