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{{Box|type=error|'''Spam is not tolerated in Kerbal Space Program Wiki.''' If you see spam please undo them, mark spam pages as unwanted, warn the spammer, and report them to [[Help:User rights|sysops]] if needed. '''If you are a spammer who was sent here, please read what is not acceptable on this wiki.'''}}
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{{Box|type=error|'''Spam is not tolerated in Kerbal Space Program Wiki.''' If you see spam please help out. '''If you are a spammer who was sent here, please read what is not acceptable on this wiki.'''}}
  
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There are two kind of spam with different approaches:
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If you spot spam in articles please undo them, mark spam pages as unwanted, warn the spammer, and report them to [[Help:User rights|sysops]] if needed.
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* Newly created pages
 
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* Editing an existing article
 
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After taking care of spam, please warn the spammer at their user talk page, or report them to a [[Help:User rights|sysop]] if needed.
 
  
 
== Identifying spam ==
 
== Identifying spam ==
 
Spam pages or edits appear in the following forms:
 
Spam pages or edits appear in the following forms:
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* Nonsense (duh!)
 
 
* Spamming links to external websites
 
* Spamming links to external websites
 
* Advertising or promoting
 
* Advertising or promoting
  
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== Newly created pages ==
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People spam wikis because they want to increase their result ranking on Google. '''MediaWiki software is coded to make spamming external links pointless.'''<ref name="metawiki-spam">[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_spam]Meta-wiki of Wikimedia. May 2015.</ref>
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When a spam page is newly created the best way to handle it, is to replace the complete text with {{tlx|Delete|Spam}}. Replacing the complete text is important to prevent search bots to index the page's content. And if it wasn't spam, the previous status is still available in the page history.
 
  
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Hopefully an [[Help:User rights|sysop]] will delete the page and block the user.
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== Removing spam ==
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{{main|Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Vandalism#Removing vandalism}}
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Remove spam the same way you would do with vandalism.
  
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== Editing an existing article ==
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There are two kinds of spam with different approaches:
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To fight spam in existing articles simply ''undo'' the changes. In the page history there is an ''undo'' link after each edit which redirects to the editor with the page prior to this edit. Adding a short notice in the summary and clicking ''Save page'' removes the spam entry. Unfortunately this doesn't remove the spam entirely, as both edits – the spam and the revert – are visible in the page history, but at least the page itself is then spam free. This is also completely possible without being a sysop.
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* Newly created pages
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to deal with this blank the page and replace with {#{delete|(reason)}}, then remove the #
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* Editing an existing article
  
 
== Warning the spammer ==
 
== Warning the spammer ==
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Remember to sign your warning with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>.
 
Remember to sign your warning with <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>.
  
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=== Minor spam ===
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Use [[vandalism]] warning templates {{Tlx|vandal1|article}} and {{Tlx|vandal2|article}}
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For first-time minor spam, such as adding a spam link, use {{Tlx|spam1|article}}.
 
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{{spam1}}
 
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=== Severe or repetitive spam ===
 
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For severe spam such as creating spam pages, or repetitive (second-time) spam, use {{Tlx|spam2|article}}.
 
  
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{{spam2}}
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== References ==

Latest revision as of 18:31, 17 March 2017

It has been suggested that this page or section be merged into Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Vandalism. (Discuss)
Spam is not tolerated in Kerbal Space Program Wiki. If you see spam please help out. If you are a spammer who was sent here, please read what is not acceptable on this wiki.

If you spot spam in articles please undo them, mark spam pages as unwanted, warn the spammer, and report them to sysops if needed.

Identifying spam

Spam pages or edits appear in the following forms:

  • Spamming links to external websites
  • Advertising or promoting

People spam wikis because they want to increase their result ranking on Google. MediaWiki software is coded to make spamming external links pointless.[1]

Removing spam

→ Main article: Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Vandalism#Removing vandalism

Remove spam the same way you would do with vandalism.

There are two kinds of spam with different approaches:

  • Newly created pages

to deal with this blank the page and replace with {#{delete|(reason)}}, then remove the #

  • Editing an existing article

Warning the spammer

Spammers should be warned with the appropriate template. Remember to sign your warning with ~~~~.

Use vandalism warning templates {{vandal1|article}} and {{vandal2|article}}

References

  1. ↑ [1]Meta-wiki of Wikimedia. May 2015.
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