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{{Merge|Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Vandalism}}
 
  
{{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.'''}}
 
 
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.
 
 
== 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.'''<ref name="metawiki-spam">[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_spam]Meta-wiki of Wikimedia. May 2015.</ref>
 
 
== Removing spam ==
 
{{main|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 <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>.
 
 
Use [[vandalism]] warning templates {{Tlx|vandal1|article}} and {{Tlx|vandal2|article}}
 
 
== References ==
 

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