Administrators' Toolkit

Step-by-step guides on what to do in certain situations.

Removing a Spam Page
First, block the spammer so that it (or, rarely, he or she) can't do any more damage to the wiki. Set the time to "indefinite". Be sure to check the boxes "Prevent account creation", "Prevent user from sending email", "Prevent this user from editing their own talk page while blocked", and "Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to edit from" in order to reduce further damage to the wiki. Set the reason for blocking to "Spamming links to external sites". Second, delete the spam page. Set the reason to "excessive spamming". Third, protect the now-deleted spam page so that only admins can edit it. Set the reason to "excessive spamming". This stops future spammers from using the same page title. Fourth, delete the spammer's User and User Talk pages, if they were created. Set the reason to "excessive spamming".