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Please do not add commercial links — or links to your own private websites — to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Yamla 21:10, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. --Yamla 21:14, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I didn't mean it like that. I was just adding some extra image galleries links. Like some other users do! Ddofborg 21:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image galleries are not generally considered appropriate for Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia's policy on external links for a slightly longer explanation. Basically, external links should only be used if they add significant value to the encyclopedic content and for some reason, this content could not be incorporated into the page itself. While I happen to like images of Ms. Lilly, it does not add anything to the encyclopedia itself. And yes, lots of people add links to inappropriate sites, but eventually they will be removed. --Yamla 22:02, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ddofborg, Welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope you like working here and want to continue. If you need help on how to name new articles, look at Naming Conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the Manual of Style. If you need general help, look at Help and the FAQ, and if you can't find your answer there, check the Village pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions). There's still more help at the Tutorial and the Policy Library. Also, don't forget to visit the Community Portal — and if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my New-Users' Talk Page.

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If you made any edits before you got an account, you might be interested in assigning those to your username.
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Happy editing!

Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 13:25, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)