Talk:Erowid

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recently added the advert tags, then figured I'd try and edit the article myself because it wasn't that bad to begin with. I removed the tags because I think it has better balance now. Testerer 04:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Advertisement template added

To me, phrases like "The information on the site is a compilation of the experiences, words, and efforts of thousands of individuals including users, parents, health professionals, doctors", "The site does not shy away from presenting the positive side of recreational drug use in addition to the negative, and recommends a certain level of safety and responsibility for users" and "An appealing aspect of Erowid is that anyone, whether a member or not..." are nothing but advertising. /SvNH 00:55, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Some of that wording I can see as advertising. The first phrase you give is not an advertisement as that is what the site is. You are allowed to fix this stuff btw. Acidskater 00:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I totally agree that this article is written more like a press release then an encyclopedic article, but it still is not necessarily a blatant advertisement, but is still overly promotional in tone, so I added the Newsrelease template instead. I do not currently have time to do the task of re-writing the article to read in a NPOV manor, but until someone else does I think the template needs to stay. CrazyRob926 (talk) 00:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll agree that the article is not totally an advertisement, but there is evidence of self-promotion here and there. It is also poorly written, with some very strange sentence structure at times (hints of "yoda speak", with words not appearing in places where you'd expect). Dr. Cash (talk) 20:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I believe it is time to remove the tag. 145.120.1.100 (talk) 06:34, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name

What does "erowid" mean? 190.41.69.240 (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Erowid doesn't have one specific meaning, as the root words can be percieved in different ways however see FAQ: The Etymology of Erowid (Erowid.org) for in depth clarification.--Astavats (talk) 03:13, 2 May 2008 (UTC)