User talk:Gynz

Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in Glenorchy, New Zealand. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Mr Stephen (talk) 22:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Glenorchy, New Zealand. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you.-Mr Adequate (talk) 02:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Thanks for your message. The short answer is that there isn't an 'external link' to the air company's website, but a 'see also' link to the article about the air company. Advertising is not allowed on Wikipedia (opinions vary on the effectiveness and desirability of the policy, but that is not the point).

In a bit more detail. External links to travel sites, hotel wesites, even not-for-profit websites, are generally disallowed under the rules at external links and what Wikipedia is not. However, if there's an article about a company (or organisation, hotel, air company, even a website) then a link to that company's website is included in the article. We then move on to whether the company is notable enough for its own article, but that is another issue (basically you need multiple reliable third-party references).

You implicitly raise the questions: why is that 'see also' link there? What does the reader gain from the linked article? Fair point.

Regards, Mr Stephen (talk) 13:18, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]