User talk:Bridesandinvites

January 2014

Hello, I'm Excirial. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Wedding invitation because it seemed inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thanks. Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 21:46, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

removal of link

Hi Excirial,

I note that you have removed my link because it seemed inappropriate. Are you able to expand why. The info page provides the reader with relevant information.

Many thanks Brides and Invites — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridesandinvites (talk • contribs) 21:51, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

But of course. What applies here are ELNO points 4, 13 and 14:

Links mainly intended to promote a website, including online petitions. See external link spamming.
Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the link should be directly related to the subject of the article. A general site that has information about a variety of subjects should usually not be linked from an article on a more specific subject. Similarly, a website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject. If a section of a general website is devoted to the subject of the article, and meets the other criteria for linking, then that part of the site could be deep linked.
Lists of links to manufacturers, suppliers or customers.

To explain this: the "paperchainweddingstationery.co.uk" website at its core is a company selling wedding services. Adding a direct link to this website on Wedding invitation is considered spamming, since it (mostly) draws traffic over to a site intending to sell goods or services. If this type of linking would be allowed any company in existence could place a (decent) explanatory or informative page on their website and subsequently link it on Wikipedia, hoping that people would be drawn to the site and ended up looking around.

Quite simply put: Linking to specific company websites is (should be) rarely done on this type of article to start with. If i factor in the actual content of the page being linked to, its a definite no-go due to the promotional tone (For example, the "We understand at Paperchain just how much time and effort planning for your big day can take" right on top of the page).

There are a few other policies that apply here as well, but I'd say the above one is quite insurmountable as is for the added link. Hope this answers the question and kind regards, Excirial^{(Contact me,Contribs)} 22:24, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]