User talk:Gm8arv

Links to Commercial Sites
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When posting links to external sites, the policies discourage linking to commercial sites and products. This is because the Wikipedia should not be used as a redirector or as advertisement. Thanks for your understanding and your dedication to making (and keeping) the wikipedia at its best. Can you help me understand your thoughts on the matter? - Davandron | Talk 22:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello Gm8arv,
 * Yep, talk pages such as mine, yours, or the article talk page are great ways to discuss the changes. Please make sure to add ~ at the end of your talk-page post so that the entry is signed (not needed on main-page / article edits).
 * To answer your question, when I went to the site in question here is what it said:

ShipPlotter can be freely downloaded and used for 21 days. After that time it must be registered. Registration can be done swiftly and securely on-line and costs only Euro €25 for personal use and €215 for professional or corporate use. (VAT is added to these charges for customers within the EU).
 * I'm not sure why you feel this software is free / non-commercial if users must pay to use it. Please note, I'm not saying the software isn't useful, or passing judgment on whether it is a good price, just that someone is profiting from its sale and therefore it seems inappropriate to link from the wikipedia. - Davandron | Talk 17:00, 11 February 2007 (UTC)