User talk:Nouvelleorleans

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. See the welcome page to learn more. Thanks. Pollinator 02:10, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Link in 4:20 Article not Commercial
(copied from User talk:Pollinator) Hi Pollinator! On May 3rd I added a link to the article for "420 (cannabis culture)" that you removed indicating that it was some sort of commercial link. The link in question was simply a placemark link for Google Earth users. For such users clicking on the link will launch Google Earth and fly them directly to the spot on the globe that was refferenced in the article. Clicking on the spot will then display a short description of the placemark and various links to articles (all non-commercial) relating to the topic. Google Earth is a free download and its placemarks are a powerful tool for users. The install base of Google Earth is growing rapidly and it's community is quite active with significant overlap with that of Wikipedia. I and other users of Google Earth would ultimately like to see inclusion of such links a standard part of any article with geographical references. The idea of reading about an area and with a single click flying there to see it for yourself is informative and just plain cool. Please restore the link or explain why you disagree. Also, I'd be curious to know how you came to believe that this was a commercial link to begin with so that I might avoid such confusion in the future. Thanks - Nouvelleorleans.


 * I didn't say yours was commercial. I removed two links; the other link was blatantly commercial. I removed your link because Wikipedia discourages links to pages that require membership or third party software. I don't feel compulsive about this. I suggest you take it to the administrator talk board and see what consensus is there. I'll abide by that consensus. Pollinator 04:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC)