User talk:Mookie25

September 2007

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 Sport psychology do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a mere directory 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, then 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. Burzmali 00:01, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Link removal

Hi - I got a message from user Burzmali about removing an external link I had added to a scholarly journal about decisionmaking and judgment in sport and exercise. Sorry; I can't figure out how to reply to him directly. Linking to a journal is not allowed; can someone clarify? Also, the history page indicates that my edit was identified as vandalism. Egads! Can someone help me understand that? I thought vandalism was more malicious than that. I wouldn't want the scourge of vandalism associated with my username. User:Mookie25 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mookie25 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that the links you have been adding aren't to a journal, they are to a page that attempts to persuade the viewer to buy the journal. That is considered spam as per Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided. I may have gone overboard with the vandalism flags, but I only left you the one warning on your talk page, which is all most people will read about your username. If you want to leave me a message, you can do it on my User Talk page at User talk:Burzmali or on your own talk page, as I tend to watchlist them for a while after leaving a message. Have a nice day, and don't get too worried about people reverting your edits, its usually nothing personal. Burzmali 03:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I have added my opinion and some tips at Talk:Sport psychology. Graham87 13:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)