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    Question: Can you provide a diff to support the claim of spam? All I see is an spa with possibly a COI but not link to a website and to the user name. Alexf 11:49, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
    Promoting Lymphoma Association, all edits are adding links to their website.Theroadislong (talk) 11:55, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
    Note: Presumably if Theroadislong has seen promotional editing then it would have been easy for him/her to provide at least one diff, whereas for someone else to start searching from scratch takes much more time and trouble. Nevertheless, I have checked a 50% sample of the user's edits. Many of them are not remotely promotional. Those that were promotional were no doubt made in good faith. The user has made no article edits since being told there is a problem, and has posted on a talk page to discuss the issues involved. This is not the right moment for administrative action against him/her, which will become appropriate only if and when the promotional editing continues after suitable warnings and explanation. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:54, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
    I do try and assume good faith, but on every article that the user has edited, they have added the same external link to their own website. I won't revert them again. Theroadislong (talk) 14:28, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
    User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. Alexf 16:42, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
    User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. I know the IP is static, but this is also quite Stale, too. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 19:37, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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