User talk:Puzzle Paradox

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Hello, Puzzle Paradox, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome!  Spinning Spark  16:30, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
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Mechanical puzzle external links
In reply to your comments on my talk page, the Wikipedia guidelines on external links are at WP:EL. I would particularly draw your attention to links to be avoided include "any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article". Open wikis are also not recommended. There is a better case for the puzzle museum link for its large collection of images. Maybe a better link would be the catalogue page rather than the main page to emphasise this.

In my opinion (and a lot of other Wikipedia editors) the default position should be not to insert links. That is, a good reason is needed for inserting a link rather than a good reason being needed to keep it out. Many articles on Wikipedia tend to accumulate a long list of unhelpful spammy links which need to be vigorously pruned now and then.  Spinning Spark  16:49, 24 October 2011 (UTC)