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Am preparing first draft on word processor to limit number of saves and correctoions [[User:Mikereichold|Mikereichold]] 20:13, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

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[[Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#LINK|Wikipedia is not a collection of links]]; nor should it be used for [[Wikipedia:Spam|advertising]] or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses [[nofollow]] tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it without placing the advertisement in the talk page before inserting it. Please take a look at the [[Wikipedia:Welcome|welcome page]] to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Pleaseread [[WP:EL]] for more information on external links. Cheers, [[User:Dlohcierekim|<~~font~~span ~~color~~style="color:#009500;"> Dloh</~~font~~span>]][[User_talk:Dlohcierekim|<~~font~~span ~~color~~style="color:#950095;">cierekim''' </~~font~~span>]] 22:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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== The Black Company Wiki external link ==

I can't imagine a better external link than the [https://blackcompany.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Company_Wiki Wiki] for this series, which has been around since 2012 and has had contributors from around the globe. It is a huge resource for the series and there is nothing else like it on the web... exactly the kind of thing readers here at Wikipedia may want to follow up on in another browser tab. I have reviewed [[WP:ELNO]] and cannot find any grounds for its erasure there. [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 16:05, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

:It falls well short of the 'substantial number of editors' exception outlined in ELNO#12. As per [[WP:ELBURDEN]] I am removing it unless and until there is consensus established for its inclusion. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 01:27, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Please can you clarify what is a 'substantial number of editors'? [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 18:44, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

:There is no defined number but typically we look for 100+ active - ie having edited in the past month. This site appears to have 1. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 21:21, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

How many wikis can possibly meet that arbitrary criterion? Wookiepedia, Memory Alpha, some handful of others. According to what you're saying, you will be ''erasing'' the link for Memory Alpha at the Star Trek article if the quantity of users there peters down? No, I do not believe you would: you'd be leaving it because the resource it represents is solid and not full of stubs. The same thing with the Black Company wiki. It has pages for virtually all characters and events and is a natural website to link here. [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 06:14, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

:Yes, there are relatively few wikis that meet that criterion; that's intentional, because they are exceptions rather than the rule. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 00:58, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand... does this mean you will erase the link to Memory Alpha if the volume of editors peters off? [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 19:44, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

:Potentially so. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 01:54, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Let us meet halfway, here. Currently we've got that external link to that fan-made maps site which has been rotting there since 2006. Those maps were made in MS Paint in 1999. Let that be replaced that with a link to the professionally-made map that appeared in the RPG. While it is hosted at the wiki, the text which appears in the External Links section to the link shall remain the same: "Black Company Maps". It can be treated as an updated link. Deal? [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 04:05, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

:No deal. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 00:11, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

You didn't reply for 20 days. You don't just get to swing in and say this. [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 13:36, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

:You didn't reply for more than double that. You also haven't met the [[WP:ELBURDEN|burden]] for inclusion of the disputed link. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 20:14, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Different link. This is a direct one to the maps. Previously it was just a main page link to the wiki. You didn't dispute the map link. [[User:Blue Danube|Blue Danube]] ([[User talk:Blue Danube|talk]]) 03:06, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

:Same site, same guidelines, same burden. [[User:Nikkimaria|Nikkimaria]] ([[User talk:Nikkimaria|talk]]) 13:59, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

== Port of Shadows chronology ==

So Port of Shadows was listed in the Books of the North section as it supposedly takes place between ''The Black Company'' and ''Shadows Linger''. However many fans(notably in the black company subreddit) think there is some kind of time travel shenanigans going on and it's not quite a true interquel. Someone moved it into the spin off section with The Silver Spike which I agree with, regardless of possible time fuckery if we're not going to list The Silver Spike in the books of the north when it chronologically takes place after The White Rose and is set in the north then we shouldn't have Port of Shadows up there either. I also edited the spin off section to note that it supposedly takes place between the first two books. <small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/216.136.17.108|216.136.17.108]] ([[User talk:216.136.17.108#top|talk]]) 15:51, 16 December 2021 (UTC)</small>