I want to edit this answer of mine on Travel.SE to add a paragraph about how to purchase a certain kind of train ticket in Japan, and I am hit by the spam detector. A screenshot of the added section follows. My guess for why it is rejected is that it contains a fair amount of Chinese characters (which are also used in Japan) which I include for reference to assist communication between a non-Japanese-speaking traveler and a ticket office clerk. If this is the case, I believe this is a problem with the spam detector and not with my answer, as this is not an unreasonable thing to post on a travel-related website.
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4Wow, it's striking how much this looks like common spam. :P– M.A.R.Commented Apr 14, 2016 at 17:27
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3My spam detector is going off right now. In fact, I might flag this question as spam.– user1228Commented Apr 14, 2016 at 17:33
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These are enabled and disabled frequently to deal with large waves of incoming spam.
I've disabled it for now to allow you to post your answer; it may be re-enabled if needed.
answered Apr 14, 2016 at 17:16
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2@fkraiem Here's a sample of the spam posts this block targets. Note that a bot recently went through the list of sites posting on each one; it actually got stuck for a couple of hours when it tried to post to Travel. Commented Apr 16, 2016 at 8:49