Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/Spam3

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Please stop. If you continue to use Wikipedia for advertising, you will be blocked from editing.

• Comment Please stop. If you continue to place external links on Wikipedia for any reason, you will be blocked from editing. My 0.02 for starter - otherwise this one seems ok in my mind --Nigel ^(Talk) 07:43, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Eh, I know where you're coming from - usually those that receive spam3 ought to stop adding ELs as by this point it becomes obvious that their judgement is impaired. The problem is that there are many legitimate reasons to add an external link, so telling a person not to add external links for any reason is tantamount to telling them not to edit Wikipedia... --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 00:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 AbsolutDan proposal 1.1 Discussion 2 Femto's proposal 2.1 Discussion

[edit] AbsolutDan proposal

Please stop. If you continue to add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing.

[edit] Discussion

Thoughts on the above? Similar wording change as my proposals to spam1 & 2 --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 00:33, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Again, 100% agree with this change as well. - Trysha ^(talk) 17:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Good --Nigel ^(Talk) 18:36, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Brain warming up - could we even take out the word "inappropriate" - in a sense they have had two warnings that tell them we think the link(s) is/are inappropriate - a thought --Nigel ^(Talk) 07:04, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I have no problem with that... but what should we say in its place? --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 12:55, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I guess I wasn't planning to use one! - it is a one from final warning?--Nigel ^(Talk) 13:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

As there are legitimate reasons for adding external links, I think we have to qualify our warning with something. Simply telling the editor not to add external links is akin to saying "don't edit", which we can't even tell blatent vandals... --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 13:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Femto's proposal

Please stop. If you continue spamming you will be blocked from editing.

[edit] Discussion

Simple and efficient. Why beat around the bush? At this point, this warning has become a flat-out accusation of spamming, let's call it so. Femto 14:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

That works! --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 23:32, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I like it too. I say we should put this one in place. - Trysha ^(talk) 23:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

AbsolutDan likes this, so do I - I'm guessing that the above people like this one too, so I will put it into place, we can undo if I am being hasty. - Trysha ^(talk) 03:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)