User talk:K5hwk1959

Edited the Kilt page to add a Kilt Discussion forum in the External Links section. K5hwk1959 (talk) 23:04, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello K5hwk1959 and welcome to Wikipedia. I've removed the links you added to the Kilt article. I did this because you can see in the guidelines of external links, Wikipedia is not a links directory. External links should provide access to material that cannot be added to the article, for reasons such as copyright, but are encyclopaedic. Discussion forums do not fall into this category. Thanks. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 23:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your message. If you want to educate people about kilts you would be best assisting to improve the Kilt, and related articles. The purpose of Wikipedia is to be an encyclopaedia that informs and educates, not to be a link directory for other websites that may inform and educate. If you look at guidelines, you'll see at among the list of links to be avoided;

#1 Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article.
#10 Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace and Facebook), chat or discussion forums/groups (such as Yahoo! Groups), Twitter feeds, USENET newsgroups or e-mail lists.

I think that the links you have added fall into both these categories. However, if you believe the links provide something above and beyond what these guidelines suggest, please put your reasoning on the article's Kilt talk page where it can be discussed. Thanks. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 20:59, 23 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You shouldn't be worried or embarrassed by having your edits removed. Don't take it personally. It happens to everyone. As the notes say at the bottom when you edit a page; "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it."

But if you're looking for some feedback on what you intend to add, beforehand, then the article's talk page is the place to do it. Your contributions will not be removed, as long as it's about improving the article. Other interested editors can then give you some feedback before you edit the article. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 16:23, 24 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is any template you can use, if that's what you mean. Best help you can get is to read the Layout guidelines and Manual of style. If you want to try things out first you can use your own personal sandbox. This is a page that I've just created for you under your own user space. You can experiment here without disturbing anything or anyone else. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 21:14, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]