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	It is questionable how effective this spam blacklist is at keeping spam off of third-party wikis. Some spam might be targeted only at [[Wikimedia]] wikis, or only at third-party wikis, which would make the list of little help to said third-party wikis. Also, some third-party wikis might prefer that users be allowed to cite sources that are not considered reliable on Wikipedia. Users may not always realize that, when a link is rejected as spammy, it does not necessarily mean that the individual wiki he is editing has specifically chosen to ban that URL.		It is questionable how effective this spam blacklist is at keeping spam off of third-party wikis. Some spam might be targeted only at [[Wikimedia]] wikis, or only at third-party wikis, which would make the list of little help to said third-party wikis. Also, some third-party wikis might prefer that users be allowed to cite sources that are not considered reliable on Wikipedia. Users may not always realize that, when a link is rejected as spammy, it does not necessarily mean that the individual wiki he is editing has specifically chosen to ban that URL.

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