User talk:Magnus.Browning

Addition of http://.foldingcyclist.com
Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.--Hu12 (talk) 00:30, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Response
I fail to see how a link to a page on "Folding bike history" is inappropriate. It actually directly complies with the guidelines on external links - "Such pages could contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy." The body of the article contains a History section which is very incomplete, the link I added is a much better and more complete history.

Actually, if one applies a strict reading of the external links guidelines, none of the four external links that currently remain in the article are compliant. I'm not sure why you didn't remove them but rather chose to remove the only compliant link. Please elucidate.

--Magnus.Browning (talk) 16:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)