User blog comment:TheNegativeKid/Unknown People editing Website/@comment-3251190-20110107230554/@comment-961279-20110108040943

For those kinds of comments, our Block policy specifies that they are to be blocked for 1 month. A lot of times, people do this just to see how we will react. If we don't get upset over it, it stops being fun for them. And, if they can't edit for a while, most lose interest. Those that keep at it get blocked for longer periods of time and it doesn't take long to recognize them if they try to move around (use a different computer or account).

Spammers will go whereever they want to, but we do have an advantage over them. Anyone spamming gets their IP address or account is blocked for a year. And if I happen to see spam on another wiki, I have no qualms about blocking their IP/account here before they make any edits. It's something we don't have to put up with, so we won't.