User talk:Eleven Special/Template:Wikia
Template:Wikia[edit]
This template was nominated for deletion nearly a year ago. That nomination used the rationale that it violated the external links guideline. While I think many of the posts made by the original nominator were valid, I think the larger issue is that this template is being used to promote a commercial enterprise that is not hosted under the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia and Wikia are supposed to be separate. Wikipedia contains no advertising, thus it would innapropriate to advertise any wikis sponsored by Wikia. This template comes close to, if not actually becoming a quick and simple way of adding spam links to articles. WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided has been considerably expanded since the original nomination and I feel this also warrants reconsideration for deletion. Points to consider are:
- 2. Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research. Since any wiki linked to is invariably going to be fancruft based on primary sources and original research, this point applies to the template being inappropriate.
- 4. Links mainly intended to promote a website. Naturally, as Wikia is a commercial enterprise and linking to it is automatically free advertising.
- 12. Links to open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors. This is debatable, and was a point of contention in the previous nomination, but it is a valid point that very few Wikia wiki's have an active userbase.
— Eleven Special (talk) 14:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)