The Strange Case of the Missing Ads

Like The Great Crash? -booings occur-

I contacted Dark0ne over at tesnexus. The Nexus sites have at least some Google ads I'm sure, and yet they also have explicit content in both mods and image share sections. I can't imagine The Nexus being cheaper to run than TV Tropes, so whatever ad networks they use should be viable for TV Tropes.

I also have an idea that'll get me flamed.

• Charge for edit accounts.

-dons several layers of flame-retardant-

You're a bit slow.

Do you realize that the point of a wiki is that anyone can edit it? Adding a fee creates exclusion which works against that purpose.

Yeah, either Google enforces its policies inconsistently, or they were offended by something specific and genuinely squicky (possibly in Troper Tales).

Damn you, Troper Tales! Damn you TO HELL!

This happened because Google made an audit, which happened because someone reported it to Google. If you see Google Ads on NSFW sites, it's probably because no one's reported it.

Still, Nexus has to be more expensive than TV Tropes. Dark0ne's gotta be makin some serious bank with his ads. He uses multiple ad networks, this I know.

^^ We. Know. Already.

Idea about hosting NSFW stuff on another site:

Would having an interstitial page warning people of NSFW content be sufficient, if we kept the two sites link-connected?

Heck, would warning people about NSFW pages on this very site be sufficient?

No dice. The To S says it's not allowed, full stop.

Here is where I was directed when asking questions about needed steps: http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/07/tips-for-maintaining-adsense-friendly.html

So basically, we can have NSFW as long as the ads don't appear there?

Which basically tells us jack.

http://adsense.blogspot.com/2007/11/play-it-safe-family-safe.html

Cause we still don't know what exactly is inappropriate.

There is nothing on TV Tropes that I would be ashamed to show my family.

edited 27th Oct '10 8:13:24 PM by arks

So, in other words, are you trying to say that the issue originated from something like Troper Tales and we can keep the sex tropes and erotic works pages?

Huh. That makes them out to be mostly concerned with pictures.

We don't know exactly WHAT caused it yet, do we? Are we sure it was something sexual?

If it really is just TT and FF, then I'm perfectly happy to see those go.

While reviewing your site, we noticed that Google ads were displaying on your site in a manner that isn't in compliance with our program policies. As stated in our program policies, Ad Sense publishers may not display Google ads on pages with adult or mature content. While we understand that it may be challenging to monitor user-generated content, such as comments, on your site, we require publishers to check that the webpages containing their ad code complies with our program policies.

(from earlier in the thread)

Which is still rather vague. Those guidelines, especially the "Would I feel comfortable" one, could cover almost anything. And garrote half the Wiki.

^^^Add NSFW images to the lot. If anything, those should be our first priority.

edited 27th Oct '10 8:15:16 PM by Cliche

Hm. NFSW images includes a LOT. I wouldn't want to be caught looking at half the image links in the Nightmare Fuel or High Octane Nightmare Fuel pages at work.

So all the sexual Troper Tales would have to go? Cut-and-lock, maybe?

(I don't think killing the whole namespace is good, I know that's begging for a snarky reply.)