User talk:Budnick1

Response to removal of external link in Adhesive tape
Although the link you provided points to a "tape search engine", I refer you to Wikipedia's guidelines for external links, specifically section 1.3.4, Links to be avoided: "Links that are added to promote a site, that primarily exist to sell products or services, with objectionable amounts of advertising, or that require payment to view the relevant content, colloquially known as external link spamming." Despite the intentions you stated on my talk page, it is not clear to the casual viewer that the link was not added to promote a site, particularly because the site has a very obvious commercial purpose (i.e. the shopping cart and checkout links on the top of each page).

If a similar tool were available on a non-commercial site, I would certainly agree that it would be relevant here. But since the tool provides direct means to purchase the selected tape directly from the site owners (rather than a list of available retailers), I maintain that it is obvious commercialism and does not belong here. HalJor 16:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)