The following are considered spam:

-Irrelevant Posts
Bob: The iPod is my favorite MP3 player. What's your favorite?
Joe: I like cheese.

-Topics that don't mean anything or ask a question
Bob: Yay for posting.

-Posts that don't contribute
Bob: YES!! I just got an iPod!!
Joe: iPods SUCK!!!

-Questions that are obvious or easily answered by using search engines, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.
Bob: Where is Apple's website?

-Repeatedly adding one to three word posts that don't take much thought
Bob: Do you have an iPod?
Joe: Oh yes, it is very cool, here is why: [REVIEW GOES HERE]
Bob: Cool
Bill: What's so cool about an iPod?
Bob: MP3

-Flamebait
Bob: Boy are you getting what you deserve.
Bob: You guys fight a lot.
Bob: Fight, fight, fight!
Bob: THE PRODUCT X sucks! I cannot believe you have it!
Bob: Wow. I've never seen you guys fight like this before.

-Copy and Pasting
Bob: I think the iPod is a good gadget! I could give you some reasons why. But CNET is a much more reliable reviewer, so I will give you CNET's review:
[CNET'S REVIEW GOES HERE]

EXCEPTION: News stories can be copied and pasted in the Current Events forum. However, you must link to the source you got them from (anything insanely long will be edited and snipped).

-One word posts
Bob:Do you have an iPod?
Joe: Yes.

-All Caps posts
Bob: I JUST BEAT HALO 2!!

-Repeating what has already been said
Bob: I hate Bush! He shouldn't have started the war!
Joe: Me too!
Ted: Me Three!
Jack: Me Four!

-Excessive use of emoticons

hehe

-cryptic Instant Messenger style talk
hi r u 4 xbox, bc i think u should b 4 teh PS2
(common internet slang allowed. example: LOL, BTW, etc)
(Also, letters such as "u" and "r" will be replaced with real words such as "you" and "are")

-Repeatedly or uselessly reviving dead topics-
Date: 7/5/04
I need to get a new CPU. Does anyone know where I can find one?
Date: 4/25/05
Yes, you can get a CPU at this place, even though it is highly unlikely that you still need one.

-Referring to something without any commentary-
Go to http://www.this.that/aquella
(missing commentary or opinions would go here)

-Insulting/Flaming other members-
Bob: GO TO @O$*@($&#@(*, *&$(# HEAD!!! You are a @$#@#@ son of a *****!! Joe: You <expletive>head! You are the one that should stick your <expletive>ing head up your <expletive>!!!!!!

-Repetitive Arguments That Don't Take Much Thought-
Bob: Yes it is!
Joe: No its not!
Bob: Yes it is!
Joe: No its not!

-Commercial Spam-
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Remember, in case of unclear spam, the admins and/or moderators will determine if it is spam or not.

Links to spam:

This really needs to be updated, since a lot of the old forums have been removed.

I think the flamebait section should be updated, the others look fine. The flamebait section needs better examples. I remember seeing stuff like that all the time, but a warn would not have been necessary.

The "exception" is not needed anymore, and the double posts rule can be removed now, considering IPB 2.1 and above has a feature to merge double posts automatically.

Double-posting rule removed.

Testing double-post-merging...
And we seem to still have a current events forum.

Yay it worked!

Double Posting merging only works if you double post within 60 minutes.

You can set it to work indefinetely if you want though. Personally, I'm fine with double posts, as long as they are meant to be seperate posts.

Not as far as I'm concerned.