I'd like to know how to block persistant, obvious, adolescent vandals. Those whose brilliant additions are "th_s s_cks, or th_s s_cks b_lls, etc" with, off course, the "proper" spellings of such trashtalk.Richard Dates 14:55, 10 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
Hi RDates,
Thanks for leaving a message on my talk page. I identified the link as spam because it was initially added by anon IP addresses whose only edits were to add links (to this and a couple of similar sites) to Wikipedia articles shortly after the sites had been created. This is a fairly classic spam pattern.
The lack of provenance is a secondary issue from my perspective. Anonymous publications with no reputation that are spammed I tend to simply remove. Sites that have some authority in the subject area and are spammed I tend to move to the article talk page.
I first removed the link a while back (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discovery_learning&diff=next&oldid=104660684) with the summary "remove inappropriate external link". You reverted that with the summary "no reasonable explanation for change" so my summary this time was intended to spell out the reason for the removal. I'm sorry if it came across as brusque. My intention wasn't to cause offense, just to be as clear as possible in the limited space of an edit summary.
Though I do not like to see spam techniques succeed I'm not trying to salt the earth for this link. The point is to build a good GFDL encyclopedia. If you think it is a good link that you would have added to the page if no one had spammed it then please go ahead and put it back. My intention is to pick up things that may have slipped past regular editors of an article, not to interfere with editorial judgment. -- Siobhan Hansa 11:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)Reply
Regards,Rich 06:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)Reply
Read WP:NOR. The birthday paradox is well-known and is mentioned on 23 (number. Contriving your own examples (how exactly does "happy" have four letters?) is definitely Original Research. - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 22:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)Reply
I'm just being neutral. Some people prefer mainstream over traditional...when I said "mainstream or traditional education"...it means people can use either one of them. They both mean the same thing.....what's wrong with using it like that? I put or. therefore people can say either one. (Jessica - talk)