Wikipedia talk:Spam Event Horizon

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[edit] Idea

ROFL great idea! Dominick ^(TALK) 14:10, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Yup, I agree. There are no words for things like that. -- ReyBrujo 22:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

 :-O Outrageous. That is a lot of spam. Iolakana•T 19:41, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

And let's not forget this. :( --Dreaded Walrus 09:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

At Talk:David Hicks this essay is being used to explain the removal of a link without reference to the linked site's content or reliability. Shoe Event Horizon? SmithBlue Wednesday, 15:19, 22 November 2006 UTC

[edit] Subsections

"When the external links section is broken down into subsections, you know something is seriously wrong."

I can't fully agree with this assessment. In my opinion, in some cases subsections actually make sense, without being an indicator of spam. Consider the articles on major classical composers. Many of them have links to at least three major providers of free sheet music (IMSLP (currently down), CPDL, Mutopia Project - all free content community projects with no advertising). I believe that these links are justified, as they provide access to the original works of the composer who is the subject of the article. Since usually none of the sites has all the scores, it makes sense to link to all three of them (and possibly some additional sources with scores not available elsewhere). In those cases, I would consider a "sheet music" subsection an improvement over an unordered link list. This has no bearing on the necessity to watch out for spamming from commercial sheet music providers. --Keelburg 13:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)