While looking at the list of most linked domains I ran into this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Linksearch&target=www....
It looks like a bunch of spam. But then when I go to the links, they're broken. And they've apparently been added by an admin. Anyone know what this is all about?
The links to www.nscb.gov.ph likewise seem to be spam, added by the same admin.
Anthony
I'm curious as to why you'd think that those are spam, in particular? Assuming good faith, it would appear that at one time useful information was available at those links which was a source for e.g. demographic information in those articles.
-Matt
On 5/2/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I'm curious as to why you'd think that those are spam, in particular? Assuming good faith, it would appear that at one time useful information was available at those links which was a source for e.g. demographic information in those articles.
I call it spam because there are 1000 pages all linking to the exact same url. Maybe "spam" is too harsh, in that it implies the link was added in order to make money for the person adding the link, but the mass-addition of such links doesn't make any sense to me.
Should we link every city in the US to http://www.census.gov/, because it provides useful information about US cities?
Anthony
A good database source of information makes it possible to link to the exact item of information wanted within the url. Some don't--they require going to the starting point and then looking. census.gov permits linking directly to the data table, though apparently not to the item in the table. But even with those that do permit exact direct linking, many editors do not attempt to do so, and link only to the initial search page. I think it is sometimes laziness, and sometimes ignorance. (Or it might be concern that the exact location will vary with time, but, again, a good database does not lose the links during the change. I hope the reader can be presumed to have the sense to try a search if it does become necessary.)
On 5/2/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
On 5/2/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I'm curious as to why you'd think that those are spam, in particular? Assuming good faith, it would appear that at one time useful information was available at those links which was a source for e.g. demographic information in those articles.
I call it spam because there are 1000 pages all linking to the exact same url. Maybe "spam" is too harsh, in that it implies the link was added in order to make money for the person adding the link, but the mass-addition of such links doesn't make any sense to me.
Should we link every city in the US to http://www.census.gov/, because it provides useful information about US cities?
Anthony
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On 02/05/07, Anthony wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Should we link every city in the US to http://www.census.gov/, because it provides useful information about US cities?
No, we should link it as the source for every Rambot article!
- d.