Talk:Mow Cop Castle
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[edit] Adding photograph as an External Link to the brainbashers website
First time I've used a talk page, so I'm not sure if I'll be using it correctly...
I've tried twice to post a link to a photo of a sunset through Mow Cop Castle, and twice it's been removed.
The photo isn't public domain so can't be added directly.
Can someone explain why the link to the photo isn't allowed?
- In order to help your and others use the talk page and know who they are addressing, etc, it would be useful for you to sign your comments by using four tildes (~~~~). Its considered a good thing to do this. Now onto the main issue: The reason why the link was removed can be seen if you read WP:EL, in particular points 1 and possibly 4 of WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided; "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article." (point 1), and "Links mainly intended to promote a website. See External link spamming." (point 4) Given that there are already two photographs of Mow Cop castle on the article page, there seems little additional merit in adding a further photograph by means of an external link, the only benefit would seem to be showing the brainbashers website, which adds nothing relevant, and brings us onto point 4. This photograph has been added twice previously to Mow Cop by yourself and was removed once as being a spamlink, and once by youself. It has also been removed already a number of times from this article for the same reasons. Its present form really does not seem appropriate, given the presence of the two photographs already in the article, as it does not add anything to the article apart from adding the name of the website: "Adding external links to an article can be a service to the reader, but they should be kept to a minimum of those that are meritable, accessible and appropriate to the article." (in the "In a Nutshell" box). You can ask for further advice about this specific issue on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject External links. I hope that helps. DDStretch (talk) 18:08, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
