[WikiEN-l] External links and self-linking to my site

[NSK]

Hello.

Please check 
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homo_floresiensis&diff=0&oldid=9300527

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=6952756&oldid=6952087

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.

-- 
NSK
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