[2021] (Posting third party links is now allowed) About posting 3rd Party Links.

Any External links that do not originate from InnoGames or Elvenar @Gargon667
We cite Beta as we are aware that players like to share Beta information, but that must be contained with the Beta setion here and not leaked out onto any other part of the Forum.
Too many players have been upset and this is not what the Forum is about.  

We have always asked that links be pertinent and pertaining to InnoGames and Elvenar.
External links are not always obviously not ours, especially to our newer players. Not only that we cannot be held accountable for the safety and security issues that sites outside of our control may cause.
Multiple complaints have been received concerning these from players reporting here on the Forum and also contacting Support to escalate further.
To prevent the need to have to explain that we have no affiliation with any of these 'other' sites has bought us back to only permitting our own links on the Forum.  

As you quite correctly say we already have this within our Forum Rules 14: Advertising:

• Threads and/or posts that are created solely for the purpose of advertising other websites without connection to Elvenar, or InnoGames GmbH are forbidden.

Hence we are asking that the links to external sites are no longer posted across the forum as they have gradually begun to be so.
Any spoilers about events that have not even happened on our server, should be kept with the Beta section of this Forum. This has always been our request, since the first Beta thread was introduced in 2017. Just because we have recently permitted a larger Beta section here, does not mean that the rules for Beta spoilers has ceased to apply and they can be placed anywhere on the Forum.
We are drawing attention to the links in this way now as a reminder in the hope that we will have less of our community feeling the need to message, report and raise tickets.  

So.... this was a difficult decision to make. From a personal perspective we really do appreciate the work that goes into these third party sites because lets face it, people have taken time out of their busy lives to collate this information. And yes it's information pertinent to the game hence the reason why we turned a blind eye previously on allowing them. However, we found (both historically and recently) that there is a lot of confusion as to the ownership of these sites, in addition to the way the information is supplied, as some of the information is heavily outdated. Only recently there was a heated discussion regarding calculations and which site was more accurate.
As a Team we are unable to moderate these discussions efficiently and fairly, and also found that this lead to confusion for players looking for accurate information.
Whilst we are not suppressing personal recommendations for these sites (as I'm sure you will continue do), we are asking politely that you do not share any links to them via the Forum. And as always... keep the Spoilers in BETA!

Kind Regards

Herodite.