:Thank you for your analysis, Proto; You are quite correct that I would offend others if I kept it up, but I feel that the standards are arbitrarily applied (not just on links to my site, but, as you have noticed, regarding other links used as sources). It is lopsided in the consensus, and I accept the consensus, even if I don't agree with it. (You saw my statements to that effect in my message above, I trust.) However, since this issue is about a broader issue regarding the citing of sources on the whole, i felt that the examples I outlined in the talk pages about a deletionist slant to be a point worth review. :Although I am very irritated that some others don't see it my way on all issues, my plans to edit much less are simply
:Thank you for your analysis, Proto; You are quite correct that I would offend others if I kept it up, but I feel that the standards are arbitrarily applied (not just on links to my site, but, as you have noticed, regarding other links used as sources). It is lopsided in the consensus, and I accept the consensus, even if I don't agree with it. (You saw my statements to that effect in my message above, I trust.) However, since this issue is about a broader issue regarding the citing of sources on the whole, i felt that the examples I outlined in the talk pages about a deletionist slant to be a point worth review. :Although I am very irritated that some others don't see it my way on all issues, my plans to edit much less are simply not