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The text below is an exchange that I copied from the Help Desk, following the suggestion of the Help Desk respondent. Dick107 06:40, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Today, in the course of surfing, I came across the yosegi article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosegi) describing the veneer marquetry used on Japanese puzzle boxes. Looking at the article's picture was the first time I had seen (or heard of) this type of box since I was a teenager (over 50 years ago). I love puzzles and finding the article almost brought tears to my eyes.

I launched into a search for more information and found a Japanese web site of a company that crafts the boxes. People who engage in this craft are apparently in the minority and work mainly in the Hakone area of Japan, near Tokyo.

I thought that others may share my excitement so I added the URL of their web site.

A little alarm went off, and, being a relatively new Wikipedian, I wondered if adding the URL was OK to do under Wikipedia guidelines. I did some searching but didn't run across anything about adding things like this (other than perhaps overstepping the line of neutrality). Obviously, I have no connection to this Japanese business, but I would like some guidance on this.

Dick107 06:11, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

   It's not a settled topic. Some Wikipedians want no commercial links. I looked at that page and it has a lot of good pictures, so it's something I might add. As long as there's no conflic of interest, there's no problem with you adding the single link to a single Wikipedia page. You might want to make a note on Talk:Yosegi for other editors, to help them assume good faith that you aren't spamming. Also, if you can find any good non-commercial links, try to add those too, to balance it. — coelacan talk — 06:19, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

       And I know what you mean. I'm pretty keen on these puzzle boxes too. =) — coelacan talk — 06:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)