Wikipedia talk:Spam

The redirect Wikipedia:Promotional has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 8 § Wikipedia:Promotional until a consensus is reached. Veverve (talk) 21:35, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

The redirect Wikipedia:PROMOTE has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 17 § Wikipedia:PROMOTE until a consensus is reached. Veverve (talk) 10:42, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

The opening lines say "adding references with the aim of promoting the author or the work being referenced". This occasionally seems to get interpreted as requiring editors to know the actual intentions of the accused refspammer. I think we are more concerned about the appearance or result. That is, if you cite the same source in 100 articles, we're going to be concerned about that because it looks like spamming even if your intentions might be as pure as new snow. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:48, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam § refspam bot. —usernamekiran (talk) 02:31, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

• The discussion is about automating the process of identifying WP:REFSPAM. —usernamekiran (talk) 02:31, 24 March 2026 (UTC)