On 20 May 2012 22:32, Gwern Branwen gwern0@gmail.com wrote:
There's nothing to answer; and I've been copying the most informative or hilarious quotes for posterity, such as an active administrator in good standing wondering if it might actually increase article quality and not constitute vandalism at all! The whole thing was worth it just for that quote; I could not have made up a better example of the sickness.
So, your attempt to prove that no-one cares about external links that aren't references showed that ... no-one cares about external links that aren't references.
And that editors should regard ELs on the talk page strictly as notes to self.
What I'm feeling about this *feels* just like hindsight bias, but I vaguely recall saying something just like that.
- d.