User talk:Young2rice

Actually there are no links to Queen's University on this page, only links to the Wikipedia article on Queen's University. I suggest putting the external link back on the page.

Hello. Article-specific discussions normally go in the the article's talk page. Since we are here, an external link from Kingston, Ontario to Queen's University is neither required no advisable since there are already several links to the Queen's University Wikipedia article. Wikipedia is not a link-farm, but it would rapidly become one if we linked externally to every subject of discourse. StevenBlack (talk) 13:13, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Queen's University link
Actually there are no links to Queen's University on the Kingston, ON page, only links to the Wikipedia article on Queen's University. I suggest putting the external link back on the page.

There is not one link to Queen's website: queensu.ca

- Young2rice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.67.56 (talk) 03:31, 17 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, There is a problem with these links. I expressed my reasoning on Kingston's talk page. Here's that comment:
 * Editors have attempted to link Queen's (and other organizations) in the External links section. Queen's, and other schools, etc. are already linked, albeit indirectly, via internal wikilinks, so there is really no reason to add direct links in the External links section. I am also concerned that including these links will lead to the endless external linking of other schools, businesses, corporations, NGOs, government departments, etc. etc. that happen to be located in Kingston or have offices located in the city, some of which are already wikilinked, and many of which are not notable enough to be linked in a general article. The External links section will get very long indeed, which will detract from the article and from the purpose of Wikipedia.  I don't want to see the section turning into a linkfarm. Related to this is from point no. 13 of wp:ELNO: A website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject.-- BC  talk to me  03:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * OK no problem. I just figured when people think of Kingston, ON, Queen's University would be one of those 10 or so external links. However, maybe all the other external links on that page are more world known and popular than Queen's. Maybe Queen's really ranks low and is one of those endless down-the-list external links you are talking about. Someday when Queen's becomes more recognized, perhaps outside of Kingston, Ontario where people might hear about it one day - it will get an external link. In terms of a linkfarm, that is why we have people like you to decide what belongs and what doesn't thankfully. It is good that you can decide these things and prevent links that seem invalid and let ones in that are valid (or just happen to have been linked there so long that they don't get removed). And you have decided that the Queen's University website does not belong, so that is the end of that.
 * - Young2Rice
 * I'm a Queen's alumnus and certainly don't think Queen's is low-ranked and doesn't deserve to be linked (actually it is, but indirectly). And there is a good intro to the university on the Kingston page, so it is not being ignored. I'm definitely not the final arbiter on this. I just referred to Wikipedia's guidelines, voiced a concern, and got some support. If there are other links that people feel should be removed, they probably will be. The links that are there now are directly related to the City of Kingston and therefore support the article. BTW, to painlessly sign your posts, type in four tildes (~), like this: .Cheers. BC  talk to me  04:25, 17 August 2010 (UTC)