I wasn't particularly bothered by this, but then considering the amount of spam that I receive it's hard to get upset over a single item that may at least be marginally relevant to what interests me.
I read the proposal, thought it was fair and reasonable, but did nothing since I found the implications unclear.
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Fennec Foxen wrote:
Hello. I'd just like to draw attention to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ram-Man#Spambot a discussion about whether Ram-Man should be permitted to use rambot to send unsolicited bulk messages (soliciting participation in a "dual-licensing drive") to thousands of user-talk pages. The bot is currently blocked indefinitely, pending the resolution of this issue.
Ram-Man seems to believe that an implicit community consens exists and approves of his use of the bot in this fashion. Currently, he claims to have "over 70% support" of users who responded to the message, although I believe this figure to be skewed by the "users who responded" part. I therefore would appreciate it if otherwise uninterested individuals provide Ram-Man with a more concrete measure of the level of community support which exists regarding this message.
Others have expressed concerns regarding the precedent which this sets for distribution of unsolicited user-talk messages, and suggest that a more concrete policy be formed to deal with this form of userpage spam.