From: David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au>
> 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.)
Well, sure.
I said it was borderline, I said it was skating on thin ice, and I said that
NSK shouldn't be surprised if people removed his links.
If I found one of his links on a page that's on my watchlist and that I
specially care about, I'd click on the link and read the page it linked to.
If it struck me as pure spam, I'd probably delete it. But if it struck me as
being egg bacon spam and sausage, I might figure "that's not got much spam"
and leave it in.
The actual Homo floriensis link under discussion struck me as being more like
spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam.
It is, of course, very easy for NSK to avoid the issue altogether, and he
doesn't need to "leave Wikipedia" to do it.