[WikiEN-l] What is "spam?"

Thu Jun 22 17:50:32 UTC 2006

Ilyanepatgmaildotcom

That'd be a mouthful.

Anyways, I'm think and hoping that Alphax was kidding

On 6/22/06, Daniel P. B. Smith <wikipedia2006 at dpbsmith.com> wrote:
>
> > From: "Alphax (Wikipedia email)" <alphasigmax at gmail.com>
> >
> > Nathan wrote:
> >> I remember having an imposter with a weird unicode version of the
> >> first
> >> "N" in my username. In fact, it's my only imposter.
> >>
> >> I think such usernames should be blocked too.
> >>
> >> - Nathan (nathanrdotcom)
> >>
> >
> > I think *your* username is innappropriate since you're spamming
> > your URL
> > in it.
>
> Yeesh. Give him a break.
>
> It's unobtrusive. It's a username, so it never appears in the main
> namespace. It's not a link, so it won't affect his site's pagerank.
>
> And if you look at that site, _it's just a personal website,_ no
> different in kind from a Wikipedia user page.
>
> On the spectrum from where co-opting Wikipedia for commercial gain is
> a ten and obnoxious self-promotion is a one, this is a zero. It's
> about as objectionable as using a username that happens to resemble
> one's email address.
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