User talk:Elliotz

January 2008[edit]

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I've noticed that you've been adding your signature to some of your article contributions, such as you did to Exercise machine. This is a simple mistake to make and is easy to correct. For future reference, the need to associate edits with users is taken care of by an article's edit history. Therefore, you should use your signature only when contributing to talk pages, the Village Pump, or other such discussion pages. For a better understanding of what distinguishes articles from these type of pages, please see What is an article?. Again, thanks for contributing, and enjoy your Wikipedia experience! Thank you. MKolt now 20:52, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, one or more of the external links you added to the page Stationary bicycle do not comply with our guidelines for external links and have been removed. Wikipedia is not a collection of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. MKolt now 20:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi There. My apologies. I didn't mean to do advertising, as was simply referencing the site where I found the information. This particular website has a lot of information about fitness equipment, and I thought it was right to show where I got the info from. I presume it is ok to add content on this subject without the links? Thanks, Elliot

Hi there Elliot. References are good, but it appears that you work for the company whose websire you're referencing. That makes your links look like WP:SPAM. There might also be an issue of conflict of interest when you edit articles related to your work. MKolt now 21:20, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]