Don't be mad 

Keeping spamy links away is good and its not good if you remove all the links - sometimes to a purely commercial site.

Certain articles needs links.

Always keep your brain young and open for learning and just do not go ahead only in the way that you think right - sometimes what we think right may be idiotic - as in your case!

I hope you are novice internet user and you have very less idea about websites.  Before editing wiki, just take some time to learn about websites!