Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Dec 1

http://www.katcookiepower.blogspot.com
This account keeps adding links to the above site - the personal website of a non notable Big Brother contestant. Has been warned not to do this on several occasions, but persists. TheRetroGuy (talk) 16:24, 30 November



Tracking link. Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT C on public computers) 19:48, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Wii HomeBreWare

 * Accounts

Both users are new to WP and are both posting links to their own ad-related page for a new commercial product called Wii HomeBreWare. They are constantly reverting and editing each others text to change the links to their own click-thru pages. Dozens of reverts in a row over the past few days on multiple articles, Wii homebrew, List of Wii modchips, and WiiWare. I've cleaned up text and removed ad-links, but the two keep reverting them back. I've left notices on their talk pages, but users continue. Taraff1 blanked his talk page to remove my warning. Administrative support would be appreciated. Rurik (talk) 18:54, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * For reference, here's the sites they are edit warring over adding:
 * Taraff1: http://nintendo-wii-homebrew-unlock-hack.blogspot.com
 * Alex378: http://homebreware.blogspot.com/
 * Both are blogspot sites that provide links (in some cases commercial links) to other sites. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:12, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Additional user accounts
 * The user Taraff1 was blocked earlier today for edit warring, and this anon then began adding the same content to the same articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:32, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: The IP has now also been blocked. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Barek, thank you for your assistance. I've rarely had the need to run through official channels for these things, but I've learned from your process. Rurik (talk) 01:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Barek, thank you for your assistance. I've rarely had the need to run through official channels for these things, but I've learned from your process. Rurik (talk) 01:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)



Insert tracking links. Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT C on public computers) 19:47, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

California Newsreel
While on RC patrolling, I noticed an edit to the Corbin, Kentucky article. Diff The IP user added an external link, as seen in the diff. When I found out that the IP belonged to California Newsreel, the producer of the film mentioned in the external link, I issued a warning. I also noticed that the user added links to other articles. Should I issue further warnings or should this be reported to WP:AIV? Willking1979 (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.zawya.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Commers
All edits by new user have been to add or edit links to one website, of borderline merit. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 20:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have engaged this user in discussion on their talk page. Hopefully I will get a response. Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 20:56, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Persistent article spammer

 * Account:


 * Articles:
 * Beaproducts.com
 * Corrugatedboxesusa.com -- deleted twice
 * Industrialsolutions.net
 * Polybagsonline.com
 * Tesaproducts.com
 * Thermallabelpros.com

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Domains:
 * http://tesaproducts.com
 * http://www.polybagsonline.com
 * http://www.industrialsolutions.net
 * http://www.beaproducts.com
 * http://www.thermallabelpros.com
 * http://www.corrugatedboxesusa.com
 * http://www.beaproducts.com
 * http://www.thermallabelpros.com
 * http://www.corrugatedboxesusa.com
 * http://www.corrugatedboxesusa.com
 * http://www.corrugatedboxesusa.com

http://spam.cbrates.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:00, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.almeria-classifieds.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:47, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.northernstars.ca

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive May 1
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Sep 2


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammer moved links up.
 * Spammer moved links up.
 * Spammer moved links up.



Third time caught, already on XLinkBot - what do we do? MER-C 11:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * This is a cross-wiki case, but I see only a few obvious spammers, and none of them cross-wiki ..
 * 123 records; Top 10 wikis where northernstars.ca has been added: en.wikipedia (112), fr.wikipedia (2), ja.wikipedia (1), sh.wikipedia (1), pt.wikipedia (1), hu.wikipedia (1), sk.wikipedia (1), es.wikipedia (1), da.wikipedia (1), ro.wikipedia (1)
 * Seen the persistence, blacklist it here (or does it have any use anywhere, and consider meta?)? --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.myeggnest.com http://spam.myeggnests50cartoons.ning.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.girlswallpaper.net

 * Spammers

, but that hasn't stopped them... MER-C 11:57, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:19, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

plasticsurgery.com

 * Links added:
 * 5 links left in article space
 * 5 links left in article space


 * 1 link in article space
 * 1 link in article space
 * 1 link in article space
 * 1 link in article space
 * 1 link in article space




 * Related domains:
 * 1 link in article space
 * 1 link in article space




 * Account:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:54, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Now monitored by XLinkBot. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:59, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Informationtennis.com
A website created by a marketing agency unrelated to any official tennis organization. Provides extremely limited and outdated information. Despite being informed and discussed with, has been repeatedly adding this link to tennis related articles. I also suspect from my previous conversations with the user that he might be related with another user who was similarly informed of this spam link. Links to earlier discussions: 1, 2. LeaveSleaves talk 02:54, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

The user continues to insert the said link despite being repeatedly warned against it. LeaveSleaves talk 00:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 22:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

http://www.claverton-energy.com


Added linksummary. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:29, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Fadulj / Jose Fadul
Please see the associated SSP report - crossposting here. Suspected_sock_puppets/Fadulj -Freqsh0 (talk) 14:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)



Links:
 * http://spam.josefadul.cgpublisher.com/
 * http://spam.stores.lulu.com/fadulj
 * http://spam.id.sito.org/jaf/
 * http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/segads?idonly=jaf
 * http://spam.id.sito.org/jaf/
 * http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/segads?idonly=jaf
 * http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/segads?idonly=jaf

Email addresses are mentioned in the checkuser, I did not find any additions of those, so I will not reproduce them here. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:42, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

www.willpearson.co.uk
Added linksummary template. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:29, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * See also Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam, same user

User:Jcardinal



 * Links
 * His edits have consisted solely of adding these external links, and he's been warned on five separate occasions about his editing. It has also been pointed out to him that the first three domains are registered by Jason Cardinal.
 * I think the account needs to be blocked and the first three domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * His edits have consisted solely of adding these external links, and he's been warned on five separate occasions about his editing. It has also been pointed out to him that the first three domains are registered by Jason Cardinal.
 * I think the account needs to be blocked and the first three domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * His edits have consisted solely of adding these external links, and he's been warned on five separate occasions about his editing. It has also been pointed out to him that the first three domains are registered by Jason Cardinal.
 * I think the account needs to be blocked and the first three domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 18:19, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I indeffed the account seen the warnings on his talkpage, and have put the links on XLinkBot. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 18:45, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

http://sss.newfiction.com/

 * Links


 * Accounts

The above WP:SPA accounts have been adding the link to Audiobook, despite removal and warnings from multiple editors. The user involved changes every 2-3 days when a new account is created, resulting in a slow-motion edit war. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:15, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

http://sss.TheAllInclusiveList.com

 * Links


 * Accounts


 * Google ad-sense
 * ca-pub-5076035741594225

IP adding link to an on-line directory / portal to a vacation reservation system. The user has been warned by multiple editors, but continues to re-add it. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 06:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

http://www. AnonTalk .com
Apologies if I do this wrong - I've never reported here before:

I've just received virtually identical spam messages about a talk website on my talk page from two different anon IPs:
 * 
 * 

The latter message seems to indicate they're coming from a blocked user, User:AnonTalk (surprise, surprise). Grutness...wha?  11:24, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This domain was globally blacklisted a long time ago and the non-live form added to $wgSpamRegex. Yet it's still quite easy to circumvent both blacklists. I don't think we can do anything more here until the abuse filter comes along. MER-C 12:38, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Faith community chuch
The church article reads like an ad. Willking1979 (talk) 16:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Update:Article tagged for speedy by another editor. Willking1979 (talk) 16:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

spam.lordoftheweb.info
Numerous closely related IPs have been adding this link to a blog commentary on Ghajini (2008 film) and Vaaranam Aayiram. Can we get this on XLinkBot? THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 06:16, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Accounts:



Stay247.fr
Whilst only 1 edit so far, you can take a guess what all their edits intend to be. Michellecrisp (talk) 03:42, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * User blocked through WP:UAA. -Unpopular Opinion (talk · contribs) 06:21, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Perugia Shock/Justice for Meredith blogs
Users continue to add text sourced to a blog to Murder of Meredith Kercher even though it fails all relevant sections of WP:EL and WP:RS. Only one individual has been adding this site and has been warned several times. Perugia Shock, a previously blacklisted blog, and Justice for Meredith collaborate with each other in their posts impuning Amanda Knox and accusing both her and her boyfriend of murdering Meredith Kercher.

http://www.truejustice.org/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.48.159 (talk) 00:45, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Hollywoodnorthreport
Username is hollywoodnorthreport, he has inserted dozens of links to hollywoodnorthreport.com throughout wikipedia, also appears to be vigorously promoting his "Synthetic Entertainment" company and his band.


 * (sockpuppet)
 * (sockpuppet)

Articles linking to his hollywoodnorthreport.com website currently:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=%2A.hollywoodnorthreport.com

Articles he has added his band articles to (via WhatLinksHere:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Left_Spine_Down&limit=500
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Jeremy_Inkel
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Jared_Slingerland
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Synthetic_Entertainment
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Smartbomb_EP

Created the following pages:
 * (specifies founder as Mark Sommer)
 * (deleted due to non-notability)
 * (specifies founder as Mark Sommer)
 * (deleted due to non-notability)
 * (deleted due to non-notability)
 * (deleted due to non-notability)

Diffs of repeated spamming: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Note on his user page User_talk:Hollywoodnorthreport:
 * "It`s funny even though stating what I like to edit pages about and all the hard work I do on pages with almost 500 pages edits......I still get people who want to start a false witch hunt. Instead of false witch hunting spend some time editing WIKI and helping the community instead of trying to tear it apart..... Cheers Mike aka Hollywoodnorthreport (talk) 01:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)"

He notes on his talk page that he is "just a fan" of hollywood north report and not affiliated, and signs his name "Mike". But, this is a fairly weak attempt. WHOIS info for hollywoodnorthreport.com:

Administrative Contact:
 * SYNTHETIC ENTERTAINMENT         nonamenow at shaw.ca
 * MARK, MARK
 * PO Box 2464 station terminal
 * Vancouver, BC V6B5R8
 * CA
 * 6044541937 Fax: 9999999999

whois for leftspinedown.com:

Administrative Contact:
 * Synthetic Entertainment         vonsommer at gmail.com
 * Sommer, Mark
 * 1200 West Georgia
 * Vancouver, BC V6E4R2
 * CA
 * 6044541937 Fax:

A quick look at the staff list on hollywoodnorthrepot.com says the site owner is, indeed "Mark Sommer"

Blatant self-promo in his Left Spine Down article:
 * "The band is personally managed by Mark Sommer of Synthetic Entertainment; one of Western Canada’s leading industrial/ebm/goth rock booking agents and concert promoters."

He was once warned for spamming hollywood north on his talk page, somehow escaped conviction:
 * "This is your only warning. The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Hollywood North, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their   websites from appearing on Wikipedia and other sites that use the MediaWiki spam blacklist at all. DarkSaber2k 08:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)"
 * "hello I got this warning. This was not a spam link. When this page was recreated or combined or changed a while go......the external link for HollywoodNorthReport.com was taken out. Which is odd as the website   offers daily news on the CANADIAN FILM AND TV industry. I am a heavy user of the site and use the MESSAGE BOARDS of the site hourly for updates on filming, etc."
 * "Thoughts?"
 * "OK, ignore the warning, I was doing a couple of thing at once, just saw your name and that you had added the link to that article and jumped to the wrong conclusion. No harm meant! DarkSaber2k 09:31, 3 July 2007   (UTC)"
 * "OK thanks I re-edited that page!"
 * "Cheers!--Hollywoodnorthreport 08:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)"

Report by Spamicide (talk) 23:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


 * who are you? why are you are making all these things up? and for what reason? jealousy? where did you come from?
 * a new user created with 1 goal in mind to destroy someones work? and slander them?
 * why dont you add something to WIKI?
 * have you seen how many pages I have created? and the work I have done? what about you? ZERO?
 * and last but not least yes my name is Mike....do you have a problem with that?
 * THIS IS MALICIOUS!!! go away —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollywoodnorthreport (talk • contribs) 09:57, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


 * also why dont you actually do this properly and LIST all my pages created? you make it seem like I have created a few pages all regarding a few bands/musicians....that is false. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollywoodnorthreport (talk • contribs) 10:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


 * also you stated 16:40, December 7, 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Hollywoodnorthreport ‎ (→Spamming hollywoodnorthreport.com and Synthetic Entertainment: upgrading to final warning after finding evidence that this user has been warned dozens of times)
 * that is incorrect.......I was warned 1 time and it was incorrect. How does that equate to dozens? Hollywoodnorthreport (talk) 10:23, 8 December 2008
 * Listen, Mark. Your reaction is very typical of a spammer. We actually joke about it: WP:GRIEF. Cut the crap, playing dumb will get you nowhere. You are Mark Sommer, operator of hollywoodnorthreport.com, owner of Synthetic Entertainment. This is EASILY provable via the information demonstrated above. No doubt, you have absolutely contributed many legitimate edits to Wikipedia. However, you have shamelessly promoted yourself, your band, and your websites despite many reverts and warnings. You are foolish to pretend that you are merely an interested third party. Now, we are generally a forgiving bunch. This would be a good time for you to admit that the above information is correct, and to agree to stop linkspam to hollywoodnorthreport.com, and to refrain from making any edits relating to Synthetic Entertainment or Left Spine Down as per WP:CONFLICT. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a forum for advertising or self-promotion, or a vanity press. Your other option is to continue denying these facts, and face administrative action. Consider the tip offered in WP:GRIEF:
 * "Since everyone knows who you are (because of your persistent attempts to link to your own company), you may wish to preserve a modicum of dignity by moving straight to the acceptance stage on your own. You can save a great deal of face by simply accepting that your link will never be appropriate here, acknowledging your initial confusion, and moving on with your life. Posting requests on policy pages or noticeboards will only embarrass you, whether you realize it or not."
 * So, it's up to you how we proceed! Take care! Spamicide (talk) 12:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.seemile.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

IP:75.71.192.230



 * Links
 * The first two sites are advertisements for the third site. Looks like they're all run by the same person, hosted on the same server.
 * The only edits from this account have been to add these links to Vundo. I think the account needs to be blocked and the domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 02:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The first two sites are advertisements for the third site. Looks like they're all run by the same person, hosted on the same server.
 * The only edits from this account have been to add these links to Vundo. I think the account needs to be blocked and the domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 02:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The only edits from this account have been to add these links to Vundo. I think the account needs to be blocked and the domains blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 02:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

spam.longislandexchange.com




User continues to link to the above website. User has a particular penchant for various types of portalspam and forum websites as noted below.


 * Wellington, Florida -
 * Shenandoah Valley -
 * 1031 exchange -
 * Babylon (village), New York -
 * Las Vegas, Nevada -
 * Court dress -

Admittedly, many of the diffs are extremely dated, but I provided for context on the user's activities. TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 02:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Citation spamming of http://spam.ingenia.org.uk

 * Users

The majority of the above user's edits consist of adding, in some form or other, links to the above website. Can someone unwind this one - I don't have the time or patience to conduct a long spam investigation or the fun that follows as a result. MER-C 12:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Indeed. I just started reverting at least the ones in the external links sections, and told the user that I have a problem with his/her additions (not because of the content, but because of the way). I have also invited him/her here, I hope that they will discuss this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:46, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I am expanding on the references, in this edit a reference is added to the sentence "Of these bases, only Rothera and Halley are manned throughout the year". Rothera is in that article only mentioned at the top image (which is about ice cliffs near Rothera), and as far as I read the text, for Halley only is mentioned that it is difficult to reach in winter, so only supplies are brought in summer. So I don't think the reference covers the sentence. Total cleanup? --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:55, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * There are a few additions such as or  which aren't particularly detrimental. LeaveSleaves talk 13:07, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, you have been concerned by some of my edits and I understand why. I am not a spammer, however, and have not been linking anything to a site for advertising purposes. I believe the references/links should be interpreted as a useful addition to what are largely complicated engineering topics that many people will not understand. I accept that my use of references/external links has not always been appropriate for some articles and I will cease activity for now while I iron out how best it can be done (I am relatively new to Wikipedia). Before you revert all external links created I would appreciate it if you could at least check them first for the validity - some link to a profile of an engineer (for example Professor James Dooge), which will unquestionably be of use to those doing research. Thank you.User:AcademyAD —Preceding undated comment was added at 13:09, 9 December 2008 (UTC).


 * I hope this is resolved, user is discussing. Addition to the above, re "which will unquestionably be of use to those doing research", that's why we have talkpages, to suggest these, we don't need them in the external links.  Also, if you have 10 minutes to suggest research to others, then you also had 10 minutes to actually improve 1 or 2 pages yourself with adding the references, which is more helpful.  I'll leave it to regulars and wikiprojects now.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:36, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

lamborghiniaddicted.fr
This external link keeps getting re-added to Lamborghini pages by anons.


 * Sites


 * Articles

swa q  19:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * XWiki case, see m:User:COIBot/XWiki/lamborghiniaddicted.fr. If this persists I would suggest meta blacklisting.  Here now on XLinkBot to see if that helps in getting the message through.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

venuszine.com
was back adding spam links to this barely notable zine again. A link search shows it smattered through a bunch of articles in addition to the ones they added, which I'm now removing. --Blowdart | talk 22:24, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

mynorthwest.com

 * Site


 * Account

Reported by Kelly  hi! 23:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

eyerevolution.co.uk

 * Site

If you view www.eyerevolution.co.uk you will see the company is owned by a Beth Menzies. Oh dear, COI and spamming. --Blowdart | talk 00:42, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 * See also Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam, same user

Lotus Esprit
There is some persistent re-adding of external links on Lotus Esprit. Could someone take a look at this?


 * Sites


 * Spammers

Thanks. swa q  17:11, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I should also mention there was an extensive debate about the external links early this year on the talk page. swa  q  17:31, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Another current discussion on WikiProject Automobiles. swa  q  17:09, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Anyone want to comment? swa  q  15:51, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

wallnia.com

 * Site


 * Account

Reported by Kelly  hi! 23:40, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Cleaned the few that were left. Paxse (talk) 17:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Zdfilms
Adding spam links to rainforest and Brazil-related topics. A Google search of a film mentioned by spammer indicates that California Newsreel--which I reported about a while back--distributes the film. Thanks, Willking1979 (talk) 01:54, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * UPDATE:I did revert the rest of the user's spam. Also, I may have reported California Newsreel to the COI noticeboard a while back instead of the WP:WPSPAM board as I first thought. It's been a wild, busy day for me. Willking1979 (talk) 02:20, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Linkwatchers / COIBot
We had a crash of the box where the linkwatchers are running last night, I am now repairing the tables. As repairing the tables for the linkwatchers is going to take hours (if not days) The linkwatchers are running on an alternative table for the time being (so we are saving data), but that data is unreliable (as it is a small subset). I have therefore have taken down the saving part for COIBot for the moment. I'll post again when the table has been repaired (don't worry too much, hardly any data has been lost, we only have a large gap for these couple of days). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:58, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Table is back online, I am copying the data of the last couple of days from the alternate table into the main one at the moment. All should now function normally again. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:28, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

User:124.185.159.91
. continuing to spam hotel website despite warning. Michellecrisp (talk) 03:32, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Very limited activity. I suggest that you monitor the edits and keep warning the editor. Since external link is being added to a single article, I believe the user can be reported to WP:AIV if s/he continues to spam beyond final warning. LeaveSleaves talk 05:34, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Is this about:



(I have a limited database and am to lazy to go through the edits). --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That is the link being added. Have there been any other instances of such spamming? LeaveSleaves talk 12:52, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

My main db is down (under repair), so I can't see that at the moment (I only see one edit by this account in the other db). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)



Not much extra data. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:34, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

.. drugs ..
I saw this edit, and investigated a bit:

14 records; domains on server stimulhosting.com (88.85.66.170): golden-pharmacy.com (5), viagrasale.eu (3), flex.stimulhosting.com (2), order-cialis-viagra.com (2), cheap-drugs-online.stimulhosting.com (1), generics-pharmacy.in (1).

In short, a spam server ..



All on



Maybe the server is:



I'll put 'resolve 88.85.66.170' on XLinkBot, I think it is already cleaned up. Little bit of XWiki on this server (Wikis where 88.85.66.170 has been added: en.wikipedia (12), ru.wikipedia (1), en.wikiquote (1).), probably completely useless in any case, blacklist on meta? --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:59, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

User: Stephaniehong
User account appears to be used only to post spam links to tv.com for television related articles. --TreyGeek (talk) 21:43, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Completely outside of this notice, I ran across this editor. Indef'ed due to a consistent pattern of editing; the edit that caught my eye was moving (and altering) a tv.com link to the very top of the list, above the official sites. Sorry, but no. EVula // talk // &#9775;  // 22:37, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

countries.bravejournal.com

 * -- A rotating cabal or, more likely, a dynamic IP has been inserting this link on HIV/AIDS related articles. It's a rather useless site that simply doesn't do anything. Can we add it to the blocked lits of links? -- Banj e  b oi   19:00, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Superhero Spam
article Real-life superhero has become quite the magnet for those who fancy themselves as Super Heroes. While I would not begrudge them their fantasies, I am not in favor of making the WP article a link farm for every Super Hero networkng site under the sun. One of the users has already been reported to 3RR.









TastyPoutine talk (if you dare) 19:40, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.catchopportunity.com/

 * links


 * accounts

The links are to pages to win trips - blatant commercial spam links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:09, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

link spam
Talk:Thermoelectric_cooling contains an entirely irrelevant promotion, apparently in Portuguese, for reallys.blogspot.com. The IP used to add it appears to have been used primarily for productive edits. Should I simply remove the promotion? Leave it there? Dfeuer (talk) 22:20, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I went ahead and removed it. The site was an empty blog - not sure, but possibly used for SEO purposes.  And besides, this is the English Wikipedia.  -Seidenstud (talk) 22:33, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Improper advertising?
Thermoelectric_cooling contains the sentence "Military rackmount cases developed by ECS Composites use thermoelectric cooling to keep mission critical electronic gear operating in the field." Should I remove this? Modify it so it does not include a company name? Dfeuer (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd say! I took care of it. The sentence seems worthy of inclusion, so I removed the brand name and "mission-critical" (which in many cases is simply a buzz-word).  -Seidenstud (talk) 22:30, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Is there something about thermodynamic devices that leads to spammish edits?
Thermoacoustic_refrigeration is a list of pet projects, including sponsors, grants, blah, blah, blah. Is the whole section trash, or is some of it worth salvaging? Dfeuer (talk) 22:56, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've removed some of the crud. I'm thinking there's still plenty there that shouldn't be, but I'll wait and hope someone else gives some input on that. Dfeuer (talk) 00:58, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

http://sss.obsessable.com/

 * Links


 * Accounts

SPA whose only recent edits have been to add external link to reviews on the listed wesite. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

costabrava-rentals.co.uk
COIBot says: 23 records; Editors who have added costabrava-rentals.co.uk: 83.32.238.160 (9), 88.6.93.8 (9), 88.6.89.239 (5). Links added between 2008-12-13 07:23:19 and 2008-12-16 23:44:11 -- seth (talk) 23:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

http://www.topix.com/who/matthew-macfadyen/2008/12/matthew-macfadyen-cast-in-itv-remake-of-a-passage-to-india
This site will damage your PC if you click on it. It was recently added by to an article, Emma Davies. I clicked on it to check it was not spam and had a string of code downloaded to my PC. Shortly afterwards I was presented with a bill from a company named Micro Bill Systems which claimed I had subscribed to a service. My computer then crashed and I had a blue screen of death. This has happened to my system several times today and I think this needs reporting to prevent the user concerned from causing any more damage. Please investigate. Thanks TheRetroGuy (talk) 17:59, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Wine spam from cellarer.com and frenchscout.com
I didn't want to remove the existing links if they were just going to be again readded down the road. At least one of the blocked editors says she knows how to edit:

Flowanda | Talk 02:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Artsandopinion
Resuming a campaign of links to own website (see edit history), and to own writing on other sites. Warned repeatedly (see user talk page). Virtually no edits not relating to self-promotion.

Seems impervious to policy. For example, after several links and repeated talk page explanation of WP:SPAM, offers this argument.

Also reported @ WP:AN/COI. / edg ☺ ☭ 01:00, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I have gone ahead and blocked the account for single purpose self promotion. It looks like they abided by the terms of their unblock for a while, but have gone back to unilaterally linking to their website. --Leivick (talk) 09:36, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. / edg ☺ ☭ 11:57, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: The user was blocked indefinitely on Dec 17th. On Dec 18th, a new SPA account appears whose sole edits are adding the same links to the same articles:
 * My guess is sockpuppetry, or at the very least meatpuppetry. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * My guess is sockpuppetry, or at the very least meatpuppetry. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:01, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

http://sss.price-advisor.com/

 * Links


 * Accounts

Multiple SPA accounts who are persistent in spamming a commercial link to multiple articles (commercial site is a cost comparison / shopping portal). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:11, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

tulumba.com
An online shop with links from 30+ articles, see. dougweller (talk) 19:35, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for the user that submitted this entry. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:03, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for the user that submitted this entry. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:03, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

http://links.shmoop.com/

 * Link

This one is actively being discussed at Wikipedia talk:External links, I'm reporting it here as well, as the participants of this Wikiproject may have an interest in that ongoing discussion. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:34, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

secondmarket.com

 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles

SecondMarket, Inc. SecondMarket
 * Accounts

Possibly related Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_May_1
 * zealousats.com

--Hu12 (talk) 23:40, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

ecompetitors.com

 * Articles
 * Articles

Ecompetitors
 * Accounts

User:Ecompetitors (Wikimedia Commons) --Hu12 (talk) 20:20, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

310610.com
Adsense pub-9146696350833597
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:28, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

theindicast.com

 * Articles
 * Articles

Indicast
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:49, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Reggina and www.FreeSheetPianoMusic.com
seems to pretty much exist to promote www.FreeSheetPianoMusic.com. Check the contribs and the talk page. Will do a few 'rounds' then come back a couple weeks later (and tried to take out other links that have been standing there a while). ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ (talk) 01:25, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

77.212.27.18
Frequently modifies articles that are vaguely related to metallography to include external (and interestingly internal) links to a well known metallographic supply company - user appears to be editing from a private ADSL connection User A1 (talk) 22:59, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Artsfoundation


This user has been mass-editing articles to add links to his foundation. I left a warning on his talk page but I thought I'd report it here since I'll be out of town the next few days and cant keep an eye on him as sharply as I'd like. Themfromspace (talk) 05:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that while the user is almost certainly connected to the foundation, the links added are useful, and the article on the foundation is a good addition to the encyclopedia (although it certainly needs to be sourced).- gadfium 09:00, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I can't see any serious problem with the edits either. Remember that a conflict of interest is not in itself a reason to revert edits, block anyone etc. It only becomes a problem if the edits themselves are bad. At the moment I'm working on a rewrite of the conflict of interest guidelines to clear this up - comment on the conflict of interest talkpage if you have thoughts on this. --Helenalex (talk) 09:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The added links don't comply with WP:EL as they're obviously added to promote the site; and they don't add any information to the articles that couldn't be incorporated into the articles with references. Themfromspace (talk) 09:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your interest in my edits. Yes I do work for the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and we would like to share the research we have done on the artists we have given awards to. Each artist we award and celebrate is given a profile page, containing bibliographic information, on our website. We maintain these pages through direct contact with the artist. It is not viable for us to duplicate this large amount of information on Wikipedia and keep it up to date. This is the reason I have added an external link to the specific profile page of the artist on our website. Thank you for your consideration of this, we would welcome any suggestions for improvement.21:19, 23 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artsfounation (talk • contribs)
 * Articles Arts Foundation of New Zealand Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards  See also : Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard
 * This kind of activity is considered spamming and is forbidden as Advertising and conflicts of interest by Wikipedia policies. Your contributions to wikipedia  consist mainly of adding external and internal links to artsfoundation.org.nz and is considered  WP:Spam. Looking through your contributions as a whole, they are entirely Arts Foundation of New Zealand related only. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Neutrality is an important objective at Wikipedia, please see Wikipedia is Not. In addition, the use of a username like yours violates our username policy.--Hu12 (talk) 19:04, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

onproductmanagement.wordpress.com, onproductmanagement.net - blacklist requested

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * edits have consisted only of adding external links, edit warring over them, and using deceptive edit summaries.
 * has spammed this site as well.
 * Can such a wordpress site be blacklisted? --Ronz (talk) 17:09, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Findmypast.com
Most of the 150+ external links and citations I'm removing are not to specific pages, but to a homepage requiring registration and payment. There's no indication that even accessible information from this website would meet WP:RS or even WP:EL.

Flowanda | Talk 03:36, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

ankylosingspondylitisblog.blogspot.com/ - blacklist requested

 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * indef. blocked for spamming this site.
 * obvious sock of Mrmarkymark, continuing the exact same behavior.
 * Can such a blogspot.com site be blacklisted? The bots are currently not getting all of this editors spam. --Ronz (talk) 15:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

trafficticketsolutions.ca and nytrafficticketsolutions.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * Probably need to be blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably need to be blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably need to be blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably need to be blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Probably need to be blacklisted. --Ronz (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Lean manufacturing
User:jbillh only promotes his favourite link: Links to Value-adding Lean Resources NOT Available on Wikipedia. He additionally adds claims about "consensus", "established practices" and "conversations with editors", but I see no evidence of such. I believe it not only reflects WP:COI but also serves to promote his website and even email address. A suggestion by User:AbsolutDan here was to add a link to a DMOZ directory, but that's been, ahem, taken as license to link to his own directory. I plan to start treating it as linkspam, but would appreciate any guidance (and support once the inevitable reversions start!) Thanks and a happy New Year.  Nelson50 T  14:26, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

My URL is blocked - why I am not allowed to repair my fault?
On 20 Dec my URL was blocked and all links to it were deleted. I made the fault that I added too many links to my own website. I did not know that that is not allowed. I proposed to delete my links myself but I cannot do it because there are no links anymore, logic. I run a non-commercial, educational website: realgems.org (I cannot write the complete URL because it is blocked). I never wanted to spam Wikipedia: Since JULY 08 I added links to my special pages without problem. No deletion, nothing. Now, on 20th Dec, all links were blocked. Reason: spamming. I wrote to someone from Wikipedia who is (perhaps besides others) responsible for this blockade. Finally he told me that he doesn't know how to help me. Then I wrote to a Wiki admin who added a lot of links to other websites, as I did. These links were not regarded as spam, surely because these sites are not his sites. No problem for me but he suddenly cancelled the talk. Now I don't know how to proceed now. I even offered him to become a Wiki member, re additions to various pages ("projects"). No chance. Another problem is that many of my visitors have added links to my site on various Wiki pages, from America to Asia. Their links were also deleted. I find that not very adequate because a lot of the international public (of Wikipedia) seems to be interested in my website, and I made just the fault to add too many links to my own site. Please help me so that at least their links will be re-installed. Then, as I proposed, I will become a valued Wiki supporter / editor. Is that a fair proposal? I think so.

Kind regards, Redberyl Redberyl (talk) 20:19, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The URL isn't blocked directly on Wikipedia, it's blacklisted at Spam blacklist, which is a central blacklist used by all Mediawiki projects (which Wikipedia is just one of many). The discussion and justification for this is documented at m:Talk:Spam_blacklist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:29, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Dear Barek, thanks for your quick response. But what shall I conclude from your message? What can I do? What can you do so that a well-respected website can be reached also on Wikipedia again? Redberyl (talk) 20:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
 * As it's not blacklisted here, the only way to remove the blacklist would be to address the issue at m:Talk:Spam blacklist; the only thing that could be done directly at Wikipedia would be to request whitelisting on this specific project at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist. However, I should mention that in both cases, requests by site owners are rarely granted without support from established editors. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Dear Barek, I'm very thankful for your supportive messages. O.K. I will try to put my humble request on the Wiki pages you mentioned.

Btw I cannot send an email to your address. They came back as undeliverable.

dzinkuije, Mike —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redberyl (talk • contribs) 21:13, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Conflict of interest guidelines
I'm trying to get the conflict of interest guidelines rewritten to be clearer in terms of what is allowable from people with conflicts of interest. At the moment they seem to allow most edits, but there are also several parts saying COI editing is strongly discouraged. It is not clear whether COI editing is generally unacceptable or only when it results in bad edits. I have written a proposed revision of the guidelines, but because of my own conflict of interest I really don't want to make any kind of change without consensus. Since the majority of spam seems to result from conflicts of interest, people in this project should put forward their thoughts at User talk:Helenalex/coirewrite or on the conflict of interest guidelines talkpage. --Helenalex (talk) 05:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

User:Mmp
Inserting various promotional texts and uploading non-notable images not relevant to any article. All contributions are spam. Incidentally, if anyone knows how to rename the image Image:Newlogo.jpg, to something more specific, it might save some conflicts in the future. risk (talk) 16:52, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Blocked indef and deleted. OhNo itsJamie Talk 17:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

http://sss.MyNorth.com/

 * Links


 * Accounts

WP:SPA adding links to their URL. User had also created MyNorth.com, which was speedy deleted under A7. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:09, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: appears blatant self-promotion. All articles and links added are directly related to MyNorth.com, or subdomains of it. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:13, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

leafre.com

 * Site
 * Account
 * Account

Some gaming discussion forum. Having problems with the above account, and numerous IPs, adding this link to Fabio Lanzoni. Apparently they have chosen him as their "mascot" and feel that it's vital this fact be in his Wikipedia BLP. Kelly hi! 01:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Registry Booster/Rogue Software Spam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kinginthecorner

I assume that this is an employee of Uniblue. All related links about file extensions, etc were edited to show their product page. Akira Tomosuke (talk) 10:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * User
 * Links
 * I added the UserSummary and LinkSummary tags for this report for reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Now I know what to do next time. Akira  T. 08:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I added the UserSummary and LinkSummary tags for this report for reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Now I know what to do next time. Akira  T. 08:25, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.h1bh1b.com
Adsense pub-2246104185294468 indeed.com jobroll publisher # 4561888984815355 Founder: Jinal Jhaveri
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:40, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Long term Ascender Corporation Spamming of Wikipedia

 * http://spam.ascendercorp.com
 * http://spam.ascenderfonts.com
 * http://spam.fontmarketplace.com
 * http://spam.begslist.blogspot.com
 * http://spam.FontEmbedding.com
 * http://spam.iloanmods.com
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles

Ascender Corporation
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 23:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Another new Sock account--Hu12 (talk) 23:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Learning Markets LLC learningmarkets.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:44, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Continued spamming
 * Blacklisted--Hu12 (talk) 22:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Blacklisted--Hu12 (talk) 22:14, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

optiontradingpedia.com
Adsense pub-2850904672063531
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

xpertfulfillment.com

 * Accounts:
 * Accounts:


 * of the accounts, this is the only one that hasn't added the link, but advertised the company instead.
 * These could be very well all one person. Discussions with Logistictech have gotten him to stop adding the link.  The discussions haven't gone very well though, so I thought it best to document in case of further problems. --Ronz (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * These could be very well all one person. Discussions with Logistictech have gotten him to stop adding the link.  The discussions haven't gone very well though, so I thought it best to document in case of further problems. --Ronz (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * These could be very well all one person. Discussions with Logistictech have gotten him to stop adding the link.  The discussions haven't gone very well though, so I thought it best to document in case of further problems. --Ronz (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * These could be very well all one person. Discussions with Logistictech have gotten him to stop adding the link.  The discussions haven't gone very well though, so I thought it best to document in case of further problems. --Ronz (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * These could be very well all one person. Discussions with Logistictech have gotten him to stop adding the link.  The discussions haven't gone very well though, so I thought it best to document in case of further problems. --Ronz (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

related adsense spamming
Adsense pub-4539707308907169
 * http://spam.anguilla.tv
 * http://spam.bantayan.info
 * http://spam.goa-kerala.com
 * http://spam.majorca.info
 * http://spam.majorca.tv
 * http://spam.mindoro.ph
 * http://spam.palawan.ph
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:53, 31 December 2008 (UTC)