User talk:Dwcusc

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Credit help guide

Credit help guide has been proposed for deletion. Please review WP:CORP for relevant guidelines and improve the article if possible. NickelShoe 20:06, 12 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

March 2006

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. Monkeyman^(talk) 18:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question on External Links

HI Monkeyman, Question on external links. From what I read on the beginner's tutorials, we're encouraged to place the sites that we're using as sources for new content we add/edit into Wikipedia. I'm often using my site, the Credit Help Guide US, as this source. However it has been pulled twice by you when I list it. When content has been added/edited and then I list the site as a source, isn't that acceptable? Thanks for your help in me understanding. Dwcusc 00:49, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dwcusc. The link you are adding to articles (www.mone yadvance.us) is not a reference site, it is a click referral page. Please understand that we have a serious spam problem at Wikipedia. We are constantly under attack from advertisers who would love to get their links listed in our articles. Because of this, we have had to adopt a very strict external link policy and unfortunately there are very few links that warrant mention in the external links or references section.

Monkeyman^(talk) 03:22, 16 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 00:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VantageScore

Jamie, please do not remove the Credit Help Guide US link from the Source section of my articles. It adheres to Wikipedia guidelines in that the content I am helping to create is in part based on information on Credit Help Guide US (www.credithelpguide.us). This site, also according to Wikipedia guidelines, is free to all consumers and charges nothing for access to any of its content. Dwcusc 00:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jamie, explain to me how you feel the SOURCE link I placed is considered advertising? Real content was produced thanks in part to this FREE site. Where do you see signs of advertising? Dwcusc 00:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From the site: The site is trying to make a modest profit by promoting credit services. [1]. That site is certainly not the only source of information mentioned in that article. It's clearly a promotional site. Wikipedia is not for advertising. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 00:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]