Talk:Geni.com

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[edit] Redlinks

Very well. However, redlinks are useless. What do they do, except prove something has no article?--MonkeyTimeBoy 22:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They show that an article should be created and, if done properly, they will show which articles should be/need to be created based on the number of backlinks. It also encourages participation in Wikipedia. I was mainly just pointing out that "Per Wikipedia procedures - create the wiki article before linking to a non-existent wiki article. Redlinks are supposed to be removed from all wiki articles." is incorrect. Redlinks, while not exactly ideal, are not "supposed to be removed from all wiki articles". You are right that the article should be created, but just because I'm making the redlink doesn't mean that the obligation is on me to create the article. I'd certainly like to, but to be honest I probably don't know enough about the company to do it justice. That said, all this only applies to NOTABLE articles that deserve to be in Wikipedia in the first place. Removing non-notable or recently deleted redlinks is a good idea and is outlined on WP:RED. Paul^C/_T+ 02:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GeniBeta.jpg

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BetacommandBot 10:11, 7 November 2007 (UTC)