User talk:Davidross1943

Welcome, Davidross1943!

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Re: Phone Sex Article

You have removed a link that I posted on the Phone Sex entry to a very well-written, information-rich article "PHONE SEX: Benefits of Playing in The Aural Erotic Sandbox." Your comment that this article is "just not that informative" is not correct in my opinion. The article provides ten very edifying reasons that people use phone sex for pleasure, both professionally and non-professionally, which the Wikipedia piece itself does not provide, though it alludes to some of the reason. Furthermore, I have not seen any other article on the Web that provides such a comprehensive explanation of the benefits (as well as some of the drawbacks) of phone sex, and the reasons why men, women, singles and couples might wish to use it as a form of sexual release and expression. The article goes on to give six more very instructive and enlightening reasons why some sex therapists use phone sex in therapy. The author, Dr. Susan Block, is one of the world's foremost authorities on phone sex and phone sex therapy. She has appeared on many television shows, from Oprah to HBO, as well as Leeza, Tech TV and the WE Channel, talking authoritatively about phone sex. I myself am a journalist and publisher who has been writing about sexuality for over 30 years. I would like to request that you reconsider your opinion, so that I can repost the link. Or at least, please clarify your negative views, as I feel strongly that this article contributes much-needed information to Wikipedians about the "benefits" or reasons why men, women, singles and couples use phone sex for pleasure, exploration, communication and therapy. Davidross1943 13:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for messaging me. The article you link is basicly unreferenced opinions, so it's not very suitable. If Dr. Block (whom I don't know from Dr. Joyce Brothers) has written something in a peer-reviewed journal, a link to the more scholarly article might be suitable; however, the article you linked was not suitable regardless of the claims to authority Dr. Block can make.

You might consider these essays:

Wikipedia:External links
Wikipedia:Reliable sources
and perhaps Wikipedia:Conflict of interest.

/ edgarde 17:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May 2007

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Phone sex. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policy for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Thank you. / edgarde 08:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Great American Think-Off

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Advertising for Love

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October 2007

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