Webdirectory/Links 

You state that wikipedia is not a webdirectory. First, make a point by defining what a webdirectory is then, and what the function of wikipedia should be, since it is an ONLINE medium. The only PRO for Wikipedia compared to normal printed media is that it can link to pages on the internet. Mediawiki is developed with THAT in mind.
Certainly up to the point where links are needed to illustrate the writing they are teherfore necessary. What you do is simply boldly delete ALL links YOU personally don't find interesting or appropriate relating to the article. In that case you can do the exact same for about 10000 other pages in wikipedia, and I sure hope you will soon find yourself asking what the hell your plan in life is. To be helpful or to annoy people? Now the only thing I see you do is obstruct sharing knowledge and blocking information from the raeder by blindly deleting carefully selected (and over the years collected) External links. I had a life once, now I have a mission: I will keep on putting them all back for the innocent viewer looking for info.