User talk:24.95.92.67

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Thanks for your edits to Wikipedia. With respect to your edits to McComb, Ohio, as long as there is nothing in the article about the library or churches in McComb, there is no valid reason to include these links. Please see the Manual of Style and Wikipedia:External links. Wikipedia is not a web directory. I have nothing against the organizations linked to, but as long as they are not in the article, there should not be links to them. Ruhrfisch 00:42, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

You wrote (on my talk page): "Ok I understand that, but McComb is such a small town. I think if someone is looking for information, the more the page tells about the town, the better. People should know there is a library and a church available. I understand for places like New York City it doesn't help to list things like that because everybody and their brother would have a link. For small towns it is helpful to list places of interest, not as a directory really, just to list the few organizations that actually have sites in town. I think it contributes the completeness of information about the community. After all, it is a wiki about a community."
    • Agreed - and thanks for writing. I think if you would add just a few lines about the library and churches in McComb (there must be more than one) then the links would be fine. There is also village history (Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor winners) and even Bennett's Furniture ("across from everything in downtown McComb") that could be added. Ruhrfisch 11:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
      • It looks fine on a quick read through - thanks very much. I will go back and read it more carefully later and may edit it a bit, but looks fine so far and makes the links fine too. Sorry to be somewhat short in explaining my original edits, but I watch a lot of pages and get a lot people adding more commerical weblinks or nonsense, so I tend to only leave a message after reverting of the person is persistent. We can always use good editors, so please keep contributing! There are a lot of rules / guidelines on Wikipedia, but it is fun to work on. Thanks again, Ruhrfisch 01:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
        • I made some minor changes to the article, mostly added wikilinks and the Congressional Medal of Honor, so it was more in line with Wikipedia style. Can you please check the Church of Christ wikilink (there is more than one to link to)? Looks fine - thanks again, Ruhrfisch 01:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)