User talk:Mlepisto
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[edit] Rallying
You wrote: "Having been involved in Rally here in the USA and actually competed in events, I would definitely recommend both Ben's Rally Page by Ben Bradley, a DEFINITIVE and well known member of the rally community and the information on past history that he's archived on his web site. Ben Bradley is a major contributor to Special Stage, also listed in the extrnal links section.
Rally Classified is also the central location for people in the rally community to buy and sell rally related items in the USA. It's Free - and non commercial as per the link guidelines.<snip>."
- Hi. Sorry to stomp on your first edits! The problem with www.rallyclassified.com is that it is involved in selling, an activity we don't much care for-- see the External links guidelines, Links normally to be avoided, # 4. The fact that it is free doesn't lessen the commercial aspect; it is still a "site that primarily exists to sell products". Remember, too, that Wikipedia is not a directory, we're an encyclopedia. In other words, we want to help people understand a subject, but we're really not interested in helping them buy a rally car.
- Probably if you had only added Ben's Rally page, I would have left it alone. But you added the Classifieds page first, then Ben's, which carries a prominent link to the Classifieds page, so I figured they were both there to promote the classified site. If you want to re-add the link to Ben's, I won't revert it.
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