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I was under the impression that we could use our profile page for anything.
David
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Advertisements are not part of that deal.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Not for anything, but for a lot -> See my answer to Manfred.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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No Offender, otherwise we'd have to nuke Marc Clifton[^] and Christopher Duncan[^], too.
What I want to say that this sort of stuff doesn't disturbs anyone, since:
0. It is in their Bio
1. They have a strong personal connection to it
2. Many members have links to their latest article, blog, book, etc. in their signature.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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He has a link to one of his books on amazon.com in his bio and that is advertising if you ask me.
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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So what? Christopher just sells his book directly from his web page, no difference to an amazon sale.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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How is this any different to people who link to their companies in their bios? This has long been accepted to be within the spirit of the site - our own Mr Maunder has even gone as far as to suggest this to people who were putting stuff in their messages. Plus, as has been pointed out, would this not drag in the likes of Nish and Marc? The rules have to be applied to all - or none.
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I think that Manfred feels bad because the Link goes directly to the Amazon page.
Whatsoever, as previously this would also outlaw Christopher Duncan, who has links to his own homepage in his bio (where he sells the books, so no difference to the amazon page).
In the end, the discussion is meaningless if the Big Boss has already approved links to commercial sales in the Member's Bio.
Furthermore, and to defend them who actively practice putting sale links in their Bio, most of them use the full URL (and not some shady shortener service as bit.ly is) - People who click the link will now where they are taken.
We need to differ between abusive stuff and sales stuff when it comes to Member profiles.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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Most of his messages are now gone, and I cleaned up his QA answer which also pointed to the same place.
He needs a few more slaps though.
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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Just one more kick needed on the account. All the messages are gone.
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And another one bites the dust.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
- Mitchell Kapor
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here[^]
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
modified 6-Jan-14 9:13am.
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Not any more it isn't, and he isn't either. 
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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[^] contains list of links only: it would be nice if we knew who it was, so we could nuke his account?
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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The article is gone. User still needs a few kicks.
Veni, vidi, caecus | Everything summarizes to Assembly code
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I just posted a message telling that the author shouldn't include links to commercial products. He is a new member, so I assume that he didn't yet know that links to commercial products are considered spam. If he does not remove the link, however, then I'll report his account as spammer.
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Too late - the tip and account are both gone...
Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers
--- Serious Sam
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I received an email from the author, saying he would remove the link, but that his account is disabled.
I forwarded the email to Chris and asked him to reinstate the account if he thinks I made a mistake. I admit that is always a possibility.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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