Template talk:Cleanup-spam

Can of SPAM icon?
If I were to put a picture of a can of SPAM in the template, would that be wrong? Pacific Coast Highway 02:47, 1 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I don't know, but I find these pictures funny, I Am Ri¢h!   My Rich Contributions /My Wealthy Talk 


 * Anything that makes the template less bland has got to be good... Fethroesforia 15:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Replying to a years old post - the Spam is a trademark. The owners don't mind use of the word spam (note lack of capital), but they've been clear that they don't want their product linked too closely with internet spam. 82.33.48.96 (talk) 21:27, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Format
I was messing around with some different formatting for the template because I didn't like the line breaks in the current version. Users' screen resolutions totally skipped my mind though, and I found the current version actually looks a lot better with a smaller screen, while this version looks better with a larger one. Still I thought I'd throw this up here anyway.

To comply with External links, this article or section may require cleanup.

This article or section may contain spam – links added to promote a website, product or service – that should be removed. If you are familiar with the content of the external links, please help by removing commercial links, or discuss the issue on the talk page. Mrtea (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Moved documentation
Hi, I've started the documentation in the Template:Cleanup-spam/doc subpage, as recommended in Template doc page pattern. Please edit the template to: 

Thanks. +mwtoews 05:06, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. --CBD 12:05, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Spam
I think it would look better if the image was a tin of spam.

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
{| style="width:100%;background:none"
 * width=60|[[Image:Nuvola apps important.svg|45px]]

The above code should be changed to this to be valid XHTML 1.0 Strict:

{| style="width:100%;background:none;width:60px;"|

Add <<<1|article or section>>> param
Please replace the snippet

This article or section may contain

with the standard

This may contain

This way, we can make specific calls such as  or , and else the template defaults to its current display. Thanks. &mdash; Komusou talk @ 22:18, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Yes check.svg|20px]] Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 00:33, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Amount of text in template
There's some irony in the fact that the spam template is quite big on the page, with three or four lines of text in it. Is there really a need to give a full definition of what Wikipedia considers spam, when we already link to WP:SPAM? The template seems just as clear if we cut "Wikipedia spam consists of..." and "Wikipedia spam also consists of...". --McGeddon (talk) 12:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Given that it's been a month since I said that, I'll propose a changed wording and see if anyone has any feedback, before requesting an editprotected replacement. --McGeddon (talk) 10:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Current wording:


 * Proposed replacement:

Date
Add the date by replacing template with:



Also, take a look at the section above and perhaps do that, too. Gary King ( talk ) 01:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)


 * ✅ both. Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk)  10:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Small date
Minor fix. The date should be small. Replace the following:

With:

Gary King ( talk ) 15:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk)  16:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Sandbox edits
Requesting sync with the new sandbox to bring this in line with other cleanup templates. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 19:26, 12 September 2009 (UTC)