for starters we have links to avoid sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject the link should be directly related to the subject of the article a general site that has information about a variety of subjects should usually not be linked to from an article on a more specific subject hepatitis c and watersports urine watersports for hiv people these two links are about watersports and while the article is simply about watersports they are also clearly in violation important points to remember avoid separate links to multiple pages in the same website then take a look at the rest of the links under the lens of links to avoid links to blogs and personal web pages except those written by a recognized authority it is completely unclear who is responsible for any of the websites and so we cannot know if the author s are 'recognized authorities' or if these sites are purely original research so how do any of the above links qualify to be included as external link