[Krasnol]

They could still link to it without embedding. I don't see a reason for not doing it because even the "deleted" message is a message. It doesn't break the experience but ads information to it. In this case: the author didn't want to have this up anymore.

The utter lack of linking in internet articles is terrible. I understand that it's like free advertisement sometimes but hell...you're already reporting and the traffic from your page would ENCOURAGE potential ad clients to run ads on your page if it generates so much traffic...

[pfranz]

I often wish there were more direct citations in journalistic articles. I hate to say this, but often when trying to find sources it is cluttered up by news articles.