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Recently, I added this link to this page (and several other similar links to similar pages). Shortly thereafter, it was reverted. I need to ask for discussion of this.
First, I not only added that link, but I also improved the categorization and the categories' sort order, and those improvements were deleted along with the link.
Secondly, the external link itself featured a variety of video tours, interviews, and discussions that are directly related to the history of Knoxville. For instance, there was an interview about the 1982 World's Fair, shot on the fairgrounds, with a woman who wrote a book on the topic, and both the book and the author (Woodward) were already mentioned in our article. There were there segments with another author (Neely) who is also mentioned by name in the article, and whose work is cited as article references at least five times. There are tours of the Blount Mansion and the Bijou Theatre, both of which are mentioned in the article. There is an interview with the official historian of Oak Ridge Laboratories. Each of these videos (as well as the others I have not mentioned) deal with one aspect or another of the history of Knoxville and/or its outlying areas.
I don't see how the addition of this link hurts anything in terms of the common sense test; I also don't see how it violates Wikipedia:ELNO. I think that it offers additional resources for wiki readers who are interested in the history of Knoxville.
I am open to discussion of rationales for keeping the link off the page, but I would like to hear the specific rationale(s) first. Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 02:44, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
So, I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and again I want to emphasize that I am not trying to be a pain, and that I do appreciate the important contributions you make to keeping WP clean and unencumbered by unnecessary links. However, I do want to ask you to reconsider in the light of my comments above. I will not replace the Knoxville or other similar links that were reverted unless there is consensus to do so, however I am planning on going back and restoring whatever categories I added (such as "History of Tennessee" for this page) that got caught in the reverts.
KConWiki ( talk) 05:15, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
What is missing from the somewhat recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 13:06, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
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So, there have been some floods and sinkholes in Knoxville after a couple months of torrential rains. Apparently there have been at least 4 people dead, should we add this to the history? Mrrusty ( talk) 21:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
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Recently, I added this link to this page (and several other similar links to similar pages). Shortly thereafter, it was reverted. I need to ask for discussion of this.
First, I not only added that link, but I also improved the categorization and the categories' sort order, and those improvements were deleted along with the link.
Secondly, the external link itself featured a variety of video tours, interviews, and discussions that are directly related to the history of Knoxville. For instance, there was an interview about the 1982 World's Fair, shot on the fairgrounds, with a woman who wrote a book on the topic, and both the book and the author (Woodward) were already mentioned in our article. There were there segments with another author (Neely) who is also mentioned by name in the article, and whose work is cited as article references at least five times. There are tours of the Blount Mansion and the Bijou Theatre, both of which are mentioned in the article. There is an interview with the official historian of Oak Ridge Laboratories. Each of these videos (as well as the others I have not mentioned) deal with one aspect or another of the history of Knoxville and/or its outlying areas.
I don't see how the addition of this link hurts anything in terms of the common sense test; I also don't see how it violates Wikipedia:ELNO. I think that it offers additional resources for wiki readers who are interested in the history of Knoxville.
I am open to discussion of rationales for keeping the link off the page, but I would like to hear the specific rationale(s) first. Thanks KConWiki ( talk) 02:44, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
So, I appreciate you taking the time to read this, and again I want to emphasize that I am not trying to be a pain, and that I do appreciate the important contributions you make to keeping WP clean and unencumbered by unnecessary links. However, I do want to ask you to reconsider in the light of my comments above. I will not replace the Knoxville or other similar links that were reverted unless there is consensus to do so, however I am planning on going back and restoring whatever categories I added (such as "History of Tennessee" for this page) that got caught in the reverts.
KConWiki ( talk) 05:15, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
What is missing from the somewhat recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 ( talk) 13:06, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
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So, there have been some floods and sinkholes in Knoxville after a couple months of torrential rains. Apparently there have been at least 4 people dead, should we add this to the history? Mrrusty ( talk) 21:04, 27 February 2019 (UTC)