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	:They could possibly be from the GTA Wikia for all we know.--<font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="3">[[User:Mizu101\|Mizu]]</font><font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="2"><sup> [[User talk:Mizu101\|(talk)]]</sup></font> 11:55, 29 August 2011 (BST)		:They could possibly be from the GTA Wikia for all we know.--<font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="3">[[User:Mizu101\|Mizu]]</font><font face="Papyrus" color="blue" size="2"><sup> [[User talk:Mizu101\|(talk)]]</sup></font> 11:55, 29 August 2011 (BST)

	::The users are trying to spam links in order to get a high ranking on Google, and disguising the links as plain text using CSS - Although I'm not sure how the two recent links have been related, I'm sure that they are the same person. I'm against protection of this page (even though it's prominently displayed on the main page), as it shouldn't be ~~left~~ to staff only to update this. The spamming is found and reverted soon enough each time. At the most, perhaps it could be ''temporarily'' semi-protected to prevent ''very'' new users from editing it (ie. Users who make an account just to make this one edit)? '''[[User:JFletcher\|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher\|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 12:38, 29 August 2011 (BST)		::The users are trying to spam links in order to get a high ranking on Google, and disguising the links as plain text using CSS - Although I'm not sure how the two recent links have been related, I'm sure that they are the same person. I'm against protection of this page (even though it's prominently displayed on the main page), as it shouldn't be restricted to staff only to update this. The spamming is found and reverted soon enough each time. At the most, perhaps it could be ''temporarily'' semi-protected to prevent ''very'' new users from editing it (ie. Users who make an account just to make this one edit)? Also keep in mind that if this was protected, they would simply find somewhere else to spam! '''[[User:JFletcher\|JFletcher]]<sup>''[[User talk:JFletcher\|Talk]]''</sup>''' <small>(formerly User:Biggest gta fan ever)</small> 12:38, 29 August 2011 (BST)