Talk:Internet petition

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[edit] Example needed?

"For example, one could make a legitimate internet petition on having Jack Thompson's license to practice law in Florida to be pulled because his actions against the video game community are unethical and don't serve the written laws of the land nor the public good. Likewise, someone else could easily make a frivolous petition to have Jack Thompson's citizenship status in the USA to be revoked, and have him deported to Russia (which would be technically and legally impossible)."

Is this sort of example really appropriate? In fact, is any example needed at all? A "frivolous or impossible" petition seems to be a fairly straightforward concept, this strikes me as particularly non-encyclopedic. Matt 21:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Petition site spam?

Recently I've noticed frequent mentions of online petitions in articles regarding entertainment topics, particularly video games and films. Often they point to sites such as Petition Online. I wonder about the relevance of these mentions to their individual topics, and wonder if it isn't in fact a form of spam from these petition sites. --Boradis 22:00, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

something simmilar happend on the kya dark lineage article i put a kya dark lineage petition in the external links and someone took it off saying it was spam..hotspot

IMHO, the petitions are generally spam unless they have received significant coverage in mainstream media. So I generally remove them on the spot. Veinor (ヴエノル^(talk)) 20:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

where does it say they are generally spam?hotspot

They are generally posted to draw attention to a web site, which makes them spam. Also, links to petitions usually fail the External links guidelines:

• "Adding external links can be a service to our readers, but they should be kept to a minimum of those that are meritable, accessible and appropriate to the article."

‣tregoweth (talk) 22:44, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Success Stories

This article could use references to specific examples of where these petitions have worked. I assume there must have been some somewhere. Maybe saving a TV show or something?--Twintone 15:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)