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This is an editless user who many spam bots got merged into{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&dir=prev&type=usermerge User merge log]}}. Possibly due to a MediaWiki bug, other dummy users such as "MediaWiki default"{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&dir=prev&limit=1&action=history Main page history]}} and anonymous users{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=IOS37&offset=20080324003610&limit=2&action=history IOS37 page history]}} were also affected. Please do not assume edits were done in bad faith simply because they come from a user named "SpamBot."
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This is an editless user who many spam bots got merged into{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&dir=prev&type=usermerge User merge log]}}. Possibly due to a MediaWiki bug, other dummy users such as "MediaWiki default"{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&dir=prev&limit=1&action=history Main page history]}}{{Ref|[[User:MediaWiki default]] is not registered}} and anonymous users{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=IOS37&offset=20080324003610&limit=2&action=history IOS37 page history]}} were also affected. Please do not assume edits were done in bad faith simply because they come from a user named "SpamBot."
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Also note that this page was not created by a spam bot{{Ref|1=[https://wiibrew.org/w/index.php?title=User:SpamBot&action=history History of this page]}}.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:08, 29 July 2021

This is an editless user who many spam bots got merged into[1]. Possibly due to a MediaWiki bug, other dummy users such as "MediaWiki default"[2][3] and anonymous users[4] were also affected. Please do not assume edits were done in bad faith simply because they come from a user named "SpamBot."

Also note that this page was not created by a spam bot[5].

References

1. User merge log
2. Main page history
3. User:MediaWiki default is not registered
4. IOS37 page history
5. History of this page