So as long as a spammer or vandal inserted a red-link into an article somewhere, or put it on requested pages, then they could go ahead and create that article? Do you have any evidence to back up your statement that worthy new articles all have redlinks elsewhere? Maybe a recent analysis of patrolled articles against incoming internal links? Avruch T 21:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Not evidence that would stand it's ground in a court or in a research publication, but personal experience (from new pages patrolling) and common sense. Not all new worthy articles have redlinks to them, but I'm pretty sure most do, and I'm even more sure that most speedily deleted new articles do not have any. As always, there are exceptions. Plrk (talk) 21:49, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Also, forcing an editor to insert a redlink in another article before they can create say, a vanity article about a friend, would deter many - I believe. Plrk (talk) 21:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I've come across vanity spammers who absolutely insist they have red links to their vanity pages, long after they've been deleted and their sites blacklisted. MER-C 04:55, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I've come across them too. That'shardly the point, though. Plrk (talk) 05:26, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]