dpbsmith@verizon.net (dpbsmith@verizon.net) [050113 02:38]:
a) It's not at all clear to me that http://portal.wikinerds.org/node/103 adds much to the http://en.wikipedia.org/Homo_floriensis article b) Even if it does, it's not clear that the Wikinerds link is the best source, or even a particularly good source for that information. It is not nearly as close to the source, or as authoritative as several of the other links that are already in the article. c) NSK does have a clear promotional interest in wanting to build up his site.
I have no hesitation in reverting this variety of edit as spam, and usually in blocking the IP if it's an anon. I fully expect to continue as well. Because it is spam.
If it's not one of *the* *best* possible links the article could have, and it's not a reference used in the article, there's no reason for it to be there. Hence the frequent edit summary "Wikipedia is not dMoz". (Or Wikia.)
- d.