User talk:Digitalnitrate

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europeanunion.eu.com
Could you explain why you have repeatedly added the link to europeanunion.eu.com to the European Union article? The link to the official Web site is a few lines higher. This site that you link to appears to be a commercial site that merely links directly to the official site but merely adds some advertising. --Boson (talk) 17:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I guess you have a point there, but I'm really trying to figure out what to do with the europeanunion.eu.com site name. I'm thinking about creating a pro/anti-European Union blog. Maybe anti-European Union would have a larger user base since people like to grumble.

On my present site the simple advertisements are obvious and are not deceiving. They link exactly to what they say they do. No misrepresentation there. The Europa links go directly to europa.eu. No misrepresentation there.

You obviously feel some sort of ownership of the european union wiki page. Which may be warranted if you spend a lot of time editing and improving the page.

I would hate to have to go with the pro/anti-European blog, so maybe you have an idea that would work?Digitalnitrate (talk) 12:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC)


 * "Misleading" was meant to refer to the fact that someone clicking on a link "European Union" would probably expect to get directly to the EU official web site. I am not sure if you understand the purpose of external links on Wikipedia, which is meant to be an encyclopedia, not a directory. It should not, as a rule, have links to sites with volatile and as yet unknown content, such as blogs. You might like to read some of the relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines, such as external links and conflict of interest. It is not a question of ownership; the EU article is one of many on my watchlist, and many editors and administrators help to keep articles in line with policy, correct errors, familiarize new editors with policy, etc. By the way, it helps to follow conversations if you sign your posts on talk pages by adding four tildes (~) --Boson (talk) 11:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I get it. Thanks for the quick education and my sincere apology for imposing. Digitalnitrate (talk) 03:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)