Hello.
Please check
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homo_floresiensis&diff=0&…
It is about the removal of an external link to my site that I first inserted
in October. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homo_floresiensis&diff=695275…
The link is this:
http://portal.wikinerds.org/node/103
I insert only links that I truly believe are informational and I have no
interest to insert any bogus links. I truly believe that my report is
informational.
Please explain why it was considered inappropriate and give me a link to any
external links policies that you may have.
The link was removed by Adam Bishop. He contacted me through e-mail and I
answered promptly. I explained my concern that my link was removed because it
was pointing to a "competing" wikisite. He said that the link was spam
because it was pointing to my site.
Other links to my site removed by Adam Bishop have been featured on
Slashdot.org - check:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/28/1825218 and
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/19/174240 - Links to
wikinerds.org
that were featured on these Slashdot stories were added (and subsequently
removed by Adam Bishop) in this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software_Foundation_Europe - I have since
inserted links to the Slashdot stories because I believe that they are
informational.
All that happened the same day I decided to start contributing some of my
articles on Wikipedia (and thus relicensing some CC content under GFDL for
your use) - See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsync
I don't agree that I should not be allowed to post links to my site just
because it is mine. This isn't spam.
I post this message on the mailing list because I want a clear answer on
whether my link about Homo Floresiensis was spam or not. If the other admins
agree with me that self-linking is not spam then I would like Adam Bishop to
reconsider and post a public apology on his userpage stating that my link on
Homo Floresiensis was not spam. If you decide that the link was not
informational, I have no problem with this. But I truly believe that
describing it as spam was unfair. Adam Bishop stated in the History log of
the Homo Floresiensis article: "01:45, 12 Jan 2005 Adam Bishop (removing
spam)"
I also promise to not post any other external links without asking on the
mailing list or the village pump first.
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NSK
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