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I do believe that certain sites should be added to the external links section. To bring up an old point, there are still no guidelines. There are several sites that offer high quality content as well as a community enviroment, Interfacelift, Digital Default, and a few others. DigitalDefault (talk) 02:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Why did someone get rid of the widescreen background section? That was great and I know a lot of people that used it. Wikipedia has great widescreen images. Someone please put it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.189.91 (talk) 16:51, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I think we should get rid of this section. There are thousands of wallpaper sites, some of them surely distribute malware, some of them might get ideas about wikipedia...

Anyway, I just deleted 2 links, submitted by anonymous IPs, that offer .exe's instead of .jpg's. —Snargle 20:15, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Since I'm the only one guarding this page against spam, I'm listing myself as a maintainer of this page. —Snargle 20:48, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I say have a few links to some of the older wallpaper sites that are free, have no advertising and have some interesting jpg's. 0waldo 16:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I disagree. Before removing the extlinks section, I was seeing a new site(usually an evil one) pop up every week or so. For a gallery of wallpapers, one has to go no further than Wikipedia's own, under See also. Maybe some external sites could be worked into the main article, as an example of pleasing shapes or aesthetics or something.

Not all wallpaper sites are malicious, for example www.vistawalls.net, it only distributes user uploaded wallpapers. I added it this afternoon and it has obviously been deleted, what I would like to know is can I please add this website as it shows some great examples of wallpapers and allows anyone viewing this article to download them, without membership, or even upload their own, with free membership. It is also checked daily to ensure there are no viruses or malicious scripts. If not, could I please be given a response in full as to why not.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.170.62.50 (talk)

The main problem with adding links to wallpaper galleries is that it's a rather slippery slope; once we add one site owners of a hundred others jump in saying theirs is better/larger/cooler. Then there's contention of which order sites are placed in. Finally, there are malicious sites that may use malware or browser hijacks, or are just completely full of advertising. Keep in mind first and foremost Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a search engine or a directory. If users wish to find futher sites to get wallpapers, there is a clear and concise link to the dmoz directory at the end of the article. Using the dmoz link is the fairest way for the hundreds of site owners wanting this article to promote their site. --Breno ^talk 17:54, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok I understand but it would be nice to have a few examples even if it does not include vistawalls.net and even if they are in a new category "Examples". 09:43, 25 July 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.170.62.50 (talk)

The article already features a Ubuntu 6.06 wallpaper. This image is used as it is licenced freely under the GNU GPL. Vistawalls.net does not state licencing terms for images from that site, so it is assumed that they are fully copyright with all rights reserved. Regardless of licencing, I think the article has enough examples already with an old school "original" wallpaper and "modern" OS wallpaper. I noticed vistawalls was not listed on the Open Directory Project yet so if you're keen on promoting your website, head over to dmoz and suggest your site to their project. That way the Wikipedia article retains one dmoz link, and all sites have an equal chance over there in the directory. --Breno ^talk 10:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I've just removed two more attempts to promote specific wallpaper websites, Hebus (current Alexa rank 14,785, but it's French, so not much use for en:WP) and MadGene (Alexa rank 5,097,160). I share Snargle's concern about malware and especially for the potential proliferation of website links. Can we come up with a practical qualification for inclusion in a reasonable external links section? ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:25, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

The problem is frustrating. There is no "official" wallpaper site, and perhaps no external sites that try to describe the concept of desktop backgrounds like this article does, so people just tend to add collections of backgrounds. I don't think anyone needs any examples of backgrounds, since they're just 4:3 images, so I just did away with the whole section. If a link is necessary, it can be worked into the article. That's my view, anyway. --Snargle 00:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

JeffQ, guess what bud? my Alexa rank for 0waldo is: 3,423,904 fairly stout for a non-notable, deadbeat, good for nothing bum, yes? 24.214.176.87 02:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I say we need a link to my page here! After all I am just about notable as hell! 0waldo 00:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

P.S. we need to axe the T.V. picture of the car. It's just WAY too boring: JeffQ I nominate you to do it :) 0waldo 00:05, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

There have been recently some Spam a few edits ago. They're the same sites and edited from different identities. I know they're spam because I checked a few and they just give "wallpapers". I think it's best if no sites leading to places that have wallpapers shouldn't be added here. --esanchez, Camp Lazlo fan! 02:22, 7 February 2007 (UTC)