Wikipedia is like that... a horde of self-righteous ego-maniacal people who have no content matter expertise whatsoever trying to enforce the rules. If you want to discuss the changes, go to the "Talk" page and state your position why they should stay, and why they aren't "link spam". -Hank On 8/1/07, Cameron, Peter <cameron@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > or an indecent explanation? > > ________________________________ > > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kevin Abato > Sent: Tue 7/31/2007 9:23 PM > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DML] Wikipedia - Who keeps deleting DMC links!? > > > > ***** Moderator's Note ***** > Perhaps this is a question best asked of the folks > at Wikipedia? > > ***** Mike G Moderator of the week > > Does anyone know who/why the external links on Wikipedia for EVERYTHING > but > the following three sites are CONSTANTLY removed!? > "DeLorean Motor Company Official site" , "The DeLorean Connection" , and > "Gold DeLorean Car of Texas" always remain after all links are cleaned up. > > Earlier in the year, there were many club and personal Delorean project > related links. They have been deleted three times in the past several > months. The two most recent times were on: > 23 March 2007 by an anonymous contributor from IP address 81.173.240.98 > with the explanation of content edited "(External links)" > and then again on > 24 June 2007 by "Wackymacs" with the explanation of content edited > "(External links - Removing link spam)" > > Kind of annoying to have to put information back in for Delorean clubs, > etc. > I have noticed that the DOA, AZ-D, DCS, and DMA all regularly put our > information back on the list rather promptly, but it's a real annoyance. > > Can anyone offer a decent explanation? > > Thanks > > Kevin Abato > Vin# 16680 > www.deloreanmidatlantic.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/