/help content for Administrator Intervention

Author: ewdurbin

warehouse/templates/pages/help.html

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 {% macro availability() %}Can I depend on PyPI being available?{% endmacro %}
 {% macro mirroring() %}How can I run a mirror of PyPI?{% endmacro %}
 {% macro private_indices() %}How can I publish my private packages to PyPI?{% endmacro %}
+{% macro admin_intervention() %}Why did my package or user registration get blocked?{% endmacro %}
 
 {% block title %}Help{% endblock %}
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ <h1 class="page-title">Common Questions</h1>
         <li><a href="#availability">{{ availability() }}</a></li>
         <li><a href="#mirroring">{{ mirroring() }}</a></li>
         <li><a href="#private-indices">{{ private_indices() }}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="#admin-intervention">{{ admin_intervention() }}</a></li>
       </ul>
 
       <section id="packages" class="common-question">
@@ -235,6 +237,16 @@ <h2>{{ private_indices() }}</h2>
           PyPI does not support publishing private packages. If you need to publish your private package to a package index, the recommended solution is to run your own deployment of the <a href="https://pypi.org/project/devpi/">devpi project</a>.
         </p>
       </section>
+
+      <section id="admin-intervention" class="common-question">
+        <h2>{{ admin_intervention() }}</h2>
+        <p>
+          Spammers return to PyPI on some regularity hoping to place their Search Engine Optimized phishing, scam, and click-farming content on the site. Since PyPI allows for indexing of the Long Description and other data related to projects and has a generally solid search reputation it is a prime target.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          When the PyPI Administrators are overwhelmed by spam <b>or</b> determine that there is some other threat to PyPI, new user registration and/or new project registration may be disabled. Check <a href="https://status.python.org">our status page</a> for more details, as we'll likely have updated it with reasoning for the intervention.
+        </p>
+      </section>
     </div>
   </section>