Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Fighting spam
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There are two kind of spam with different approaches:
- Newly created pages
- Editing an existing article
After taking care of spam, please warn the spammer at their user talk page, or report them to a sysop 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.
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}}
