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For a spam only account, you can block indefinitely and template them using {{uw-soablock}}. If they are also editing under a promotional username you can instead use {{ uw-spamublock }}. In the case of the latter, you may not need to issue all four levels of warnings before blocking as it is a username violation .
This page in a nutshell: Spam is the inappropriate addition of content to Wikipedia with the intention of promoting or publicizing an outside organization, individual or idea, and is considered harmful to the encyclopedia. Do not disrupt Wikipedia with spam. If you find spam, please remove or rewrite the content.
Click on the Reason: drop down menu – select {{uw-uhblock}} You then come to several check boxes: Block account creation stops the user from creating a new account for 24 hours after the block is made – this tick should be changed to unticked. Block user from sending e-mail prevents the user from sending email – this should be left unticked.
To indicate an indefinite block, use the syntax {{subst:Uw-spamblacklistblock|indef=yes}}. To give greater detail to your message, you may specify: the block duration, a specific reason for the block, and to auto-include your signature.
This template is used to notify a user that they have been blocked. It informs them of the reason for their block and describes the steps they can take if they wish to continue editing. It has been carefully designed based on guidelines by the user warnings project . Please refer to the index of message templates before using any template on ...
When using multi-level templates, in some cases you need not start with a level-1 warning. See Wikipedia:WikiProject User warnings/Usage and layout#Levels. Please remember to substitute the template using {{subst:Uw-spam4im}} rather than {{uw-spam4im}}.
Other spam fighting tools. The spam blacklist is a control mechanism that prevents an external link from being added to any page when the URL matches regex rules listed at the local or global blacklist, or belongs to a site listed at Special:BlockedExternalDomains. These lists mostly contain spam sites, but also include URL redirection services ...
For example, block for a day; if vandalism recurs, block for a week; if it recurs again, block for a month; and only then, if it recurs again, block indefinitely. Reporting vandalism [ edit ] In this tutorial, you'll report a fictional vandal, an anonymous user who edited from IP address 127.0.0.1, and who vandalized six articles about an hour ago.