<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Spam</strong><br>
  (lowercase) disruptive messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail</p>
</blockquote>

<h3>Use on meta</h3>

<p>The <a href="/questions/tagged/spam" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'spam'" rel="tag">spam</a> tag is used for questions that relate to use of the spam flag option, asking the community about a users posts when spam is suspected or identifying a spam trend that isn't obvious, but has become prevalent for group action or discussion.</p>

<h3>Further information</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/58032/how-does-the-spam-flag-work">What are the spam and offensive flags, and how do they work?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57497/limits-for-self-promotion-in-answers">Limits for self-promotion in answers</a></li>
</ul>

<p><sub>Reference: imported excerpt and wiki from the main <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/spam/info">Meta Stack Exchange</a> site.</sub></p>
