User talk:Fuelies4life

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September 2013[edit]

Hello, I'm C.Fred. I wanted to let you know that I removed an external link you added to the page Fuel (band), because it seemed to be 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. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 02:00, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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--Orange Mike | Talk 23:20, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Moved thread: FUEL link please c.fred[edit]

I am sorry, not understanding what you are saying, conflict? Also, it's not a fan site, it is the official forums for the band. The one that was there no longer exists and this one took it's place. Do you understand ? I'm new to this and as far as i know this boardis alowed because it's an official one? Fuelies4life (talk) 23:15, 18 September 2013 (UTC) (copied here from User talk:C.Fred)[reply]

The big issue is that they're forums. Because registration is required, they shouldn't be linked to per WP:ELREG. It is an official board, I concede that now. I concede it because it's linked from Fuel's official website—and because of that, we should not link to the boards per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL.

It's a different section of the WP:External links policy than I mentioned before, but either way, it's the same result: the fan forum should not be linked from the Wikipedia article. —C.Fred (talk) 23:48, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]