(Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com): Below is a message from a new user that I think should be discussed here:
[Notes about becoming a NYTimes partner]
Yes, direct links without registration would be nice, but I wonder about the idea of encyclopedia articles linking to newspaper reports in general. Maybe for articles about historical events some coverage about contemporary beliefs and attitudes is warranted, but in an important sense, news and encyclopedic information are very different things with different goals, and I don't want to encourage the habit of linking to news reports and calling that an article. Even if there is some background information in the article itself, linking to news reports legitimizes them as a source of information, when for the most part all news reports are entertainment.