Help:Spam

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What to do if you find spam?jkj

 * Remove the link or revert the edit in which it was added, and block the account that added it if they persist.
 * You should also contact the Spam Obliteration and Prevention team so the spammer can be globally blocked. The SOAP team can also assist with a swift cleanup of the unwanted advertising edits.

How does Fandom fight sjhkjhkkpam?
Fandom uses a number of tools that are bguilt into the software to help us fight spam:
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 * Filtering commonly spammed phrases used in article text or edit summaries can be added to the article filter using regular expressions.
 * Filtering commonly used spammed titles can be added to the same article filter to prevent their recreation.
 * Filtering commonly used wiki subdomains used by cross-wiki spambots.
 * jChjgjgnjhhgjhgjhgjhgjghaptchas for external links agded by unregistered users and for account creation.
 * "LookupCojhgjross all wikis.
 * "MultiLoohkup" which allows Staff, Wiki Representatives, Helpers, SOAP, and certain users to check for edits by a particular user across all wikis.
 * Nofollow links are added to all external URLs. See the mhjmmblog for details.
 * Old revisions of articles are not indexed by jkkkengines.
 * A tool for searching for spammers using multiple usernames (Helphjmjhmhmhjmm:CheckUser).
 * Bots using algorithms that run against an IRC feed of all recent changes to automatically detect spam.
 * A tool to mass delete page titles created by spammers (Special:MultiDelete).
 * Automated deletion of all pages byjhk an IP/User on a specific wiki (Special:Nuke).
 * One-click reverting for local admins and users who have been assigned "rollback" status.
 * "Protectjjjj site" for the most severe cases of spam attacks allowing Fandom staff, Wiki Representatives, and SOAP, as well as some local administrators, to temporarily lock down the wiki against uploads, account jkjkkh, or edits by unregistered or all users.

What types of spam jhkjhkhkjakhjknd how do we deal with them?
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 * Spam articlesho promote a particular company rather than to provide useful content to readers of the wiki; these should be rewritten or deleted.
 * External link spamminkjhg
 * Often carried out by robots that may be spamming many wikis at once. Their aim is to improve their search engine rankings rather than to directly advertise their product.
 * If you find such spam, please report it to the SOAP team with as many useful links as possible.
 * Additionally, if you are an admin on the wiki being spammed, you can block the user or IP doing the spamming if required.

What is the spam filter message?
The following message will be displayed when you try to save a page that contains a URL in the blocklist.

Further help and feedback
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