Talk:List of attacks by ASALA/Archive 1

message: I do not see why this article should link to TallArmenianTale and the like, which is a blatant hate site. -- Augustgrahl 04:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hate sites have to go, and the list moved to ASALA page. --Vartanm 16:31, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Hate sites" are staying. See bottom of Kurdistan Workers Party linking to pkk.org, a hate site. -- Cat chi? 17:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Linking to the PKK site is acceptable because it is being done on a page about the group in question. If you were to make an article about Tall Armenian Tale or Armenian Reality and link to their respective sites, that'd be fine. It would help to illustrate the group's view of itself and stated point of view. Using hate sites for external sources of information for articles such as this is inappropriate. -- Augustgrahl 21:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to Extremist Sites

message: Much better, I think, for List of attacks by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia. - Denny 07:05, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current title 

message: Just out of interest, Wikipedia policy on external links says: 
"Wikipedia articles can include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia. Such pages could contain further research that is accurate and on-topic... Some external links are welcome ... but it is not Wikipedia's purpose to include a comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. No page should be linked from a Wikipedia article unless its inclusion is justified....Links should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links, or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links."
 
Of particular interest are "links to be avoided":
2.Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research (see WP:RS).
11.Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority.
--Folantin 21:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Also, here is Wikipedia's official policy regarding links to extremist sites . 
"A questionable source is one with no editorial oversight or fact-checking process or with a poor reputation for fact-checking. Such sources include websites and publications that express views that are widely acknowledged as fringe or extremist, are promotional in nature, or rely heavily on rumors and personal opinions. Questionable sources may only be used in articles about themselves."
This is exactly what I've been saying all along. -- Augustgrahl 02:18, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: For us to link to these sites is entirely inappropriate: these sites not only violate EL but also their inclusion violates the "undue weight" of NPOV. The sites in question cannot be taken seriously as a provider of encyclopedic content. They have, self-evidently, no purpose other than to promote an agenda and to spew bile. Reliable sources only, please, that actually add something to the article in question. Moreschi  Request a recording? 12:16, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: This website lists some of ASALA attacks. Is it a credible website? denizTC 19:35, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems like those are also from MIPT database. I haven't checked throughly tho -- Cat chi? 22:32, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [http://www.armenians.com/asala/events.htm http://www.armenians.com/asala/events.htm]