User talk:JohnConst
February 2016
[edit]It seems that all of your editing consists of adding mention of business deals, of little notability, referenced to web sites of one business. this is bound to raise suspicions that your purpose may be to link to those sites, either to attract readers of Wikipedia to them, or for purposes of so-called "search engine optimisation". You should be aware that using Wikipedia for promotional purposes is not permitted, and that if you continue to edit in ways which give the impression that you are doing so, an administrator may block you from editing. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:53, 10 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi Thanks for the notice, I hope I am doing this right as just reading the wiki article on how to respond to talk, its a learning process. I am trying to update the news deals for our customers, should I instead link to the press links on their websites, which will redirect to us or, well what would you suggest?
Best Wishes John — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnConst (talk • contribs) 13:35, 16 February 2016
- You shouldn't be doing anything on Wikipedia for your customers, and linking to websites for the purpose you have in mind is not acceptable. Links in articles should be used only because they contribute to the understanding of the reader, not because they call attention to business deals or other information about businesses that you would like to make better known. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:51, 3 March 2016 (UTC)