Talk:North Dorset

Northdorset.net
New to this, but explain why you reverted my link to NDN (which is non-profit and has a clear 'in praise of local' positioning), yet don't seem to have any problem with a link to Blackmore Vale Magazine (which *is* commercial and part of Trinity Mirror).

Gb-slade 23:23, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I reverted it because from a quick glance it looked like a mere collection of links with no unique content. External links are supposed to provide encyclopaedic content beyond what Wikipedia can provide.  If I'm wrong about this, please go ahead and put it back in.  Thanks, Joe D (t) 22:17, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Maybe slow down a bit and look a bit more carefully? I have just been reading the comments from the Shaftesbury site about you reverting their entries (to their mind) irresponsibly.

Even in its current state I would argue that the northdorset.net site is more than 'just links', because of its keywording and meta data. However I will respect your views and wait until the non-directory content is fully populated before I relist it here.

Gb-slade 13:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The Shaftesbury link was posted on all sorts of off topic pages and in inappropriate ways, and broke several of the WP:EL and WP:SPAM guidelines. Plus, it isn't really relevant to this issue: there are hundreds of editors patroling for spam, and inevitably all of us annoy one or two editors determined to get their link in.
 * I removed the BVM link anyway because it simply redirects to an off topic website, but if it did contain news it would fulfill criteria for linking -- additional and relevant factual information beyond that which Wikipedia can provide.
 * The main reason I removed your website was because on first look it appeared to be a commercial directory -- a conclusion I jumped too partly because so many people go around adding commercial directories to Wikipedia articles, and more often than not, when a new link is added to an article about a county or a town, it turns out to be one. You have convinced me it's not commercial advertising, so I withdraw my objections.  Joe D (t) 18:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)