[WikiEN-l] Bandspam

stvrtg stvrtg at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 05:32:07 UTC 2007


<gripe>
I suggest the new term "bandspam" to refer to the promotional pushing of
song links etc
as a way to differentiate internal linkspam from the nominal external
variety. Bands of course
are the most typical form, but sometimes people
Im of course talking about hatnotes - anything on disambig pages should be
fair game.

Current example; some fan pushing this important note at the top of [[Space
suit]]:
*
    "Space Suit" is also an instrumental track from They Might Be Giants'
     1992 album* Apollo 18<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_18_%28album%29>
*.*
  A *space suit* is a complex system of gaments, equipment and environmental

  systems designed to keep a person alive...

-SV


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