On 24 Apr 2007 at 19:34:20 -0700 (PDT), mattman206 matt.valerio@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.