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I have removed the very long list of external links to vendors (for the second time). This is probably the worst violation of [[WP:ELNO#EL14]] I have ever seen. It might be useful to somebody, but it has no place in an encyclopaedia. Specifically, it is a breach of the [[WP:NOTDIR]] policy. If there is discussion somewhere in reliable sources of the pros and cons of various packages then that can be in the article. But we cannot tolerate a spammy list that is completely open-ended with no clear criteria for inclusion. The link to the [Open Directory Project]] was a reasonable compromise. If a vendor cannot get on that list there may well be a good reason. In any case, it is a list that is filtered by independent editors at ODP. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 20:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
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Is a long list of software vendors acceptable in the external links section? Requesting input from other editors since [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finite-difference_time-domain_method&diff=527944675&oldid=527909001 the list] has been restored. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 06:35, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
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