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Contents 1 Newquay commercial website link 2 Spam Links 3 RE tikity boo link 4 Cargo port?

[edit] Newquay commercial website link

The followoing link: "Virtual Newquay - A series of 360 degree virtual tours of the town and surrounding coastline" has been reintroduced and cited as a reference which is not the case. Members Tinminer and Merikernow have removed it in the past, but it keeps being reintroduced for commercial reasons, what do others think?

Int980 17:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spam Links

Those persons that continue to replace links which have been removed as spam please see Wikipedia's guidelines on external links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links

Links normally to be avoided:

"3. Links primarily intended to promote a website."

Trewornan 00:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE tikity boo link

I think this is spam and being constantly reintroduced for commercial reasons what do other users think??? Reedgunner 16:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I believe the person reinroducing it actually owns the site which counts as self-promotion? Special:Contributions/keithneda Im not singling it out. If other sites are spam they should go also Talskiddy 17:59, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Talskiddy is right, if this link is spam then how is the link to the "Official Newquay Guide" not spam - just because it's put up by the local council? That link should go as well. Trewornan 13:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

There is very little non-tourist content on the site, and it does not sit well as a link from an encyclopaedia in my opinion. If it had more historical information & photos of Newquay, I may have felt differently. It should go in my opinion, as should some of the others from this article.

Tinminer 18:49, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I see your point Trewornan, but why has the Official Newquay Guide been reintroduced? There is some good community information on Tickity-boo (i.e. C.A.B. education, health, etc - none on the Official Guide website. By the way, did you know that you have to pay at least £110 to join the NCCT website - is this advertising or just good information?Merikernow 22:02, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I removed the link to the Official Guide because I thought Keithneda made a good point when he asked what the difference was. As to why it has been reintroduced - you'll have to ask the person who did it. I won't remove the link again so if you agree with me I suggest you just go ahead and delete it. Trewornan 23:15, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry folks my mistake please during a recent edit I made a few cock ups including deleting the wrong link and adding the official guide back Reedgunner 10:10, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cargo port?

Where is the evidence to back up the claim that Newquay is a cargo port> The only shipping I am aware of that occurs in Newquay is fishing, and even that is on a small scale.There are no ports in Cornwall that could claim to be a cargo port - Falmouth is the largest port in Cornwall, but it is essential for ship repair and cruise ship stopping off point. The nearest location that could possibly claim to be a cargo port would be Poole, otherwise the nearest is Southampton. Tinminer 12:20, 14 May 2007 (UTC)