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:I will not go into issues of [[WP:Notability|Notability]], [[WP:Vanity|Vanity]], [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|Conflict of interest]] and [[WP:Autobiography|Autobiography]], which I think also apply, but will skip directly to the issue of spamming.
:The fact is, that on the plea of needing to provide references to facts (which apparently are not notable enough to merit mention in newspapers, magazines, etc.) you are adding a links to your promotional website in numerous articles. Keep a link to your website in the A.C.E. page, and in the Starwood and Winterstar pages, but don't add your links everywhere.
:You are of course free to ignore my advice. However, please be aware that the idea of blacklisting your site has already been raised by some. Blacklisting of your site would prevent any edits which include your website to be saved. This is a somewhat drastic solution, but is final resort to stop link spam when all else seems to fail. '''I personally do not favor blacklisting your site'''. I think it is appropriate '''in a few places'''. However, if you continue on your present course, please be aware of the possible consequences. I look forward to discussing this issue with you in further detail if you desire. Sincerely, --[[User:BostonMA|BostonMA]]
:: I totally disagree with your evaluation of these citations. If a speaker offers a seminar at a university, that is a legitimate credit. The catalog of that year's session or semester, even an online version of it, is a legitimate citation as to the fact that this person did, indeed, appear at that university. (I could refer to the printed program of the event, a copy of which I may have on my shelf, but what good would that do the reader? It's the same information as the web page, but they can't go to the library and find copies of decades of Starwood and WinterStar program booklets.) There need not be a newspaper article covering the fact for it to be notable, nor is it likely, and any media coverage would be a LESS reliable source than the published curriculum of the institution itself. For information to be notable it need not be "newsworthy". Wikipedia is not a newsgroup or a celebrity promotion. Professional lectures often have only the venues that they have appeared at to indicate their notability in their field, besides any books, recorded material or important articles they may have produced, and I have spent a great deal of time cataloging such material as well, both on articles I have created and as contributions to others' work.
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::::"rosencomet.com is NOT "my" website, promotional or otherwise. It is the public vehicle of the Association for Consciousness Exploration LLC...and I neither run it..."
::::"I have permission to cut & paste material from it,"
:::[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Association_for_Consciousness_Exploration&oldid=69692002 As executive director of ACE], I assume you have ''some'' oversight control over the ACE website, even if you lack the technical skills for day to day maintenance. --[[User:BostonMA|BostonMA]]
:::: Yes, well, you would think so, but it's not true. ACE is a totally volunteer organization, and it's different departments are run by the individuals involved. If you had been at the last meeting, you would know just HOW little control the Executive Director has over the website, but that's a WHOLE other story. The exec gets to sign things, pretty much, like rental agreements for a hall or something. I don't even run meetings; everyone takes turns, alphabetically. I could step in if someone defied the rules of the group and sabotaged or absconded with the website, but even then I'd have to bring any action I wished to take to a vote at a meeting, then ask someone with the skills needed to do something about it if I won the vote. Trust me: I do not run the website in any way, shape or form. Writing my own copy for my own articles and seeing them posted without having to ask someone else to accept my contribution and not re-write it has been a VERY refreshing change! [[User:Rosencomet|Rosencomet]] 16:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
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