User:XLinkBot/FAQ

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This bot is a 'step-down' from blacklisting on the Mediawiki:SpamBlacklist. It allows autoconfirmed users to add links, while reverting similar links added by new or IP users. This is helpful when a site can be useful in some circumstances, but tends to be misused by those not familiar with our policies and guidelines.

FAQ

Q: Why is my external link addition reverted?

R: Because in the edit you performed you added an external link which matched a rule on XLinkBot's blacklist. Such sites include domains which are plainly spam, or sites which are 'pushed' to wikipedia pages (both reasons are covered by our spam guideline, see Wikipedia:Spam). Besides these spam-reasons, also sites which are strongly discouraged due to conflicts with other policies and guidelines on Wikipedia are reverted (specifically conflicts with our neutral point of view policy, our 'what wikipedia is not' policy, our copyright policy, our conflict of interest guideline, and/or our external links guideline). For a list of commonly blacklisted sites, see my list of frequently-reverted sites, which should give you a feel of why certain sites are blacklisted.