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{{subst:spa}}

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This is the SPA or single-purpose account template. It is used to mark comments made by single-purpose accounts with "– This user has made few or no other edits outside this topic".

Please remember that a comment should not be dismissed merely because it comes from a new account; in itself, this is an argument to the person, considered to be rather weak. Unless there are multiple new accounts or IPs voicing the same opinion (a typical sign of sockpuppetry), there is probably no need to use this template; the user should probably be addressed personally instead.

Usage[edit]

This template should be substituted and it takes one or two parameters.

Syntax: {{subst:Single-purpose account|username|time, day month year (UTC) [optional]}}

See Wikipedia:Single-purpose account for information on when it is appropriate to use this template.

Examples[edit]

If the SPA signed their edit, use the following format, placed next to their signature

{{subst:Single-purpose account|Example}}

— Example (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

If the SPA did not sign their edit, use this format, placed next to their comment

{{subst:Single-purpose account|Example|14:50, 28 April 2024 (UTC)}}

— Example (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 14:50, 28 April 2024 (UTC).

Tracking categories[edit]

This template requires a username or IP. If the template is used without any unnamed parameters, the page on which it is used will appear in Category:Pages using template:spa with no username.

See also[edit]

v t e Templates for proposed article mergers
Article page PAM notice	{{Afd-merge required}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page but unclear destination consensus) {{Afd-merge to}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page; use {{Afd-merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merge}} (PAM; for source page) {{Merge portions from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Split portions}} on source page) {{Split portions}} ((PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge portions from}} on destination page) {{R from merge}} (Redirect from a merge)
User talk page PAM discussion notifications	{{Mergenote}} (PAM notification to user talk page)
Discussion page PAM templates	{{Canvassed}} (participant clarification) {{Closing}} (closing in process) {{Duplicate vote}} (participation clarification) {{Not a ballot}} (discussion clarification) {{Page creator}} (participant clarification) {{Single-purpose account}} (participant clarification) {{Xfd-privacy}} (sensitive discussion close)
User talk page PAM process notifications	{{Uw-notvote}} (warning)
Article source talk page PAM notice	{{Merge done}} (Merge after discussion notice; for source talk page) {{Merge to}} (PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merged-to}} (Post PAM merge completed; for source talk page) {{Being merged}} (Source page merging in action notice) {{Mfd-merge to}} (Post MfD merge needed; for source talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on destination page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Article destination talk page PAM notice	{{Blank and redirect notice}} (Post WP:BLAR; for destination talk page) {{Afd-merge from}} (Post AfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Afd-merge to}} on source page) {{Copied}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page with attribution remaining on source page) {{History merge}} (Post PAM history merge still needed; for destination talk page) {{Merge from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Merge to}} on source talk page) {{Merged-from}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page) {{Mfd-merge from}} (Post MfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on source page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Miscellaneous PAM misc.	{{Articles to be merged progress}} (Merge progress counter for Category:Articles to be merged subpages) {{Merge progress}} (Merge progress counter for user pages)
Templates for proposed deletions Templates for speedy deletions

v t e Articles for deletion templates
Article page AfD notice	{{Afd}} (1st time nomination) {{Afd-merge to}} (merge contents from AfD'ed article) {{Afd-merge from}} (merge contents in AfD'ed article) {{AfD-userfied}} (drafted pursuant to AfD) {{AfDM}} (1st time nomination) {{Afdx}} (2nd etc. nomination) {{Cleanup AfD}} (Cleanup req'd after AfD) {{Db-g4}} (Post AfD CSD G4 deletion needed) {{Db-xfd}} (Post AfD CSD G6 deletion needed)
User talk page AfD discussion notifications	{{Afd notice}}
Discussion page AfD templates	{{Priorxfd}} (previous deletion discussions) {{Afdnewuser}} (participant clarification) {{Closing}} (closing in process) {{Duplicate vote}} (participation clarification) {{Not a ballot}} (discussion clarification) {{Old AfD list}} (previous discussions) {{Page creator}} (participant clarification) {{Single-purpose account}} (participant clarification) {{Csm}} (participant is confirmed to have used sockpuppets) {{Csp}} (participant is a confirmed sockpuppet) {{Canvassed}} (participant clarification) {{COI editor}} (participant clarification) {{Xfd-privacy}} (sensitive discussion close) {{Deletion sorting}} (debate added to deletion sorting list) {{Notified}} (debate mentioned on talk page)
User talk page AfD process notifications	{{Afd-top-notice}} (for nominator mistake) {{Afd-welcome}} (for new participant) {{Uw-notvote}} (warning)
Article talk page AfD notice	{{Old XfD multi}} (1st and subsequent nominations, preferred template) {{Afd-merged-from}} (merge contents into AfD'ed article) {{Blank and redirect notice}} (destination for redirected articles) {{Article history}} (AfD, Good/Featured, and many other article "events")
See also	{{Mfd notice}}
See also: Proposed deletion templates and Speedy deletion templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Single-purpose account/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.