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A '''vanity page''' is a page that a person posts for promotion of | A '''vanity page''' is a page on a [[wiki]] site that a {{tag|People|person}} posts for promotion of them-self, their company, their ideas, etc. Essentially, they use the wiki as a free {{Wp|vanity press}}. A page whose content is [[off-topic]] is particularly susceptible to being viewed as a vanity page. [[Main]] space content is also often more closely regulated than [[user]] space. | ||
Such pages are sometimes deleted as [[spam]], but norms differ from one wiki to another. [[Wikipedia]] clearly {{ | Such pages are sometimes deleted as [[spam]], but norms differ from one wiki site to another. [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] clearly {{Wp|Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site|states}} that it is not a free web host, and that vanity content will therefore be deleted. For one thing, vanity pages are deemed to manifest a {{Wp|conflict of interest}}. Other sites are willing to be more '[[:Category:Facebook|Facebooky]]', and to welcome vanity pages as potentially useful {{Wp|user-generated content}}, so long as there is an actual human being who has taken enough interest in that particular wiki to post his content, rather than a bot advertising generic erectile dysfunction remedies. The idea may be that the user has an incentive to cross-promote the {{tag|wiki}} as a way of drawing further attention to his content. | ||
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*[[Vanity wiki]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 5 January 2023
A vanity page is a page on a wiki site that a person posts for promotion of them-self, their company, their ideas, etc. Essentially, they use the wiki as a free vanity press. A page whose content is off-topic is particularly susceptible to being viewed as a vanity page. Main space content is also often more closely regulated than user space.
Such pages are sometimes deleted as spam, but norms differ from one wiki site to another. Wikipedia clearly states that it is not a free web host, and that vanity content will therefore be deleted. For one thing, vanity pages are deemed to manifest a conflict of interest. Other sites are willing to be more 'Facebooky', and to welcome vanity pages as potentially useful user-generated content, so long as there is an actual human being who has taken enough interest in that particular wiki to post his content, rather than a bot advertising generic erectile dysfunction remedies. The idea may be that the user has an incentive to cross-promote the wiki as a way of drawing further attention to his content.
- See also