Ed Oscuro
11-26-2003, 06:15 PM
http://pub3.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=191422515&cpv=1
http://home.comcast.net/~edoscuro/deleted_links.txt (and links that are not yet deleted)
and I've got a text file of links to add, somewhere
Actually got some work done on it (imagine that!) Anyhow, couple things to let you know about.
I have deleted all the dead links through Atari Systems--but no further than Atari Systems, and I have done nothing else. I haven't moved or deleted any other sites except for one entry which was in 3DO.
I feel sites need to be approved, and if there is a question about their relevance I could post a topic to see if people think we should add a site.
There are way too many personal collection sites (link directly to their For Sale list, of course), and a Classifieds page the links page is not. I am going to see about putting up a requirement that sites have relevant information and that sites deemed not worthy will be deleted. The same goes for commercial sites. Some of them have been quite blatant in self-promoting; one put "Atari - World of Atari" in order to ensure it wouldn't be sorted to the bottom of the list. You can still see all these entries as I haven't moved or deleted any yet.
I feel that the following types of sites should be removed in their entirety:
**Emulation/ROM pages (exceptions to be made if they have important information about systems, i.e. map of the memory addresses, or have other information outside Emulation)
**Online games pages (i.e. http://www.arcadevillage.com/, and Outwar, obviously)
**Stores (really now)
**Sites that still have their 9/11/01 banner up (http://www.smashtv.net/) or are obviously dead
We really should delete the online stores. It was a cool idea to allow them on, but ultimately it's proven to be a disservice to the links page.
What we should have more of:
Links to other semi-professionally done sites with ACTIVITY.
The only reason I have not been deleting sites with abandon is that I believe it would be a mistake. I've even got a list of all the dead links deleted so far, and will see about putting those somewhere in the future as well.
Finally, I feel the Bravenet Links Page format is a bit...ugly. We really should be able to have a page with categories and links to pages about specific topics...the current system is ineffective and ugly. However, that's another story for another time.
http://home.comcast.net/~edoscuro/deleted_links.txt (and links that are not yet deleted)
and I've got a text file of links to add, somewhere
Actually got some work done on it (imagine that!) Anyhow, couple things to let you know about.
I have deleted all the dead links through Atari Systems--but no further than Atari Systems, and I have done nothing else. I haven't moved or deleted any other sites except for one entry which was in 3DO.
I feel sites need to be approved, and if there is a question about their relevance I could post a topic to see if people think we should add a site.
There are way too many personal collection sites (link directly to their For Sale list, of course), and a Classifieds page the links page is not. I am going to see about putting up a requirement that sites have relevant information and that sites deemed not worthy will be deleted. The same goes for commercial sites. Some of them have been quite blatant in self-promoting; one put "Atari - World of Atari" in order to ensure it wouldn't be sorted to the bottom of the list. You can still see all these entries as I haven't moved or deleted any yet.
I feel that the following types of sites should be removed in their entirety:
**Emulation/ROM pages (exceptions to be made if they have important information about systems, i.e. map of the memory addresses, or have other information outside Emulation)
**Online games pages (i.e. http://www.arcadevillage.com/, and Outwar, obviously)
**Stores (really now)
**Sites that still have their 9/11/01 banner up (http://www.smashtv.net/) or are obviously dead
We really should delete the online stores. It was a cool idea to allow them on, but ultimately it's proven to be a disservice to the links page.
What we should have more of:
Links to other semi-professionally done sites with ACTIVITY.
The only reason I have not been deleting sites with abandon is that I believe it would be a mistake. I've even got a list of all the dead links deleted so far, and will see about putting those somewhere in the future as well.
Finally, I feel the Bravenet Links Page format is a bit...ugly. We really should be able to have a page with categories and links to pages about specific topics...the current system is ineffective and ugly. However, that's another story for another time.