[WikiEN-l] yay external links!

[Cheney Shill]

--- Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Cheney Shill wrote:
> > So, patrolling for obvious and insignificant vandalism
> > inserted into articles like "Charlotte is bonkers!!!"
> or
> > "Bill Gates sucks!!!" is, like, way more important? 
> 
> saying that the
> removal of a commercial link from the "external links"
> section of an
> article related to that product is always more important
> than the
> removal of "obvious vandalism" like the examples you

I am.  NPOV doesn't mention vandalism.  It does mention
links, commercialism, and advertising.

> dispute that. When J. Random Reader visits an article
> with obvious
> vandalism, he snorts and thinks "man, Wikipedia sucks."

He does?  I think I have to dispute that.  According to
previous discussions here, leaving in obvious,
insignificant errors (e.g., speeling) is often intentional,
improves participation, and hooks R. Anonymous Reader into
contributing regularly.  Why don't these intentional errors
also convince J. Random that Wikipedia sucks?  Or are you
suggesting that intentional errors left by admins are a
form of vandalism?

> When he visits
> an article with a spam link, he will likely not even
> notice it.

Another dispute.  When R. Anonymous visits, she notices
immediately and reasons that the article is yet another
taken over by shills and that Wikipedia is yet anohter ad
site that can't be trusted.

> Fortunately the very obviousness that makes it important
> also makes it
> easier to deal with.

Yeah, that's what I thought.  Do it 'cuz it be easy. 
That's precisely why it should be left to the novice
editors, just like spellung and grammar error.  For the
experienced and admins, it should be at the bottom of their
to-do list.

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