Talk:Mogul

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Removal of link to Sprint Mogul resources[edit]

Riphamilton modified my contribution to the Mogul wikipedia page completely removing reference to a site devoted to providing Sprint Mogul resources (SprintMogul.net). The reason he gave was that it did not comply with guidelines for external linking, however he seems unable to provide what specific guidelines it did not comply with. It certainly fell under the following categories of links that SHOULD be included:

  1. Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to copyright issues, amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks) or other reasons.
  2. Sites with other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article, such as reviews and interviews.

Does anyone else see a problem with this? Maybe he just didn't even bother to follow the link or read the forums filled with threads discussing how to customize the Sprint Mogul or troubleshooting problems with it.

edit above by User:Gainesk - please sign your edits with four tildes ("~~~~")

So far as I can see then removal of those external links in favour of internal ones, ie. links to other WP articles, was entirely correct. WP does not exist to provide links to other sites but to inform and educate, and it does that best when it leads the reader to other appropriate articles within Wikipedia. --AlisonW 22:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Very odd that the wiki guidelines specifically state that this sort of link should be included yet you claim that WP should not include such links. There is a thousand times more useful information on the Sprint Mogul on external sites than there ever will be on Wikipedia. By refusing to allow links to external sites YOU are hindering visitor's ability to educate themselves. I don't know what type of politics or power trip encourages this attitude, but I want no part of it. --Gainesk 17:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]