[WikiEN-l] Re: External links and self-linking to my site (NSK)

[David Gerard]

dpbsmith at verizon.net (dpbsmith at 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.