User talk:62.210.74.230

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Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia as we drive for print or DVD publication; see the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. -- Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 13:49, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing. Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 09:34, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have removed those other links as well.Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 16:13, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your point. I will try my best to try and explain it in the best way I can. At Wikipedia, the criterium for link inclusion is usefulness. The fansites I have removed from the article didn't really add any additional information. The Discogs-link has information regarding all of the GNR releases. It would be way over the top to include in the article, but it's nice to still link to it. The MusicBrainz-entry kind of does the same...Having said that, I agree that one or the other could actually be removed. Last.fm is a nice source for how much popularity the band actually has, and what songs are among the favourites. Their official site is a little empty...but since not adding the official site to the entry would make a weird impression, it is included anyway. Lastly GNRontour (which I have just readdded) provides information regarding all of the concerts which GNR has played at. The other links did nothing than repeat the information in a fan-npov way.Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 21:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)