  #I had a look at your idea but I am not in favour of it. The problems with external links goes beyond Google PageRank issues. We still need to have appropriate links in articles. People would still place links to their sites on Wikipedia even if it did not boost their PageRank. I also don't think we should be messing with how search engines operate. There would be major implications for the entire internet in doing what you suggest.  #I did not blindly delete the external links. I looked at each one and determined they were not of sufficient value to include on this article.  