Wikipedia - what seperates a "personal" site from a "professional" site?

[draggar]

Wikipedia's policy is that people cannot link to personal sites - which I can understand since many people would be abusing Wiki's PR to improve their own site's SEO and traffic.

BUT - what is the deciding factor?

I can understand an official entity's site (like the Red Cross) but what about a non-affiliated site that goes over the history and information about the Red Cross - technically wouldn't that be a personal site?

I've seen many links to "fan sites" - aren't these personal sites?

I've even reported some that are blatantly personal sites - even parked pages (and recently added) only to see them allowed to stay in the Wiki.

 

[furca]

Doesn't matter much in terms of SEO since they are all no follow anyway.

 

[dcristo]

Getting wikipedia traffic is a thing of the past.

 

[draggar]

Besides the SEO and traffic standpoint - I still wonder about the actual policy. I see sites that are clearly personal sites that are linked, hell, even some parked pages that are linked (OK, could be old links).

But - what determines a "professional" site as opposed to a "personal" site in their eyes?

 

[furca]

Those wiki people are interesting characters.