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Wikitravel talk:Words to avoid

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[edit] conveniently located

Not sure if we are ready to recommend something specific as alternative to "conveniently located". Judging by Wikitravel talk:Accommodation listings#nearest attractions, there is no clear consensus on this yet. Any contribution towards reaching it will be appreciated, however. --DenisYurkin 07:38, 7 February 2009 (EST)

[edit] Adding to spam list?

Brainwave of the day: should some of these words be added to the spam lists? For example, I see no reason why any non-tout would ever use a word like "complimentary", and indeed a quick Google reveals a ton of spam using the word. Jpatokal 00:31, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

It would take a lot of work to just add this one term [1]. Most users just get confused when they hit the blacklist, and give up on editing the page (as evidenced by the many misguided bug reports we get for "uneditable" pages due to blacklisted terms). Regular users (including me) slip into these words now and then, and it would be nice to get a reminder via the blacklist to not do this, but I think it would totally throw off new and infrequent editors. Maybe this could work if we could alter the blacklist message to make it more user friendly? --Peter Talk 15:01, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
I actually changed it already yesterday, see MediaWiki:Spamprotectiontext. But yeah, ideally there would be a way to distinguish between dubious "tout-y language" and 100% blockable "xxx viagra!!!11!!" spam... Jpatokal 23:43, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
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