[pmwiki-users] This post has been blocked by the administrator

[Pico]

I got this message on a page and it took a bit of figuring out to figure 
out what was going on and how to work around it.  Had I someone added me 
to the blocked list?  No, I figured out that the problem was that I that 
the link I had added took me over the limit for external links (I was 
accumulating cross-reference links, internal and external, to related 
material).  The solution was to go back and change the markup for my 
unapproved external links, from [[www.example.com]] to [@www.example.com@].

I think it would be helpful for ordinary users to be presented with a 
more specific error message when their post is blocked due to the number 
of external links, and, perhaps, to be presented with a workaround, e.g. 
This post has been blocked by the administrator.  Remove or disabled 
external links to continue.

Now, of course, the argument against this is that it would also give 
guidance and assistance to spammers.  Without that added information, 
their their immediate reaction might be like mine: oh #@$! I've been 
blocked as a spammer!  If they receive more targeted information, then 
they may be tempted to follow the advice and continue with their 
spamming.  Of course, as for the links themselves, they will never work, 
but I understand the concern here.

What do you think?

Pico