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I'd like to propose removing the External Links from the bottom of the template. First, all six link to the same site, which is overkill in my opinion. Second, the same links are already included in Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, and some of the other articles that link to the template. Finally, these links may not appropriate for every article that links to the template (Malcolm X, for example). I'd appreciate other people's views on the question. Thanks. Malik Shabazz 05:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't rush into removing them. The links have obviously been placed there for a reason by more experienced editors. They are useful sources of information. Not spam. Retiono Virginian 20:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not suggesting that they're spam, just that I think they're redundant and therefore unnecessary. For example, the template includes a link to Message to the Blackman in America. Isn't that article the appropriate place for an external link to the text of the book? As I mentioned, every one of the links is included twice on some pages (such as Elijah Muhammad and Nation of Islam), once as part of the article and again as part of the template. (Visit either article and you'll see how strange it looks to see the same links listed twice within the space of a few inches.) Finally, if the links must stay, why not a single link to Elijah Muhammad's Books and Other Writings (i.e., the first link)? All the other links go to various pages within that site. (As a side-note, "Messenger" probably is inconsistent with WP:NPOV.) Malik Shabazz 20:57, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]