Will Beback wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
And let me say that I consider removing the michaelmoore.com link from [[Michael Moore]] to obviously constitute damage to the encyclopedia, and if the community comes up with a rule that makes that a good idea then the community is *wrong* and the rule needs removal. That's NPA vs NPOV, i.e. the BADSITES arbitration.
- d.
What does the link to michaelmoore.com contribute to the encyclopedia? It isn't being used as a source for the article.
The same thing the list of books an academic has published contributes to the encyclopedia: a mention of notable publications by notable people are something that no complete article should omit.
I personally don't care if you format it as a link or not, just as I don't care whether you link ISBNs to [[Special:Booksources]] or not. But lists of publications, including notable websites, should remain in the article textually at least.
-Mark