On 11/30/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net>
wrote:
This case Slim Virgin mentions is in arbitration
now and a blatant
example of gaming Google by associating the name of the person with a
lot of accusations he has only a marginal connection with ...
At a minimum we need to not allow Google to index our talk pages. We
talk about a lot of things. They may be about information but they
are not encyclopedic.
Fred, the case I was referring to isn't the one that's in arbitration,
though I know the one you mean, and it's quite similar. I'm starting
to wonder whether this is happening a lot: that troublemakers see our
talk pages as a sort of Trojan horse. They pretend to be having an
innocent conversation designed to sort out the good from the bad
material, whereas in fact the discussion is only a vehicle being used
to spread the bad stuff, which they know won't survive in our
articles.
Sarah
I'm seeing it a fair bit in certain areas. I haven't seen linkspam
hitting talkpages yet but it probably will soon. The problem is that
it will be most effective on low profile talk pages (ie ones likely to
be at the top of google searches) where we are least likely to notice.
--
geni