From jtjm@xenoclast.org Mon Aug 2 14:30:13 2004 Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:29:20 +0100 (BST) From: Julian T J Midgley To: "webmaster@wikiverse.org" Cc: "webmaster@eucd.org" Subject: Re: Your link has been Added to http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/. So, you have a business model which involves nicking (admittedly, quite within the bounds of their licence) the free content created by other people at www.wikipedia.org, displaying same next to some "relevant" adverts for which you doubtless get clickthrough revenue, and you want me to increase your google-ranking by linking to your site. Bizarrely, you claim that my linking to your site will help you maintain the link in the future, which is blatantly arrant nonsense, since you merely mirror the wikipedia content, the authors of which are most unlikely to find links to wikiverse at all useful when maintaining their entries. So, you appear to be a bunch of lying, thieving bastards; I decline the invitation to link to your site. Julian Midgley On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, webmaster@wikiverse.org wrote: > Dear webmaster at eucd.org, > > My name is Kate Weaver (though most people just call me Katz) > and I'm the Content Manager of Wikiverse.org - A World of Knowledge, > a community of sites dedicated to providing high-quality informative web content. > > We placed a link to your site http://www.eucd.org/\n* > in the External Link section of the Homepage of: > > http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/ (Check it out!) > > I would appreciate it if you returned the favor and linked back to http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/. > Linking back to us will also help maintain your link with us in the future. > > For your convenience I have attached Wikiverse graphic link which > you may apply to your website as an alternative to a bland text link. > > > To Place Wikiverse graphic link follow these simple steps: > > [1] Upload the attached wikiverse.gif to your server. > [2] Copy and Paste the following HTML code to your site: > > ======================================================== > >
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> > ======================================================== > > [3] Replace DOMAIN_NAME.COM in the code with your server URL where you uploaded Wikiverse.gif image! > > > That's it! > > For Online instructions on linking to http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/ please visit: > http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/link_back.php > > > Please reply after you're done. Questions, comments or feedback are welcome. > Thanks in advance and best regards, (-: > > Katz, > > webmaster@wikiverse.org > Wikiverse - A World of Knowledge. > http://copyright-law-of-the-european-union.wikiverse.org/ > > > -- Julian T. J. Midgley http://www.xenoclast.org/ Cambridge, England. PGP: BCC7863F FP: 52D9 1750 5721 7E58 C9E1 A7D5 3027 2F2E BCC7 863F