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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1774924, member: 112&quot;]Except for one thing, the person who started the contest in the first link you posted made no mention at all of any other web site that must be used in order to participate in the contest.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The second link you posted was not even about a contest being held here on Coin Talk.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So no, there is no double standard at all. The reason for disallowing this contest is exactly what I said it was. Nothing else.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And nobody cares about taking traffic away from Coin Talk. For as long as I have been here, over 10 years, I have posted thousands of links to dealers, commercial shops, various auctions, individual collectors that are good sellers, and more research sites than you can count. I even built a specific section that is made up entirely of nothing but links to other web sites. But every single time it was done to make a recommendation and help people. Posting links like that by individual members have always been allowed. I even encourage you, as well as everybody else, to do so yourself.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But the rules for the contest section are what they are and they will be enforced.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>edit - One other thing. Do you not know what the rules of decorum are for an internet forum ? If the moderator says so, that&#039;s how it is. Period, end of story. It doesn&#039;t matter if you or anyone else doesn&#039;t agree, or like it. Most forums will not even permit discussion of such a thing. But in the interest of fairness, and because I personally believe that all members are due explanations at times, I do allow it here. I take the time to voice my reasons and I explain myself and why the rules are what they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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