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Please do not add commercial links or links to your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. --Erik 14:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Erik 15:01, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

If you want to add a link to movie media in other media formats, please specify that. Studios often directly release their movie trailers to Apple, but they don't release movie trailers to VideoDetective.com. If you want to put up your links, specify that it is an alternative trailer link and what format in which it will be displayed. Otherwise, it seems that you're just inserting links to your own private website. --Erik 15:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I think you might find that movie studios DO directly release their trailers to sites other than Apple. I don't know where this misconception comes from but Apple is, by no means, a studio affiliate more than any other site (Yahoo!, AOL, Videodetective, IMDb). They neither produce, distribute nor promote films. Apple is a commercial site that gets revenue from traffic created by trailer views just like any other. This might sound a little anti-Apple and it is, because not everyone likes, wants, or chooses to use Apple products like Quicktime. They are a corporation same as all the others. Wikipedia users deserve to have choices when it comes to media format. I'll repost more accurately. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 08:28, August 23, 2006 (talk • contribs) Moviesnoop

First of all, I'll retract my statement about all studios directly releasing their movie trailers to Apple. Studios do release movie trailers to other "corporations" such as Yahoo! or AOL. It seems that if studios release movie trailers to Apple, Yahoo!, or AOL, these sites should receive priority over an independent site that provides the same format. This was my assumption with your edits, since you did not detail the external link that you provided. Since you are providing an alternative format, and I understand your attempt to contribute, just explain that in your external link. Glad we worked this out. --Erik 15:35, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

I've re-edited the content for TMNT. Let me know if this is appropriate labeling for an alternate format link. I still don't quite understand why large, corporate sites should have priority over an independent site. Yahoo and AOL are involved in media congloms that may influence their potrayal of certain titles and not provide a unbiased third party view. Apple has product placement and it's nose in films otherwise (ie Pixar and iTunes store), which may also affect reportage of specific titles. Thoughts would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moviesnoop (talk • contribs) 08:49, August 23, 2006

The alternative format mention seems suitable. I don't know if other page-watchers on TMNT will have an issue. If other people attempt to revert your link addition, take it to that film article's talk page to discuss it like you have here. Also, I don't really have an answer to your corporate concerns. The best answer I can come up with is that corporations simply reach a larger audience due to awareness. I'm sure studios take the factor of what market they would reach before they deal with corporations. My guess is that these corporations don't post trailers for free -- studios most likely have to pay a certain amount to access the market share of that particular corporation. That's probably why major studio films, not independent films, are prominent on corporations' websites. In addition, QuickTime is, as far as I know, the major format. Sites like Yahoo! do provide alternate formats like Windows Media. By the way, when you leave comments, leave four tildes (~) after your comment to mark a signature and date. --Erik 16:06, 23 August 2006 (UTC)