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Diy89Nurm7 Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 01/24/2021 4:58 pm Hi, I get that CCF doesn't like linking to outside urls. However, is there a rule about referencing information found elsewhere? For instance if I want to share useful information I found at NGC, can I say NGCcoin.com or provide the url without an active link somehow? What do you recommend? Thanks and stay well. Diy89Nurm7 Report this Post to the Staff

bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24176 Posts	Posted 01/24/2021 5:10 pm There are some sites that are not allowed due to various reasons. Posting a list would defeat the purpose. The forum software will let you know if you try to post one of them. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 01/24/2021 7:22 pm You can link to external information sites as much as you wish. Where it becomes murky would be if you, yourself, had written an "information site" and then started posting links to it. That would qualify as "advertising", and such links would be deleted as spam unless you'd first paid CCF for putting the link there. Website owners spamming links to their own websites is how most of our blacklisted sites got on the blacklist in the first place. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5177 Posts	Posted 01/24/2021 8:00 pm Quote: Where it becomes murky would be if you, yourself, had written an "information site" and then started posting links to it. That would qualify as "advertising", and such links would be deleted as spam unless you'd first paid CCF for putting the link there. ...that's unfortunate. I thought there were a few members who regularly posted links to their sites (augustus1 and gxseries are two that come to mind); did they have to pay for the privilege? I actually considered making a coin-themed blog and linking to it in some CCF posts. I suppose this statement means that either I should not be making coin-themed blogs, or if I ever do, try my best to never mention them on CCF. (Sorry, payment isn't really an option for me. My earnings are still highly unstable, and I don't have a PayPal account anyway.) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 01/24/2021 9:45 pm My comment was particularly in reference to new members, particularly new members who are posting on this forum purely to advertise their own sites. If established members (defined as having over 50 quality posts) have educational sites and wish to share them, then by all means do so - especially if the information posted on such a site is helpful in answering a query on a forum post here. See the Forum Rules, notably the ones on "Self Promotion" and "Posting Links". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24176 Posts	Posted 01/25/2021 08:18 am Established members also have signatures they can use, plus a dedicated sales promotion forum. We like to keep sales out of the discussion forums. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
Diy89Nurm7 Valued Member United States 271 Posts	Posted 01/26/2021 6:28 pm Thanks for all the replies. My thought was just in documenting information, which is good research, or asking folks their opinions on info I ran across. That's it! Stay well, Diy89Nurm7 Report this Post to the Staff
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