User talk:Baruce

fan club link
The reason being is that Wikipedia doesn't include in its external links fan club sites. External links and Wikipedia articles are more about a person than it is about the people who follow them and wish to discuss their work. Another reason is that these links could quickly spiral out of control. Take the Madonna article - how many fan sites should we include? Which ones? Who judges the fan sites for which one is better over the other? Or does every fan site get included? Does a fan site with only three people get included? This is what happened on Angela Bassett. External links are more for interviews, news stories, and primary sources that deal with a person. That's not a hard-and-fast rule, but generally the Wikipedia community has decided that fan sites do not have a place (same with news groups, original research, etc.) An exception I am willing to bend to? If there is an Official fan site that is endorsed by the subject of the article. If that was the case, then it would be appropriate for the Al Franken page, but not on the Lies page. --David Shankbone 22:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm concerned that the only edits that this account and the 74.161.208.2 account have engaged in involve adding this external link. I believe that your goal may be to promote a site that you run or participate in, which is a violation of WP:SPAM. Also, the site appears to have not been updated in a long time, and the forum seems less about Franken and more about general discussion. I'm not opposed to including fan run sites all of the time, since they can sometimes provide a lot of useful information. The link that you have been adding, however, does not seem particularly useful. Croctotheface 22:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I saw that it was added and removed, and I thought it should be included because I found the site useful and on-topic. A review of the history reveals that you two guys are very active in immediately suppressing links to external sites for this entry, so I also am concerned about your motives... especially given the controversy surrounding this book. I personally think the link should be included, but I don't care that much either way, not as much as you guys do, and certainly not enough to waste more time over it; I'll let someone else add it/argue with you, if they want. Baruce 08:00, 18 May 2007 (UTC)