[WikiEN-l] Links to Myspace in External Links section

[Daniel R. Tobias]

On 24 Apr 2007 at 19:34:20 -0700 (PDT), mattman206 
<matt.valerio at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using Wikipedia for awhile now, and try to contribute information
> when I can.  Lately I've edited the "External Links" section for a couple of
> bands that I listen to.  I added links to their MySpace pages, which provide
> a great place to play their music and see what they sound like.
> 
> However, all of these edits get deleted quite soon thereafter.  What's the
> deal?  Does Wikipedia have a policy about removing links to MySpace?  If so,
> what's the motivation?

It's just yet another case of people getting into a "zero tolerance" 
mindset and refusing to allow any finely nuanced judgment regarding 
what to link to.  Myspace is mostly composed of the effusions of 
hormonal teenagers and is not very encyclopedic, so some jump to the 
conclusion that it never makes sense to link to it; however, as you 
point out, musical artists and groups often have official MySpace 
pages, taking advantage of that site's ability to easily embed music 
as well as to promote social networking among the artist's fans, so 
those cases do make sense for us to link to.


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