an external link to itsmpa org has been removed from the it service management article on the basis of not being an appropriate external link a representative of the it service management professional association has asked for reconsideration diff recommending the site as a valuable addition do you support inclusion of this site oppose i do not feel this site fulfills any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a featured article from wp elno they are fairly recently founded and have thus not established themselves as a professional association and charge for premium membership so one might consider this a commercial link clarify base memberships are free site was established years ago not sure what relevance that has since the group currently holds members worldwide it is recognized by itsmf and industry luminaries such as mark mcgregor steve towers and malcolm fry preceding unsigned comment added by what is the criteria for inclusion there are a number of similar organizations listed including the itsmf isaca pmi in each case i see a membership based organization formed as a non profit with the intention of helping professionals network is there a carpenters of plumbers union as far as i can tell the itsmpa is no different except there seems less undue vendor influence and commercial intent than some of the others by the way each of the above mentioned associations charge fees and why should an organization have to have tenure that implies a closed rather than open criteria exclusive where are the specific rules preceding unsigned comment added by the rules you are asking for are probably most relevantly wp elno and wp elyes however an rfc such as this one may produce a valid local consensus for interpretation of these guidelines following up on the comment as far as i can tell the itsmpa is no different a quick wp googletest shows itsmpa hits itsmf hits isaca pmi org these numbers seem to show a distinct disparity in notability oppose peer forums with over members could potentially provide information beyond what the article would contain if it was a featured article however from what i can tell even the peer forums require a paid membership the free basic membership doesn't give you any more access on the website than is available to the general public i think that means this fails wp elno links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content unless the site itself is the subject of the article or the link is a convenience link to a citation even if i'm reading it wrong and the free membership does give you access to training and forums that still fails as that means it requires registration