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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/uoou on 2024-06-27 12:35:23+00:00.

We mods face a bit of a dilemma when it comes to news site links here. There are a few competing and kinda contradictory concerns.

To be upfront, we’re mostly talking about GoL. They do amazing work. But if every GoL article is linked here we might as well just redirect to GoL.

It’s been suggested that we have something against GoL. That’s certainly not the case. We have a good relationship with Liam, who is a lovely man, and GoL have been incredibly important to Linux gaming.

We like GoL a lot. They are our friends. We just don’t want to be, essentially, an alternate front-end to GoL’s front-page. That would be pointless.

Some people want this place to mostly be a news aggregator. Some don’t, and want it to be a games discussion and/or support community. Most people are probably somewhere in the middle.

Some are very insistent about primary sources, some don’t care so long as the information is there, some are okay with secondary sources if they link to the primary sources.

Our current stance is that we’re happy to have GoL posts here but we don’t want to be swamped with them. And we’d also like primary sources where appropriate.

So when the GoL links become excessive, we tend to delete the less noteworthy ones or the ones where a primary source would be more valuable.

But that’s not really covered by a rule, so we feel like we’re on shaky ground here.

So we just want to ask the community - are we hitting the right kinda balance with this stuff? Would you prefer things to go more in one direction or another? And can you think of a good, succinct rule or rule amendment that would cover this stuff and make us feel like we’re on firmer ground when we’re essentially just keeping things tidy?

Thanks!