[WikiEN-l] Original research

[William Vogeler]

Hi Jimmy:

As a new user at Wikipedia, I created a journal for Amateur Astronomy at Academic Publishing Wiki. I was encouraged by the project because it is a forum for original research in a Wiki environment.

I then linked from Wikipedia articles to Academic Publishing Wiki and the journal I created there, but I was reprimanded by Wiki editors who said that I had violated policies against promoting websites and spamming. I tried to reason with the editors about it, but they unanimously concluded that it is against Wikipedia policy to allow links to Academic Publishing Wiki.

I invite you to review the debate at my discussion page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Wvogeler. If you feel so inclined, I would appreciate your thoughts on the subject. Thank you.

Sincerely,

WVogeler