Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Dec 1

medianetwork.co.in
atjeu publishing, llc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hu12 (talk • contribs) 11:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC) Adsense pub-1556223355139109 Adsense pub-5614593227871828
 * dishnews.blogspot.com
 * dialogtv.blogspot.com
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--Hu12 (talk) 11:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * (ran into block) --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Almost time to B'list it if they are merely using varying IPs? -- Herby talk thyme 10:41, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * mostly active on en., I was about to suggest BL. Seems fairly agressive in the aditions.--Hu12 (talk) 11:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Added to BL--Hu12 (talk) 11:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

undergroundmastino.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:32, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Added account, probable conflict of interest. Phil2511 has been blocked for a short time, and has now responded with an unblock request stating that he has read the rules.  Guess this is resolved.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I forgot. The unblock was granted, and dispite the remarks and suggestions left, Phil2511 did feel that he should make the edit he was talking about, without discussing it first on the talkpages.  He therefore earned fresh block of 31 hours.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:18, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Has re-added it several more times despite warnings. Being its a Links normally to be avoided I'll BL --Hu12 (talk) 09:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

amityisland.net
Adsense pub-9972453640793917

http://spam.lostsh4rk.bebo.com personal site (dead)
 * Accounts

site owner →cross wiki de.wikipedia.org   →cross wiki de.wikipedia.org   JAWS Movies and Rides Tribute site --Hu12 (talk) 11:01, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.searchboardingschool.com http://spam.studentindia.com


MER-C 13:02, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Spammers


 * we are realy sorry, our name has come up for sapm. We are our self struggling for spam. However, we accept some error at our end has cause damage to wiki and users. We have instructed our team memebrs to read the policy of wiki and do follow accordingly. We do not have any intention to do spam .Both the site is an non profit site ,run by a team of social worker.We hope, you people kindly cosider and allow us to give link at required places and withdraw the blocking.:username]studentindia[06:44, 8 December 2007 (UTC)]

waytoblue.com

 * See also - MediaWiki_talk

http://wikimobileactunsigned.com http://ukpress.waytoblue.com www.squidoo.com/ledzep_mothership/ Way to Blue published lense
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→meta posts   "Way to Blue is the UK's leading digital press and promotions agency" Also owns wikimobileactunsigned.com--Hu12 (talk) 13:25, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.gfdb.com - feedback requested
Adsense pub-5837798288074300


 * Pages


 * Sites


 * Accounts

About 20 links added today. Is this worth having? MER-C 11:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Added adsense ID. I reverted th IP's additions. The template should be deleted. seems to be the only other involved in adding these, mostly by creating articles.--Hu12 (talk) 11:53, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.anandgholap.net

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:43, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Lazworld.com and related
pub-3542359813132973
 * http://spam.lazworld.com
 * http://spam.circulatorpumps.com redirects to lazworld.com
 * http://spam.pumpcatalog.com
 * http://spam.videomenu.com Lazworld.com Production
 * http://spam.haroldimport.com

related: Lazworld.com Production 
 * http://spam.jerseycam.com
 * http://spam.belmarcam.com
 * http://spam.camviews.com
 * http://spam.freeholdcam.com
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"David Lazar (1968-), Creator of Belmarcam, Lazar owns internet marketing services companies online"  --Hu12 (talk) 18:52, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.emissionfinanceadvisory.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:12, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

-island spam
Adsense pub-2815918380524792


 * http://spam.milos-island.info
 * http://spam.sifnos-island.info
 * http://spam.kythnos-island.com
 * http://spam.hellenic-islands.com
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→cross wiki el.wikipedia.org →cross wiki el.wikipedia.org --Hu12 (talk) 09:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.reason4sex.org
Adsense pub-9925472320301873
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--Hu12 (talk) 09:31, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

try2say.com picturesofnepal.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 10:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.wilmabolton.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

activehybrid.com
Adsense pub-9659650195819673
 * articlesdirectorysite.com
 * a1ezad.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
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--Hu12 (talk) 07:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Appears to be hopping to non blocked IP for insertion, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 14:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam. belizemapia.com

 * http://spam. corozalmapia.com redircts to belizemapia.com
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--Hu12 (talk) 07:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Anikasalsera
Adsense pub-0203632186955234 Adsense pub-5328975436231849
 * http://spam.stockphotoexpert.com
 * http://spam.good-mood.biz
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--Hu12 (talk) 07:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.brightcove.com

 * See also - Articles for deletion/Brightcove
 * See also - Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard


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--Hu12 (talk) 08:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Article was created by an WP:SPA account with no other edits other than related to Brightcove. Was speedied six times previously. the amont of self referencing is ridiculus--Hu12 (talk) 08:08, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.bidmonfa.com



 * Spammers

There's some cross-wiki spamming, but some links added in good faith too. Running a spamsearch. MER-C 09:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Results (after 15 links removed on en, 2 link removed on nl, 6 on es and some on pl): Starting spamsearch at Tue Nov 27 18:29:44 JST 2007. bidmonfa.com/217.76.130.67

Results for de.wikipedia.org... Page: Benutzer Diskussion:Samson1964 URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_deuropa.htm Page: Diskussion:Liste der Jugendeuropameister im Schach URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_deuropa.htm Page: Portal Diskussion:Schach/Archiv-2007-02 URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_mon_juvenil.htm Page: Diskussion:Gerlef Meins URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/jugadors_m.htm

Results for en.wikipedia.org... Page: User talk:83.58.41.160 URL: http://spam.bidmonfa.com Page: User talk:83.58.46.80 URL: http://spam.bidmonfa.com Page: User talk:83.58.46.21 URL: http://spam.bidmonfa.com Page: User talk:83.61.229.186 URL: http://spam.bidmonfa.com Page: Aleksej Aleksandrov URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com Page: Daniël Stellwagen URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/STELLWAGEN.htm Page: Aleksej Aleksandrov URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/aleksandrov_aleksei.htm Page: Nana Alexandria URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/alexandria_nana.htm Page: Vladimir Baklan URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/baklan_vladimir.htm Page: Alexander Graf URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/graf_alexander.htm Page: Arturo Pomar URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_espanya_absolut.htm Page: Spanish Chess Championship URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_espanya_absolut.htm Page: József Pintér URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/pinter_jozsef.htm Page: Viacheslav Ragozin URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/ragozin_viatcheslav.htm Page: Theo van Scheltinga URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/van_scheltinga.htm Page: Talk:Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/vijayalakshmi_subbaraman.htm Page: Radosław Wojtaszek URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/wojtaszek_radoslaw.htm

Results for pl.wikipedia.org... Page: Aszot Anastasian URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_armenia.htm Page: Jewgienij Władimirow URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/campionats_deuropa.htm Page: Larry Christiansen URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/christiansen_larry.htm Page: Arturo Pomar Salamanca URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_espanya_absolut.htm Page: Pavel Blatný URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/historial_mon_juvenil.htm Page: Wikiprojekt:Antyhoax/zrobione URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/konarkowska_sokolov_henrijeta.htm Page: Wadim Miłow URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/milov_vadim.htm Page: Ariel Sorín URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/sorin_ariel.htm

Results for br.wikipedia.org... Page: Ahmed Adly URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/adly_ahmed.htm

Results for cs.wikipedia.org... Page: Corus Chess Tournament URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com/INTERNACIONAL%20DE%20WIJK%20AAN%20ZEE.htm

Results for tl.wikipedia.org... Page: Ahedres URL: http://www.bidmonfa.com

Remaining links (as above) were added in good faith. MER-C 10:19, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

bilgipara.com
Adsense pub-7847991231427742
 * pataraexcavations.com
 * rhodiapolis.com
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cross wiki 194.27.186.39 de.wikipedia.org ca.wikipedia.org el.wikipedia.org fr.wikipedia.org gl.wikipedia.org ru.wikipedia.org tr.wikiquote.org tr.wikipedia.org tr.wiktionary.org cross wiki 81.213.240.169 tr.wikipedia.org only cross wiki Asilonline tr.wikipedia.org cross wiki 88.254.175.65 de.wikipedia.orgtr.wikipedia.org

--Hu12 (talk) 10:13, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Added cross wiki --Hu12 (talk) 10:38, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Meta blacklist request--Hu12 (talk) 11:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Reference Spam, http://spam.researchbuy.com

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spams researchbuy.com, a wiki, ito various articles --Hu12 (talk) 11:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Spamming of http://spam.selfpublishing-articles.blogspot.com http://spam.vanitypress.com.au
Adsense pub-6038916003985567
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--Hu12 (talk) 12:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Returning spammer

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Oct 2


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

BL or IP block please. MER-C 12:40, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, I'll BL.--Hu12 (talk) 12:44, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.easysector.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:41, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

army-guide.com

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--Hu12 (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

pwinsider.com
I'd appreciate some input on this. There is an appeal to remove this site from the blacklist on Meta. The request (if there was one) was never logged nor is there anything in the archives. Any information from here would be useful.

Failing which I see little choice than to remove it from the blacklist personally. Should it then be bot monitored for a while? Thanks -- Herby talk thyme 11:56, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Domain comes up 404. the site is dead. I could not find anything either, but in light of its status, no one should be adding it any ways.--Hu12 (talk) 12:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, my bad, you will get it now (interestingly seven sites are asking for scripting access too!) -- Herby talk thyme 12:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

pwinsider.com comes up:



--Hu12 (talk) 12:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This site may have been blacklisted after a massive Joe job (using many sockpuppets and proxy servers) by Jonathan Barber. COIBot does not have any records on the link, but the bot will be monitoring for some time.  As there are no active records on the spamming, I'd approve removal from the blacklist.  If something comes up, we can always blacklist again, then with proper reason/log.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Just to update this - as there was no logging of the request I cannot justify the site remain on the blacklist. I've removed it so we will see what happens -- Herby  talk thyme 12:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Linkwatcher:
This tool has been temporarily disabled due to performance concerns. We hope to make it available again shortly. . Any word when this will be back up and running?--Hu12 (talk) 16:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I have planned a rewrite of COIBot so that it searches the results of the linkwatchers that I am running, which should give more extended results. The bots (watching 722 wikis) do use a lot of processor time on the MySQL deamons (still handleable by the computer I am running the watchers on).  I will discuss further with the others involved (User:Shadow1 and User:Versageek).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Apreciate the response, it is a valuable tool. Would hate to have gone forever. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 12:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I have now rewritten COIBot so it can also source the linkwatchers databases for the linkwatchers I am running (from now on we will be running them as continuously as possible). The LinkReports it generates include now searches for that (so it looks backwards as well now).
 * If you need a specific report for a link, poke me, and I will command the bot to generate a report ASAP. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.healthyu-skin.org

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No mater how legit looking the edit, each contained the url healthyu-skin.org --Hu12 (talk) 19:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Anon removing warnings --Hu12 (talk) 15:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

silanis.com esignrecords.org



 * Spammers

Cross posted from WP:COIN. MER-C 01:53, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * BL'd per request--Hu12 (talk) 18:48, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.joiningthedots.tv

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:57, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.flonnet.com

 * Spammers

Lots of links, looks useful. MER-C 12:05, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * May be useful, but we are not a linkfarm. I suggest that at least the linkfarms are removed.  I left a note on the editors talkpage.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

free-lock-picking-guide.com
Adsense pub-7721119588234903
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→cross wiki zh.wikipedia.orgde.wikipedia.org pl.wikipedia.org nl.wikipedia.org fi.wikipedia.org --Hu12 (talk) 12:47, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Requesting BL, due to X-wiki spamming--Hu12 (talk) 13:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Blacklist request was approved. — Satori Son 13:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Prosper Marketplace, Inc
Prosper (web site) Adsense pub-7594990058509251
 * rateladder.com
 * p2pnobank.com
 * sfboater.com
 * prosper.com
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→Prosper Marketplace, Inc    →Prosper Marketplace, Inc  →Prosper Marketplace, Inc   --Hu12 (talk) 00:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.edinburgh.moonfruit.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:45, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

zhoodles.blogspot.com

 * callofdigital.blogspot.com/
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This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent insertion of spam, commercial content, and/or links is prohibited under policy. Any further spamming may result in your account and/or your IP address being blocked from editing Wikipedia. Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, please do not add promotional material to articles. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" is strongly discouraged. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. --Hu12 (talk) 18:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

world-postcards.blogspot.com
Adsense pub-3698780025565858
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--Hu12 (talk) 18:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

enownow.com
Adsense pub-8358765170655852
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--Hu12 (talk) 19:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.travellady.com
Adsense pub-1712782721672001
 * http://spam.travellady.com
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spamming and self promotion, AKA Terje Raa--Hu12 (talk) 20:15, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.wikiclassifieds.net

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--Hu12 (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this was spammed as a means of advertising a web hosting service which was listed in the 'classifieds'. .. fwiw.. -- Versa geek  22:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

wiseclerk.com
Adsense pub-2022398270111570
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--Hu12 (talk) 22:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

map spam
sbmkpm.com statisticum.org
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fr.wikipedia.org pt.wikipedia.org en.wiktionary.org, de.wikipedia.org requested unblock en, meta.wikimedia.org fr.wikipedia.org, pt.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org ja.wikipedia.org, it.wikipedia.org, pt.wikipedia.org, nl.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org another vandalism attack IP spams using "citation" in the external links--Hu12 17:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

biarmia.narod.ru

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--Hu12 17:58, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

varuninfosys.com varuninfosys.co.cc
Varun infosys Varuninfosys
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vandal BL'd--Hu12 18:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Linkfarms!
Here is a list of link farms as of mid November or so. There are over 2,000 articles with link farms. I'm considering anything with an external links section with more then 20 links in that section a link farm. Its a large list, and if folks wish to put the list on multiple pages (perhaps in groups of 500 or so) feel free. The entries link first to the current page, as it is now, and in 's there is a link to the revision as the program saw it. The worst cases are at the bottom.

Follows is a few samples from the list, that I think have been dealt with already. (the worst cases)


 * 1) Holocaust_(resources) (Holocaust_(resources)) external links: 153
 * 2) Internet_censorship_in_Pakistan (Internet_censorship_in_Pakistan) external links: 177
 * 3) Baltimore_Comic-Con (Baltimore_Comic-Con) external links: 210
 * 4) Islamic_view_of_Moses (Islamic_view_of_Moses) external links: 678

Its quite sad, and does need fixing, however I don't have the time, but if you guys want to give it a shot and mark off the ones that are done, I'll generate this list again in a month or so using newer data. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 02:10, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * sigh - forgot the wiki page, User:Eagle 101/linkfarms. ——  Eagle 101 Need help? 02:14, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

spam disguised as refs in citeweb templates
he was using old access dates (~2000, 2005, etc.. ), and putting them directly under the References heading. I reverted & gave him a welcomespam.


 * -- Versa geek  20:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

spam.sikhzone.net spam.dhangurunanak.com spam.cyarena.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Still spamming. MER-C 08:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Blacklisting requested. MER-C 12:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * --Hu12 20:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Google Adsense:
 * 9239965765639474
 * 2666503127901786
 * Bidvertiser: 48633424


 * See also:
 * Additional accounts:


 * Cross-wiki:
 * simple:Special:Contributions/140.128.194.71
 * cy:Arbennig:Contributions/140.128.194.71
 * zh:Special:Contributions/140.128.194.79
 * simple:Special:Contributions/140.128.194.83


 * Additional domains:
 * http://www.servage.net/?coupon=cust29846
 * note: this is a subdomain of a large hosting service
 * http://www.servage.net/?coupon=cust29846
 * note: this is a subdomain of a large hosting service
 * note: this is a subdomain of a large hosting service


 * Related domains:
 * related to cyarena.com
 * related to sikhzone.net
 * related to sikhzone.net
 * related to sikhzone.net


 * I'm not sure if the two Sikh sites related to each other or if they are associated with the other set of sites. All three sets of domains have been spammed:
 * dhangurunanak.com and sikhzone.net; IPs traceroute to India:
 * dhangurunanak.com:
 * Special:contributions/122.162.152.206
 * Special:contributions/125.23.32.170
 * Special:contributions/125.23.65.161
 * Special:contributions/125.23.69.102
 * Special:contributions/59.144.191.70
 * Special:contributions/59.144.191.80
 * Special:contributions/59.94.176.99
 * Special:contributions/61.246.80.125
 * Special:contributions/Merapyarshalimar
 * sikhzone.net:
 * Special:contributions/The coool
 * Special:contributions/59.94.176.188
 * Special:contributions/59.94.208.95


 * intaichung.com, cyarena.com, servage.net, cyarena.hi5.com -- IPs traceroute to Taiwan except 124.7.102.136, which traceroutes to India:
 * Special:contributions/124.7.102.136
 * Special:contributions/140.128.194.187
 * Special:contributions/140.128.194.71
 * Special:contributions/Kellie-pickler
 * Special:contributions/140.128.194.185
 * Special:contributions/140.128.194.79
 * This move of cyrena.com and dhangurunanak.com within an article's link list may be what caused the confusion; I think the editor was trying to increase the prominence of sikhzone.net by moving links higher on the list to the bottom.
 * -- A. B. (talk) 00:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Enough cross wiki to consider Meta? -- Herby talk thyme 08:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but only these 3 domains spammed from Taiwan: intaichung.com, cyarena.com, cyarena.hi5.com
 * -- A. B. (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * P.S. You'll want to blacklist only that one subdomain of Hi5.com, a large hosting service. -- A. B. (talk) 17:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Time for blacklisting blogspot.com, with whitelisting of specific domains?
The rule \bblogspot\.com is (currently) not on COIBot's monitorlist. Some of the sub-domains have been added via WT:WPSPAM, or have been caught by the automonitoring of COIBot (mainly because the name of the editor is the same as the name of the subdomain on blogspot.com).

Still, a linksearch on the resolved IP of blogspot.com (72.14.207.191) results in a mere 118 results (all COIBot linkreports)! Often the multiple use of the single subdomains is not a cause for blacklisting, as they may only have been used once or twice. Also, I suspect there are tens of thousands of blogspot sub-domains out there, but these are only the links that are caught because the wiki username overlaps with the domainname of the subdomain (or have been reported here). Would this cumulative behaviour warrant blacklisting of \bblogspot\.com .. here, or even on meta? --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * And see here as well -- Herby talk thyme 13:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Technically a cross-post. Relevant discussion for total blogspot.com monitoring, now this discussion appears in the COIBot linkreports.

--Dirk Beetstra T C 10:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.webdirectory.gr
Adsense pub-8986750992665343
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--Hu12 01:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.sharpbrains.com
Adsense pub-8833878034725833
 * Accounts
 * 29 November 2006 - 23 May 2007
 * 16 November 2006 - 29 November 2006
 * 28 May 2007
 * 10 July 2007
 * 25 July 2007
 * 27 October 2007
 * 28 March 2007
 * 27 March 2007
 * 2 December 2007 (some other, earlier edits appear to be unrelated)
 * 4 July 2007
 * Two accounts obviously used by the same person, obviously with a WP:COI, plus eight WP:SPA ip addresses (probably a dynamic ip). --Ronz 04:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Two accounts obviously used by the same person, obviously with a WP:COI, plus eight WP:SPA ip addresses (probably a dynamic ip). --Ronz 04:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Tamil celebrity spam



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC) --Hu12 (talk) 17:03, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Returning spammer (yes, it's SplogSpot again)

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Nov 1

http://spam.green-pc.iyogi.net http://spam.green-pc.blogspot.com http://spam.folkmusicindia.com
 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 12:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Article Inheritance
In my view, user:Vafiii is in breach of WP:COI over external links that he has added to Inheritance. Am I being too harsh? Or am I right in saying that he is spamvertising? His defence is on my talk page. --John Maynard Friedman 14:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Additions from pub-7865546952023728
Adsense pub-7865546952023728
 * http://spam.suzuki-forums.com
 * http://spam.snowmobile.com
 * http://spam.g6ownersclub.com
 * http://spam.ferrari-talk.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hu12 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Accounts
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--Hu12 17:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Dovetail Partners Inc

 * http://spam.dovetailinc.org
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IP resolves to 528 Hennepin Avenue MN, same building of DOVETAIL PARTNERS, INC--Hu12 17:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

variety pack o spam

 * http://spam.evertonfc.com
 * http://spam.aimforspain.com
 * http://spam.biomass-uk.com
 * http://spam.sparesaver.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
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 * Accounts

--Hu12 18:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.netglimse.com

 * Spammers

Returning spammer. MER-C 09:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

At it again. MER-C 11:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And blocked, BL if they come back, cheers -- Herby talk thyme 11:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.balkantravellers.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

More blogspot spam
Simple paragraphs of basic information coated with google ads, spammed to multiple articles (Credit score, Credit derivative, Credit card fraud‎, Credit default swap, Credit freeze‎,Security Freeze) from rotating IP. Added to blacklist preventively. Kuru talk  13:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)



Template help
Could someone with a little time and knowledge of templates work out why all the IP pages for deletion are being listed at a PR7 page here Category:Wikipedia_administration and get rid of them. There is a nasty little play here but WP:Beans --BozMo talk 10:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.intellectbooks.co.uk

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)\
 * Articles

Intellect books and journals →Deletion_review/Log/2007_December_6 --Hu12 (talk) 16:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * IP--Hu12 (talk) 22:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Melaniesharrison/sandbox --Hu12 (talk) 23:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

FYI
Thought a few here would be interested in Requests for adminship/A. B.. --Hu12 15:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.tetcos.com
Tetcos
 * See also - Articles for deletion/Tetcos


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 15:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Adsense SEO Spamming
Adsense pub-9758089254015021
 * http://spam. biotechbuddy.googlepages.com
 * http://spam. biotecnika.co.nr
 * http://spam. hyperlinkers.googlepages.com disabled due to violations.
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Obvious long term Self promotion for his/her Adsense sites. Excessive ads on pages. All contribution except a few are linking addditions to one or more of his sites. Cute, moving Url to the top for better positioning..--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Indian poetry spam

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

See also Articles for deletion/Obaid Azam Azmi. MER-C 12:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Still spamming. MER-C 11:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Spamming and article recreation continuing soon after AfD closed and three articles deleted. ~Matticus UC 11:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If they return, it's blacklist material. Azmi was salted, so we won't be seeing vanispamcruftisement there again. MER-C 12:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed -- Herby talk thyme 12:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Obaid Azam Azmi was reposted again today (and got salted). Requesting blacklisting. MER-C 06:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

✅--Hu12 (talk) 06:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

skin-disease-pictures.blogspot.com
Spamming from multiple IP addresses:

Articles
Herpes zoster, Athlete's foot, Mange, Candida (genus), genital wart, hemorrhoid, meningitis

Sites

 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)
 * (added to list 6 Dec)

Accounts


Han-Kwang (t) 07:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

More IPs (4 Dec 2007): More IPs (6 Dec 2007)
 * (blocked)
 * note, adsense pub-2443190406311786 --Hu12 11:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It does tend to strengthen the idea of blacklisting blogspot maybe -- Herby talk thyme 13:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * note, adsense pub-2443190406311786 --Hu12 11:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It does tend to strengthen the idea of blacklisting blogspot maybe -- Herby talk thyme 13:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * note, adsense pub-2443190406311786 --Hu12 11:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It does tend to strengthen the idea of blacklisting blogspot maybe -- Herby talk thyme 13:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Pre-emptive strike:
 * As COIBot only picks up the ones reported here, and the ones which get added with an (apparent) conflict of interest, let's monitor them all, as I expect that most are inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * As COIBot only picks up the ones reported here, and the ones which get added with an (apparent) conflict of interest, let's monitor them all, as I expect that most are inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Added a couple more IPs. It seems to be large /16 blocks; IP blocking is not feasible. Semiprotecting these articles is probably best. Han-Kwang (t) 12:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Enough I think, blacklisted & will come back & log shortly, thanks -- Herby talk thyme 13:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Seems to make a difference, but I forgot one: http://spam. wartpictures.blogspot.com/ - can you add that one too? These articles are on my watchlist, but I wonder how many other articles they spammed. If he didn't use the same IP to spam multiple articles he might stay under the radar. Han-Kwang (t) 09:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

carmun.com

 * See also - Articles for deletion/Carmun.com

Carmun.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 18:03, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Continued spamming and Carmun is not a reliable or useful source, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Public-access television
This may be a bit off-topic here. The last half of the public-access television article is a large directory of external links to various stations. It ends with about a screenfull of what appears to be indiscriminate links. The page "owner" seems to want to protect things as they are (and is a founder of one or more of the stations listed), but I haven't pushed too hard. How do other editors perceive this article with respect to various linking policies? Burlywood 21:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * From taking a quick look, that last half of the article seems to clearly fall under WP:NOT and WP:NOT per official policy. If the individual is connected with the stations then there may be a conflict of interest, and certainly WP:OWN, if there are claims of ownership being made. I think your concerns are quite valid. Seems there is much work to be done to make it more encyclopedic.--Hu12 (talk) 22:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I have followed up on Hu12's tagging, I have removed all external links, mainly per the two cited parts of the WP:NOT policy, I removed all because all seem to fail WP:EL. Any attempt at reversion is a clear policy violation, and deserves a firm (final?) warning.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 22:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * A classic Spam Event Horizon--Hu12 (talk) 00:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I notice the article in its present state is unreferenced, and one or two of the deleted links might possibly be useful as references. I'm not sure about the list of stations; if we deleted that, we should at least link to a suitable external source for such a list. DGG (talk) 04:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * External links != references. If they are needed, they can be pulled from the article history.  There is no need to link directly to the radio/tv stations, or they could e.g. be included in a list of radio stations by  (or a category), where wiki-links to the articles of the radio stations are collected.  We are not a directory.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Why does the wikilink not work? --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Dirk, I am not disagreeing, except that a usable ref can sometimes be found in something originally presented as an external link. DGG (talk) 22:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Interesting:

This IP added one external link to the document (using two edits; diff). The page linked to:


 * specific link: List of Public Access Organizations
 * specific link: List of Public Access Organizations

contains the complete list of deleted links as it was in the wikipedia article a couple of days ago. Above the page the text: Submitted by wccatv on December 6, 2007 - 9:31am.

Please e-mail us with updates to this page. Information originally appeared at Wikipedia.

User reverted, and I left a spam4im. If this persists, maybe semi-protect the page? --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Need additional opinions for spam/coi case
Adsense pub-7967368692755879


 * (uses the adsense # above)
 * Accounts
 * This was just a simple spam/coi case. I removed the links and gave the editor a uw-coi notice along with links to to WP:EL, WP:SPAM, and WP:NOT.  Then another editor got involved, reverting my link removals, questioning if they are actually spam.  I started a discussion Talk:Qualitative_research, which has only escalated, as has my initial notice User_talk:Stustu12.  See also User_talk:Stustu12 and Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. --Ronz (talk) 00:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * This was just a simple spam/coi case. I removed the links and gave the editor a uw-coi notice along with links to to WP:EL, WP:SPAM, and WP:NOT.  Then another editor got involved, reverting my link removals, questioning if they are actually spam.  I started a discussion Talk:Qualitative_research, which has only escalated, as has my initial notice User_talk:Stustu12.  See also User_talk:Stustu12 and Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. --Ronz (talk) 00:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This was just a simple spam/coi case. I removed the links and gave the editor a uw-coi notice along with links to to WP:EL, WP:SPAM, and WP:NOT.  Then another editor got involved, reverting my link removals, questioning if they are actually spam.  I started a discussion Talk:Qualitative_research, which has only escalated, as has my initial notice User_talk:Stustu12.  See also User_talk:Stustu12 and Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. --Ronz (talk) 00:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Some editors wanted me to list the times I explained what I meant by spam:
 * 19:23, 4 December 2007
 * 19:25, 4 December 2007
 * 19:39, 4 December 2007
 * 03:50, 5 December 2007
 * --Ronz (talk) 02:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've left a comment at Qualitative research. . I consider the link to be spam. DGG (talk) 20:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

FERMISH CLINICAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD and related

 * http://spam.fermish.com
 * http://spam.cro-india.com
 * http://spam.clinical-trialsindia.com
 * http://spam.ivrsdevelopment.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

www.lulu.com
Lulu (publisher) Publish, sell, connect...Any reason for these links?--Hu12 (talk) 07:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Already for a long time on COIBot' list. Just a few users:

...
 * (see coibot report)
 * (see coibot report)
 * (see coibot report)

--Dirk Beetstra T C 08:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Two more, . All the links that exist are selling product or fail WP:RS being self published..yuck--Hu12 (talk) 08:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

http://www.pokerbot-pro.com
99.231.18.247 has added the external link pokerbot-pro.com in the Computer poker players article time and again. And argues that because similar pokerbot programs are listed in the article that he/she should be able to add the spam on my talk page I'm not about to get into that type of argument or engage in a revert-war. I have informed the user of this listing. ▪◦▪ ≡ЅiREX≡Talk 18:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sites spammed
 * Spammer
 * Spammer

spam.videopopcorn.com

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Nov 1


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Still spamming. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 08:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Spamming of http://spam.artchestra.com
Artchestra LLC
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 07:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Phishing site on Gaia Online
Posting this here to have a permanent record of watching the links:



One of the pages on this site, h1.ripway.com/gaiaoline/Login.html contains a phishing site which has been added a couple of times to Gaia Online (to catch the login process).


 * 1) 2007-12-07 05:26:32: User en:89.114.112.124 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/gaiaoline/Login.html.
 * 2) 2007-12-07 04:51:08: User en:75.165.126.211 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
 * 3) 2007-12-07 00:32:08: User en:75.165.126.211 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
 * 4) 2007-12-05 14:50:43: User en:164.116.250.39 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
 * 5) 2007-12-03 15:22:10: User en:164.116.246.128 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.

--Dirk Beetstra T C 10:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Gift spam
http://spam.best-german-gifts.com http://spam.best-italian-gifts.com http://spam.successful-diet-cabbage-soup.com http://spam.all-slovenia-holidays.com
 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Juicy spam
Hi, all. If this isn't the right place for this... I'd be happy to take it where it belongs. I have been removing some spam (and leaving some spam that I wasn't sure about) from the external links section of Juicer. Now I have a user with one edit asking me why I deleted his links and left other spammy links in there (on my talk page). Could someone please check out the external links section of Juicer and give me an honest take on the links there? I'm not sure which (if any) are salvageable. If you go through the history, you should see pretty quick what has been going on. Thanks. -- Swerdnaneb 22:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I removed the links and left a note at the talk page of the IP-address. /SvNH 06:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. Nice to have a second set of eyes sometimes. -- Swerdnaneb 18:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

megadry.com
I have spotted some spamming activity on behalf of megadry.com where user Whynotthestars has been adding links to this site, as has Hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis has also removed a link to a non profit organisation that works in the same field.
 * Accounts

--Matt Beard 16:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Add to monitorlist of COIBot. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 16:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Add to monitorlist of COIBot. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 16:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * On the verge of BL here, probably should go on if they are still at it -- Herby talk thyme 16:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * (try to readd, the bot went down)
 * The link is, for as far as the bots have picked it up, only be used by the above accounts, and by an IP:
 * --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The following IP address also seems to be involved:
 * --Matt Beard (talk) 11:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * --Matt Beard (talk) 11:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * User Whynotthestars is still acting in a way that I believe is unhelpful. On 19:21, 4 December 2007 he returned to the Sleep_hyperhidrosis page and again removed a link to a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to this field. I think this may be a case of trying to reduce exposure of alternative sites to the one that he has been spamming. He earlier replaced the link to this non-profit with a spam-link to megadry and this action was regarded by Voyagerfan5761 as vandalism.
 * --Matt Beard (talk) 10:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.arc.org.uk
Arthritis Research Campaign
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

→Arthritis Research Campaign IP Registered Charity No. 207711--Hu12 (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I consider these links acceptable links to informative pages on the web site of a major non-profit, s an uninvolveded ed. who sometimes works on medical articles, I will reinsert them if they are removed. A good modest job of providing information appropriately to the encyclopedia.  The user block is about to expire, so there is no point in contesting it.  I consider it very ill-advised.  DGG (talk) 06:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * cough*, did you note the IP registered to ARC... or the user "Arcinfo" spamming arc.org.uk, LOL..--Hu12 (talk) 09:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Some points:


 * The IP account has a clear conflict of interest, the IP is registered to ARC
 * The name ArcInfo suggest also a conflict of interest, and arcinfo is active/created just shortly after the IP, suggesting that the IP-user created that account (no proof here).
 * These 2 accounts perform link-additions only.
 * The use of cite web does suggest that the editors have worked more on wikipedia, or are very fast learners.
 * There are only two links to this domain not added by these accounts, one on the page of the organisation, one added by another IP account outside of the range (interestingly, not too far away from 213.83.109.90; IP 213.42.21.156, diff, adding the same text as 213.83.109.90 and arcinfo). If the link is really that useful, then more uninvolved editors would have used it.
 * The accounts do not discuss when pointed that way, a block to remind them that their unilateral additions are considered spamming here, and to promote discussion seems appropriate, I would suggest 24/31 hours.
 * Adding a discussion to the talkpages with a reason why the links might be useful to add to the page takes just as much time as adding the link to the page yourself.
 * Or, if the links are really useful, then I would suggest that these accounts contact an appropriate wikiproject, and when the wikiproject endorses their edits, then they can add the link.
 * The account can be blocked because of the username.

You are of course free to re-insert them, if you really think they are useful, though they might serve better as a reference (that seems to have been the faith of the external link 213.42.21.156 has added as well), and there are on some of the pages already quite some external links (e.g. Osteoarthritis now contains 13, which is arguably more than 'a few'). Hope this explains our efforts here. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:26, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just to say that I agree completely with all that Dirk has said here. This is excessive placement of external links by someone who has a "conflict of interest".  I would certainly have no problem with the indefinitely blocking of the user name under the circumstances -- Herby  talk thyme 11:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Just as an extra note, we are dealing with a 'campaign' site here, not with an independent site aimed for providing information. Although the site might provide good, reliable information, it should be taken into account that campaign sites may have a promotional agenda. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Worldwide Business Research (WBR)

 * See also - Articles for deletion/Worldwide Business Research
 * See also - Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard

Worldwide Business Research TradeTech
 * bresearch.com
 * wbr.co.uk
 * iqpc.com
 * sixsigmasummit.com
 * idga.org
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Performance Systems International Inc.   --Hu12 (talk) 19:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I am a little confused here, as i can not see any substantial number of articles the accounts listed have tried to spam. DGG (talk) 06:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I see that the edits of the two IP accounts are often to External links sections, Jobance's and Jennyzhang's edits only concern external links. I would define mainly editing to insert external links 'pushing your links', which translates on wikipedia into 'spamming'.  Hope this explains.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Indian watch online site back
Cleaned funarulez.com from a number of articles. Apparently Spambot has an old variant of this site (\bfunarule\.com) - see User talk:Fun4Guy. Other editors: Jackollie (talk) 07:23, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.new-insurancetips.com http://spam.new-fishingtips.com
Adsense pub-3194289089925156


 * Spammers

6 accounts, 9 spamlink additions. There's something very fishy about this, but any attempt at an investigation comes to a dead end, which makes me think there's more spam out there. See also Suspected sock puppets/Claudia Spatar. MER-C 11:54, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Potential Investigative Tools
User A. B. has suggested I repeat an offer I made to him here, so I am reposting my original message:


 * With ref to your AN post, I have no idea if it will help but I have two possibly relevant tools I can offer.
 * One - wpW5 - will search article history and tell you when a piece of text (ie. a link) was added and who added it. It takes about 30 seconds in "quick" mode.
 * The other - lkScan - will search a user's entire contribs and compile every web link they've added to any article and put them into a sortable format.
 * Maybe these could help you figure out the whole scope of the problem? Let me know if you think they could help. Franamax (talk) 02:49, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

The tools are described a little more fully on my user page. Franamax (talk) 02:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * where can we get these tools? βcommand 02:42, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I would have to email them at the moment, renamed from exe to xxx to get past gmail. Let me know if you want copies. Franamax (talk) 02:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * sure, use the e-mail listed at the top of my userpage. βcommand 02:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Files sent direct from my gmail account. Of course, since you're in Micronesia I assume they will take 2 weeks to get there by boat:) Franamax (talk) 03:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * where did Micronesia come from? βcommand 03:32, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * TLD of your email address? Ha, maybe I sent them to someone completely different! Franamax (talk) 03:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * that is just my host not where I live :) βcommand 03:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And that is a "straight line" in the comedic sense if I ever heard one! Must - suppress - sarcastic - rejoinder ;) Franamax (talk) 03:42, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ohh, I want this. I'll shot you an e-mail request. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 20:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.wapsana.com
Adsense pub-5053626743608312 Adsense pub-8326712429072318
 * http://spam.mp3tempo.com
 * http://spam.manyaks.org
 * http://spam.30directory.com
 * http://spam.
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Adsense Reference spammer
Adsense pub-8371900312485223


 * http://spam.arthistoryarchive.com
 * http://spam.lilithgallery.com
 * http://spam.artistescanadiens.blogspot.com
 * http://spam.lilith-ezine.com
 * http://spam.feministezine.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

spams references to related Adsense pub--Hu12 (talk) 04:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.gregrian.com
Adsense pub-2259683912738534
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.microstockdiaries.com
Adsense pub-4294503212334863
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.toonopedia.com

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Nov 1


 * Spammers

Returning spam-only IP, please block. MER-C 09:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.discoverhongkong.com

 * Spammers
 * (has other contributions)
 * (has other contributions)

MER-C 09:46, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Thedietfriend
Adsense pub-5670141598159530 Adsense pub-8424308052810939
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

--Hu12 (talk) 15:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Adsense 4555642371987085
Adsense pub-4555642371987085
 * Accounts
 * Not much to this. The editor added two different links to to different articles on the same day which use the same Adsense number. --Ronz (talk) 22:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Not much to this. The editor added two different links to to different articles on the same day which use the same Adsense number. --Ronz (talk) 22:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not much to this. The editor added two different links to to different articles on the same day which use the same Adsense number. --Ronz (talk) 22:26, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.MaximisingBestPractice.co.uk
Adsense pub-2835981570956339
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 23:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.NicNitro.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

blog spam--Hu12 (talk) 05:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC) --Hu12 (talk) 18:16, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.allaboutuni.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

tao-te-king.org


Timestamp. MER-C 03:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

"tips" spam
Domains:

UserID's:
 * (Feb 2007 tipmaestro.co.uk spam - see his userpage)
 * (Feb 2007 tipmaestro.co.uk spam - see his userpage)

Timestamp. MER-C 03:22, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

famousamericans.net, Act II - Scene 3
These are all domains related to famousamericans.net, adding them here so they get monitored by lwcoibot. There have been ongoing issues concerning verbatim copying of data from this source, and the addition of links to many articles. (original report is here.


 * -- Versa geek  17:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * -- Versa geek  17:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
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 * -- Versa geek  17:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
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 * Ok, this is getting old - it's looking more and more like COI.. and there is a new sock in town: -- Versa  geek  04:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)


 * See our article on the site's owner: Stanley L. Klos as well as the talk page discussion


 * Also see this list of 241 related domains. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:18, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Well this is interesting: over 400 articles are internally linked to the Stanley L. Klos article. -- A. B. (talk) 17:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Pputter sure has been busy today..ugh--Hu12 (talk) 17:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, plus these are often added to references - or to completely the wrong guy . I hope all these are getting zapped. Johnbod (talk) 17:54, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

See this discussion: -- A. B. (talk) 18:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Administrators' noticeboard (permanent link)
 * Another Related Domain - selling books as well..
 * In addition, it has been confirmed by CheckUser, that the three named accounts (Cedarkey1, Pputter, Damslerset) on the WP:AN thread above, as well as a fourth account are related. If you look at Special:Contributions/Solknats he clearly identifies himself by first & last name, although the last name has been removed from the current version of his userpage. -- Versa  geek  21:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * In addition, it has been confirmed by CheckUser, that the three named accounts (Cedarkey1, Pputter, Damslerset) on the WP:AN thread above, as well as a fourth account are related. If you look at Special:Contributions/Solknats he clearly identifies himself by first & last name, although the last name has been removed from the current version of his userpage. -- Versa  geek  21:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


 * As far as I tested, all websites share the same IP: Special:Linksearch/66.45.34.101.
 * --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.bestbonusonlinecasino.com http://spam.allaboardcruisescorp.com

 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles

All aboard cruises corp
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 08:02, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

http://www.bollywoodpoint.com http://www.emzr.com http://www.acneclearingdevice.com
Adsense pub-6534719876029376 Adsense pub-4378535185377572
 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 08:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

pub-4481504379310642
Adsense pub-4481504379310642


 * http://spam.world-climate.net
 * http://spam.somecrazyshit.co.uk


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:21, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

pub-8043702620473460
Adsense pub-8043702620473460


 * http://spam.mypodnet.com
 * http://spam.iptvfusion.com


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:27, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Russian Sean Connery fansite
The stills on this site are copyright violations, right? Here's an example URL, an IP has been adding links to multiple articles:


 * http://sean-connery.narod.ru/foto28-15.html

GlassFET 16:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Rondee Website

 * http://spam.rondee.com

A new user has created an article Rondee which appears to be simply an advertisement for a long distance service. I placed a db-spam notice on top which he has removed 3 times, ignoring warnings. He also has two warnings on link spamming other articles with links to the website associated with this company.

Admin assistance here would be appreciated. Calltech (talk) 23:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * User Deanvesuvio now has vandalized my user page, talk page and article Conference calls with an obsene graphic. Recommend blocking user as well.  Calltech (talk) 23:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Article speedied per WP:CSD., user already blocked. Added link search above so COIbot can monitor.--Hu12 (talk) 23:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Hu12! Calltech (talk) 23:42, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

WhereIstand.com

 * Seeing this link pop up on a number of politician webpages like Eliot Spitzer and Libertarian Party (United States)‎. Anyone have any thoughts?  I've not heard of it, but from a quick look I don't know if I would consider it to be a reliable source.  Any convention on links for politician pages?Montco (talk) 01:41, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Summary; Adsense pub-1296760774484088
 * http://spam.whereistand.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Astoria, New York All additions were added by WP:SPA accounts. The site doesn't seem to be particularly well known, or connected with well known political academics or other commentators. dime a dozen adsense link--Hu12 (talk) 02:49, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.stepneyfutures.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.conexaodinheiro.com
Adsense pub-4765719238921368
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.onlinetradingconcepts.com
Adsense pub-1400581573812716
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

fxwords.com gocurrency.com forextradingllc.com

 * see

[meta case Adsense pub-4120591182248492
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.stock-charts-made-easy.com
Adsense pub-8329945757009252
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.pitrading.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.g0tweb.com
Adsense pub-5877400760600744
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 09:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.imlocal2u.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:39, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.goodnet.gr
Adsense pub-048204142803696
 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.phayemuss.wordpress.com

 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:37, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.chemistryconsulting.biz
Chemistry consulting
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.kosmosnimki.ru
Kosmosnimki
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:59, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

faq spam
Adsense pub-6900092011093899
 * http://spam.jerkyfaq.com
 * http://spam.theteafaq.com
 * http://spam.sushifaq.com
 * http://spam.sushiotaku.blogspot.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

All related--Hu12 (talk) 20:18, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Related domains:
 * http://www.theransoms.us
 * http://www.ransom.us
 * http://www.ransoms.us
 * http://www.sushicenter.com
 * http://www.allfaqs.com
 * http://www.webwidegoods.com
 * -- A. B. (talk) 06:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.allfaqs.com
 * http://www.webwidegoods.com
 * -- A. B. (talk) 06:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * http://www.webwidegoods.com
 * -- A. B. (talk) 06:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk) 06:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.dslforum.org

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

→"I chair the Marketing Committee of the DSL Forum. I'm currently editing the DSL Forum page paint a more complete picture" --Hu12 (talk) 23:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

External links added, removed, added again
I am brand new to editing just started looking at updating the Neuroblastoma article a few days ago. I checked the history and saw that a few inappropriate links have been repeatedly added and removed only to be added again. Looks like different users/IP have been adding these links. The links are to Alex Lemonade Stand which is a non-profit to raise money for pediatric cancer research, but has no information about neuroblastoma, and the other is Post Pals which encourages messages sent to sick children, also with no information about neuroblastoma. Another one is called Loneliest Hour which does have some basic information aimed at parents of newly diagnosed children.

I first posted this to Arcadian's talk page since I saw that he had removed the links also, and he encouraged me to report it here since the removed links keep reappearing.

I added a link to a series of videos presented by neuroblastoma researchers. This conference is hosted by a non-profit that also raises money specifically for neuroblastoma, and the 2007 videos are forthcoming. Is this link appropriate? 2005 Chicago Neuroblastoma Conference Arcadian recommended I get more outside opinions on this.

Thank you!DMLudwinski (talk) 23:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

AtTask, Inc.
Article @task speedied four times as spam WP:CSD Article AtTask speedied four times as spam WP:CSD, Plus 2 AFD's Articles_for_deletion/AtTask and Articles for deletion/AtTask (2nd nomination) ArticleAtTask, Inc. speedied as spam and WP:CSD
 * attask.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Nate Bowler, chief technology officer for AtTask AtTask, Inc. CEO  UT corp location        --Hu12 (talk) 02:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Vpdjuric Recreated @task within hours of Articles for deletion/AtTask (2nd nomination)--Hu12 (talk) 20:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * AtTask, Inc. recreated again.--Hu12 (talk) 00:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * More attempts to un-salt. Declined rfpp --Hu12 (talk) 18:27, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I blacklisted the domain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

bollywoodworld spam
Adsense pub-8760512791838786
 * http://spam.bollywoodworld.com
 * http://spam.bollywoodworld.ca
 * http://spam.bollywoodtalk.com
 * http://spam.bwforums.com
 * http://spam.bollywoodmail.com
 * http://spam.bollywoodstars.com
 * http://spam.bollywoodmusic.com
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts
 * Spam accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * . --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:05, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

--Hu12 (talk) 05:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Reverse Mortgage Loans USA
Adsense pub-6238638520283206
 * http://spam.reversemortgageloansusa.net
 * http://spam.bestreversemortgage.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(Reverse Mortgage Loans USA) --Hu12 (talk) 02:53, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

blog.com.uy
is http://blog.com.uy of any use to the project? --Hu12 (talk) 03:19, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

spam.satanicambience.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 07:56, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Crosswiki, see COIBot link-report. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Blacklisting requested, thanks. MER-C 11:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.accion.org
Accion International
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 11:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Planet X Fiction
Not sure if this is the right place, but http://www.planetxfiction.com probably needs to be added to the spam filter thing that stops their links being added. They're undertaking a viral marketing campaign using Wikipedia. See, Articles for deletion/Cade's war and the contribs of for more details. Hiding T 18:07, 14 December 2007 (UTC)





Let us monitor that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 22:59, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Peruvian handicraft website
Persistent link spammer.
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Jackollie (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * one more - Jackollie (talk) 05:18, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

videos.blogspot.com
Adsense 5355970392917977
 * http://spam.botox-videos.blogspot.com
 * http://spam.brachytherapy-videos.blogspot.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:54, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

carolinahomerates.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 02:52, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.u-publish.com http://spam.unlimitedpublishing.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:18, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

pagalkhana.com
Adsense pub-1943195371466965
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Blatent promotion. Link vandalism, changing valid links to pagalkhana.com, moving pagalkhana.com to the top of EL's, and spamming of course. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 09:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam. cafepellicola.com
Reported by Videmus Omnia Talk  17:20, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Account
 * Account


 * Cleaned. Found a few more sock accounts.
 * http://spam. pellicola.wordpress.com

--Hu12 (talk) 19:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Blog spam has been BL'd.--Hu12 (talk) 19:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

homeswithcharacter.net
Added by to 6 articles today. Jackollie (talk) 00:37, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * http://homeswithcharacter.net/

http://spam.iitm.ac.in

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

diytraders.com

 * Accounts:


 * Spammed domains:
 * http://www.diytraders.com
 * http://rsi-trader.blogspot.com
 * http://macd-trader.blogspot.com
 * http://setapak.connecton9.com
 * http://macd-trader.blogspot.com
 * http://setapak.connecton9.com
 * http://setapak.connecton9.com


 * Related domains
 * http://dmi-trader.blogspot.com
 * http://excelstock.googlepages.com
 * http://macd-max.blogspot.com
 * http://macd-max.blogspot.com
 * http://macd-max.blogspot.com

Google Adsense ID: 8514024326555648 -- A. B. (talk) 04:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.kabylia.info

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:55, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

foodreference.com
foodreference.com is an adsense (pub-2708377307028180) site with additional promotional material on the margins that is linked to about 40 articles. I have not determined that there is an organized effort to add links to the site. Some have been good-faith additions. My rule of thumb is to remove links to recipes on the basis of Wikipedia is not a how-to or link repository. Some of the site's pages are not recipes but provide so little content as to be unhelpful. Perhaps others want to look through the list of links:



I am putting it on my list of things that need work, but likely will not get to it for several weeks. ✤ JonHarder talk 17:38, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * at least one of them checked is relevant--, ( "Article contributed by Hrayr Berberoglu, a Professor Emeritus of Hospitality and Tourism Management specializing in Food and Beverage. " and .  I agree with Jon that they probably should be removed selectively, not automatically. I agree too about removing links to recipes--there would be hundreds in most cases, thousands in some.   DGG (talk) 19:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Boon Software
Article Boon Software‎ deleted three times. WP:CSD, WP:CSD and Articles for deletion/Boon Software Article Boon software speedied twice as WP:CSD and WP:CSD
 * http://spam.boonsoftware.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

'tis the season for referral spam
User T3nk1r added his spam to an article, and user JoeLevel created three "free xbox" redirects to that article, then added the same referral spam to an additional article.

I tagged the redirects db-spam, but the tag was removed as the redirects aren't themselves "blatant spam".. I'm fairly certain however, that they will lead to further referral spamming on the target article.


 * ( substring: /index.php?ref=4449423/ ) -- Versa geek  15:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Appears to have been going on for some time with multiple referers.
 * Free xbox
 * Free xbox 360 elite deleted 4 times as spam redirect
 * Free xbox 360 deleted 3 times as spam redirect
 * 3604free.com ( substring: index.php?ref=3821908 )
 * freewebs.com/xbox360elitefree
 * Accounts
 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ive blacklisted the three offending links and salted the three spam redirects.--Hu12 (talk) 16:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ive blacklisted the three offending links and salted the three spam redirects.--Hu12 (talk) 16:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ive blacklisted the three offending links and salted the three spam redirects.--Hu12 (talk) 16:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.sequence-inc.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:34, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

some shared IP's --Hu12 (talk) 19:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.tradefoxinc.com http://spam.freshmicrosites.com
Adsense pub-2089213079494732

--Hu12 (talk) 19:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

More --Hu12 (talk) 21:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

PHSDL recommendations to WikiPedia Spam Project
I disagree that linking to ODP and Yahoo is a solution, because many Website in ODP are not up to date, and erroniously reperesnt the categoru. One solution is to statrt making exclussion domains list. Okay a domain is put in WikiPedia and is deleted 3 times it goes into an WikiPedia SBL and cannot be added to WikiPedia. We have to take cuation not to add domains that are still in WikiPedia but added to a new article and have been removed from that article for what ever reason, but not for Spamming. The reason using ODP and Yahoo is no good, because it is not Authoritative, we are not a search engine, but human editors, who check the domain notability to the article at hand. From my experince with devloping and administrating PHSDL, customized SBL list is the best solution, avoiding false positives. Igor Berger (talk) 09:18, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I also think that once the Black Hat SEOs know WikiPedia has a SBL, and we broadcast that SBL, they will not want to Spam us! Do you think any Webmaster wants their domain on WikiPedia Spam list..:) Three strikes and you are a Spammer, should deter them! Igor Berger (talk) 09:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

easy-forex.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

also violated User_page and not a free web host, by attempting to create a preferred version of an article on User:Forex-forex of Foreign exchange market. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 21:16, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * cross wiki; ar.wikipedia.org by 196.217.195.230, fr.wikipedia.org 196.217.124.96, fr.wikipedia.org by 196.217.152.228 --Hu12 (talk) 21:39, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Now is using freewebs to place redirect spam freewebs.com/tradeforeignexchange --Hu12 (talk) 22:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * forex.delijaworld.com

--Hu12 (talk) 00:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

How to search for https:// (s) additions?
I've seen a few of the "secure", http(s) additions such as this. these arent searchable Are they?--Hu12 (talk) 04:36, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * De.wikipedia's linksearch says "Unterstützte Protokolle: http://, https://, ftp://, irc://, gopher://, telnet://, nntp://, worldwind://, mailto:, news:" (translation: "Supported protocols: http://, https://, ftp://, irc://, gopher://, telnet://, nntp://, worldwind://, mailto:, news:"). So I guess it works.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:56, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I cant seem to get it to work through our linksearch..hmm.--Hu12 (talk) 18:47, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

122.162.240.122
Can someone take a look at the edits of ? He's adding lots of links to the same website. Some seem relevant and perhaps useful, but it certainly comes across as spamming. Thanks. Deli nk (talk) 14:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Do I see it correctly that all links are to indlaw.com?
 * Let's monitor. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 17:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Let's monitor. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 17:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.indlaw.com
 * Spam sock accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)


 * He returned as and added a few dozen more of the same links.  Deli nk (talk) 13:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm inclined to think this may be one for blacklisting. It would be best to get a block on an ip while they are doing this sort of thing but if we can't manage that BL seems the way to go? -- Herby  talk thyme 13:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

city-data.com
After I deleted a link to a city-data.com sub-page as spam, a user posted this on my talk page. There are currently six WP articles on cities linking to various sub-pages of the site. There are six articles linking to city-data.com and 2,487 articles linking to www.city-data.com. The pages look a little heavy on ads to me, as well as being questionable as sources. I would welcome other opinions on the links. -- Donald Albury 00:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

spine-health.com
Adsense pub-3888670211120059
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Requesting BL--Hu12 (talk) 06:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Nystul spamming external links, http://spam.travelmalaysiaguide.com
User:Nystul has been adding travelmalaysiaguide.com/ to various pages multiple of times after removal of such link and warning. Despite many warnings and removals, he continues to add those link. Is there a harsher way to deal with him? Furthermore, his contributions are limited to *drumroll please* editing only the external link section. Judging by his user page, he might actually be the developer of that site and thus, Conflict of interest violation, on top of spamming. __earth (Talk) 03:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Spammers

Give a uw-spam4im on next spam incident, then report to WP:AIV if he continues. MER-C 07:27, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.bigfiletv.com
Adsense pub-3392450786888421
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.christianthomaskohl.googlepages.com http://spam.ctkohl.googlepages.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:32, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

more boring spam
This fellow added the israel-laad.org links originally and later blanked his "welcomespam" message.

This user seems intent on undoing removals:

The sites involved:

I took the opportunity to clean up a few charity linkfarms.. -- Versa geek  15:40, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Google's new knol project
It would be good to think about how to handle knol links before editors start adding them. I've started a discussion to get editors' opinions: Your inputs there are welcome. -- A. B. (talk) 17:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Village pump (policy)

WebRidesTV

 * See also →Articles for deletion/WebRidesTV

Article WebRidesTV‎ speedied once as spam WP:CSD Article Webridestv speedied four times as WP:CSD WebRidesTV.com
 * http://spam.webridestv.com


 * http://spam.thefamousgroup.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * added one more--Hu12 (talk) 02:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Continued promotion - --Hu12 (talk) 02:35, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Centaur Media PLC spam
Adsense pub-0419480583679135
 * http://spam.centaur.co.uk


 * http://spam.centaur-holdings.net


 * http://spam.centaurholdings.net


 * http://spam.theengineer.co.uk


 * http://spam.theengineerjobs.co.uk (redirect site)


 * http://spam.nma.co.uk


 * http://spam.designweek.co.uk


 * http://spam.brandstrategy.co.uk


 * http://spam.homebuilding.co.uk


 * http://spam.mortgagestrategy.co.uk


 * http://spam.mwponline.com


 * http://spam.publicprivatefinance.com
 * Articles
 * Articles

The Engineer (magazine) Lawtel Design Week Marketing Week New Media Age
 * Accounts

→Centaur Communications   →Centaur Communications     Found 98 edits within 213.52.161.96-127 / 87.236.253.96-127(Centaur Communications) --Hu12 (talk) 17:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * of the publications, I am only familiar with The Engineer; Founded in 1856, and a major industry publication ever since, and an invaluable historical resource. DGG (talk) 06:21, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * These types of links are the Succubus of Spam and promotion, made to seduce us in spite of the obvious abuse, by alluring us with unearthly relevance in order to draw clicks and traffic to sustain themselves and steal Wikipedias soul. --Hu12 (talk) 07:38, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If we are to talk in vague analogies I remind you that succubi are mythical, though the witch-hunters thought otherwise. DGG (talk) 03:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

cut-the-knot.org
cut-the-knot Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2006_Archive_Dec Articles for deletion/Cut-the-knot Adsense pub-9118218894256794
 * http://spam.cut-the-knot.org
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I suspect that of the total 382 existing links, if we subtract the above accounts additions there would aproxamately be less than 30 legitamate article space additions. This has been going on since 2003--Hu12 (talk) 02:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment at the AfD from uninvolved experienced editor :"Strong keep. This is a fairly well know and long running mathematical website which has a useful focus for educational mathematics. Its referenced from about 30 wikipedia pages, it has 250,000 google hits (search for cut-the-knot.com not .org). It won a Scientific American Web Award in 2003. --Salix alba, "echoed by other experienced subject editors. .-- result was a Speedy keep--nom. withdrawn.
 * Therefore this should not go on any blacklist, and links should be removed only by editors with experience in the subject who can judge them individually--that was the consensus here a year ago & it remains the case today. A sample of the above links shows that none of them are recently added. the math people should be asked to take another look, and perhaps annotate the talk pages to show they've been reviewed responsibly to avoid questions in the future, but I dont see that anything else is necessary.  Or is there still activity from AB?   DGG (talk) 06:17, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No major recent activity to warent a blacklisting IMHO, however as I mentioned there were only a handful of legit additions. Went through them all, and think I counted four or five established editors and two ip's unassociated with the above adding in good faith. I think 3 links are use as used as references. Those IP's represent spam only additions, and its obviously Alex or a limited few meatpuppets. I do believe all the contributions by the above IPs should be removed and perhaps replaced with a "See also" link to the wiki page cut-the-knot. I am not closed to blacklisting being discussed or an option, due to the shear magnitude of a WP:SPAMHOLE Alex created all over the project. I believe his last statement under his account was.. "I just do not have more time to spend on justifying myself to an anonymous and likely an incompetent crowd." --Hu12 (talk) 06:55, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 * the math editors seem to so far not have agreed with you that these links are as useless as you think they are. Math articles are usually watched quite carefully by experts. DGG (talk) 03:08, 19 December 2007 (UTC)