User talk:Amazingwe

October 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Chacma Baboon has been reverted. Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove unwanted links and spam from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. The external links I reverted were matching the following regex rule(s): rule: '\bblogspot\.com' (link(s): http://www.darwinprimategroup.blogspot.com/) . If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, or similar site, then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).

If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! XLinkBot (talk) 08:33, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Dear Wikipedia,

Although I did try to insert a blogspot site link, while not being aware that this might be unacceptable, I honestly do believe I should be considered to be a "reliable source", according to your criteria, for a number of reasons I hope you will research (subject of a book and documentary about my primate work etc.) and would like to discuss why our website link was reverted. Scientists do not always have the most up to date information and I've personally weighed Chacma Baboons of 40 kgs (adult males generally weigh this) - just one point that is wrong on this Chacma Baboon page. Another point I'd like to make that any website connected to the agricultural or biomedical sectors could be considered as belonging to a group that are unlikely to act in the best interests of the baboon (because baboons are widely used in biomedical research and it is in the interests of this scientific sector to ensure they are seen to be unthreatened. The agricultural sector regards the baboon as a "problem animal", treats this species as vermin, and makes profit a priority at the expense of the environment. Due to these factors, I feel that Wikipedia would gain much relevant information by being open to primatologists who work hands on with this species, whether they are backed by a degree or not.

The information I did post about South African legislation can be verified on the D.E.A.T website.