Talk:Hearts and arrows

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What's a hearts and arrows viewer? -- Sy / (talk)

It's a device that makes the hearts and arrows pattern visible (or more visible than it is without the viewer.)--Srleffler 06:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

This whole article is a distorted history (see previous spam already deleted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/EightStar ) and a magnet for spammy links. There are hundreds if not thousands of Jewelers selling Hearts and Arrows. And plenty of manufacturers too. Heck plenty of Viewers too. Manufacturers and even Jewelers trying to promote their own viewer as the best. Who won't desire a link? In my opinion only the owner of the Hearts and Arrows name should get a link. And even better if you stick to Internal Links only in this article... GilbertZ 19:43, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Even the mention is spammy - unless the claim can be attributed to a reliable source - Tiswas(t) 15:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, you lost me. The mention of what is spammy? Do you mean this entire page? GilbertZ 05:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

The mention of EightStar - The references are merely namedropping of an otherwise non-notable company - Tiswas(t) 08:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Gotcha. True but that's not the only one. Pretty much all the external links here are spam. Someone removed the spam notation but it needs more cleaning. And it's sad that with all these people "helping out" this category with external links, not one even bothered to drop the one link that might be relevant...the one for the company named Hearts and Arrows. GilbertZ 17:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I did a huge overhaul and removed all remotely spam-related links and notations. I can't believe how much advertising was going on here! Someone (it'll probably end up being me...) needs to link to websites that DO NOT promote OR sell OR link to diamond sellers. I reccomend the Gemological Institute of America and American Gem Society laboratory websites. Though AGS does endorse jewelry stores, so I guess it's GIA all the way? But AGS is sought after for their cut grade reports...ah well. IGI does Hearts and Arrows Ideal Cut reports too, they might have some technical information. Malachite84 06:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)