MeritBadgeDotOrg:Criteria for acceptable external links policy

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Criteria for acceptable external links

Help us add links to other web sites that are beneficial to Scouts. All external links to other web sites must meet the following criteria:

Use caution in linking to a personal or free websites. They may not last long and may not be subjective.
The content must be appropriate for youth.
The link must not be for a particular region or geography but to help all Scouts.
The linked site must not provide cheat sheets or answer keys.
The site should not promote a political agenda.

Respectability

Before posting a link to a site, please verify who the site really is by using WhoIs. Look at the overall content. Is this site subjective? Please also verify that the phone number given is a valid, listed phone number using a site such as Reverse Phone Directory.

Please note that even a highly respectable site like Merriam Websters Dictionary contains thousands of references that they themselves describe as vulgar or obscene. We can still link to Websters Dictionary but not to those vulgar or obscene topics. Similarly, Wikipedia offers very good articles we can reference as well as content we cannot reference.