[WikiEN-l] Links: a philosophical problem

[David Gerard]

On 19/03/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:

> Question: should we use the Amazon sales page as a reference for the
> release date on VHS?
[...]
> So: should we link to a retailer's sales page as a reference for
> (trivial?) information?  Does the presence of a "buy now" link in and
> of itself introduce a problem for the project?


Is it a good reference? Is it accurate? Then it's an improvement on nothing.

(What spammers say is not a good argument - spammers will say
*anything* that supports their marketing initiatives.)


- d.