User talk:Stirling Newberry

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Civility

I suggest you read WP:CIVIL. --Revolución (talk) 04:01, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, Well, Well

Stirling, your constant accusations of violations of Wikipedia policies without even researching what caused the issue disgust me. You either really need to think before you speak, or actually learn how to research those who are supposedly "attacking" you. Get a grip. Seriously, you're embarassing yourself - and the self-imposed "Google" hit linkspam just increases your supposed "notable" visability. Get a grip on reality, and stop going on the defensive constantly. 81.117.200.52 21:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Excuse me?

Stirling, please, for the love of God, before you call someone a liar in their edit summary, make sure they're lying. You always seem to be on the ultra defensive because someone disagrees with you. Welcome to life, for someone who seems intelligent, you seem to be lacking in other areas. Conradrock 19:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi Stirling. I noticed your signature has an external link. It's not that I think your site is bad, it's just that having external links in signatures might not be something we want. It creates a precedent for people using it to spam Wikipedia talk pages and increase their incoming link count for Google rank improving purposes. Maybe the link on your user page is enough? Zocky 19:04, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Strongly. --Maru (talk) Contribs 03:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I feel the same way. --Nicholas 10:54, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. We fight off link spammers all the time, and your signature link might give people the impression that you're no different from them. A link on your user page would be fine, but it is well known that one of the best ways to artificially inflate ranking/hits is to link to a site as many times as possible on Wikipedia, making sure to use the name of the site in the link. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-12-9 04:23

Please remove the external link from your signature. android79 13:30, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I have requested arbitration on this issue. Like many people here, I greatly admire the article work you do, but linkspamming is just not on. You've been asked nicely, and you've essentially said "make me"; as far as I see, we now have little alternative. Ambi 14:58, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I disagree that the only problem is the signature span. His contributions are unreferenced POV mostly and he seems to rarely if ever make a contribution to the associated talk page. His edit summaries challenge the 3RR rule and he makes accusations that those that revert his unencyclopedic jargon are vandals. I see nothing to greatly admire about his contributions or the manner in which he makes them, but maybe you're just be a lot nicer than I am...at least I hope that is the case.--MONGO 16:18, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:External_links#What_should_not_be_linked_to which clearly states that promotional external links such as those in your signature should not be used. I'm not attacking you or your contributions. Just your signature :) — BRIAN0918 • 2005-12-9 18:02

Ok, so we went through the motions and now Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages clearly says "no external links". Is that good enough or do we need a decision by the board? Happy editing, Zocky 22:08, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

• I totaly agree. What if everyone did that. People could start earning money by editing wiki. jucifer 23:11, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Since it seems that you have not gotten the message: Please remove the external link from your signature. Whatever the value of your contributions, whatever the strength of your contributions to discussions, it's not acceptable. Thanks.--Sean|Black 07:24, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Alright. Since you have refused to even discuss the matter, are ignoring the guidelines at Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages, and are still using the link in your signature, I've temporary blocked you. You can still reply on your talk page. You will be unblocked as soon as you remove the link from your signature. -- BRIAN0918  15:18, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Stirling, I appreciate that you seem to think that not allowing users to use external links in their signatures is a bad idea. But, by now you must appreciate that other editors overwhelmingly dissagree. In multiple locations where this was discussed (see upper links), many editors opposed the practice and expressed serious concerns, while not a single one supported it. Please stop it so that we can all stop wasting our time with this. Zocky 23:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

• Can't someone who knows about bots just set one going deleting all his links. This is a real traversty. Wiki shouldn't be about shameless self-promotion. jucifer 01:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Good job!

Good job swallowing your pride, and deciding that google bombing "bopnews" on Wikipedia with your signature was indeed a bad thing. WikipediaSleeperCell2 15:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Before

These are unanswered queries that I am bringing to attention; your false use of "vandalism" seriously damages your creditability. 87.19.136.78 23:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)