User:Wookipan/External links policy
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Articles on the Team Fortress Wiki may include external links, links to websites outside the Wiki. External links are placed at the very bottom of an article, either as its own section or as a reference. However, external links can also be found in the body of most articles throughout the Wiki, most notably links to Wikipedia, Steam, and other independent sources. External links must always lead to trusted websites; links that lead to suspicious websites of any kind may be removed without warning. Links that are found to be malicious should be removed immediately and reported to staff for further investigation.
While most websites would be acceptable to link to, users must not link to closed websites where the source is locked behind account registration, i.e. websites and/or platforms that require the visitor to register an account in order to view the contents or for participating in a community. In short, sources must be available at all times without the burden of account registration.
- Links on user pages are generally exempt from this rule, but are not exempt from reputability requirements.
- Event organizers that use Discord or similar closed platforms for community events are instead advised to create a Steam Community group and link their communities through that.
To sum it up, do not provide links to sites that:
- Misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable sources.
- Require the visitor to register an account in order to view the contents or participate in a community.
- Contain malware, malicious scripts or trojan exploits.
- Intend to self-promote or promote a website and/or product that has no relevance to the Team Fortress franchise whatsoever.
- The tables below documents examples of acceptable/unacceptable websites and platforms that fall under the rules above
| Safe and open |
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| Wikipedia |
| Steam |
| TF2Maps.net |
| ETF2L |
| Internet Archive |
| Safe and closed |
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| Discord |
| Twitter (private profiles) |
| Unsafe |
| malicious-website.com |
| spam-promotion.com |
