[WikiEN-l] Harassment sites

[Ray Saintonge]

Will Beback wrote:
> David Gerard wrote:
>   
>> This would still see michaelmoore.com removed from [[Michael Moore]],
>> so fails the giggle test.
>>     
> The purpose of Wikipedia is to create articles full of content, not full 
> of external links. I'd argue that the article on Michael Moore does not 
> require a link to his website, nor does any article require having any 
> external link. External links are a convenience to readers, but aren't 
> part of the goal of the encyclopedia.
It seems that you are mixing purpose and practice. What you say is 
certainly correct about purpose, but you forget about the prevailing 
sourcing mania and that some people don't even like sources that are not 
conveniently available on line.  If the subject of an article maintains 
a website it would be absurd not to link to it.  No, we do not "require" 
it, but it does make the article a lot better.

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