Hello, Our CouchDB in the Wild page suffers from a lot of spam.
I have now added the following section to the top: This page shouldn't be used to promote your product or services. It's primary purposes is as a tool for people to understand how and why CouchDB is being used. If you include a link here, please tell us how and why you are using CouchDB for some component of your product or service. If you do not mention CouchDB in your description, or the link looks promotional, it may be removed as spam. I have also removed the following sites: passged saskiaclothing mydochub fixr gpirate weddingspartiesanything youfindr nofaxpayday-loans dananghotelsvietnam vitaminstoda peasized teddyandbear obsono stackd swimcatcher I tried to click through and double check each website to see if I could find any mention of CouchDB on the about page, or what have you. I am sorry if I removed a genuine site, but to be blunt, that's not my problem. These sites should have descriptions next to them, as I have outlined above. If I have removed something in error, please feel free to add it back again, with a nice long description. The following entries do not reference CouchDB: www.ajatus.info www.anologue.com www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Yhc_web_service www.mockingeye.com/index.php/2008/04/22/introducing-gargoyle-poi-server code.google.com/p/erlysocial arbitracker.org github.com/jtulloch/scanty/tree/master dotcloud.org www.flickr.com/photos/natematias/sets/72157621921932346 carrierclass.net market.android.com/details?id=com.dcmobi.spreadsong memorize.com pylonshq.com www.friendpaste.com www.cmlenz.net scratchpad.cmlenz.net www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2359644980 www.moostrax.com iwantmyname.com www.pcapr.net lotsofwords.com melkjug.org devconf.se ubuntuone.com cloudsplit.com www.hamstudy.org www.trechosdemusicas.com apps.facebook.com/ukissm apps.facebook.com/getlucky apps.facebook.com/bdayecard apps.facebook.com/friend-dashboard apps.facebook.com/trechos-de-musicas cybernetics.hudora.biz sotelips.net I had added a "Please expand" tag next to each one of the above. See them here: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/CouchDB_in_the_wild Now, I am not suggesting that all of these are spam links. I know for certain that many of these are CouchDB projects, or sites using CouchDB. What I'm saying is that the entry is too short, and provides no justification for its inclusion on this page. Back when the project was small, this was okay. So many people use CouchDB now, that we cannot rely on simply knowing which is real or not any more. The community is too diverse. And including a link to another site is not good enough. The entry itself should justify its existence. Ultimately, this isn't just about removing spam, or making that process easier. It's about improving this page as a resource for the community. I'd like to snatch it back from the grips of vanity and promotion, and turn it into a list of tiny case-studies, that people can use as a jumping off point for further exploration. If you can fill out an entry for any of these, please do so, even if the link was not originally added by yourself, or the product or service is not your own. As much help as possible would be great in getting this page up to scratch. Thanks, N
