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:::I received a question with regards to why I am blocking spammers infinitely. I do not see a reason why if someone posts a spam link 100 times on a page that they should be allowed to return to do so again. I'll note that Mateo was banned for a year, and then came back and immediately did the exact thing. Therefore he gets a ban for that. As well, I have noticed on my own Wiki that if I short banned a spammer, they came back again and again to spam. If I perma-banned them, they would return over and over again to see the long term ban. That tells me that they are automated scripts, not people and so it shouldn't matter to them. I do not see why, personally, why we should have to deal with the same user/spammer/robot over and over again before removing them. Obvious spammers or posters of gibberish on a page do not deserve a second chance to do it again. We all have better things to do than clean up their mess and if it takes up all of our time then we do not have the energy to put into Wikiindex to make it better. Long comment, sorry, but I wanted to be clear on my reasoning. [[User:TeraS|TeraS]] 10:17, 25 September 2011 (PDT) | |||