Supporters of this rule include:
Larry Sanger,
Janet Davis,
sjc,
GWO (see
m:When should I link externally?),
tbc,
AxelBoldt, 24 (strongly),
Enchanter,
Karen Johnson,
maveric149 (references should still be cited, like so
[1] (
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/deepimpact-02g) within the text of an article -- no particular body text should be linked though),
Olivier (mav's suggestion sounds OK to me),
Sam,
Kingturtle.
Mintguy (with the exceptions listed below).
Opponents include:
I presume there are exceptions to this rule like IMDB (eg. RMS Titanic)and possibly Gutenberg links Mintguy
- I believe the problem is not links that look like [1] [2] [3], but cases where text is linked where it could be just wikilinked. -- Sam
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