User talk:213.57.126.58

September 2020
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Wire transfer. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include, but are not limited to, links to personal websites, links to websites with which you are affiliated (whether as a link in article text, or a citation in an article), and links that attract visitors to a website or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the page, please discuss it on the associated talk page rather than re-adding it.  MrOllie (talk) 15:09, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
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I would hardly think informative links are inappropriate. A White paper on Coronavirus chargebacks is both relevant and current, certainly worthy of an encyclopedia. The links are provided as a source for the statements contained therein. They are legitimate citations to statements made on a website. I don't understand how they're not legitimate citations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.57.126.58 (talk • contribs)


 * No, vendor whitepapers and other such marketing materials are not usable on Wikipedia, and in fact are generally regarded as spam links. see WP:RS. - MrOllie (talk) 16:09, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Actually Wikipedia allows it: Vendor and e-commerce sources Shortcut WP:AFFILIATE Although the content guidelines for external links prohibit linking to "Individual web pages that primarily exist to sell products or services," inline citations may be allowed to e-commerce pages such as that of a book on a bookseller's page or an album on its streaming-music page, in order to verify such things as titles and running times. Journalistic and academic sources are preferable, however, and e-commerce links should be replaced with non-commercial reliable sources if available.

This was an inline citation as a reference to the general trend during coronavirus - to show that there has been an upsurge in e-commerce of card-not-present transactions. Businesses that report that information is a valuable source for an article for an encyclopedia - to show that these transactions are prevalent and are being used more than ever. It was one-in-line citation, hardly any violation here, in fact the source you cited makes no mention of whitepapers being illegitimate sources of information if other sources are unavailable.