Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Spam/doc. (edit | history)

Spam warnings
{{welcomespam}} {{spam note}} | {{uw-spam1}} {{uw-spam2}} | {{uw-spam3}} {{uw-spam4}}
Advertising warnings
{{uw-advert1}} · {{uw-advert2}} {{uw-advert3}} · {{uw-advert4}}
Article tags
{{advert}} {{manual}} {{cleanup-spam}} {{No more links}} {{db-spam}}: (for listing at CSD) {{contact info}}: (to replace contact information) {{salescatalog}}
Policy & Project
Wikipedia:Spam Wikipedia:External links Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam
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This template serves as first warning to spammers.

Usage

Usage	Output
{{subst:Spam}}	Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
{{subst:Spam|Article}}[1]	Please do not add advertising or inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in Article. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

Template usage notes See documentation. Most test(n) templates take a single optional parameter: the name of the page to which the template applies. If provided, this page will be cited in the warning. test5 optionally takes two parameters: The first is the duration of the block (with "temporarily blocked" as the default if a specific period is not provided). The second is the name of the page to which the template applies. If provided, this page will be cited in the warning. Please refer to the index of test templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending. Please remember to substitute the template—use {{subst:Spam}} rather than {{Spam}}.

1. ^ You can use {{subst:Spam|Article|subst=subst:}} to substitute the contained ParserFunctions.