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== removed linkin park link page ==
Wikipedia is not allowing me to register a screen name. It freezes every time i try.
You removed my link to a page that contained a full radio discography of linkin park with samples, complaining that it was a commercial site. Linkin park is a commercial entity. All the other links are commercial. There is nothing for sale at the site I put up. It contains good, scholarly information that is not available in wikipedia. Did you even look at the page linked?
Please put my link back up so linkin park fans like myself can get to it.
Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.97.9 (talk • contribs) 11 May 2006.
:In response to your post on my talk page, I removed the links you added because they were spammed across multiple pages. Wikipedia is in need of more content, not more external links. Please see WP:SPAM for guidelines as to what's considered spam here at Wikipedia. Thanks --AbsolutDan (talk) 00:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
::I sent you a message to explain why the link I posted was not spam. You completely ignored what I said and responded by removing the other post post I made that same day.
::This seems like vengeance to me. Are you going to continue following me around because I legitimately protested your spam accusations? You don't like to be questioned?
::There is nothing scholarly about vengeance.
::And you were less than honest too. You said I "spammed across multiple pages." I only put up one link. The other link was already there. I edited it. There is nothing "multiple" about that.
::I have been participating in posting on wikipedia, putting up content and providing good links, for well over a year. Do you have my entire history available?
::I see that you have lots of complaints about your overzealous reversions.
::Be more careful. Read the posting and reversion rules please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.97.9 (talk • contribs) 12 May 2006.
::Also, I complained that I could not get a screen name. You apparently did not consider that issue important enough to bother to offer me any kind of assistance. You did not even acknowledge it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.97.9 (talk • contribs) 12 May 2006.
:::First of all, and most importantly, all of the complaints about link removal on my talk page are from the users whose links I removed. Of course they're going to be a little upset - it was their edit that I removed. This does not necessarily indicate my removals were in error.
:::Next, I didn't ignore your comments. I take every comment left on my page seriously and try to respond to every comment. I did leave a response on your talk page. For your convenience, I will be combining the entire conversation and posting it both on your talk page and mine.
:::Although technically your IP's history only shows you adding the link to one article, you did make modifications to the same link, and on the same articles, as another account - Tunecaster. See Special:Contributions/69.117.97.9 and Special:Contributions/Tunecaster. Perhaps it's just coincidence, but this looks suspiciously like 69.117.97.9 and Tunecaster are one in the same.
:::Speaking of history, your IP only shows edits from the last few days. When spam-removers such as myself are determining whether to remove links we often check users' history. The fact that your IP only shows a history of adding or making changes to links to one particular website makes your edits look like spamming. If you want your edits to carry more weight, and thus have less of any external links you add being removed, I highly recommend creating an account. By doing so, editors can review your entire history, which can help determine your motivation behind adding a link.
:::Lastly (but also importantly), please sign your comments. It's important to do this so that someone viewing a talk page can determine who made which comment.
:::In closing, I refer you to the following guidelines regarding external links and spamming. Please check them out before adding additional external links, as they discuss the types of links that are appropriate in Wikipedia articles, and also reasons why an editor can appear to be a spammer.
:::*WP:EL
:::*WP:SPAM
:::I'll be posting a follow-up on your talk page regarding your account creation issues --AbsolutDan (talk) 04:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
The contributor took down this section, as it is no longer relevant.
Thank you Dan. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.97.9 (talk • contribs) 22 May 2006.
Note: The contributor originally removed the conversation. I am restoring it, as (from what I recall from guidelines) it's best to keep all conversation records intact. However, I respect the contributor's wishes to strike this conversation, so I have gone through and <s>'d it --AbsolutDan (talk) 02:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)