Template:Spam link

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Spam warnings
{{welcomespam }} {{uw-refspam }} {{uw-spam1 }} {{uw-spam2 }} {{uw-spam3 }} {{uw-spam4 }} {{uw-spam4im }}
Advertising warnings
{{uw-advert1 }} {{uw-advert2 }} {{uw-advert3 }} {{uw-advert4 }}
Article tags
{{promotional }} {{promotional section }} {{how-to }} {{no more links }} {{spam link }} {{db-g11 }} (for listing at CSD)
Policy & Project
Wikipedia:Spam Wikipedia:External links Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam
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Place {{Spam link }} after an external link that seems to be spam (i.e., which appears to promote a website, product or individual).

Usage

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Common form (with current date)

{{Spam link|date=February 2025}}

Categorization

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The template categorizes tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup for cleanup.

{{By how much }} {{Definition }} {{Definition needed }} {{Example needed }} {{Example needed span }} {{Explain }} {{How }} {{How often }} {{Misquoted }} {{Quantify }} {{Specify }} {{Vague }} {{When }} {{Where }} {{Which }} {{Who else }} {{Why }} {{Year needed }}
Excessive	{{Overly detailed inline }} {{Duplication span }} {{Importance inline }} {{Relevance inline }} {{Undue weight inline }} {{Globalize inline }} {{Infobox clutter }}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline }} {{Disputed inline }} {{Dubious }} {{Dubious span }} {{Inconsistent }} {{Needs independent confirmation }} {{Speculation inline }}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline }} {{Bare URL non-HTML }} {{Bare URL AV media }} {{Bare URL PDF }} {{Bare URL image }} {{Bare URL DOC }} {{Bare URL plain text }} {{Bare URL spreadsheet }}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete }} {{Author missing }} {{Date missing }} {{Dead link }} {{Edition needed }} {{Episode needed }} {{Full citation needed }} {{Incomplete short citation }} {{ISBN missing }} {{Moved resource }} {{Page needed }} {{Permanent dead link }} {{Place missing }} {{Publisher missing }} {{Season needed }} {{Time needed }} {{Title incomplete }} {{Title missing }} {{Unused source }} {{Volume needed }} {{Year missing }}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed }} {{Better source needed }} {{Better source needed example }} {{Check quotation }} {{Chronology citation needed }} {{Circular reference }} {{Citation needed }} {{Citation needed span }} {{Citation not found }} {{Close paraphrasing inline }} {{COI source }} {{Deprecated inline }} {{Excessive citations inline }} {{Failed verification }} {{Failed verification span }} {{Image reference needed }} {{Irrelevant citation }} {{Medical citation needed }} {{Medical citation needed span }} {{Nonspecific }} {{Not verified in body }} {{Obsolete source }} {{Page range too broad }} {{Primary source inline }} {{Promotional source }} {{Quote without source }} {{Request quotation }} {{Request quotation span }} {{Retracted }} {{Scientific citation needed }} {{Self-published inline }} {{Tertiary source inline }} {{Third-party inline }} {{Unreliable fringe source }} {{Unreliable medical source }} {{Unreliable source? }} {{Verify quote }} {{Verify source }}

Wording

General advice

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Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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Usage

Categorization

See also