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I find the style of this article a bit jarring. It is written in the imperative, and in a rather conversational and enthusiastic tone. Maybe I'm just a dull person, but I find that kind of writing a pain to read. Also, article says "in Germany, Hawaii, Australia, England, or Japan" -- this sounds rather somewhere-centric (probably continental U.S.) -- if you live in one of those places, the statement just doesn't have the same effect. -- SJK
The article reads like someone wrote it for a webcolumn somewhere aimed at children. I've done a little work on it to generalise it and raise it to an adult level, but more is still required. A history of penpalship/letterwriting might be a good addition, with some famous penpals/correspondants from history.
I removed the following sentences from paragraphs because they don't have an encyclopedic tone: -- Chuck Smith
Should it be penpal or pen pal? -- Chuck Smith
Also over 100,000 combined for "pen friend" and "pen friends", which are now listed in the article. -- Dante Alighieri | Talk 02:15, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Each holiday season I write to a prisoner I know and send cards with small gifts to some I don't. Prisoners of course are limited to snail mail. Use of a post ofice box is recommended. There are many websites for obtaining addresses, found by searching Google for "prison" and "pen-pal" - usually free to the writer. Now, does this belong in the article? Simesa 08:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
There is a partial article for "corrlinks.com" on Wiki now. It actually contradicts some of this section. Many prisoners here in the US now have limited access to email. I'm not proficient with Wiki, so if anyone wants to add it, go for it. I keep screwing these articles up more than I contribute. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.103.240.135 ( talk) 11:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
I've removed all the external links, as they're all basically just advertising individual penpal sites (except perhaps the second one), and they don't really add any additional information to the article. Wikipedia is not a web directory, and this list could run to hundreds of sites easily.
— sjorford (talk) 11:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
This is really getting out of control. What can be done to keep this link spam from continuing? -- Stonewall Canyon 04:41, Apr 13, 2006 (UTC)
More specific spam links were removed. -- StonewallCanyon 02:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
There should still be certain well known sites in an external link section TheSun 03:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I recently founded a wiki on Wikia called Pen Pal Wiki. I think a link from this article to Pen Pal Wiki is a good idea, although at the same time it could be counted as just more spam. So I'll leave it someone else to add a link to Pen Pal Wiki if they see fit. Markdarb 00:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd be interested in knowing why there are numerous "acceptable" links to commerical web sites on this page. For example:
So here's my question: What is the standard being used to edit content on this page? Usdave 17:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
What is the history of the PP movement? I assume it's a 20th century phenomenon? Drutt ( talk) 21:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
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I find the style of this article a bit jarring. It is written in the imperative, and in a rather conversational and enthusiastic tone. Maybe I'm just a dull person, but I find that kind of writing a pain to read. Also, article says "in Germany, Hawaii, Australia, England, or Japan" -- this sounds rather somewhere-centric (probably continental U.S.) -- if you live in one of those places, the statement just doesn't have the same effect. -- SJK
The article reads like someone wrote it for a webcolumn somewhere aimed at children. I've done a little work on it to generalise it and raise it to an adult level, but more is still required. A history of penpalship/letterwriting might be a good addition, with some famous penpals/correspondants from history.
I removed the following sentences from paragraphs because they don't have an encyclopedic tone: -- Chuck Smith
Should it be penpal or pen pal? -- Chuck Smith
Also over 100,000 combined for "pen friend" and "pen friends", which are now listed in the article. -- Dante Alighieri | Talk 02:15, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
Each holiday season I write to a prisoner I know and send cards with small gifts to some I don't. Prisoners of course are limited to snail mail. Use of a post ofice box is recommended. There are many websites for obtaining addresses, found by searching Google for "prison" and "pen-pal" - usually free to the writer. Now, does this belong in the article? Simesa 08:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
There is a partial article for "corrlinks.com" on Wiki now. It actually contradicts some of this section. Many prisoners here in the US now have limited access to email. I'm not proficient with Wiki, so if anyone wants to add it, go for it. I keep screwing these articles up more than I contribute. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.103.240.135 ( talk) 11:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
I've removed all the external links, as they're all basically just advertising individual penpal sites (except perhaps the second one), and they don't really add any additional information to the article. Wikipedia is not a web directory, and this list could run to hundreds of sites easily.
— sjorford (talk) 11:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
This is really getting out of control. What can be done to keep this link spam from continuing? -- Stonewall Canyon 04:41, Apr 13, 2006 (UTC)
More specific spam links were removed. -- StonewallCanyon 02:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
There should still be certain well known sites in an external link section TheSun 03:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I recently founded a wiki on Wikia called Pen Pal Wiki. I think a link from this article to Pen Pal Wiki is a good idea, although at the same time it could be counted as just more spam. So I'll leave it someone else to add a link to Pen Pal Wiki if they see fit. Markdarb 00:16, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd be interested in knowing why there are numerous "acceptable" links to commerical web sites on this page. For example:
So here's my question: What is the standard being used to edit content on this page? Usdave 17:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
What is the history of the PP movement? I assume it's a 20th century phenomenon? Drutt ( talk) 21:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)