Talk:Underwater Port Security System

Massive inappropriate links

• Per the Wikipedia:External links guidelines, I have deleted many links from this article that fail to comply with the guidelines for inclusion in Wikipedia articles:
  • www.bookofjoe.com - this is a blog. Definitely not acceptable as a resource on Wikipedia.
  • www.stevequayle.com - deleted because this is a duplicate of another article at military.com, which was retained.
  • www.codaoctopus.com - essentially content-free home page of a vendor site. The company is mentioned in the article, so it may be acceptable if a page on this site were used as a reference to back up a claim in the article. I wouldn't have heartburn if it were added back in, though.
  • diver.net links - forum/community site, totally unacceptable for external linking.
  • kongsberg.com links - these were added by an anonymous IP address who has been spamming Kongsberg links to many other articles. I came across this article during clean-up after this spammer, so I may have been too ambitious in deleting them. In any case, commercial pages with "how to buy" links aren't appropriate. The articles may be informative, so I wouldn't mind adding one or two back in, selectively.
  • naval-technology.com links - content free link pointing to Kongsberg, and a press release. The press release could be cited as a source, perhaps.

Please discuss here before adding them back. Thanks. =Axlq (talk) 06:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Answers:

• http://kongsberg.com links - these were added by an anonymous IP address who has been spamming Kongsberg links to many other articles. I came across this article during clean-up after this spammer, so I may have been too ambitious in deleting them. In any case, commercial pages with "how to buy" links aren't appropriate. The articles may be informative, so I wouldn't mind adding one or two back in, selectively.
  • OK, OK, page Kongsberg Maritime links to Kongsberg's company site.
• http://naval-technology.com links
  • I have put links to 3 press releases found in http://naval-technology.com site.

Anthony Appleyard (talk) 10:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine now. Thanks. =Axlq (talk) 15:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Blacklisted Links Found on the Main Page

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Below is a list of links that were found on the main page:

• http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/sonar/sonardyne/press1.html

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• http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/sonar/sonardyne/press2.html

  Triggered by \bnaval-technology\.com\b on the local blacklist

• http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/sonar/sonardyne/press3.html

  Triggered by \bnaval-technology\.com\b on the local blacklist

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• And they were 404. I have removed them. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 12:50, 3 April 2014 (UTC)