User talk:DonThorntonJr

-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 17:15, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Deleting User Pages
I'm not sure what the rationale for deleting someone's user page could be but my user page User:DonThorntonJr has been deleted for being Spam(?)

I have placed an external link to my Linkedin profile page as place holder for future development and so that anyone that clicks on the link can find out who I am.
 * I have deleted it as spam. The only contribution is an offsite link. If this was a link to Wikipedia or other user space, fine.  If you were a regular contributor, it would be more tolerable. This looks like SEO bait for the linkedin profile. Please use interwiki links or become a more active member of the community to rationalize the need for such a link. --LauraHale (talk) 20:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

re:
I guess my explanation above was either ignored or not sufficient.

I am not currently a regular contributor but that may change in the future.

Since I have created the same content on all of the other wiki sites and so far there has not been any complaint I am wondering why I am not allowed to put an external link in MY user page?


 * Having looked at your contributions on other projects, I highly encourage you to create a user page that links to your user page on other projects. There is nothing wrong with having a user page and having external links to it. Many newbies start off by creating a user page.  Customizing your user space is fine, it is just the only link being to LinkedIn that makes it appear spam like. If you need or want assistance contributing to articles, we are happy to help.  If you would like to be interviewed, then you can post a request to the interview page.  There many ways you can contribute and have a customized user page without it just being a linkedin link. :) --LauraHale (talk) 20:40, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I have made very few contributions but I would like to so how do I create an inter-wiki link to my wikipedia user page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DonThorntonJr)? DonThorntonJr (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * A link to Wikipedia would be written like this:  w:User:DonThorntonJr
 * which produces: w:User:DonThorntonJr
 * --Pi zero (talk) 22:23, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi. I asked an English Wikipedia administrator if it was acceptable to have only a LinkedIn link as your English Wikipedia content. I was informed it was not, because it fails rule 2 of en.wp's User page guidelines. The reason it is acceptable there is probably because no one has noticed it yet, not because of any rule supporting it. I hope this answers your question. --LauraHale (talk) 20:43, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * as I mentioned above it is just a placeholder for now - if I can't put a simple external link in as a placeholder then maybe a pre-approved template for a user page should be provided as a way to get things started.  DonThorntonJr (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

not spam - User:Pi zero has violated Wikipedia:Blocking policy by punitively blocking my account DonThorntonJr on Wikinews.

from my Wikipedia page

This page is a work-in-progress and therefore should be treated as such - if you expect every user to create a fully populated user page then I suggest you provide a default template that can be easily "filled-in".
 * We routinely delete userpages that are used to advertise products, companies, people, causes, etc. However, a single link to another webpage that you control is acceptable (especially because it helps us to understand you better), so it's nowhere near being what Wikipedia policy considers speedy-deleteable spam.  Someone would have to show good evidence for interpreting your userpage as advertising at all; as I see it, you're doing nothing wrong.  Nyttend (talk) 01:27, 13 June 2013 (UTC)