On 30/04/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com wrote:
Do you see an ethical conflict that financial donors to Wikipedia (Wikia) are on the Interwiki map? If not, why?
I can't say I care. Obviously that won't be sufficient for you, but that doesn't make me care.
Do you see the conflict that the developers (who are close to Jimmy) turned down Bainer's patch that would have fixed all this? If SEO and pagerank don't matter, why endorse something that benefits other sites? Why not ensure no one gets the magic Wikigoogle juice?
Your first line appears to be part of the myth that this is the cult of Jimbo and all are under his control. Brion wanted nofollow on all wikis and only left it off en:wp with much grumbling.
Did you actually read the reasons for rejecting the patch? Interwiki links are unlikely to be spam.
It sounds like you haven't actually read the instructions on the
interwiki map or its talk page but aren't letting ignorance stop your valuable opinion
And that was artful political/PR spin, as Jeff said. Well played. Attack the innocent messenger, if no satisfactory answer exists. Well done.
If your mission is to get nofollow on all links to Wikia sites, I suggest you come up with a reason it's for the good of the first party (Wikipedia/Wikimedia) or the second party (the readers). Arguments concerning third parties (search engine spammers) or the whim of fourth parties (Google) are unlikely to convince, from observation.
- d.