UESPWiki:Archive/CP Inappropriate Adds

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Lately I've been getting 3 inappropriate adds. In particular:

The add I get the most is advertising the site geek 2 geek (www.gk2gk.com). It is an adult dating site.

I also get a different add that also leads to some kind of dating site, judging by the look, but I can remember anything else on that add.

The final leads to a chatting site, www.chatplanet.com

I have no idea what anybody should do in such a situation, so I am posting the message here. --Rigas Papadopoulos • Talk • Deeds • 16:49, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

You mean the Google ad at the bottom of the page? Dating or chat sites are not really considered inappropriate in the general internet audience. --Brf 16:59, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I mean the Google adds. --Rigas Papadopoulos • Talk • Deeds • 17:00, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

If it bothers you that much, and you use firefox, you can get the ad blocker add-on to block the ads you see on webpages. However, like Brf said they are not really inappropriate ads, especially the chat site one.--Pwnageincarnate 17:02, 30 December 2010 (UTC)Pwnageincarnate

It doesn't bother me much. --Rigas Papadopoulos • Talk • Deeds • 17:04, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Then why post? --Pwnageincarnate 17:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)Pwnageincarnate

"I have no idea what anybody should do in such a situation, so I am posting the message here." --Rigas Papadopoulos • Talk • Deeds • 17:06, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

You need do nothing, since these are not inappropriate. If you see pictures of naked people with links to porn sites, this is probably the appropriate place to report it, or somewhere on Google --Brf 17:11, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

The only person who can do anything about the ads that get shown is Daveh, so his talk page is the place to go. A chat site doesn't sound like a problem, although an adult dating site probably is (although your link doesn't work for me). See a previous set of complaints from 2008 for an example. rpeh •T•C•E• 19:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, the correct link is www.gk2gk.com. I fixed it. --Rigas Papadopoulos • Talk • Deeds • 19:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

(←) I remembered a conversation about this and now I've finally found it: UESPWiki:Administrator Noticeboard/Archives/Advertising Update. In this discussion, DaveH mentions being willing to remove annoying or inappropriate ads. It's not 100% clear in the discussion what Dave's opinion is, but I think it's implied that dating sites would be considered inappropriate within the context of the site. – Robin Hood↝talk 23:26, 30 December 2010 (UTC)