[WikiEN-l] Spam and advertising dilemma

[Cheney Shill]

--- Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I wrong? Is the list just a glorified form of
> advertising? Or is

The list would be reasonable without external links. 
There's no reason to see the pages directly.  The model
isn't a unique form of page design or artistic expression. 
The model just is their approach to selling and could be
done with or without  the Web.  It could be a model for a
daily infomercial.

Wiki links for companies like Woot that have a Wikipedia
entry are OK.  OTOH, Woot's entry really needs cleaning. 
Yes, it got some independent publicity, some fluff business
articles, but the article is even promoting and linking to
podcasts.  This is a great example of Wikipedia being
abused to advertise and promote, if not straight product
placement and shilling.


~~Pro-Lick
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Halliburton_Shill 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pro-Lick 
http://www.wikiality.com/User:Pro-Lick (now a Wikia supported site)


--spam may follow--


 
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