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electronic spam

unsolicited electronic messages sent in bulk, especially advertisements
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Summary

electronic spam ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,978 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Spam[2]
  • Subclass of: unwanted advertising[3], message[4]
  • Commons category: Electronic spam[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Spamming[6]
  • Facet of: internet security[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Spamming[8], Template:Spam[9]
  • Has immediate cause: spambot[10]
  • Handled, mitigated, or managed by: anti-spam techniques[11]

Why It Matters

electronic spam has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 130 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Aliaksandr Barushka internet security Spam Vít Listík

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_electronic-spam_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{electronic spam}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/electronic-spam}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spam-electronic-mail, unsolicited-electronic-mail-messages
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX555120
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX555120"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → spam-electronic-mail, unsolicited-electronic-mail-messages
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: spam-electronic-mail, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960553|spam electronic mail (#289960553)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0224726-nevyzadana-elektronicka-posta
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0224726-nevyzadana-elektronicka-posta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has immediate cause → spambot
    Facet of → internet security
    Named after → Spam
    Subclass of → unwanted advertising, message
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 16665, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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