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30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Mina Started conversation Oct 30, 2002
We're pleased to announce that there is a slight change to the way that all DNA sites moderate commercial links. It's not a big enough change to mean that the House Rules need any alteration, it's more of a 'tweak'.
Some sites, which were previously considered to be commercial and therefore removed, will now be allowed.
Sites that offer useful editorial information about products, companies and organisations and are not purely commercial will be allowed to remain. For example, reviews, sound clips and track listings which we feel are valid information sources and not simply a form of advertising.
Sites that are purely commercial (if the only information a site offers is regarding purchasing their product) will still be removed.
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2002
Slowly wearing down the resistance of the BBC are you Mina?
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Tango Posted Oct 30, 2002
"Slowly" being the operative word, its been er... how long?... since rupert and we only just have this kind of, to me, fairly obvious, rule put in place. Well, at least we are getting there, we need to try and find threads like this in 10 years time, and see how much has changed!
Tango
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Oct 30, 2002
Mina, the Conqueror
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Ace Rimmer [pretending] Posted Oct 30, 2002
FIGHT THE POWER!
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2002
Today Amazon, tomorrow the world!!! 
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Oct 30, 2002
the amazon?..you mean DNA powered by Mina
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Oct 30, 2002
Well, she keeps us all powered up... she makes a lovely coffee...
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2002
Did someone mention coffee?
Black, strong with two sugars please Mina
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Tango Posted Oct 30, 2002
I wasn't blaming you Mina, its those bigwigs at beeb that are to blame. Keep up the good work! 
Tango
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Ormondroyd Posted Oct 30, 2002
There you go, Whisky. 
Great news, guys!
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
egon Posted Oct 30, 2002
This m ay be unrelated, but in a conversation several months ago about the Bob Dylan song "My Back pages" I provided three direct links to the Amazon sites for those albums- so, shouldn't those links have been removed under the old rules?
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Tango Posted Oct 30, 2002
They probably should have been, i'd keep quiet about that if i were you!
Tango
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Yeliab {h2g2as} Posted Oct 30, 2002
*in the style of Mr Burns*
Excelent
Mina can we make you president? 
Yeliab
30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Oct 30, 2002
Hi Egon,
We did actually hide them, but once we found out about the revision to the rule we took advantage of a quirk in time travel (powered by mayonnaise), popped back, unhid them and then returned to the present day.
Who says we don't work hard for our money, eh?
But I'd keep quiet about that if I were you. Otherwise, *everyone* will want a time trip
Jims
(one day to go before my next week off - yay!)
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30 October, 2002: Commercial Links on h2g2
- 1: Mina (Oct 30, 2002)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 30, 2002)
- 3: Tango (Oct 30, 2002)
- 4: Tonsil Revenge (PG) (Oct 30, 2002)
- 5: Whisky (Oct 30, 2002)
- 6: Tango (Oct 30, 2002)
- 7: Mina (Oct 30, 2002)
- 8: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Oct 30, 2002)
- 9: Ace Rimmer [pretending] (Oct 30, 2002)
- 10: Whisky (Oct 30, 2002)
- 11: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Oct 30, 2002)
- 12: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Oct 30, 2002)
- 13: Whisky (Oct 30, 2002)
- 14: Tango (Oct 30, 2002)
- 15: Ormondroyd (Oct 30, 2002)
- 16: Whisky (Oct 30, 2002)
- 17: egon (Oct 30, 2002)
- 18: Tango (Oct 30, 2002)
- 19: Yeliab {h2g2as} (Oct 30, 2002)
- 20: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Oct 30, 2002)
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