User talk:YorkshireM

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 Jammy Simpson |  Talk  | 18:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

BSA links
The links you have been adding are generally inappropriate, per WP:EL. For example, external links for West Bromwich Building Society should be relevant to the West Bromwich Building Society, not generic information about building societies in general. It is fine to add the BSA link to the Building Societies Association, however. Please bear this in mind when adding links. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 13:41, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree. It is ok to link the Wikipedia article, Building Societies Association, and specific pages at the BSA and FSA sites about the society in question (if it adds extra info), but not the BSA home page. Could you revert those additions please?  --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 19:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


 * But as part of removing the BSA links, Jameboy has also removed the links to the KPMG 2008 building societies database which is the source for the financial information I've included in each building society's infobox. For this reason I have undone Jameboy's reversions because they were carelessly done.  If you want to remove the BSA links, then undo YorkshireM's changes, don't use a tool which removes other, valid, links.  I'd concur with Hrothulf's comments - better a link to Building Societies Association which in turn has a link to their homepage, than a direct link there. MarkyMarkD (talk) 00:01, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

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