Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4784321-20150822163355

Spam comes in 2 forms: advertisement and food. I'm not here to talk about the food type (aww), but the spam form type. For those who don't know, spam is unwanted advertisements and links to other websites. It can come in different languages, forms, namespaces, people, but they are all spam, and are dealt with by the Volunteered Spam Task Force (VSTF).

Recently, there has been a wave of unwanted Korean spam on various active communities, but almost none of these communities have reported it to the VSTF. Yes, you can see me or other members clean your forums regularly these days, but it's possible we miss some, or a lot. It only takes 20 seconds to fill out the form*, and it makes sure we get them all. We have been pushing new tactics and regexes to counter them, but they keep coming up, and they won't stop soon.

I only want to ask you active communities one thing: report spam here. This will clean Wikia so much, and help the VSTF even more. As a VSTF, we have special tools which will completely remove spam threads in your forums. You won't find any more traces of spam.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add them below.

Thank you

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