Talk:Audience response
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Looking back through the edits most of them seem to be the adding and removal of external links. There are a lot of people here who are keen to remove external links they regard as inappropriate. This has resulted in no external links at all which doesn't seem very good. Interestingly Loongtim deleted all external links, added one and then kept adding it back again as others deleted it. I've looked back through the external links, a rather time consuming exercise, and thought they were all useful so I'm adding them back in bulk. We'll see how long they last. --KenT 00:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
WP is not a commercial directory. WP guidelines specifically state that links to sites that "primarily exist to sell products or services" and "links mainly intended to promote a website" are to be avoided. In other words, not permitted.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL#links_normally_to_be_avoided for more detail.
This page is monitored, and inappropriate links will be removed.
That takes us back to no external links and I find the article more useful with some external links. I don't consider many of those linked sites primarily existing to sell a product or service. There is merit in your argument but a blanket deletion is too easy and too much like vandalism for me. If there is some you don't like, can you be a bit more selective in your editing. I'll put some back and I've added another to a directory of suppliers as well. KenT
External Links are for research papers, official industry organizations, government info pages etc. I have no problem with any specific link you are trying to add. It is the fact that all of them are for commercial benefit. That is not Wikipedia's mission.
Lots of editors spend huge amounts of time keeping WP an academic publication (WP is an encyclopedia) and they can use all the help they can get.
WP does not need or want directory listings such as the Google directory. There are hundreds of directories where you can advertise your website, many for free. WP is not the place.
Please respect the Wikipedia guidleines KenT.
