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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

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Posted - 2007-04-09 : 05:41:25
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?whichpage=2&TOPIC_ID=55210#298280


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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-09 : 05:47:06
Is it really?

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graz
Chief SQLTeam Crack Dealer

4149 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-09 : 08:13:10
That was a very odd situation. I think that was spam and removed it.

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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

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Posted - 2007-04-09 : 08:24:20
But I thought SPAM means either any unwanted messages promoting some commercial product or just a junk mail.

But the poster posted link to some SQL related question-answers (although it contained advertisements). But then if we post link to some site like SQL-server-performance.com, they also contains commercial ads. Does that mean it is spam?

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graz
Chief SQLTeam Crack Dealer

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Posted - 2007-04-09 : 08:33:14
Yeah, that was the crux of the decision. If he had posted a link to a specific article that solved the users problem and included a reference to a commercial product I would be fine with it. He posted a link to an index page that listed hundreds of articles. And he did it in the FAQ thread not in a thread where a user asked a question.

"although it contained advertisements" -- The site didn't contain advertisements -- the site was an advertisement. If we want to post links to specific articles that solve specific problems that isn't a problem -- even if the site had advertisements.

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harsh_athalye
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Posted - 2007-04-09 : 08:46:20
Seems good enough. Thanks.

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