Link Submissions

Web Links are submitted to a game, publisher, or designer page via the Web Links section on the page. The links section functions as a meta-collection of further information about the subject page.

Representative Links

The Web Link field that appears in the header information of an object page is the Representative or Default Link. To propose a link for this field:

1. Submit the link to the page if the link is not already present. After submission, await admin approval.
2. After the link is approved, go to the Web Links section and click "Propose Default". Select the link you wish to propose from the list.
3. The proposal is sent to GeekMod, and the link will be posted in the header information when it is approved.

What to submit as a link

• Independent reviews : lots of game groups write their own reviews for games, so others' opinions are great. This goes for print, video, or audio reviews. Be certain to state in the link description whether the review is video or audio. YouTube or Vimeo video links should be submitted to that page section, not to the Web Links area.
• Rules (foreign or domestic) : It is problematic under the copyright to upload scanned rule sets to BGG (and scanned rules are prohibited in the file submission guidelines), but if the publisher or designer of a game has posted them on their page (or if an independent outfit has published them with permission) then there should be no problem for us to link to them.
• Home pages for games : Home pages belong in the links section, and can be set as the Representative Link for the game. The former practice of putting Home Page links in the description section should be discontinued and these links should be converted over to the links section. The Home Page should be one that is dedicated to the game and gives further information about the game -- not merely a publisher's product page.
• Additional information from the publisher, print-and-play components, variants, and additional content.
• Information to historical background for the theme of the game or the particular wargame battle(s) will be adjudged at admin's discretion.

What not to submit as a link

• Internal links to items on BGG/RPGG/VGG : There are tools that can be used in forum posts and descriptions that point to other areas on the sites.
• Links to designer/publisher home pages on game pages : Designer and publisher pages have a separate links section that is specifically for these types of links.
• Retail/sale/commercial links : Advertising and sales go through the the advertising department on BGG.
• P500/Kickstarter : These have the same problems as retail/sale/commercial links, except that these additionally have the problem that these are not permanent links, and are only applicable up to the point the game does/does not go into print. There are other venues on BGG for promotion, including press releases, advertising, contests, et c., and the links section is not the appropriate place for them.
• YouTube or Vimeo Links : Each item page now has as separate section specifically for YouTube or Vimeo links.
• A corrected link while leaving an incorrect one in place : A link that gives a correct address while leaving a dead link among the links is only half-done work (e.g., "(This one works)"). The correct methods to handle this are to submit a correction to fix the broken URL in the existing link, or to submit a request to have the incorrect link removed before adding the new and corrected link.
• Links to Image Galleries on the Web: The Geek domains have Image Galleries, Images should be submitted in accordance with the Image Policy of the domain you are submitting images to.

Link Corrections

Each link page has a Corrections button which can be used to edit the link and the link title, and can also bring dead links to an admin's attention. To directly edit a link or link title, click the pencil icon next to the item. Note that the plus to add an alternate name to a link title is errant code from other BGG operations, and has no effect; links can only have one title.