User:Praxidicae/Vanity spam

Vanity spam is a type of spam that often inflates the importance of an individual, product or company. Creators of vanity spam often fabricate content, using questionable sources to avoid speedy deletion.

Why is vanity spam such a big problem?
One word: Citogenesis.

Examples
Below are examples of prolific vanity spam throughout Wikimedia projects:
 * Tatarnikov Alexander/Diezelsun
 * Caillou Pettis