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-With reference to your link spamming across a large number of pages.
-Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia; it is considered [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]. If you would like to experiment, use the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. Thank you. <!-- Template:Test2 (second level warning) -->  [[User:M100|M100]] 10:20, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
-[[Image:Stop hand.svg|30px|left]] This is your '''last warning'''. The next time you insert a [[Wikipedia:Spam|spam]] link, as you did in [[:Triumph Herald]], you ''will'' be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers will have their websites [[meta:Talk:Spam blacklist|blacklisted]] from Wikipedia. <!-- Template:Spam4-n -->  If you feel that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Triumph_Herald&diff=prev&oldid=76654390 edit I reverted] should not have been reverted, please contact me. -- [[User:Omicronpersei8|Omicronpersei8]] ([[User_talk:Omicronpersei8|talk]]) 22:53, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
-== September 27 ==
-[[Image:Stop hand.svg|30px|left]] This is your '''last warning'''. The next time you insert a [[Wikipedia:Spam|spam]] link, you ''will'' be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites [[meta:Talk:Spam blacklist|blacklisted]] from Wikipedia. <!-- Template:Spam4 -->  [[User talk:Thatcher131|Thatcher131]] 12:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
-Evening Thatcher, there seems to be a problem adding external links. I have read and understood the External links guideline and I am now somewhat confused. To give you an example; at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget you will see the "MG Midget Challenge" external link. This challenge is part of the MG Car Club Ltd and therefore a commercial bussiness offering its services. It seems to be allowed. Adding the "FISC EuroTour" link, I thought to do it right by calling the link "racing series" and put it last in the queue, so someone not interested in motorracing would not bother to click in the first place. Second; perhaps more important is that the FISC EuroTour is being organized by a non profit foundation run by volunteers only. No business, but people sacrificing their free time and hollidays in order to offer the historic motorsport freaks a good time at the legendary Formula One circuits of the past. So what help or advice can you offer me to make it work? Enjoy, [[User:81.206.231.18|81.206.231.18]] 19:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
-:Well, adding links is sensitive, and just because your links were reverted does not mean all the other links in a particular article are "good".  You can start by reading [[Wikipedia:Spam]] and [[Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided]].  The biggest problem is that you were adding the links to dozens of articles, not just one or two articles about F1 racing where it might be reasonable, but articles about cars where their connection to the present enterprise is tenuous at best.  I would suggest asking on [[Talk:Formula One]] to see if the editors there would agree to allowing a limited number of links on relevant racing articles; the fact that this is non-profit may help somewhat.  I would also describe the [[FISC Eurotour]] and see if you can get anyone interested in writing an article here about it.  Generally, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of things that ''are'' (important), not things that might be.  That you are still in the organizing stage will make it hard for people to accept an article but if you have been written up in significant motor sports magazines or newspapers this should provide the [[WP:V|verification]] needed to construct an article.  You could do it yourself, but I would say on the article talk page that you are affiliated with the org and would like help in writing a good article.  (Writing about your own org is pretty much viewed like [[WP:AUTO|autobiography]]; frowned upon but tolerated.)  If you can get the support to write and maintain an article you can use internal links where appropriate with less hassle.  (If you can't get support for an article now you probably will once the series has run some races and gotten coverage in independent media.)  Hope this helps. [[User talk:Thatcher131|Thatcher131]] 05:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)