[WikiEN-l] Bandspam

[Ray Saintonge]

stvrtg wrote:

><gripe>
>I suggest the new term "bandspam" to refer to the promotional pushing of
>song links etc
>as a way to differentiate internal linkspam from the nominal external
>variety. Bands of course
>are the most typical form, but sometimes people
>Im of course talking about hatnotes - anything on disambig pages should be
>fair game.
>
>Current example; some fan pushing this important note at the top of [[Space
>suit]]:
>*
>    "Space Suit" is also an instrumental track from They Might Be Giants'
>     1992 album* Apollo 18<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_18_%28album%29>
>*.*
>  A *space suit* is a complex system of gaments, equipment and environmental
>
>  systems designed to keep a person alive...
>  
>
Hmmm!  FWIW, this is distinctly different from my first impression of 
the word.  My inclination was not to see "band" in the sense of a 
musical group, but in the sense of a range of values as in "bandwidth" 
or "broad band".  Thus "bandspam" gives me the impression of spam that 
is being sent to a wide band of IP addresses.

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