[Foundation-l] They do make or break reputations

[Thomas Morton]

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> Where is that policy and discussion?
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In terms of en.wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ELNEVER<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ELNEVER#Restrictions_on_linking>

That is the main restriction against external linking which makes an
extremely strong (even for WP policy) statement; *"Material that violates
the copyrights of others per contributors' rights and
obligations<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Linking_to_copyrighted_works>
should
not be linked."*
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Specific guidance on YouTube (and related) is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:YOUTUBE#Linking_to_user-submitted_video_sites

Which clearly just cautions care against using such links (*Links should be
evaluated for inclusion with due care on a case-by-case basis*).

Policy discussion is best done on the relevant talk page. Although I
seriously doubt that this is likely to be changed.

Tom