[WikiEN-l] I can't have links to online articles I've written on my user page?

Wed Sep 28 15:50:12 UTC 2005

I know nothing about this dispute, but I looked at the diff for the
userpage (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AUriah923&diff=24075760&oldid=23977347).
I don't see a problem with having the links there, I clicked the
sprinkler system one, and I don't see anything wrong with it. But, the
name sure sounds like the beginning of a spam email address. Maybe
this has something to do with it?

On 9/28/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you asked Taxman and Jmabel why they removed the links and blocked you?
> They probably know their own reasoning best.
>
> --Mgm
>
> On 9/26/05, Brandon Hansen <buhansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been involved in a dispute with Taxman and others about posting any
> > links to articles on the OmniNerd domain. I have been blocked twice
> > concerning the issue and finally agreed with Taxman to follow his OmniNerd
> > gag order, meaning I can't even suggest an OmniNerd article be listed in a
> > WP article as an external link - no matter how the suggestion is worded.
> >
> > After my block expired, I made some significant edits to WP pages (not
> > OmniNerd related) and also decided to put some effort into my user page
> > (Uriah923). I noticed that other users - even an admin, Jmabel - included
> > links to writings they had online. I did the same. Taxman then erased the
> > links and blocked me again because the articles I've written are on
> > OmniNerd.
> >
> > If Taxman and others don't want OmniNerd mentioned in WP articles because it
> > is not "worthy", so be it. But, preventing me from listing the articles I've
> > written on my own user page is going too far. The articles listed there do
> > not have to be worthy of an encyclopedia article reference, or even of an
> > external link - they are just listed because I wrote them. Having the links
> > on my page might affect the PR of the articles, but if this alone is enough
> > to erase them then any external link on anyone else's user page needs to be
> > deleted also - and we all know that's just silly.
> >
> > So, I hope someone who reads this will be able to look at the case and
> > recognize the abuse. My recent edits (since the gag-order agreement) have
> > been constructive and I plan on doing many more of them. I see nothing wrong
> > with having links to external articles I've personally written on my user
> > page as I do so.
> >
> > -Brandon (Uriah923)
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