Talk:Kingston Student Ghetto
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[edit] two links
there are two links that i believe should be added. User:72.38.139.247 / User:Jsp3970 (same person) seems to disagree.
the first, is a link to a tenant's resource page: http://www.jessandewen.ca/rentals/tenant_resources.html the tenant's resource page is on a site i run that offers a service, however the page in question is designed to inform tenant's of their rights with the hope that educated tenants will hold landlords to account.
the second, a link to the AMS run municipal affairs commission "golden cockroach" website: http://www.myams.org/mac/studenthousingcommittee in a similar fashion, this award is designed to bring slumlords and sub-par housing to the forefront.
i'm not really sure what happens next. i know what jsp is going to say but i welcome others input.
thanks. ewen Emackinnon 23:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
- The first link is to User:Emackinnon's personal website, which goes against Wikipedia:External links and is not allowed. The same page advertises his rental properties in Kingston. As per Wikipedia:External links "You should avoid linking to a website that you own, maintain or represent, even if the guidelines otherwise imply that it should be linked." The second link is to a site that list an individual in a negative light, naming him as a slumlord. These links are POV and derogatory to the individual. No matter what an individual has done Wikipedia is not the place for this kind of thing. 72.38.139.247 00:54, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] POV
I came across this article via ANI, and this is looking more and more like an article of social commentary on what is otherwise a non-notable place. The language really needs to be cleaned up. Tenant rights or the lack of knowledge thereof has nothing to do with writing an encyclopedia article. Links aside, the weaseling needs to go, and there needs to be some assertion of notability. MSJapan 15:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] notable
MSJapan you are quite right, it is a rather non-notable place for just about everyone except those people who have lived there, which is why I couldn't figure out why anyone really cared what links there were. what would you propose as an "assertion of notability"?? The place is a student village, that's it... nothing really to assert.
i'll work on cleaning it up and making it more of a quality article.Emackinnon 15:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- There are specific notability guidelines here, but it is rather a matter of balance as well, because you need to consider the policies of verifiability and reliability of sources (click the links for more info). As for external links, Wikipedia has policies on that as well, located at WP:EL. It just may turn out that this place doesn't meet the qualifications for an article. MSJapan 23:41, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Pretty much everything on that page is reliable and verifiable, just ask anyone who lives or who has lived there. I don't think anyone is disputing the facts. The links that are on the page currently are all in line with Wikipedia's linking policy. Thank you for sharing the notability guidelines. Clearly this place qualifies, just like any town or section of a large city does. Thanks for your advice. Emackinnon 15:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
