Wikipedia:WikiProject User warnings/Testing/XLinkBot

XLinkBot -- by Versageek and Beetstra -- warns many, many folks who add external links that are inappropriate in some way. In fact, it leaves more first messages for new editors than any other bot except ClueBot (NG).

Templates

Message structure:

revertexplanation OR referenceexplanation
AND any other specific parameters
AND endtext
AND sharedIPtext IF it's a shared IP

"Level 0"

The level zero warnings are embedded in the config of the bot.

Level 1

• {{uw-spam1-bot}}

Test 1

Hello, and welcome! I'm a bot created by another Wikipedia editor. I wanted to let you know that I removed one or more of the external links you added , because they did not seem to meet our definition of appropriate links. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page before adding it again.

Test 2"'

Your links

Hi, I'm a bot created by another Wikipedia editor. I removed one or more of the external links you added, because the sites you're linking to are not considered appropriate for Wikipedia. Please leave a note on the article's talk page if you'd like to add them back in again. If you need help, please visit the help desk.

Level 2

• {{uw-spam2-bot}}

Test 1

Hello, once again, I've removed one or more of the external links you added. Please don't add such links to Wikipedia anymore. Wikipedia is not a collection of links nor a directory, so what you're doing looks like spam. If you still feel the link should be in Wikipedia, please discuss it first on the discussion page of the relevant article.

Test 2

Your links

Once again, I removed one or more of the external links you added. Wikipedia is not a collection of links nor a directory, so what you're doing looks like spam. If you feel strongly that the link is appropriate, please discuss this on the article's talk page first.

Level 3

• {{uw-spam3-bot}}

Level 4

• {{uw-spam4-bot}}

Welcomes

1. {{Welcomeg-rand}}
2. {{Welcomeanon-rand}}

Analysis

• Spreadsheet with test data for the two level 1 warnings.