On Nov 13, 2006, at 3:03 AM, Bryan Derksen wrote:
A set of templates with a different look-and-feel and perhaps an
appropriate disclaimer, on the other hand, might be better. We often
already have plain old external links anyway, though, so I'm not sure
it's needed.
I think there's an important line to be drawn between an external
link and those boxes, though. The external link clearly demarcates
its contents as something that isn't in Wikipedia. Something like a
Wikiquote link, on the other hand, serves as a sort of extension of
the article.
I want to treat the fan-centric links as extensions, because it's
clear that many editors and many readers expect that material to be
in Wikipedia. And so we shouldn't just say "Go away." Or even "Go
somewhere else." We should say "Look, here's where we've found that
gives you this sort of information." And we should make that easy and
well-integrated into our overall organization and navigation, because
there's clearly demand for it.
I don't see the issue of those sites not having NPOV or V - neither
Wikiquote nor Wikinews have similar verification standards in
practical place to Wikipedia, for instance. I think we shouldn't link
to articles that suck or don't add anything. That seems to me to be a
case-by-case decision, though.
-Phil