Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Mar 1

Culture nut - gtj.org.uk


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 * about 120 link additions over the last 2 weeks. Not sure if this is what we want.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There is another user who added quite some of these links (User:Jeremy Bolwell), but who also contributed a lot of content. These edits by Jeremy Bolwell seem more appropriate than those of the three accounts listed above.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 14:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've reverted a bunch of additions from Culturenut and the IP. The site itself is probably a great resource (it's even listed on Welsh_Wikipedians'_notice_board as a resource), but in this case - it's clearly being spammed. -- Versa geek  15:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I notified the wikiproject about this. Hope to hear more there.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 16:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry - no intention of upsetting anyone. I thought it would be for the benefit of both projects and to the user if links were included that are directly relevant to the articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Culturenut (talk • contribs) 16:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

mysecurecyberspace.com


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 * Has lately switched from external links additions to semi on-topic paragraphs with his pet site as the supporting reference. - Ehheh (talk) 20:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Worldofsolitaire.com
being COI spammed to all solitaire (at the top of the link lists too) by  whose edit history shows an edit history of not much but adding links to his website. 2005 (talk) 21:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.book-academy.co.uk
Adsense pub-4450527112282462


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:44, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

http://www.stots.edu/ St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary

 * Articles

Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary



St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Orthodox Church in America, South Canaan, PA, is a legit site, however I just noticed this edit sumary containing URLs


 * http://spam.stots.edu/images/clipart/index.html
 * http://spam.stots.edu/images/clipart/site_map.html

redirects to http://spam.incestreviews.com/?advid=5200

This whole sub folder http://www.stots.edu/images/ contains redirects.

Either their webmaster is using this site, or they have a hijacked page--Hu12 (talk) 03:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Dot Com Infoway company Adsense related marketing Spamming

 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Dec_1

Adsense pub-9515873777130697 .info's pub-4598819753511212 some .com's related to Dot Com Infoway & Galatta.com
 * dotcominfoway.com part of Dot Com Infoway Company
 * galatta.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Dotcom Infoway Pvt. Ltd heavy galatta.com spamming  heavy galatta.com spamming heavy galatta.com spamming

Dot Com Infoway is a marketing strategy and content developer, spamming Wikipedia on an incredibly large scale for several years. Both link and reference spamming. Also engages in link vandalism and article vandalism. sites without adsense are "This site has been conceptualized, designed and created by Dot Com Infoway & Galatta.com "

I'm sure there are many more sites and accounts. Needs cleanup, and monitoring, or perhaps other options should be considered.--Hu12 (talk) 09:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a WP:AN thread as we did with Vijay Technologies? (I couldn't resist the opportunity for a bit of SEO myself :) ) 351 links for galatta.com probably warrants it. MER-C 13:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * AN--Hu12 (talk) 16:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.ukfossils.co.uk

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.europanoramas.eu http://spam.malconet.me.uk http://spam.lymepanoramas.eu



 * Spammers

I'm tired, will finish this whenever. MER-C 13:10, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Static IP spam only account spamming 1001crash.com
Static IP spam only account spamming 1001crash.com which may well already be known. Although the site appears useful, it copies data from another site, just acting as an advertising portal. diff. Please block IP and blacklist. Thanks -- John (Daytona2 · Talk ·  Contribs) 18:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Discouraging spam
WikiProject Textile Arts sees a lot of mom-and-pop spam. Could you folks recommend a good hidden text chunk to discourage sales and blog links? Durova Charge! 20:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * {{subst:NoMoreLinks}}? MER-C 01:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Was hoping for something a little softer; we still welcome museum links and things like that. Durova Charge! 03:21, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Fettish store Spamming

 * http://spam.bondagefetishstore.com
 * http://spam.kinkemporium.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Humanitarian blogspot.com Spamming

 * http://spam.theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com
 * http://spam.verslaafdaandehorizon.blogspot.com
 * http://spam.aidworkers.newsvine.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

fmbb.livreforum.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Cross Wiki

--Hu12 (talk) 04:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/201.1.197.250
 * http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contribui%C3%A7%C3%B5es/200.161.113.181
 * http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/200.161.113.181
 * http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contributions/200.161.113.181
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/200.161.113.181
 * http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMBB_-_F%C3%B3rum_Mercedes-Benz_Brasil (article)


 * Requesting Meta BL due to cross wiki spamming--Hu12 (talk) 04:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

famouslocations.com
Adsense pub-6985677018578956


 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * ...I run the www.famouslocations.com website
 * ...I run the www.famouslocations.com website

MER-C 08:47, 26 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Another account
 * --Hu12 (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.dryicepublishing.com
http:// spam.lulu.com/content/1911269


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:43, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

trendspeak.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Ford Galaxy fan club Spamming

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

co-owner       --Hu12 (talk) 20:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Stoneseeker.net


-- Beloved Freak  21:13, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

assorted "news" spam
This was spammed to various WWE related articles and News, so far only one xwiki spam on fr.wiki - but they have high potential for abuse.

spamsocks:
 * -- Versa geek  17:04, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * -- Versa geek  17:04, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * -- Versa geek  17:04, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * found it necessery to vandalise this report. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Additional domains:
 * Google Adsense ID: 5233783323174255
 * Google Adsense ID: 5233783323174255
 * Google Adsense ID: 5233783323174255
 * Google Adsense ID: 5233783323174255


 * Related domains:


 * Accounts:


 * I'm away and don't time to clean up existing spam -- if someone will cleanup the spam that's out there, I'll be happy to blacklist later today. -- A. B. (talk) 19:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * More spam from here today. I've blacklisted these. Evil saltine (talk) 01:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-5233783323174255
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

vandalized this page and link summary vandalized this page  twice, and link summary  twice. --Hu12 (talk) 04:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Long term quasimodobell.com spam
Adsense pub-9713317202563293
 * Articles
 * Articles

Quasimodobell
 * Accounts

Extreme long term abuse, creates multiple sock accounts and uses them deliberately once or twice, spacing out link additions. 228 Spam WP:SPA accounts, spread ove 300+ articles (Roughly less than 5 of these additions were made by established accounts/wikipedians) --Hu12 (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 09:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Fixed the borked username for you. I'll call in some help. MER-C 12:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing the username. Sadly, I'm sure there are many more accounts that were probably missed. --Hu12 (talk) 12:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

This usenet post is also of interest. MER-C 11:18, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Here's the blacklisting entry along with the site-owner's request for removal from the blacklist:
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist (permanent link)


 * Here's a complaint we subsequently received from a possibly unrelated domain owner:
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist (permanent link)
 * -- A. B. (talk) 16:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Template:Editabuselinks
I've added WikiProject Spam to the Template_talk:Editabuselinks. fyi--Hu12 (talk) 21:45, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Good idea -- thanks for doing this. -- A. B. (talk) 17:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

That template shows up in a lot of places: Abuse reports Administrator intervention against vandalism Administrators' noticeboard Administrators' noticeboard/3RR Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard Bot owners' noticeboard Community sanction noticeboard Conflict of interest/Noticeboard Counter-Vandalism Unit Fiction/Noticeboard Fringe theories/Noticeboard Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism Image copyright help desk Long term abuse Media copyright questions Neutral point of view/Noticeboard No original research/noticeboard Reliable sources/Noticeboard Requests for checkuser Requests for page protection Suspected sock puppets Three-revert rule Usernames for administrator attention Vandalism Watch WikiProject on open proxies-- A. B. (talk) 17:40, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

scotland on tv
Several accounts, not sure how and if they are socks. Maybe useful, but I think already with a long history of spamming ...



(both resolve to the IP 87.246.77.22).



Lately there is some reference spamming, and user Judit25 has responded, and seems now to also add other references when poked a bit. Some of the info added is not always encyclopedic (see e.g. diff). Judit25 also edits with 212.137.62.186 (as seen here: diff when she ran into a 31 hour block). That IP resolves to the "Scottish Media Group", which also gets mentioned on the homepage of the sites added. Maybe some cleaning is needed. --Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT C on public computers) 19:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)