User talk:Alpha 4615

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Reply:Darn you!

Thanks. You're doing good too. :) Chamal ^talk _work 12:20, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep editing :) Once you get some experience and a few hundred edits, you can get rollback here. Chamal ^talk _work 12:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your post

Hi there! With regard to your post at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. You posted in the right section, and in good faith, but as a rule, it's not a problem that they keep removing warnings. We have the ability to check the page's history, and issue blocks as appropriate. It's generally accepted that if they remove the warnings, it's simply proof that they've read and understood them. Because you've got the right idea, though, please accept this, from one user to another:

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Having checked your edits, I've noticed that you fight vandalism more than about 98% of the users I've seen. I'm very, very impressed, and I hope you keep up the good work. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 19:36, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Alleged Spam

I received your note claiming that I was "spamming" Wikipedia. I reviewed the spam rules and do not understand why you would say such a thing.

My website offers information on over 2400 musicians. The links I placed were to specific free information about each of them.

I see that Wikipedia permits IMDB, All Music Group and other commerical websites to post on as many pages as they like.

Wikipedia also uses a lot of information from my site. The least Wikipedia can do is permit links back to the source information.

MasterRecs (talk) 19:48, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is an issue with a neutral point of view and neutrality in general. You represent your company and are making direct links to each musician's profile on your page. It's feel a little bit like a conflict of interest to me. If an article uses information from your page, it SHOULD be cited and linked to in that case, per references guidelines; there's no need for an external link for it. Knippschild (talk) 19:51, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Does this mean we are in agreement that I am not spamming Wikipedia? I hope so.

Am sure you know how difficult it is to ensure that all your users ask and receive permission before posting information from other sites. I can't possibly monitor 2400 pages and keep up my site as well so appreciate your understanding of my use of links.

MasterRecs (talk) 19:56, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if you understood me correctly. Because you are the operator of the website, there's a bit of conflict of interest. Are you trying to boost your stats and hits or trying to improve Wikipedia as a whole? Also, because that information is posted publicly, I don't believe people need permission to CITE it. Knippschild (talk) 20:00, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to add additional information about each artist. My site ranks #3 on Google right below Wikipedia so my stats are very good.

Considering how often I ran into IMDB as an external link while adding links to my site, I believe IMDB is adding those listings--as are other site owners and oeprators.

Simply because something is posted publicly does not mean that it is okay to use it without permission. Copyright and intellectual property laws apply to the internet as well as other forms of distribution like music files or playing a song on the radio. Someone still created the work and deserves credit for it.

71.246.251.242 (talk) 22:02, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]