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'''Spammer Bingo''' |
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Please choose your argument if I reverted your spam. |
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1. This is a new and exciting product or service and the community needs to know about it. |
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''Response: You should consider an advertising budget. I have little confidence in a product or service whose business strategy is predicated on free Wikipedia advertising.'' |
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2. There are other commercial links on the page, what do you have against mine? |
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''Response: It's still spam. If there are other commercial links on the page, delete them. But if you put your link back, I am deleting it.'' |
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3. Anyone reverting my links must be a shill for my competitor. |
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''Response: Yes that's it. Based on all the spam reversions I do, I am actually on the payroll of over 5,000 organizations worldwide. My total income generated from this job is over $10 million a year. So you should consider doing what I do rather than spamming for your piddling little product.'' |
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4. This isn't advertising, it's knowledge. How is knowledge spam? |
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''Response: If it was really knowledge, you would have entered some of that knowledge into the article. Clearly your aim is not education, but making sure that your link is seen.'' |
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5. I have a right to be on Wikipedia. |
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''Response: You are permitted to do many things on Wikipedia to make it better. You are generally not allowed to advertise. Further about rights, I am only aware of the United States Constitution and Wikipedia spamming isn't really mentioned. If you can point to the relevant passage in your home country's constitution or declaration of human rights, then I shall allow you to spam.'' |
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6. I concede the link is commercial, but it has some content so it should stay. |
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''Response: You may find this to be a surprise, but I do give consideration to these circumstances and review the material on the link to make a decision. Before you come crying to me, consider these things. Does your '''content''' consist of two paragraphs which are more or less a basic definition or description? Does your '''content''' discuss why your particular brand is superior in the context of discussing the subject? Is your '''content''' already in the article and written by a non-commercial source? If your answer is yes, I will probably revert you. If it is no, let's discuss. If you come here and use reasons 1-5 as your main argument, you are wearing away any benefit of the doubt that I was willing to concede.'' |
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7. Now that you have read this, you need to go back to the beginning and read the [[WP:EL|external link guidelines]] and [[Wikipedia:Spam#How_not_to_be_a_spammer|How not to be a spammer]]. If you had read this earlier, you might not have gotten your link reverted. |
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8. Why are you being so mean? |
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''Response: Because of the undying affection of my fan club. Folks like [[User:207.134.157.248|User207.134.157.248]] who likes to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tacloban_City&diff=prev&oldid=218103582 spam] for hotel booking sites and [[User:Examcoach]] who [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TastyPoutine&diff=prev&oldid=274900949 spams] his audio books. Of course, There is also [[User:93.173.34.220]]. We aren't sure what his beef is, but he is from Israel and really [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/93.173.34.220 loves] my work. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TastyPoutine&diff=290999293&oldid=287049537 This guy] is also from Israel and loves my work. Did I show up at a Palastinian fundraiser by mistake? A [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Djbarnes&diff=prev&oldid=294563225 new addition] to the spammer hall of fame represents a hedge fund that he wanted to spam. When the powers that be deleted his article, he attempted to delete some very [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soros_Fund_Management&diff=prev&oldid=294508304 notable ones] in revenge. |
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Thanks guys, your love makes it all worthwhile.'' |
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Revision as of 05:05, 22 June 2009
Spamstar of Glory
The Spamstar of Glory | ||
To Montco for diligence in the tireless battle against Linkspam on Wikipedia. --Hu12 (talk) 04:24, 18 May 2008 (UTC) |
Many thanks for your tireless efforts in keeping article clear of spam and other nonsense. --Hu12 (talk) 04:24, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
The Spamstar for Explaination | ||
To TastyPoutine for taking the time to explain WP:LINKSPAM to a new user, when most people would have simply reverted.--Protocop (talk) 07:31, 31 January 2009 (UTC) |
Comparing vandalism notes
The list of eight points is interesting, particularly since I just penciled out a diagram for my own page of the top anonymous IP edits. They include categories such as "Wiki will never notice if I put a link to my site in this article" and "My valuable opinion about a fictional character".
Comparing notes, I've never been accused of being a shill for a competitor. But...maybe that means I should take time to investigate competitors!
Cheers! Piano non troppo (talk) 09:49, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
- It's been awhile since I actually read the WP:SPAM link but I hope it contains some or all of what you have said above. Well said!Student7 (talk) 17:39, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
RE: Coates page... Intent was not spam, but I read the External Links guidelines, and see your point. Thanks! Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:56, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Thanks for catching the error here. One request — if you find spelling errors in any National Register of Historic Places lists, would you be willing to log them here, if you remember? The charts are derived from a database that has plenty of known spelling errors, so we do our best to record and report them.
I should also note — I love the "spammer bingo" section :-) Nyttend (talk) 21:42, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
My links you reverted
First off, sorry if this isn't the right way to send you a message -- I'm new and looked for something more like a message link and couldn't find anything else. FWIW, I didn't think my link you reverted was spam -- I guess it comes closest to #6 on your "bingo" list, but the link was to a nonprofit organization so I'm not convinced one could call it "commercial." I have to admit that it hadn't occurred to me that Wikipedia would have a spam problem, and thinking about it I do understand the reason for vigilance. But I do think the link I was adding -- commercial or nonprofit -- was an addition to content because the organization I linked to exists only for the purpose of preserving, promoting and educating on Eurasian Folk Dance. I was adding the link only to pages on the dance and culture of Eurasian countries and cultures, as an additional resource for people who wanted to dive more deeply into them. I'm also not sure how recently you were thanked for explaining things to a newbie rather than silently reverting the links without explanation -- that's what you just did to me. Mattvtom (talk) 03:26, 18 June 2009 (UTC)mattvtom
Metrisoft/AmazingTrails
Ok, so I better understand the wikipedia policy toward external links. I was basically just following what other companies were doing. My only request is that you remove the other links as well.
One serious problem though, when you and Ollie removed my links, you also removed a bunch of valuable and legitimate contributions to the content. This is a wiki, not the mafia and I bet I know more about SaaS than you do. Please LEAVE my legitimate contributions alone.
Thanks,
Metrisoft/AmazingTrails —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metrisoft (talk • contribs) 04:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
More spam links to delete
Ok, you want to delete some more blogspam links? Take a look at the reference section of the SaaS page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metrisoft (talk • contribs) 04:32, 18 June 2009 (UTC)