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Recently a user removed all of the external links and red links from this article [ [1]]. This page is not a repository and it follows the conventions of Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists).
The red links should definitely stay. This is a list of development agencies. It doesn't matter if some don't have articles. The Wikipedia project page for developing lists even says that lists can be used to keep track of redlinks.
Red links should stay, but so should the external ones. Nowhere in MoS can I find anything that says that lists shouldn't include external links. However, Wikipedia:External links says links to an official organization are appropriate. This page also says nothing that makes me think having the links is inappropriate. The relevant section of "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links" reads:
This is not a "mere collection" of external links. It is an appropriate list. When interpreting Wikipedia policy, it is important to look at purpose. The above statement indicates that long lists of links detract from articles. This is not an article. The links don't detract from the page.
I'll admit that, stylistically, the current inclusion of links is undesirable. However, create something better looking, don't delete them. Especially from red linked articles since these links could be used to start those articles.-- Bkwillwm ( talk) 04:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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Am an orphan , I lost both my parents ,am living in Uganda in mityana district, I want to do medicine and surgery at the university but I don't have any one to support me financially, I have spent two days without eating food ,I am living in a life which is hard for me and am requesting for your help.may God richly bless 102.85.128.28 ( talk) 19:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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Recently a user removed all of the external links and red links from this article [ [1]]. This page is not a repository and it follows the conventions of Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists).
The red links should definitely stay. This is a list of development agencies. It doesn't matter if some don't have articles. The Wikipedia project page for developing lists even says that lists can be used to keep track of redlinks.
Red links should stay, but so should the external ones. Nowhere in MoS can I find anything that says that lists shouldn't include external links. However, Wikipedia:External links says links to an official organization are appropriate. This page also says nothing that makes me think having the links is inappropriate. The relevant section of "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links" reads:
This is not a "mere collection" of external links. It is an appropriate list. When interpreting Wikipedia policy, it is important to look at purpose. The above statement indicates that long lists of links detract from articles. This is not an article. The links don't detract from the page.
I'll admit that, stylistically, the current inclusion of links is undesirable. However, create something better looking, don't delete them. Especially from red linked articles since these links could be used to start those articles.-- Bkwillwm ( talk) 04:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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Am an orphan , I lost both my parents ,am living in Uganda in mityana district, I want to do medicine and surgery at the university but I don't have any one to support me financially, I have spent two days without eating food ,I am living in a life which is hard for me and am requesting for your help.may God richly bless 102.85.128.28 ( talk) 19:19, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
I live with my friends in the community and they are young and I always share with them the little I have to them so as to study , please join me and we help my friends so that they receive their goals 102.85.128.28 ( talk) 19:24, 15 May 2023 (UTC)