Wikipedia talk:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/January 2007/76.170.239.56

Difficulty in Determining Link Spam Abuse Resolution for Various Articles within Wikipedia
Though I'm sure this issue exists throughout Wikipedia, I've had great trouble determining how to report it. The area within which I've seen the most egregious abuse is within Golden Age Radio or 'Old Time Radio' related articles, but now it seems to be slopping over into other areas as well. Of most immediate concern are the 300+ spam link abuses by libsyn.com (if you do a search for libsyn.com you'll see what I mean), 'www.freeotrshows.com' and it's 20 or so spam links, and 'www.otr.net' and it's 46 self-promoting--or not, as is yet to be determined, as well as 'www.otrsite.com' and it's 33 commercial spam links. These 400+ self-promoting or commerical links are--or are not--violations of Wikipedia's External link abuse proscriptions, but there seems no forum or central authority within Wikipedia to either resolve or report them. Any assistance or guidance in determining once and for all, Wikipedia's true intentions in its Wikipedia External Linking guidelines would be greatly appreciated.76.170.239.56 21:06, 8 January 2007 (UTC)