First and foremost a single link is not substantial or of any value. It was removed because I considered it a low/no value post.
I don't click links on the forum as a general rule especially from unknown "hostile/aggressive" new posters. I don't ever click links from trolls either (not saying you fit the troll category).
I also don't generally consider posting an entire article with a link at the bottom of it with 0 comments or a 1 line comment to be of much value. I have not yet started to delete these kinds of posts yet but I am probably going to make a post about it asking people to stop doing it before I start deleting those kinds of posts.