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Discussion on Zach Iscol talk page concerning applicability of advertising assertion tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7000:2143:8500:E82A:7668:3088:CA29 (talk) 20:41, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
I was surprised today to read the WP:SPAM#Source soliciting section, particularly the first two sentences:
Source solicitations are messages on article talk pages which explicitly solicit editors to use a specific external source to expand an article. The current consensus on Wikipedia is that templates, categories and other forms of anonymous solicitation are inappropriate.
I have definitely posted messages on article talk pages which explicitly solicit editors to use a specific external source to expand an article. I've used the template ((refideas)), which has over 13,000 transclusions. Is this inappropriate? Does the word "anonymous" in the second sentence mean that it's OK for a logged-in editor to do this, but not for an IP editor?
I looked in the archive and it seems the last time this was discussed was in 2020 in Archive 5 (the thread that begins "The current consensus", which I can't figure out how to link to because of the brackets) by Glades12 and WhatamIdoing, with WAID explaining the section was moved from WP:CANVASS in 2007 by Trialsanderrors.
Does anyone think this section accurately describes current consensus? If not, should we remove the section, or rewrite it? Levivich 21:56, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Source solicitations are messages on article talk pages which explicitly solicit editors to use a specific external source to expand an article. Editors with a COI should follow Wikipedia policies and best practices scrupulously when soliciting editors to use a specific external source to expand an article.
The redirect Wikipedia:Promotional has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 8 § Wikipedia:Promotional until a consensus is reached. Veverve (talk) 21:35, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Wikipedia:PROMOTE has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 17 § Wikipedia:PROMOTE until a consensus is reached. Veverve (talk) 10:42, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
The opening lines say "adding references with the aim of promoting the author or the work being referenced". This occasionally seems to get interpreted as requiring editors to know the actual intentions of the accused refspammer. I think we are more concerned about the appearance or result. That is, if you cite the same source in 100 articles, we're going to be concerned about that because it looks like spamming even if your intentions might be as pure as new snow. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)