User blog comment:Sannse/Checking in and catching up/@comment-25181282-20130506220235/@comment-8-20130507164314

Coolshark: there are so many rules because, sadly, we've had people do all these things and worse in the past. We've found that it's better to be clear from the start, which reduces the chances of problems

Danielboone6702] I'm happy to say we haven't had signs of viruses in a long time. The way adverts work means that they can sneak though (an ad company sends ads to us, and if they send a bad one...) but it's very rare. The ad companies want to squish them as much as we do!

RePeat: We've absolutely no problem with you using Adblock or anything similar :)  That's a personal choice, like logging in (of course, wikis can't remove all ads for all visitors, but what you do on your own computer is your business!)