User talk:Shanmugamp7

Can you please describe how my edit was "spam", vis-a-vis the link right above it? If not, then I will reverse it.
 * have you looked at the website? --goldenburg111 (talk) 18:03, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Goldenburg111, per m:User:COIBot/XWiki/lelandstanfordjunior.com they are adding the link to many articles, which is kind of link spam. I find very little information on the website, if the wiki books community agrees to keep the link, i have no problem.--Shanmugamp7 (discuss • contribs) 18:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE WEBSITE? What do you mean by "very little information on the website"?

What I have an issue with is, there are at least 5 other links in the book that purport to do the exact same thing as this link: provide etch rates for users, free of charge. Some of the other links (eg: virginia semiconductor) is a company with something to sell. I personally don't care, but the information provided is quite similar (though not a duplicate), and agruably commercial. Other links go to pages with tables, or academic papers, all providing the same kind of information- Etch rates.

If I am a user of the book, the first thing I want to know is a little background on the etch that I need to perform, which is provided in the book. The next thing I need is a way to determine the etch rate. This pretty fundamental, if you've ever worked in a fabrication facility. That information is missing, mostly. I believe that the links provided, most of them, are useful in some way. But there is no explanation of how the edit I made is any different than the other ones already present. I also fail to see how it is not useful. If you actually went to the site, you'd click another link to see a whole page of background on KOH etching, which extends the discussion present in the book. I don't think it would be appropriate, from a detail level, to include all of that in the book (?), but it seems useful as an externally linked extension of the book.

As a side note, it is very, very discouraging to try to contribute something useful, and have to deal with this process. Don't get me wrong, I very much value the work that some people do to sanitize the real "spam" that gets posted, and I have seen it. That is extremely valued and appreciated. But splitting hairs like this only drives people away from making contributions. If you don't like it, try IMPROVING it first, rather than just clicking "undo".

BTW, "many links", as you state, is exactly TWO to this external page, one from this book and one from a general etching page that is related. And there were two more to another differnt page on the same site, again linked from closely related pages that have been suggested to merge. Is that considered excessive? Especially when they are quite relevant?
 * Shanmungamp7, sorry, I was talking to the IP address... --goldenburg111 (talk) 18:41, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Excuse me IP, but I'll take it from here, overlinking is considered spam, and if you find useful link, you can revert Shanmungamp's edit, please read: meta:Meta:Spam. --goldenburg111 (talk) 18:47, 23 February 2014 (UTC)