Maybe I am misinterpreting. Are you trying to prevent "over-the-top" hawking of wares, and prevent pulling banner ads in from outside sites? A total ban on links seems to be using too broad a brush.
Anyway, links are what makes the internet work. It seems counter-productive to go back to "link-less" days.
And if sirgawain's humor post above was the cause of his banishment, why is the post still there?
enquiring minds, etc etc ...
It appears, just from rading various threads, that sirgawain has been running amuck for at least the last 12 hours.