Directory of Wikispam Resources

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Sites or pages about the phenomenon of inappropriate link postings (spam) on editable webpages called wikis. Wikispam is an interesting and unique problem, as the most obvious solutions are culturally unacceptable to Wiki communities which pride themself on universal access to edit and update information.

Resources in This Category

• c2.com - Wikispam

  http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiSpam
  Information about ongoing issues with and responses to wikispam.

• CommunityWiki: WikiSpam

  http://www.communitywiki.org/cw?WikiSpam
  Discussion of how to fight wikispam.

• Meatball Wiki: WikiSpam

  http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/WikiSpam
  Article discussing causes of WikiSpam and possible solutions.

• Wikipedia - Wikispam

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam
  Covers two types of wikispam: advertisements masquerading as articles, and wide-scale external link spamming.

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