Talk:Brett Cairns

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External links[edit]

Given that Cairns' websites are highly promotional and provide almost no information about him, I think that linking directly to what little there is about him at http://www.brettcairns.com/about is preferable to the main site, and I see no reason to link to his brettcairns.ca, which provides no new information about Cairns that I'm able to find, and significantly less that at his other site. --Ronz (talk) 17:05, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Following up from he discussions on my talk page [1]

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The problem with his business websites is that neither fits criteria #2, that the content covers the area of notability. Rather than not include any official website because of this, I've linked to the small amount about Cairns, so at least we are covering what he says about himself as much as we can. --Ronz (talk) 15:47, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]