User talk:Boatyman

Linkspam
Please see WP:ELNO regarding links to avoid on Wikipedia. The boatsandoutboards.co.uk link you keep adding to articles is not needed to reference an historical record, and suggests that you have an association with the site.

The page that has been used as a reference for years is still available. The site seems to be having some difficulty at the moment, so the archived version is what we use. That version of the page is preferable to a link to a commercial site whose primary purpose is to sell things. Wikipedia is not a SEO service. ~Amatulić (talk) 13:19, 13 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Seems a little ridiculous that you would want to link to an archived page where users may get confused about why they have landed on a site they cannot see is a live site.


 * I guess you're the "expert" though
 * Boatyman (talk) 13:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)


 * The original page on the World Speed Sailing Record Council page at http://www.sailspeedrecords.com/500-metre is back up. There is no reason to link to any other site for historical records, even if we have to link to the web archives. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:37, 14 May 2014 (UTC)