` I think the link should be restored. It may not be palatable, but External links are for readers looking for more  and once there's at the end of this article, they'll know exactly what they're getting themselves into. It also seems encyclopedically remiss to not link to the actual subject of the article. Regarding ``objectionable amounts of advertising,`` that's meant to prevent spam links. I think in this case when the link would be to the article's subject itself, that sort of thing is (or should be) exempted.   `