Xphermg
Joined 19 April 2007
Latest comment: 18 years ago by Ipstenu in topic Linkspam
Linkspam
I hate to say it, but you are spamming. The reason being is that this account has only served to add this link all over the site. You are spamming because your edits are all adding a link. This becomes link-spam, well intentioned or not. I suggest you stop trying to add and *ytb* links and instead suggest it on the talk pages. Next time I revert you, I'll be using warnings. Please talk with us. These links were contentious last time. -- Ipstenu (talk • contribs) 19:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- When the site has a Wal-Mart search box, an Overstock search box, an Amazon search box, direct links to sell specific Amazon items, ITS OWN YTB STORE, other ads, and pop-ups trying to sell me spam blockers, it's not appropriate. Even though stuff like remarks like "From shirts, to slippers, ties, suspenders, hats, earrings, you name it. It's here at BYTB." might seem to be protected by the disclaimer about how the merchandise items are not for sale there, the disclaimer doesn't mean much when the Wal-Mart, Overstock, and Amazon search boxes are right there on the side of the page to help sell those items. Doczilla 06:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- I hate to say it, but the problem is also that of all your edits, only two didn't have anything to do with that site, which makes it really sketchy as to what your intentions are. Once you start having all your edits be adding in a link, you lose the signal:noise ratio that allows the other editors to divine if your edits are well intentioned. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate list of links, and just because link A is there, does not always mean link B will be added. You may want to check out External Link Spamming and Links to be avoided. The YTB sites are also falling under article 1 of that section. They're just not providing anything we don't already have. Also, as Doczilla pointed out, the business side of it makes it iffy even more. You didn't do anything wrong so much as you didn't realize that once people started reverting you, that it may be time to take a step back and re-assess. We've all made those mistakes, don't worry :) -- Ipstenu (talk • contribs) 17:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)