Talk:FMovies

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This page was proposed for deletion by Hugsyrup (talk · contribs) on 23 May 2019.

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion:

FMovies Logo.png

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 13:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The purpose of keeping the link.

The reason I will keep re-adding the link to the homepage of FMovies is simple. It's educational by providing the correct information to those who want it. It's necessary for those who want to avoid fake links, and Wikipedia is a place where aiming for proper guidance is necessary. This link doesn't directly host any copyrighted content to pirate or download, but rather it's just a homepage similar to what The Pirate Bay has, and yet it's Wikipedia page has had obvious notoriety over the years alongside the fact the link to the main website is still there. Regardless of how you feel about the copyright rules of Wikipedia, it's been very clear with the specifics around direct links to copyrighted content & this homepage doesn't fall under that bracket.

Having a discussion about a website while refusing to include the direct link to it's homepage is absolutely unusual. It's educational for obvious reasons.

Stop censoring the link. QuantumZazzy (talk) 09:26, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it's edited away again, I have it here:

<<Link redacted>>

QuantumZazzy (talk) 09:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We don't link to copyright violation, see WP:COPYLINKS. Wikipedia is expressly not a link directory. It is not 'educational' to provide links to such places. Feel free to raise this at the proper noticeboard (that would be something like WP:ELN or WP:ANI), but edit warring over this as you have vowed to do is not a solution - it is obvious disruption. - MrOllie (talk) 13:48, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I support including the URL of the website. Note that WP:COPYLINKS expressly states, that "[i]n articles about a website, it is acceptable to include a link to that website even if there are possible copyright violations somewhere on the site." Also see other examples such as Sci-Hub, where the consensus among editors seems to be in favor of including the URL. Eigenbra (talk) 14:49, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]