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suitable for inclusion as external links, subject to the limit described in WP:ELNO#EL1. Very large pages, such as pages containing rich media files, should...

links) are discouraged (ELNO#10). Facebook is particularly discouraged as viewing the page sometimes requires registration (ELNO#6). Facebook, MySpace,...

Template:Dispersive PDE Wiki (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:ELNO #12, external links to open wikis are discouraged in most situations. The...

Charleswdrake disagrees. Additional issues (added by other parties) Link fails WP:ELNO #11 and WP:ADV, Jngfletcher's actions fail WP:COI and...

it is user-submitted, we can't tell if it is accurate to begin with. WP:ELNO No. 1: it is not a "unique resource", as it is a "how-to" guide. Soetermans...

Foundation (141 days) Pass You could have mentioned the problems with WP:ELNO and the fact that those links should be citations. You might've also pointed...

footnotes) are just embedded directly into the table itself in violation of WP:ELNO. Wikipedia does not exist as a platform for creating directories of weblinks;...

read WP:ELNO but there are a couple of cases that are not clear to me. (1) Is it OK to link to lyrics websites in articles about a song? (2) ELNO says don't...

Mangoe (talk) 14:31, 10 April 2014 (UTC) Delete per WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:ELNO#EL20, which states that stand-alone lists or embedded lists should not be...

(UTC) Keep. And then we can work on ELNO #1. Ventifax (talk) 18:50, 20 February 2013 (UTC) Delete. Based on WP:ELNO 1. Bede735 (talk) 12:56, 21 February...

"External links" section also has a MySpace link, as well as fansites, which WP:ELNO applies, and like you said, the lead is very short, being only 3 sentences...

utility [1] [2] And several IP'S all trying to insert the exact same WP:ELNO content with promo overtones. John from Idegon (talk) 21:42, 5 June 2017...

ELNO restriction. The first rationalization was that the EL was in a footnote, so ELNO did not apply (but clearly it does as per footnote 5 of ELNO)...

Discuss, & Modify. Yes, the there may be technical violations of WP:ELNO#EL9 & WP:ELNO#EL13, but I think that with some knowledgeable coding, this could...

talk | history | links | watch | logs) Nominating as per WP:USERBIO and WP:ELNO. Editor has one edit in history, being this page. SudoGhost™ 02:50, 20 June...

Hanayamata. As such, the website cannot be used as an external link per WP:ELNO. —Farix (t | c) 22:38, 3 August 2014 (UTC) Per nominator's rationale and...

of the companies and uses no RS sources. This is essentially one big wp:ELNO #14 violation. NJGW (talk) 15:01, 27 October 2008 (UTC) Keep Most of the...

(UTC) Template:Untappd (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) WP:ELNO#10 - no links to social networking sites SilkTork (talk) 19:30, 20 January...

compare report Auto-generated every hour. Added exactly same set of non-WP:ELNO-compliant external links to an article: Prakash singh marko: [1][2] Adivasi...

14 June 2024 (UTC) Keep. As creator. The site meets the standard under WP:ELNO#EL12 which is a wiki with a substantial history of stability and a substantial...

I didn't remove any links to sources, just for the record. I removed WP:ELNO violations, which isn't the same thing — a company that's named in the article...

(UTC) And if you were talking about adding it to an existing article, see WP:ELNO, points 4, 10, 11, 13, and 14. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:04, 2 June 2016 (UTC)...

discussions. Cliff Smith 17:35, 13 July 2012 (UTC) Per WP:NOT, WP:EL/WP:ELNO and WP:SPAM: simply a list of links. mabdul 12:55, 13 July 2012 (UTC) Keep...

itself fails notability. But is it WP:Noteworthy? Per the requirements of WP:ELNO #1 including their webpage on any Wikipedia page is a no-go. The organization...

if many of the articles could pass ELNO#1, and the rate of addition could potentially be viewed as an issue with ELNO#4, although I doubt that's the case...

Template:TCMDb name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:ELNO #16. TCMDb no longer exists. Nardog (talk) 13:49, 14 December 2025 (UTC)...

WP:ELNO #5. WP:ELNO #1 Beetstra argues, via WP:ELNO #1, that the links to the podcast are redundant to the list of episodes on Wikipedia. From WP:ELNO #1:...

copies of their own videos threaded through running body text, which is an WP:ELNO violation and does not represent notability-building sourcing. Secondly,...

additional information about the subject, they should be removed per WP:ELNO#1, otherwise they indicate that the article is not comprehensive. This point...

this was to drive sales more than anything else -- but that makes them WP:ELNO violations, because helping topics drive traffic to their Amazon profiles...

general reference for a massive list of organizations with external links (WP:ELNO). Unsuitable per WP:LISTCOMPANY and WP:V. Waggie (talk) 05:43, 23 May 2017...

actually have articles to link to, so instead the list is serving as an WP:ELNO-violating directory of their own website URLs. As always, Wikipedia is not...

links, one was a broken link and the other was a myspace blog removed per WP:ELNO PGWG (talk) 19:47, 28 August 2009 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included...

legitimate concern. ELNO #12 does not define a required number of editors. - Gothicfilm (talk) 02:53, 31 March 2013 (UTC) "WP:ELNO #12 does not define...

closest thing there was to "referencing" here at all was a series of WP:ELNO-violating offlinks to each individual title's own self-published website...

links used in citations shouldn't be in the external links section per WP:ELNO. There are exceptions, like if you cite the official site in an article about...

standalone list, it would have only three entries once the ones violating WP:ELNO #20 are removed. (Unless some of them are bluelinks in disguise, which seems...

(talk) 21:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC) Comment: Well, that's only a 'maybe'. WP:ELNO (the next section on that page) says not to include "most fansites, except...

pieces of her own writing (as well as the post-nomination addition of a WP:ELNO-violating linkfarm of primary sources and Q&A interviews in which she's the...

poor attempt at a WP:PROMO article, I removed the promotional links per WP:ELNO and the SPA just added them back. I also can't seem to find a reliable source...

to the creek. A link to their website really wouldn't be in tune with WP:ELNO, but simply redirecting to the creek would be appropriate for this stub on...

WP:LISTN. Based only on primary sources for a list of non-notable companies. WP:ELNO and borderline promo (all references are just external links to company homepages)...

importance for an article to be justified. But once I removed all the WP:ELNO-violating links threaded throughout the article body where a thing mentioned...

(talk) 16:21, 28 April 2016 (UTC) A review of the language at ELNO #12 indicates that ELNO#12 does not apply. A) This website has a substantial number of...

picture of the Fluke 87V in the process. This change was reverted with an ELNO/SPAM warning on Vellfire525's talk page. Subsequently, 59.148.161.126‎ made...

Portal:Nudity/Web resources (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Fails WP:ELNO, WP:LINKFARM John of Reading (talk) 09:48, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Delete That's...

didn't anymore, the article is otherwise serving almost entirely as an WP:ELNO-violating linkfarm of inappropriate offlinks to the films' IMDb profiles...

and WP:WEASEL wording, would pretty much leave us with only a list of WP:ELNO. It severely lacks the presence WP:RS, and is hardly worth the effort of...

SourceForge. That criteria alone relieves the need for sources. Normally, WP:ELNO would prohibit a blog as being a reference but as per item 11, the Lee Schlesinger...

weekend. Meanwhile, we shouldn't link to MySpace in the EL section per WP:ELNO. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 09:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC) The above...

text The last external link "Grampy's Cliché City" should be removed per WP:ELNO I think the Foobies section should be merged with history as it's not quite...

transclusions · logs · subpages) TV Tropes is not a valid external link, it's WP:ELNO. It's trivial, user-submitted and has no editorial oversight. I could've...

unreliable source, and 4 of the external links are inappropriate due to WP:ELNO. ZappaOMati 00:01, 6 September 2012 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included...

to be as well filled out, and contains a number of issues, including WP:ELNO issues. While both versions are highly promotional, this one is moreso, and...

Apple Music tracklist, [2] and [13] are the same personal blog (non-RS, WP:ELNO), [3] is a puff-piece in non-RS. [4] is concert promotion in news format...

am unsure if it qualifies as an external link or should be removed per WP:ELNO, and will defer to another experienced editor who is proficient to make that...

tread into original research, and the external links clearly violate WP:ELNO. All of this is on top of the concerns noted in the nomination. Trainsandotherthings...

a clear argument in WP:ELNO. StrategyWiki has been edited by 50 different users in the last 30 days, Point number 12 in WP:ELNO states that open wikis...

on published sources. The facebook fan group also doesn't count, per WP:ELNO point 10. Neither do the official site (not independent) or the link to his...

MER-C 08:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC) Delete per nom and per the spirit of wp:ELNO. Nothing can beat this. I didn't even know the subpage existed. - DVdm (talk)...

experimental content is inappropriate due to quality concerns as documented at WP:ELNO 12. Looking how the template is used in practice it is used to link to an...

and the closest thing to "referencing" here, until I stripped it as an WP:ELNO violation, was offsite links to the film's own self-published production...

(NZDT) Consider removing some links in the "External links" section per MOS:ELNO  Done - Eiga-Kevin2 (talk) 07:53, 31 December 2022 (NZDT) I hope this helps...

rejected at WP:RSN as a reliable source, including it runs contrary to WP:ELNO. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:31, 3 May 2016 (UTC) Delete. I agree with the nominator...

outlets independent of him. And while I've also had to strip a bunch of WP:ELNO-violating offsite links from the body text, they also weren't reliable source...

Semi-advertorialized, but completely unreferenced once I stripped all the WP:ELNO-violating offlinks to ReverbNation from the body text, WP:AUTOBIO of a musician...

(talk) 17:04, 27 July 2012 (UTC) Comment - of the refs, myspace violates WP:ELNO (removed), youtube was a WP:SPS "interview" (removed), neversaynever is a...

between Wikipedia and Wikitree. And it links to an open Wiki, violating WP:ELNO. -- Irn (talk) 18:10, 4 April 2016 (UTC) Author I am on editor on both Wikitree...

this article was to create a search engine: until I cleaned it up for WP:ELNO compliance just now, every entry also included a direct offsite link to the...

logs · subpages) Most of the sites linked to via this template violate WP:ELNO, as they do not have both a "substantial history of stability and a substantial...

other than that one footnote, all this does otherwise is linkfarm an WP:ELNO-violating collection of dead links and pieces of his own writing about other...

media to establish that it would pass WP:CORP: until I stripped them as WP:ELNO violations, the only "references" present here at all were offsite links...

probably not OK per fair use guidelines) and some of the linkspam (per WP:ELNO). Drmies (talk) 15:34, 28 January 2012 (UTC) Delete, not notable, refs do...

problem with the page is that they link their social media which under WP:ELNO is not allowed. Finally as the nom suggests, there might be a conflict of...

Timeline · SPI Tools A new user with a COI username continues to app WP:ELNO social media links to the Spokane Shock article. New user with a similar...

'well-referenced' references appear not to be reliable sources; among them are WP:ELNO Facebook pages and Wikipedia pages. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:12...

along the 'hot thing' in the blogosphere, which are all disqualified by WP:ELNO. Nate • (chatter) 05:17, 10 November 2009 (UTC) Keep: It is indeed mentioned...

Smallman12q (talk) 19:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC) It was probably reverted per WP:ELNO #10: "Links to ... discussion forums/groups (such as Yahoo! Groups)". I suspect...

primary-sourced repost of his résumé (complete with a directory, larded with WP:ELNO-violating offlinks, of every individual article he ever wrote for an academic...

| logs) Self promotion and links to websites that are unsuitable per WP:ELNO. Island Monkey talk the talk 10:46, 22 May 2011 (UTC) I simply asked what...

ch/wiki/MeTG_(Homo_sapiens) and so on This seems not to run afoul of WP:ELNO as the wiki in question likely has "a substantial history of stability and...

coverage about his writing at all -- until I cleaned it up just now for WP:ELNO compliance, the "referencing" here consisted entirely of embedded offsite...

sourced. Just like David's article, this was an overgrown linkfarm of WP:ELNO violations to the self-published websites of people and organizations named...

Lastly, the External links section should be judiciously trimmed per WP:ELNO #1: Links "should not merely repeat information that is already or should...

Eddie, which appears to be trying to advertise an affiliate link. See WP:ELNO #17. Wronkiew (talk) 17:17, 25 September 2008 (UTC) Keep but remove the link...

consider this "not reliably functional" and therefore recommended against by WP:ELNO #13. Since there are plenty of substitutes in Category:Internet Relay Chat...

fansites, blogs and indirect sites per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL/WP:NOT#REPOSITORY/WP:ELNO", however after this the article still only consists of primary sources In...

Wikipedia article itself. This concern limits use of many videos according to ELNO#1. Adding links to gratis online videos that promote a site or product may...

course, some were offlinking to the company's own website in violation of WP:ELNO) — and none of the lists cite any proper referencing, either. Delete. Bearcat...

criteria to exclude it (WP:ELMAYBE #2; WP:ELNO #1, #5, #8). I believe that Dirk Beetstra stated that WP:ELNO #1 should not be ignored just because the...

(the only "references" present at all here, until I stripped them, were WP:ELNO violating links, sitting right in body text, to primary sources like her...

stating that he exists, and then linkfarms one of the most egregiously long WP:ELNO-violating lists of "every web page anybody could find with his name present...

As written, in fact, this is almost entirely a gigantic linkfarm of WP:ELNO-violating offsite links to pieces of his own bylined writing — but you don't...

October 2013 (UTC) Nikkimaria has removed an external link to that wiki per WP:ELNO, but I made a little research and I think that site falls under the exception...

on another wiki and thus would not pass WP:ELNO. Daniel Case (talk) 20:54, 21 September 2012 (UTC) WP:ELNO quite clearly states, "Links normally to be...

inappropriate offsite links that are threaded into the body text, in defiance of WP:ELNO rules, are not reliable source coverage about him in media, but the primary...

subpages) Fancruft template. This one links to fan wiki and violates WP:ELNO. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 08:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Delete per nom-no...

for links and such to discussion forums and fansites for such stuff per WP:ELNO, which all of those appear to violate in some manner. At the end of the day...

September 2016 (UTC) Keep – Complies with the second paragraph of WP:EL; WP:ELNO #9 doesn't apply here. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:34, 17 September 2016...

link to search results from the Times of India web site. However, per WP:ELNO point 9, we should not be adding external links to searches. Whpq (talk)...

Comment I've stripped out the excess WikiAnswers, Tumblrs, Twitters per WP:ELNO Hasteur (talk) 19:19, 4 May 2012 (UTC) Delete - I have removed all the unreferenced...

They were: [1]: "This fake reference is about Niloy Alamgir " [2]: "WP:ELNO" [3]: "rm unsourced autobio fluff" [4]: "WP:BLPPRIVACY" [5]: "Google searches...

and YouTube videos of the games; attempts to remove those links under WP:ELNO have repeatedly failed. I attempted to remove the links and tidy up the formatting...

in articlespace, e.g. in Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber. However, WP:ELNO normally prohibits linking to blogs and similarly unreliable websites (and...

inappropriate social media and wordpress external links which I removed per WP:ELNO (also removed one spam link). I removed the nonsensical awards section, though...

Talk:Richard_Feynman#New_external_link) and it was explained that they all failed WP:ELNO for fansite/copyright reasons. A year and a half later Geoffw1948 added the...

large linkfarm of external links, which I've stripped, but nearly all of the ELNO violations were still primary sources with the exception of just two articles...

as preying on fellow whales." Looks to be too many external links per WP:ELNO That said there is plenty of information assembled read to support rapid...

Multiple links to social networking sites is generally frowned upon per WP:ELNO, although certainly not forbidden, (2) Generally, one link to an official...

furthermore, I also had to strip the article of a large profusion of WP:ELNO violating offsite links to more Amazon pages, Facebook posts, and other pages...

an external link www.radiolistings.co.uk fails grounds 1, 3 and 11 of WP:ELNO. Alistair Stevenson (talk) 12:20, 24 March 2011 (UTC) This page may aspire...

promotional link. It was unacceptable under at least 3 of the provisions of WP:ELNO.) JamesBWatson (talk) 10:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC) Delete, non-notable party...

to nominator's reasons, I'd note that this was also shot through with WP:ELNO-violating offsite links, both in an "URL" column and the references column...

download links will be removed as they are against Wikipedia policy (see WP:ELNO). Regards, GregJackP Boomer! 05:24, 28 September 2012 (UTC) Comment - I miss...

sure if the current set of external links satisfy WP:EL (namely #1 in WP:ELNO). Being a numismatist myself, I found this to be a very interesting article...

personal webpages of non-notable collaborators until I cleaned it up for WP:ELNO compliance just now. Further, I need to call attention to Draft:Steve Sinnicks...

sellers (i.e. spam), are repeated, and are not reliable sources (most fail ELNO). Can you please point out (and provide sources to the effect) which of the...

links are needed or not, but I'm inclined to think not; they might fail WP:ELNO. The first should be removed since it adds no worthwhile information to the...

Maile (talk) 15:02, 17 October 2023 (UTC) Weak keep, after removing the WP:ELNO, WP:CRYSTAL, redlinks, and WP:TENANTS dreck, there is the bones of a salvageable...

They should not generally be listed as "External links" either, per WP:ELNO. On the other hand, some of the material in these sources may have been attributed...

to suppliers / vendors of these devices. I'd just remove the links per WP:ELNO point 14, but there wouldn't be much of value left, and Wikipedia is WP:NOT...

That source requires registration to access or view any content. see WP:ELNO. Cindy(talk to me) 07:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC) While it can be anti-motivational...

place for lists of Youtube videos are on Youtube. Article therefore fails WP:ELNO and WP:NOTLINK. This has been explained before to the article's creator....

move to userspace. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:10, 23 June 2017 (UTC) Template:ELNO (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Hardcoded, overly laconic...

sources External links Courage the Cowardly Dog Wiki, hosted by Wikia -> WP:ELNO This is one of my favourite animated shows, ans unfortunately, its main problem...

added to Risk (game) can clearly be removed under multiple criteria of WP:ELNO (1, 4, 5, and 10, mainly). I therefore intend to suggest that you, or any...

Reception section. Fixed The Wiki external link should be removed per WP:ELNO, which states that an external Wiki should be substantial (think the Star...

lot of offsite links to primary sources, which I've already removed as WP:ELNO violations.) As always, no prejudice against recreation in the future if...

the article. Also the external links to fan sites have been removed per WP:ELNO. Hopefully these changes address the orginal concerns with the article. Themeparkgc  Talk ...

Cleanup needed for references Dead links Too many external links per WP:ELNO Don't use {{cite web}} for external links Categories should be sorted in...

of a list of external links for downloading episodes, in violation of WP:ELNO.- MrX 03:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC) OK, WP:OTHERSTUFF is a fair point, but...

chat) 17:59, 4 August 2011 (UTC) Comment I removed the external links per WP:ELNO but they were quickly re-added. It is now being discussed on the talk page...

Vimeo for every film listed in it until I stripped those just now as WP:ELNO violations. There's just nothing here that would be "inherently" notable...

points in Wikipedia is not a directory, a list is NOT always a directory. WP:ELNO Does not appear to apply here either. My only concern is that the article...

September 2018 (UTC) The rule is to remove GoFundMe links. This falls under WP:ELNO#EL4, which (admittedly) could be clear about that. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:00...

Vegas/Las Vegas news, which since 2008[2] has been a linkfarm contrary to WP:ELNO Portal:Las Vegas/Did you know, which had no new entries since 2008[3]. Per...

specific web page, even if it was an official census page. And as per WP:ELNO a link to a personal cite where someone has posted a scan of a census record...

04:00, 11 October 2018 (UTC) Delete. External link spam that violates WP:ELNO and WP:LINKFARM. And this will make it look like that Wikimapia is associated...

Naraht (talk) 20:10, 11 April 2011 (UTC) I have removed the link, per WP:ELNO: WP is not a directory. In fact List of Alpha Phi Omega members should be...

sources in External links Can you justify Ballotpedia with respect to WP:EL/WP:ELNO? Nikkimaria (talk) 22:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC) Thanks, these have been fixed...

link.). Looking into other reasonable applications of ELNO; WP:ELNO#1 and the intent behind WP:ELNO#11 are arguable as well. The material provided is, in...

than anything GNG-building. This was also shot through with dozens of WP:ELNO-violating embedded offsite links to the archived page for every individual...

because until I saw it a few minutes ago it was shot through with dozens of WP:ELNO-violating embedded links to profiles for almost every film named in the article...

 LinkedIn  Facebook  X (Twitter)  Bluesky  Reddit By Wikimedia Foundation ELNÒS Shopping mall pattern, photo by Luca Bravo This announcement originally...

https://news.google.com/news?q=%22electronic+music%22 ... which is s a breacj of WP:ELNO Portal:Electronic music/Selected article, which has displayed the same article(Techno)...

software, while the other is indeed an WP:SPS. I've removed these links per WP:ELNO: they're not sources, and they don't add information that cannot be found...

WP:5000. I started eliminating these with edit summaries like WP:SPAM, WP:ELNO, unreliable source, WP:SOAP, WP:NOTPROMOTION and the likes. I strictly maintain...

Template:Britannica (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:ELNO policy, Encyclopedia Britannica is not a reliable link. Frontman830 (talk)...

coverage about her. There were more footnotes here before I stripped the WP:ELNO-violating linkfarm of every individual article she ever wrote for a newspaper...

consider this "not reliably functional" and therefore recommended against by WP:ELNO #13. Since there are plenty of substitutes in Category:Internet Relay Chat...

indiscriminate list of external links, many of which are clear-cut violations of WP:ELNO and others that really should be decided on a case-by-case basis as opposed...

have chosen one listing on Linux and another that is in violation of WP:ELNO, as a commercial download site. As you can see, the sources have hardly alleviated...

history · transclusions · logs · subpages) The site ArborWiki does not meet WP:ELNO #1 or #12, because it does not have "a substantial history of stability and...

closest thing that was present, until I stripped it as a violation of WP:ELNO, was a handful of direct offsite links to online bookstores or web-published...

in the article is a YouTube link, and probably should be removed per WP:ELNO. Pretty much a complete lack of reliable sources except NICAP. Google Books...

subpages) Unnecessary template. The template links to fan wiki and violates WP:ELNO. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 19:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC) AfDs for this template:...

association's website is superfluous (and against the spirit and letter of WP:ELNO#19. I have raised this issue with Headbomb, his response is on his talk page...

history · transclusions · logs · subpages) This template goes against WP:ELNO which instructs us to avoid adding external links which take the form of...

(UTC) While I don't think Wikipedia would be in legal trouble for these links, I'll remove them per WP:ELNO. Huon (talk) 23:59, 23 February 2013 (UTC)...

email) 23:03, 27 April 2017 (UTC) I think that we've gotten all of the WP:ELNO #6 violations cleared out now, but that still leaves us with about 40 refs...

they cannot be included as I don't see such external links violating WP:ELNO. Futhermore, with GameFAQs, it's not just walkthroughs and cheats, they also...

lengthy external links section probably could be pared down according to WP:ELNO, though I must admit that I haven't looked at each of the linked items. But...

normally be cited, per WP:External links § Links normally to be avoided (WP:ELNO) #12, and WP:Identifying reliable sources#User-generated content. Inappropriate...

links to hardcore porn images .This is a breach of policies 1,4,5 of WP:ELNO Atlantic306 (talk) 16:37, 12 February 2016 (UTC) Keep Per Morbidthoughts...

(talk) 09:26, 13 January 2010 (UTC) Note that Linkedin fails to meet WP:ELNO #10, it also fails the self-published sources guidance and was removed on...

February 2009 (UTC) Delete Hulu is not visible outside of the US (see WP:ELNO #7), and we do not have to link to outside resources, they are just a convenience...

German equivalent with one 37 mm and two 12.7 mm (or even close) Done per WP:ELNO, what is it about afvdb.50megs that "provides a unique resource beyond what...

the same observation that I had with the M15 Halftrack article. "per WP:ELNO, what is it about afvdb.50megs that "provides a unique resource beyond what...

to be on the main website. In fact, we have a rule against doing so, WP:ELNO. The right to information about government functions in India is expected...

councilmembers' profiles on the counties' or cities' own websites — which, per WP:ELNO, we're not allowed to do. There's simply not much value in this list; as...

webpage, if only to show where and when they meet. Once the ELs that fail WP:ELNO (or if you prefer, those that don't satisfy WP:ELYES) are removed, what's...

Cleanup needed for references Dead links Too many external links per WP:ELNO Don't use {{cite web}} for external links Categories should be sorted in...

Pcap ping 08:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC) Delete, collective spam. Fails WP:ELNO, WP:SAL, WP:NOTDIR, and just about everything else applicable to a comparison...

former employers, not real media coverage, and until I cleaned it up for WP:ELNO compliance just now, the article was otherwise a stank nest of offsite links...

general) may be copyvios, though may also be fair use there, and per WP:ELNO, we would not link to copyvios on other sites. But this list is indiscriminate...

as that would be linking to a copyright violation (which is against WP:ELNO) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC) It's on the official...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Several violations including: WP:LINKFARM, WP:ELNO, WP:LINKSPAM Jwesley78 20:59, 24 February 2010 (UTC) Note: This debate has...

attempts at "referencing" present here at all, until I poleaxed them as WP:ELNO violations, was each book title offlinking to its own primary source profile...

anything), which makes it a clear case of WP:NOTDIR (per WP:NOT#LINK and WP:ELNO.--70.80.234.163 (talk) 10:03, 24 November 2011 (UTC) Note: This debate has...

Bonzothedog (talk · contribs). My primary concerns about the link are: Related to ELNO#4; to date, the only edits to article space by Bonzothedog (talk · contribs)...

logs · subpages) Links to Wikipedia search page in article in violation of WP:ELNO 9. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 22:29, 2 May 2020 (UTC) Delete per nom. Links to a...

article body, which aren't support for notability and which I've removed on WP:ELNO grounds.) While this isn't a deletion rationale per se, it also warrants...

" is not a valid rationale. You would need to provide something from WP:ELNO perhaps. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:50, 22 December 2014 (UTC) Maybe...

are not considered reliable sources and may be deleted by editors. See WP:ELNO. Look for reliable sources that are independent of the subject to support...

Weibo requires registration to view any content. As a result this fails WP:ELNO #6 and it is not of use for the majority of readers. Canterbury Tail talk...

it does indeed come across as spammy and contrary to WP:NOTADVERT and WP:ELNO when used in article space. Maybe there is a better way to display this kind...

transclusions · logs · subpages) The external link this template generated failed WP:ELNO #12 "Links to open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability...

every external link must be justifiable. Common errors are listed at WP:ELNO. Depending on the subject area, it may take up to a couple of months before...

of organizations named in the body text, which had to be stripped as WP:ELNO violations — so it's time to source it properly or lose it. There's also...

is that Wolfram Alpha should by presumption be disallowed as failing WP:ELNO #9 (search engine results) but we have currently over 1000 of those links...

specific that I haven't seen. Howewer, I want to remind you that per WP:ELNO plain external links don't belong into the body of an article. In addition...

he is on 21 October 2008. I had removed a link he had inserted failing WP:ELNO and he inquired on my talk page. I was unaware of his block and attempted...

attributes of a reliable source and it falls well withing the dictates of WP:ELNO. David in DC (talk) 00:58, 13 December 2010 (UTC) The above discussion is...

not often that Youtube links are appropriate external links either: see WP:ELNO. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:45, 22 December 2018 (UTC) The answer is no we don't...

purpose other than to promote rationalwiki.org with spam links that fail WP:ELNO. WP:OPENWIKI does allow links to wikis with substantial history of stability...

third one to the Tumblr page of a magazine collector (not allowable under WP:ELNO#11). The magazine existed only for a brief period (1995-1995) and apparently...

subpages) Used for links to a site that is not a reliable source and violates WP:ELNO. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:25, 19 October 2013 (UTC) Oppose. Not sure why you...

See WP:LOCAL. The external links are also not the best, as reflected in WP:ELNO. See WP:BAND. Take a look at the list of 12 guidelines pertaining to notability...

belittle ("Fancruft") those who do. Oh, "Memory Alpha"? That might pass WP:ELNO #12, but most fictional elements won't have an appropriate destination, and...

link templates). The closest thing I can see to this violating WP:EL is WP:ELNO #11 and #12. For #11 "Links to blogs, personal web pages and most fansites"...

is useful for that purpose it does mean that it is incompatible with WP:ELNO #1. I would support keeping it if it was converted to a template that can...

individual song in their discography, right in open body text in defiance of WP:ELNO rules, thus bolstering the suspicion that the intent here was promotional...

violating Wikipedia:External links. But even then such links must satisfy WP:ELNO and in particular "Links to individual web pages that primarily exist to...

notability. Bleacher Report is a poor site that I believe fails WP:RS and WP:ELNO. Otherwise what you have here is one article from 2008 and one from 2011...

without mention}}s makes me uncomfortable; feels like an end run around WP:ELNO/WP:NOTDIRECTORY, especially if mention of the Twitter account was previously...

topic, which seems to have no actual significant coverage. This is a WP:ELNO-violating index of primary-source offlinks to numerous Twitter accounts,...

couple of minor issues: I'd probably nuke both of the external links per WP:ELNO #1 I'd tweak "Ibuki was scrapped in Sasebo Naval Arsenal Drydock No. 7, 22...

was notable. External links — Avoid excessive external links, as per WP:ELNO. Clubs, forums, and social media are rarely acceptable. Normally, only one...

WP:BLPSPS. The LinkedIn profile in External Links should also be removed per WP:ELNO #4. The more fundamental issue is notability. The article's only claim that...

And yet, per the same guideline that you've used, and reading down at WP:ELNO: one should generally avoid providing external links to: 11. Blogs, personal...

link "violates WP:ELNO #1 and #13". But does it? Shouldn't you present an argument? In what way does the external link violate WP:ELNO #1 and #13? Bus stop...

March 2016 (UTC) @Scott Davis Sorry I forgot to link to the guideline -WP:ELNO. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:15, 27 March 2016 (UTC) Thank you Dodger67 (talk ·...

officially controlled links by the subject are exempt from WP:ELNO No, they are normally exempt from ELNO, but do need to meet ELOFFICIAL criteria and are subject...

links were considered user generated, and therefore should be removed per WP:ELNO #12? Outside of that, the article follows WP:VG/GL and WP:MOS guidelines...

a low-count-of-usage situation? Fæ (talk) 11:23, 14 September 2011 (UTC) ELNO 12. It is an open wiki which does not demonstrably have a "substantial history...

6 June 2011 (UTC) Delete as per ELNO #12 (Links to open wikis).Moxy (talk) 17:06, 6 June 2011 (UTC) Delete per ELNO concerns and in particular the uncertain...

newsgroup (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) According to WP:ELNO, we should almost never cite to a newsgroup except in very, very rare circumstances...

Thryduulf (talk) 15:41, 18 May 2018 (UTC) It depends if the wikia meets WP:ELNO #12. If it's stable enough then it can be added as an external link. AngusWOOF...

and Twitter should be removed per WP:ELNO. At Talk:Filthy Frank#Social media links, User:Laurdecl says that WP:ELNO doesn't apply because of WP:ELOFFICIAL...

given that ISBNs link to a page saying "Buy this book on Amazon." I read WP:ELNO and it seems to says that blogs by "recognized authorities" are OK. It says...

"you've been told that you don't understand ELNO". My reasoning that these sites should not be there: ELNO #11 which disallows most fan sites. I don't...

were present in the "external links" section, I would remove them per WP:ELNO #13 # Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the...

beginning actor on their first role will have an article. (also, according to WP:ELNO #1, if you think these source can be used in the article, they should probably...

other attempt at "referencing" that was present here at all was a set of WP:ELNO-violating offlinks to her books' own sales pages on Amazon or their publishers'...

all these seem perfectly within WP:EL guidelines. I see arguments like WP:ELNO#12 in the previous discussion, while not actually being a wiki, and having...

be made to this section. The result of the discussion was Delete per WP:ELNO#Links_normally_to_be_avoided item 5. Ruslik_Zero 14:47, 12 December 2010...

(ie they are different write-ups of the same story) they probably fail WP:ELNO no. 1 (they do not "provide a unique resource beyond what the article would...

side-tracked. Frankly, this is ridiculous. It's a clear case of ELNO#11 (which basically follows from ELNO#1 + WP:SPS), and in 3 weeks not a single editor argued...

Tamilguardian is a malware-virus site, and thus is not to be linked per WP:ELNO #3. THF (talk) 17:24, 18 January 2009 (UTC) how do you know it is a malware...

is something completely different, and it fails the 'directness' (see WP:ELNO) criteria. Moreover, it does not tell more about the article subject (and...

does come down to whether a website meets the criteria at WP:ELYES / WP:ELNO. I don't believe your website meets those criteria. Others here may differ...

is via mirrors of questionable copyright status they violate WP:V and WP:ELNO. Additionally, you seem to have implied that original, now defunct, TIN was...

way a reliable source, and should not be included as an external link (WP:ELNO 12). I guess we should remove the template from the 28 articles that use...

information, the link will be confusing and also almost inevitably run afoul of WP:ELNO #1 as a site which does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article...

Madonna's own website, while ref [63] is from a Madonna fan site, which is an WP:ELNO. GA2c: Ref [45] uses MTV as a source to describe the plot of the music video...

reaches. I already removed a list of stations that aired the films per WP:ELNO. Nate • (chatter) 03:20, 28 September 2020 (UTC) Bare in mind, that the MGM/UA...

for adding inappropriate external links per wp:ELNO #10. - DVdm (talk) 09:49, 9 January 2012 (UTC) ELNO #10 excludes "a link to an official page of the...

links, categories, etc (for external links, please be sure to follow WP:ELNO – we only do one "personal" external link, so don't include their own website...

May 2015 (UTC) Speedy delete A WP:SPAM sales link that clearly fails WP:ELNO. MarnetteD|Talk 03:34, 5 May 2015 (UTC) Delete. We already have enough templates...

websites in lieu of Wikipedia articles, which had to be stripped as an WP:ELNO violation. So it's mostly a list of non-notable things, which was clearly...

"information about the subject of the article from knowledgeable sources", and WP:ELNO specifically prohibits "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually...

of a film's Allmovie page are supplementary to its Wikipedia article? WP:ELNO says to avoid "any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what...

later and does exactly the same thing, only saying in her edit summary WP:ELNO, WP:ELBURDEN - the same thing she said before, after I've already pointed...

reverted to me per WP:ELNO#1. Johnuniq (talk) 10:47, 21 April 2010 (UTC) That particular example definitely seems to fail ELNO #1. Even the long version...

--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:17, 30 August 2009 (UTC) Resolved  – Link removed per WP:ELNO Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 23:49, 29 August 2009 (UTC) This article:...

enter in which box. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC) WP:ELNO #9 says to "avoid links to the results pages of search engines", so why is...

like people agree cleanup is needed and that this needs to follow standard ELNO/LINKFARM standards, so I assume nobody will mind if we remove those external...

and Request Withdrawn. It appears that consensus is favor of enforcing WP:ELNO rather than deleting the the template altogether. Alpha Quadrant talk 19:29...

per WP:OVERLINK Same goes for puzzles Remove Facebook external link per WP:ELNO; then, add some other link Your issues are resolved. --Khanassassin ☪ 15:06...

these websites directly in an article as a source satisfy WP:RS. Per WP:ELNO: one should generally avoid providing external links to: Blogs, personal...

possible copyright violation (see WP:ELNEVER for that) and are blogs (WP:ELNO point 11, and although the material is "written by a recognized authority"...

unless your website only contains "verifiable research" it will fail WP:ELNO whilst adding any website to numerous pages is usually considered to be spamming...

but you are free to do so. However, please read WP:EXT and consider WP:ELNO #1, since sometimes the MobyGames page would clearly not be appropriate....

WhisperToMe (talk) 03:37, 15 November 2009 (UTC) Eh, there's an exception in ELNO for "[wikis] with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number...

a labelled histolological slide; now the source is locked, violating WP:ELNO #5. Tom (LT) (talk) 01:51, 7 May 2020 (UTC) Relisted to generate a more thorough...

concerns are more based on WP:ELNO #5 than on #1.) —David Eppstein (talk) 18:40, 10 September 2021 (UTC) This page is okay under ELNO #5. The main purpose of...

Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 05:11, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Oppose, per guidelines at WP:ELNO, esp. 5 & 15, and per WP:SPAM. And perhaps WP:OR.... First, any time you...

added by Hassnaintariq (talk • contribs) 09:17, 20 April 2013 (UTC) See WP:ELNO. An article should contain links to the subject's official website, but this...

be established through IMDb. The YouTube videos are inappropriate per WP:ELNO. The photo copyright should work out with the permission sent via OTRS as...

director or source for it. Don't force the bolded title in the lead section WP:ELNO #9 says to "avoid links to the results pages of search engines" such as the...

cyclists. Kiwipete (talk) 04:58, 3 May 2026 (UTC) Delete Proximate to WP:ELNO#16. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:19, 3 May 2026 (UTC) delete per above --Lenticel...

date, incomplete wiki that just contains lists of names. Both links fail WP:ELNO #13, so this template should not be used and to avoid this should be removed...

linking to it would be compliant with ELNO. Thus, we shouldn't have a template for an external link that runs against ELNO #12. Hog Farm Talk 05:27, 20 May...

sites. Basically, we don't need to spam the external links sections. WP:ELNO has more info on this. Dismas|(talk) 03:15, 26 November 2010 (UTC) Understandable...

examine the first 12 reference. I've removed the extensive external per WP:ELNO and the links to self-published sources like Medium per WP:NOT/WP:SPIP where...

--Yaksar (let's chat) 19:42, 5 March 2011 (UTC) Delete per WP:NOTLINK and WP:ELNO.--137.122.49.102 (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2011 (UTC) Comment: this is publicly...

information about the subject of the article from knowledgeable sources and WP:ELNO no. 2: "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate...

subpages) This template uses a website search, which violates guideline WP:ELNO item 9. Qazin (talk) 22:19, 4 November 2008 (UTC) Delete per nom - violates...

am simply applying WP:ELNO policy. The page has been raised at WP:ELN. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:58, 28 June 2011 (UTC) ELNO policy is not an exception...

Technology, that's because just externally linked it there in violation of WP:ELNO and then later changed it to a wikilink, without even citing a reliable source...

--Timeshifter (talk) 02:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC) If the article violates WP:ELNO, I consider it spam. I am not calling you a spammer, I am calling the article...

be appropriate per point #2 of WP:EL § Links normally to be avoided (WP:ELNO), "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material...

resolve dispute on article talk page: [80] Comments: A clear breach of WP:ELNO, this user has ignored all attempts to resolve the matter on the talk page...

Amazon.com and another sales site. This is generally not allowed under WP:ELNO. It may not be notable, as shown above. Neither the singer nor her album...

an edit from the past 24 hours removing a source that is flagged under WP:ELNO, which backs up what the OP said regarding reliable sourcing. My votes on...

content of that site may be. Awshort (talk) 08:22, 29 May 2026 (UTC) WP:ELNO #3 states Sites containing malware, malicious scripts, trojan exploits, or...

significant history of stability or substantial number of editors required per WP:ELNO #12 for external linking to open wikis, so having a barely-used template...

transclusions (21). ZandDev (msg) 14:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC) Delete per WP:ELNO #1 (featured articles would "[have] images and other media, where appropriate...

(across many articles) that reference Weebly, justified on the basis of WP:ELNO re: blogs. User contribs history is the simplest way to see this. However...

personal blog and therefore would be one of the no-nos (#11) listed at WP:ELNO. Finetooth (talk) 22:21, 14 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks for your response...

Websites such as isitdownrightnow.com report it down long term. Per WP:ELNO #16 we should avoid links to "Sites that are not reliably functional or not...

not a reliable source nor is it from knowledgeable sources. Also per WP:ELNO because it is an open wiki which I don't think has "a substantial history...

warring. 101.163.108.17 (talk) 14:13, 2 September 2014 (UTC) WP:ELNEVER and WP:ELNO point #3. We don't post links to stolen material. Grow up. --NeilN talk to...

WP:ELNO#EL1 - "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article. WP:ELNO#EL12...

Template:SearchImages (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Fails WP:ELNO#EL9, unused. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 08:06...

17:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC) Comment – IMDbPro Starmeter falls under WP:ELNO (Links normally to be avoided) because it requires a paid registration. —...

musicians' articles. To me, this seems like a violation of a couple of WP:ELNO points - the sites can't be viewed without a membership, and membership costs...

December 2014 (UTC) BLPTALK is BLP policy, ELNO is a guideline. Why are citing a guideline as overriding policy?. ELNO applies to the "external Links" section...

attribute like one can with Memory Alpha, and thus would seem to fail most of WP:ELNO. Some additional input would be helpful. --MASEM (t) 03:38, 11 October 2010...

against WP:ELNO. Please seek a good faith consensus for your view. C3F2k (Questions, comments, complaints?) 22:57, 4 June 2012 (UTC) Please see WP:ELNO exemption...

links added to the bottom of multiple articles. Most of these contravene WP:ELNO and WP:NOTDIR. Each death in the article to which this template is attached...

oversight). The scans of the book's pages push this source squarely into WP:ELNO territory; we cannot link to or cite pages that infringe copyright. (It's...

"usefulness" is often subjective. Following the principles outlined at WP:ELNO (I am not going to paraphrase all 19 points for the sake of brevity), such...

27 November 2010 (UTC) I guess you'd argue that the book would fail WP:ELNO 13 if it were an external link. That's something one could debate, though...

that." Wrong. Per WP:ELNO, we are not to link to content that would be considered illegal in the state of Florida Actually, WP:ELNO simple says that "one...

a link). The following is a relevant discussion from my userpage: See WP:ELNO, point 15. Do try an ISBN link instead. We don't link directly to amazon...

(hist) (diff) Passage to Zarahemla ‎ (→External links: removed blog per WP:ELNO #11) 22:33, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Talk:Chris Heimerdinger ‎ (→advert:...

links that I removed are links to a forum discussion which does not pass WP:ELNO (see Links normally to be avoided #10). Also forums without editorial oversight...

blogs like are not reliable sources and not to be used on wikipedia. See WP:ELNO. What exactly are you disputing? That hipsters united is/isn't a fansite...

Delete per nom; also, the second link in the template has been violating WP:ELNO #13 all along. Regards, HaeB (talk) 00:56, 24 July 2021 (UTC) Delete The...

user-generated website, which is not reliable WP:UGC. It also goes against WP:ELNO. Links normally to be avoided: (✓) Any site that does not provide a unique...

class—without the affiliate links to Amazon.com (which are banned by WP:ELNO). Additionally, all of the WP:External links in the main text (such as the...

policy would allow a further reading link to Wikipedia as carved out under ELNO#12, as an open wiki with a history of stability and substantial amount of...

Occupied Territories was not an appropriate external think under the WP:ELNO provision "Avoid undue weight on particular points of view". The Red Cross...

add any of them as I felt that many photo sites were not viable under WP:ELNO and in one case, some other editor (definitely not me) added a link to my...

16:53, 16 May 2016 (UTC) Remove Twitter from the external links, per WP:ELNO. It's her personal (verified) account, so it's very much acceptable per WP:BLPEL...

are so full of ads. That in enough should be enought to blacklist it. WP:ELNO seems to rule it out as an external link entirely. I agree with Conti, there's...

if editors continue to re-insert "available servers" against not only WP:ELNO, not WP:NOTHOWTO (this coming from an admin who I don't believe has really...

but the magnet link is static. --Errant (chat!) 08:48, 1 May 2012 (UTC) WP:ELNO #7. We have more editors who self-identify as furries than we do readers...

(UTC) Given the discussion here, I've proposed that we make point 3 of WP:ELNO an exception to the "official is okay" standard; if this pass, it would mean...

banner does not comply with several policies and guidelines including WP:ELNO, WP:NOTADVERT, and Wikipedia:Alternative text for images#Links and attribution...

subject's website lists numerous media appearances and I wrote "Readded per WP:ELNO - "Except for a link to an official page of the subject"". As for Mark Bingham...

blog and is attempting to add blogs to the EL section in violation of WP:ELNO. I have explained the relevant policies to the user but he either doesn't...

referred you to WP:ELNO, so you need to read that. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:19, 19 March 2014 (UTC) Thank You. I went to WP:ELNO and see numerous potential...

added by editors removing the links. You will see links to WP:ELYES, WP:ELNO and WP:ELMAYBE. They all link to parts of WP:EL. That is irrelevant though...

ONI drawing into an SVG file, and to nuke the two external links per WP:ELNO#1. Parsecboy (talk) 19:41, 7 January 2019 (UTC) The discussion above is closed...

explaining all the qualms I had: Three of the four external links violate WP:ELNO #5 because they link to sites that sell products. The one "reference" on...

The other two articles given were very clear (wrong article on one and WP:ELNO on the other). TRPoD may not be making many friends in those frequently debated...

WP:NOT#REPOSITORY and WP:EL (specifically the section WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, and WP:ELNO#EL11). This template, with its content, should be deleted from almost all...

27 January 2013 (UTC) How are you justifying the wiki EL according to WP:ELNO? Removed.--Gen. Quon (Talk) 18:34, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Given that CreateSpace...

revision 525247482 by Capo689 (talk) Reads like an ad. WP:NPOV WP:RS WP:ELNO [WP:OR]] Take it to the talk page please) (undo) 21:58, 27 November 2012‎...

on 2017 June 20. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:55, 20 June 2017 (UTC) Template:ELNO (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) The above discussion is...

which are his only edits to Wikipedia. I believe that the link violates WP:ELNO criteria 1, 4 and 5. I reverted and issued a level 1 warning, and the user...

templates link to pages that sell the games, which is clearly out per WP:ELNO, and the Xbox achievements site apparently requires registration, which is...

WP:VPP, vertert again and get reported to WP:AN3, also rvt spam el per WP:ELNO. (TW)") 11:19, 24 September 2010 (edit summary: "Undid revision 386699429...

summary: "Links to commercial sales sites are absolutely not allowed. WP:ELNO, WP:NOTADVERTISING") 15:28, 2 March 2011 (edit summary: "As before -- we...

a reliable source. As an external link, it fails WP:EL, specifically WP:ELNO #1 as most entries in Zipcodezoo are (if correct) little more than an aggregation...

not a guide to real-world beer styles. It violates this provision of WP:ELNO "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material...

explanation for why this personal web page represented an exception under WP:ELNO #1 and #11). I see now that removing spam is not really an exemption from...

steaming article. A few days later, I noticed the link and removed it per WP:ELNO but did not notice who added it. I did notice he was the one who posted it...

yes, that is 100% an ELNO situation, and we cannot include such links anywhere. --Masem (t) 14:49, 8 March 2018 (UTC) To add, ELNO wouldn't apply to a...

Single-purpose account is edit warring to insert their link, which fails WP:ELNO. - SudoGhost 04:42, 21 April 2012 (UTC) Blocked – for a period of 24 hours...

Jonathankuo11 (talk) 18:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC) @Jonathankuo11: Per WP:ELNO #15, I have removed the book URLs. I am not particularly familiar with the...

Thanks. RedGerbera (talk) 21:44, 15 April 2014 (UTC) Result: No action. WP:ELNO is advice about 'links normally to be avoided' and does not firmly decide...

• contribs) 06:54, 11 November 2013 (UTC) Is there a reason listed at WP:ELNO for which you think the page should not include an official website link...

possible copyright violation (see WP:ELNEVER for that) and are blogs (WP:ELNO point 11, and although the material is "written by a recognized authority"...

retailer/movie streaming site and should not be used as an external link per WP:ELNO. Articles on female pron performers generally do not have filmographies,...

to booksellers seemed the main feature. My reading of WP:ELMAYBE and WP:ELNO suggests that botspamming these links indiscriminately across Wikipedia is...

in for now. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Currently it violates WP:COLOR. WP:ELNO. There's too many unofficial websites linked in the EL section WP:V Article...

(UTC) The existence of a template does not change Wikipedia's guideline, WP:ELNO, which is pretty clear on the matter. No Twitter links. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk...

February 2022 (UTC) I don't think the first two external links go with WP:ELNO #1. The online coin club link at least includes extra images of the coin...

WP:YOUTUBE such links often have copyright concerns and certain fall under WP:ELNO in any case. The user continued to revert on 2 April after being warned by...

edit warring / 3RR warning: [200] Comments: IP edit warring to insert WP:ELNO link, continues to revert (starting with 3rd revert) after getting the warning...

19:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC) Such links are generally to be avoided per WP:ELNO #5. As I don't get the impression that the information they add is overwhelming...

reverted then you can discuss those on Beetstra's talkpage. See also WP:ELNO #10. This page is for stuff that requires admin attention. Giving someone...

these low-level blogs. And also none of that addresses the WP:COPYVIO/WP:ELNO/WP:NOTDIRECTORY issues I mention in my "Keep" !vote below. Its not appropriate...

marketing a user added an external link to a blog I removed it as per WP:ELNO when I checked the article most of the links provided were to blogs ,Are...

thomson fell for the bait and stated that we cannot use commercial site per WP:ELNO." He later used that as justification to continue edit warring me. I'm sure...

-- Ssilvers (talk) 20:56, 6 January 2017 (UTC) Did you actually read WP:ELNO, WP:ELOFFICIAL or WP:ELMINOFFICIAL? I suggest you do. You have linked to...

Wikipedia is for and casts doubt on your motives for editing the article. Per WP:ELNO criterion 1, we only need include external links that add content beyond...

anymore, so it can't be seen to be written by a competent authority. WP:ELNO prohibits blogs even as external links, and they're clearly not reliable...

an accurate application of WP:ELNO point 3 which prohibits against linking to material which is "illegal to access". ELNO point 3 deals with viewing published...

generates only a search result on IMDb. This directly contradicts item 9. of WP:ELNO, which specifically precludes links to "Any search results pages . . ." Accordingly...

Chillum 03:40, 2 September 2014 (UTC) No opinion on the blacklisting, but WP:ELNO #4 applies. Currently they list 102 petitions. Are all of them acceptable...

Since September they've continually readded a link that doesn't meet WP:ELNO (first diff, most recent [118]). I've invited discussion, but that doesn't...

site should be treated any differently than Facebook or Myspace, per WP:ELNO #10. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 06:58, 9 August 2012 (UTC) "What if someone does...

Wikipedia in the first place, as WP:SPAM and WP:OVERLINK, as well as WP:ELNO, are quite clear on that. elvenscout742 (talk) 00:47, 3 February 2013 (UTC)...

2011 (UTC) I've issued a uw-spam1 and explained that blogs fall foul of WP:ELNO. No further action required at this stage. Mjroots (talk) 07:11, 14 March...

Facebook is not considered a reliable source WP:RS or external link per WP:ELNO and should be deleted. This doesn't leave us with any reliable sources from...

17 July 2012 (UTC) I understand that. I would also cite the case of WP:ELNO because his sites which he's linked (all of which I have removed) were redirects...

the external link for the Revolution Wiki, being kept or removed per WP:ELNO, and it is a as it contains nothing worthwhile not already covered in that...

understanding" and "Pathetic". I also removed an external link of the article per WP:ELNO but he again reverted me. When I explained the points on the talk page, he...

political WP:SPAM, for god's sake. Many external links also removed per WP:ELNO #10 and #19. I am more convinced than ever that the sourcing of this article...

Deletes building plans and French TV news footage: "remove links, per WP:ELNO" [57] Sources confirming Pantone was locked away in 2005: SLweekly: The fuel...

opinion on this matter. While I agree that Wikia is unlikely to pass WP:ELNO and WP:RS as most Wikia wikis are not managed by a substantial user base...

218.37.86 (talk) 04:05, 21 January 2015 (UTC) The relevant guideline is WP:ELNO. I try to keep the main links to the subject of the article. So keep links...

05:42, 21 December 2010 (UTC) The additions were clearly contrary to WP:ELNO, so you shouldn't have trouble finding other to assist with the removals...

User:Agricola44, User:Tkuvho, and User:David Eppstein are soundly rooted in the WP:ELNO guideline and WP:NOT policy, and fairly conclusively demonstrate that the...

others). Johnuniq (talk) 04:06, 11 March 2011 (UTC) Every one of them fails WP:ELNO#EL9. Once the author has stopped creating new ones they should all be TfDed...

in for now. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Currently it violates WP:COLOR. WP:ELNO. There's too many unofficial websites linked in the EL section WP:V Article...

Hu12's statement that "'relevant' does not make exception to the multiple WP:ELNO restictions, and vio's of WP:NOT and WP:COI." This statement is a clear violation...

insanely large lists of stations, and in general massive violations of WP:ELNO and WP:NOT. I raised the issue on the article's talk page [67] and Corker1...

spamming a link to an online glowsticking community to the page, ignoring WP:ELNO points 4 and 10 (see [3], [4] and the page history). I'm at the 3rr limit...

sales pages where one can buy those products. I understand that under WP:ELNO, we cannot point External links to pages that primarily exist to sell a product...

is based almost entirely on questionable sources. Fails WP:LINKFARM, WP:ELNO, WP:LISTN, WP:SPAM, and The WMF Terms of Use. - MrX 21:17, 16 September 2015...

Also, given the nature of the website on which it is hosted, WP:ELNO #2 also gives me cause for concern in linking to it, but WP:COPYVIO and...

response on that. As a note, these links in the external links sections fail WP:ELNO. A.o. because rich media is unfriendly for users behind a slow internet connection...

something saying they've stopped) but the links seemed to have been violating WP:ELNO by tricking users into installing adware and other unwanted software instead...

left an edit summary, their revert was legit as the content violated WP:ELNO. Start a thread on the talk page and discuss it like ladies or gentlemen...

a rule.Netmouse (talk) 18:11, 5 November 2009 (UTC) Not according to, WP:ELNO #15 - if you need to provide a source for product information then the ISBN...

and such. "Allmusic" should be "AllMusic" Too many external links per WP:ELNO. As per WP:FACEBOOK, Facebook links should only be used if there is no "Official...

a discord site, despite being told that these are not appropriate per WP:ELNO. Eik Corell (talk) 16:24, 8 January 2020 (UTC) The IP made the actually-correct...

our readers to an external website in the lead of territorial articles WP:ELNO? --Moxy 🍁 14:00, 4 August 2019 (UTC) Support removal The community cant...

more, this doesn't appear to be an acceptable website to link to per WP:ELNO; it's an unattributed fansite. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat...

a link to it (at different times). This is in violation of WP:RS and WP:ELNO. Korubin's initial removal of the essay from the article may seem suspicious...

find any block on the use of a template as such. There is also ref to WP:ELNO which I find is not "policy", but seems only to air administrators views...

are we a link farm? --Guy Macon (talk) 11:31, 14 December 2018 (UTC) WP:ELNO. GiantSnowman 11:42, 14 December 2018 (UTC) A better way to phrase the question...

encourage mass-linking, per multiple guidelines, such as WP:LINKSPAM and WP:ELNO (points 1 and 4 apply). I instructed the user to write the relevant content...

also runs the websites, but in any case, the promotional links violate WP:ELNO (#5).--Jeffro77 (talk) 12:53, 24 February 2011 (UTC) I don't really see how...

aimed at criticizing Christianity, RationalWiki, despite the fact that WP:ELNO states that "links to open wikis" are not permitted. According to the Wikipedia...

4 most recent diff's and they looked ok to me, relevant and not under WP:ELNO, the links weren't added with any promotional intent from what I saw. Jeffrey...

certain editors keep inserting multiple external links in violation of WP:ELNO, in which case any administrator can block them. Wikipedia is not a playground...

editor was adding links about the subject to these articles, which violate WP:ELNO, no. 13, explained here. The editor is using IP addresses 194.141.6.93, 93...

fact that the editor is probably the interviewer. Does this fall under WP:ELNO? Am I being obtuse here? Tan | 39 16:25, 16 December 2009 (UTC) IMO they...

have a separate template for WP:ELNO links, so i gamble that at least some editors use Uw-spam as a blanket for all Elno's. The suggested text would perfectly...

it look like you were doing so. Please keep in mind our guideline at WP:ELNO. -- Atama頭 22:44, 4 May 2011 (UTC) Or the old TV ad about calling person-to-person-collect...

a single-purpose account for linking to an anti-JW website that fails WP:ELNO. The username is similar to the name of the website, which was automatically...

that the guideline that User:SilkTork is invoking does not apply, that WP:ELNO does, and that the link is a true copyvio. I got this message on my talk...

that the link is to a self-published blog, which is a clear violation of WP:ELNO in that the author of the blog is not a recognized authority on the subject...

sites don't fall under WP:RS guidelines, and they specifically fall under WP:ELNO. Calling me a bully and telling me to bite her [112] does not change that...

outreach#External links meet our standards). Editors that haven't looked over WP:ELNO for a while might want to see the newest addition, #19, "Links to websites...

determined "opposition", I am in favour of implementing the guidelines of WP:ELNO and as my article contribution history shows, ITIL or related articles do...

recently, there is not way they would "innocently" add such a blatant WP:ELNO page. None. This was intentional and hostile. The crap on the attack page...

Heck, we're not even supposed to link to blogs as external links; see WP:ELNO, number 11. Jayjg (talk) 00:41, 20 October 2009 (UTC) But it's not a link...

Or would that be against policy? -- trlkly 10:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC) WP:ELNO singles out wikis (#12) as something that is normally not linked. Like most...

with content in violation of copyright and in violation of WP:FANSITE, WP:ELNO and WP:PROMO, as well as sandboxing within the article and having those edits...

WP:NPOV. In addition, external links which I keep removing (mostly per WP:ELNO #19) are re-introduced with no discussion or explanation. The editor will...

WP:ELNO, those should then not be duplicated as external links. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 21:16, 1 October 2020 (UTC) @Favre1fan93: Which point in WP:ELNO are...

anybody disagree that these are inappropriately spammy links, failing WP:ELNO #5, and should be removed? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 18:05, 3 November...

sitiodolivro.pt/pt/livro/elspeth-a-senhora-do-pensamento/9789722517478/ – per WP:ELNO #5, webpages that sell products generally should not be linked to on Wikipedia...

September 2012 (UTC) Just curious — why can't you just do [115]? And since WP:ELNO says not to link to search engine results in mainspace, what's the point...

this notice. I have tagged the article as it is in clear violation of WP:ELNO. Editor remains silent with no talk page or edit summary communication. Elizium23...

- 2¢ © Join WER 00:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC) Not to mention it violates WP:ELNO #1, #3, #4, #5, and #16 (at least). - The Bushranger One ping only 00:25...

it contained WP:TPNO personal details about another person. Also, had WP:ELNO problems. – S. Rich (talk) 16:22, 6 August 2014 (UTC) I'd assumed that the...

with content in violation of copyright and in violation of WP:FANSITE,WP:ELNO and WP:PROMO, as well as sandboxing within the article and having those edits...

bare url link may potentially in breach of WP:BLPNAME, WP:BAREURLS and WP:ELNO. Thoughts welcome. Dormskirk (talk) 18:28, 11 May 2019 (UTC) I have now hidden...

6 December 2015 (UTC) Just almost all of them; see the tenth point of WP:ELNO. But it's not as big of an issue as it was when I first became really active...

and links to forums generally shouldn't be included in articles (see WP:ELNO, number 10). If the images are public domain or creative commons, I would...

Works for me now. I'm unconvinced that the middle EL passes the muster of WP:ELNO #1 Yes, I have deleted. That website was on most of the NZ VC articles, I...

he had added to a page where you could buy his comic, a blatant vio of WP:ELNO and WP:NOTADVERTISING. In my edit summary, I wrote, "Find a review or some...

there reverting their edits when they clearly mentioned wrong guideline, WP:ELNO when they removed the reference. I believe the usage of the reference is...

the matter up as at WP:RSN and if so it could be cited in the article, but ELNO is fairly clear. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 12:46, 9 May 2013 (UTC) I wonder if...

content that we explicitly declare are not appropriate for external links WP:ELNO -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 02:31, 14 December 2012 (UTC) Delete . Nothing...

a "search page" result which is generally discouraged under item 9 in WP:ELNO. I do agree that it would be even better to move FCC facility links to the...

platforms or social media sites, etc. This is covered at WP:EL, and at WP:ELNO. The removals appear to be valid, and are certainly not vandalism. Girth Summit...

that a medical dictionary is less directly linked to the subject. See WP:ELNO #13 codes this as "Similarly, a website on a specific subject should usually...

Truthseeker had WP:V, the difference between primary and secondary sources, WP:ELNO, and WP:RS explained a number of times, and dialogue was underway when they...

transclusions · logs · subpages) Social networking site, seems to be an WP:ELNO candidate. Corresponding article was deleted via A7. Ten Pound Hammer • (What...

the article they edited. That said edit was mostly to purge unambiguous WP:ELNO. This is described as fine and even encouraged WP:HOUND If this was such...

be unsourced trivia to me; plus, we don't need those external links. WP:ELNO covers quite a few reasons they shouldn't be there. -- The Voidwalker Discuss...

fiddling around with external links to anti-pharma advocacy sites that fail WP:ELNO, then a revert citing WP:FRINGE, an edit-warring warning laced with an accusation...

to have asserted notability. A collection of external links violates WP:ELNO and WP:NOTDIRECTORY among others. I believe a massive cleanup should be done...

users. Between these, @Sundayclose: that reverses, saying that violate WP:ELNO, but I read the 19 rules and I believe that none of these infringe on video...

October 2012 (UTC) The link he adds and the drive in adding them fails WP:ELNO 4 and 11. I was just going to file a report over at WP:AIV the way I would...

reverted by several contributors. Not only are the links questionable per WP:ELNO policy, but of more immediate significance they appear to have been uploaded...

a web site that claims to be an encyclopaedia, but clearly violates WP:ELNO, both by being a personal web site not written by an expert in the field...

left them a notice on their talk page regarding COI as well as a link to WP:ELNO in one of my edit summaries. They don't seem to understand why that is a...

WP:PROMO. Nate • (chatter) 01:41, 2 July 2021 (UTC) Have you never read WP:ELNO #15, Levivich? It's right there in black and white - promo inline links to...

pages, and is therefore not relevant to edits to article talk pages. WP:ELNO, a guideline, is similarly explicitly only for article pages, not article...

spam links and spam references. I removed all of the external links per WP:ELNO, "Blogs, personal web pages and most fansites, except those written by a...

that were wholesale removing perfectly useful links under the guise of WP:ELNO, although technically allowed it remains disruptive. Often these links should...

problematic at best. even as an EL they may have problems with no. 8 of WP:ELNO. MarnetteD|Talk 01:45, 6 July 2016 (UTC) I'm glad to see this being discussed...

adding four ELs that repeat the same information to varying degrees. WP:ELNO says Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article...

particular links as sources for such data. Additionally, WP:LINKSPAM and WP:ELNO mention nothing about stores. It would be wrong for someone to go to a page...

through Weebly. This claims justification through the no-blogs policy of WP:ELNO." It's somewhat surprising that after more than eight years of complaining...

read WP:V first.--Ymblanter (talk) 18:39, 14 January 2018 (UTC) See also WP:ELNO #10. Dorsetonian (talk) 18:48, 14 January 2018 (UTC) did that so you would...

appears to be a long-term problem, with various disruptive violations of WP:ELNO and WP:REDNOT. User has refused to discuss. Jalen Folf (talk) 07:38, 30 July...

are not reliable sources. As an external link, it might be usable, but WP:ELNO discourages the use of open wikis as external links unless they are stable...

proposal here about External Links Wikipedia_talk:External_links#WP:ELNEVER/_WP:ELNO_Should_explicitly_indicate_not_to_link_sites_which_contain_'illegal'_content...

block log) just re-added ([111]) an inappropriate external link (per wp:ELNO, item #11) to one of the pages on their personal website http://studia.scienceontheweb...

problem is that WP:ELNO #10 prohibits using links to social networking sites. How can we use this source without running afoul of WP:ELNO #10? Santamoly (talk)...

seems to meet the definition of citation spam. I'm familiar with our WP:ELNO and WP:LINKSPAM policies, but not so much with citation spamming (for which...

the external link guidelines, as it would in this case (specifically WP:ELNO#EL14). —/Mendaliv/2¢/Δ's/ 13:46, 26 September 2017 (UTC) On Talk:Malta Convoys...

it requires registration to view the contents. As such it is violates WP:ELNO on account of the registration, and the links being added were for search...

article. (We could swipe the wording for such a provision right out of WP:ELNO#EL1.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC) @Espresso Addict, so...

partnerships that appear prominently on each webpage. As such this violates WP:ELNO, criteria 5. Individual web pages[6] that primarily exist to sell products...

reliance on unreliable fan site external links which clearly violate WP:ELNO, the lack of substantial article history, and the overall fact that the majority...

shows a consensus that the Yahoo WOP group is inappropriate to cite. WP:ELNO specifically singles out Yahoo groups as links to avoid. NickOrnstein persists...

question the blog. I'm thinking of WP:ELNO #11. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 04:12, 5 September 2010 (UTC) I think ELNO 11 would apply if the blog were purely...

websites are considered unreliable highlights how these links contradict WP:ELNO#2, although it is not by their online nature, that these sites are considered...

director or source for it. Don't force the bolded title in the lead section WP:ELNO #9 says to "avoid links to the results pages of search engines" such as the...

external link is already implicit in point 10 (and perhaps point 5?) of WP:ELNO. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 20:47, 17 October 2018 (UTC) The above discussion...

August 2015 (UTC) Delete. The nom is absolutely correct. Frequently fails WP:ELNO #2. Not remotely a reliable source of information that we want to steer readers...

the external link I added (as mentioned above) was rolled back quoting WP:ELNO as the reason. Following the "see also" link there to WP:ELP I found the...

Template:AllMovie name (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:ELNO #1 and #12. It now copies Wikipedia and provides little extra information...

website are inappropriate in articles. See WP:CITE#Embedded_links and WP:ELNO#EL19 for more information on what not to do. It's not necessary to provide...

support your argument with reference to WP:ELNO point 11, I believe that would take us a step forward." WP:ELNO#EL11 states: "Links to blogs, personal web...

links should not be in the article text proper. See WP:EL and especially WP:ELNO. If no third-party sources report on those exhibitions, they're probably...

2013 (UTC) Links to Facebook pages are generally not appropriate per WP:ELNO, #10.--ukexpat (talk) 20:15, 21 January 2013 (UTC) Hi I have created my second...

would that be considered inappropriate under WP:ELNO's second criterion? A careful reading of WP:ELNO would suggest that the vast majority of MusicBrainz's...

which violates WP:NOT and WP guidelines WP:Notability (web), WP:RS and WP:ELNO (see:[2] Jrod2 (talk) 18:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Speedy Merge Per argument...

called out as poor sources in the WP:RS and WP:EL policies (in WP:UGC and WP:ELNO #10, respectively. Can you explain, without referring to this specific example...

previous thread they indicate a WP:CONSENSUS for removal of the link per WP:ELNO. As far as I can tell there is no agreement for substitution. MarnetteD|Talk...

place? One editor suggested the proposal appears not to "run afoul of WP:ELNO," while another user calls the links essentially SPAM to the from en.wiki...

stripe. NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 07:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC) Delete per WP:ELNO. It is very rare that a Patreon page would be the subject's primary official...

read encyclopedic articles, not to get links to other encyclopedias. WP:ELNO§1 says: "Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the...

on 2017 June 12. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:47, 12 June 2017 (UTC) Template:ELNO (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) The above discussion is...

removing Weebly blogs when they fail appropriate guidelines such as WP:RS, WP:ELNO, and so on. I removed one book from Corset and Neo-Victorian whose publisher...

bunch of redressed PR material) and a link dump which is contrary to WP:ELNO. Considering that nobody in this AFD has bothered to clean it up, I suggest...

an article. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 01:11, 24 July 2022 (UTC) Yeah, well, WP:ELNO #11 specifically prohibits Blogs, personal web pages and most fansites (negative...

more objective criteria. The templates are used to resist or circumvent WP:ELNO and generate hits for imdb. We either use the site as a reference, if it's...

infobox, external links, etc. (for external links, please be sure to follow WP:ELNO - we only do one "personal" external link, so don't include a person or institution's...

and most are) video not posted by the copyright holder, then as per WP:ELNO don't link. If in doubt, don't link. DES (talk) 18:23, 12 December 2013 (UTC)...

[[Special:Contributions/$1|$1]] ([[User talk:$1|talk]]): Violation of [[WP:ELNO|external links]] policy, advert;Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/$1|$1]]...

infoboxes. In my opinion, doing so would violate WP:SOAP, WP:NOTLINK and WP:ELNO, all policies that work well at present (proposed changes to which should...

make TVT a copyright-infringing site that would immediately fall under WP:ELNO; TVT does not exist to infringe copyright but it sometimes happens due to...

User:Evad37/duplinks-alt External links probably could benefit from a trim, per WP:ELNO. FAs are supposed to be comprehensive, meaning there should be little in...

link. See Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#thepeerage.com, plus WP:ELNO and WP:SPS.   Will Beback  talk  21:43, 25 January 2012 (UTC) Delete. Why...

therefore, WP:ELNO must express a more relaxed standard, otherwise it would simply be a part of WP:ELNEVER. As a subset of WP:EL, moreover, WP:ELNO "does not...

appropriate? Librsh (talk) 21:24, 26 April 2014 (UTC) No, it is not. WP:ELNO Thanks for pointing it out!-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:30, 26 April...

Before we get as far as creating the template, I think you need to address WP:ELNO, and whether the links are permitted in the first place. Do you have any...

personal site is not a reliable source and in fact is to be avoided per WP:ELNO. And something is not notable until it is shown to be notable, not vice versa...

text, which is in ref. 37 There are way too many external links as per WP:ELNO, there should only be three, I'd remove all "partial discography" Categories...

WP:COPYLINK). I also removed a third link as going against criterion 11 of our WP:ELNO guideline, which advises that as Wikipedians we should only link to notable...

2012 (UTC) Too many external links per WP:ELNO, I'd say three at the most Nothing, unless I'm blind, in WP:ELNO on the number of external links permitted...

2020 (UTC) Comment I've removed the patents, the dodgy external links per elno and a dodgy ref. There is more than enough coverage to satisfy WP:SIGCOV...

showing the location of the society's office from the external links, per WP:ELNO #15. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:02, 2 February 2025 (UTC) Delete: there is...

external link per WP:ELNO, a little too many right now Excuse me if I'm just being blind, but there doesn't appear to be anything in WP:ELNO about the number...

if it's not listed at ELNO. That may be true (there may indeed be a lot that feels through the cracks between ELYES/ELMAYBE/ELNO), but it's hard to interpret...

article, see WP:ELNO #1) and unverifiable factual content that mostly comes from the progressive blogosphere (i.e. echo chamber), see WP:ELNO #2. IMO it should...