Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Mar 4

a attraction.com spamming
An anonymous spammer utilising multiple IP addresses registered to Pipex UK - rarely the same IP address twice - has added literally hundreds of tourism spam links to various locality articles for numerous European countries. I've added the domains to the spam blacklist, but there's a lot of cleanup work to be done. See:


 * Belgium
 * France
 * Portugal
 * Spain
 * Germany
 * Netherlands
 * Italy
 * Austria
 * Ireland
 * Luxembourg
 * Croatia

-- ChrisO (talk) 02:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks to everyone who responded so promptly to this spam report! -- ChrisO (talk) 08:19, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Adsense pub-7605429589450512


 * Accounts
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 * Accounts
 * Accounts
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 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Also:





MER-C 06:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

More sites




BL please. MER-C 12:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Done. -- ChrisO (talk) 20:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Spammers

Ones under "more sites" should be clean, about 50 links total remaining for the others. (It's a pity they didn't spam the Balkans articles, then we'd have arbcom on our side). MER-C 13:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.marbellainfo.com

 * http://spam.thealgarveinfo.com
 * http://spam.capetowninfo.co.za
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Others added


 * http://spam.getspain-spain.com
 * http://spam.spanish-airport-guide.com
 * http://spam.costadelsolproperty.es
 * http://spam.spanishpropertyworld.com
 * http://spam.fivecontinentgroup.com
 * http://spam.esreg.saneinternet.com
 * http://spam.esreg.com
 * http://spam.calpe.to
 * http://spam.back-gammon.es
 * http://spam.chamonixinfo.com
 * http://spam.dubaiinfo.ae
 * http://spam.capetowninfo.co.za
 * http://spam.baqueira-beret-hotels.com
 * http://spam.casafernandos.com



--Hu12 (talk) 07:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.greatbuildings.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

More   --Hu12 (talk) 10:16, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.roseindia.net

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 08:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Crane Materials International
http://spam.cmiwaterfront.com
 * http://spam.gatorbridge.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 11:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.clashmusic.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

sea-fishing.org

 * I've warned several IPs for adding links to this site. Suspect the same anon user hopping IPs ... richi (talk) 11:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.thewire.co.uk

 * Spammers

A random sample of the rest of the links look OK, no further action is required at this point. MER-C 12:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.partnersgroup.net
Partners Group
 * Accounts

More Canada Basketball Spam/COI
FYI. See: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Feb 1


 * Possibly related new user


 * Possibly related link

And an attempt at (re)creating Canada basketball.

Katr67 (talk) 17:52, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.teaser-trailer.com http://spam.semi-pro---trailer.blogspot.com
Adsense pub-4359069981749325



(Note: there's a bug in linksearch, searching for URLs containing "--" causes borkage. At least we can tell there are no results. See 13207).


 * Spammers

MER-C 12:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

sarilocker.com
Single use registered accounts being used to add this website and citations to the author's published books (such as The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amazing Sex) on sex related articles. One account was warned back in January by Hu12, but since they're pretty much all single use accounts it's unlikely anyone received it. Will recommend for blacklisting since there is no way to warn and this has been ongoing since at least December. (The books can still be used as references without the link to the website if editors think appropriate).




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-- SiobhanHansa 21:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * related vandal account --Hu12 (talk) 01:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

popularwebhosting.net

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 06:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * contiued --Hu12 (talk) 19:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

o u r s u v. com

http://spam. malayalamsearch.com
Adsense pub-7508960441444828
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Spammy adsense search--Hu12 (talk) 12:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Kerala Ayurveda Limited

 * http://spam.keralaayurveda.biz
 * http://spam.ayurvedagram.com
 * http://spam.ayurvedaacademy.com
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles

Kerala Ayurveda
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 12:34, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.teachers.tv

 * Articles
 * Articles

Teachers' TV
 * Accounts

Web Liaison Manager  --Hu12 (talk) 13:24, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Previous incident: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Oct 2. MER-C 06:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * BL?--Hu12 (talk) 06:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Teachers.tv (for all its spammy url) is actually a well respected site, funded by the British government, that provides a lot of very good content for teachers in the UK. Despite the inappropriate additions, some of that content could be very useful and appropriate in some of our articles.  So if there is a way to manage the spamming without blacklisting, I really think it would benefit the project to go down that route instead. -- SiobhanHansa 16:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.thelearningcenter.net

 * Articles
 * Articles

The Learning Center Foundation
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

world-architects.com and related

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
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 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Bay Area Dueling Spammers

 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles

San Francisco Bay Area Classified advertising San Francisco, California
 * Accounts

Kuru talk  01:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Long term foodsdatabase.com spam
Adsense pub-9081911046264175
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.naturalbuildingnetwork.org 2

 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Feb_1


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.petergreenberg.com
Adsense pub-1891617388340085
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.talkretirement.org
Adsense pub-4699470106687920
 * http://spam.sexualdysfunctionproblems.org
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) 2

 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Jan_1
 * Articles

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:06, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * →American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery --Hu12 (talk) 16:08, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Thomson Directories Limited
http://spam.thomsonlocal.com
 * http://spam.thomsondirectories.com
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles

Thomson Directories Thomson Local
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 12:40, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I do not see that spam is being added, just that editing is bein gdoen with an apparent COI. I so far havent seen any edits that appear really suspect, either. DGG (talk) 23:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * DGG, if you take a look at the firs IP mentioned here, Special:Contributions/194.169.142.196, then I see an account who is very focussed on adding external links to external links sections, and I don't think that an external link on Richmond, London to the local part of the thomson directory is telling more about that area, that is IMHO pure for commercial reasons. --Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT  C on public computers) 12:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * and if you look at the second, you will see a link added to "estate agent" where in fact their local directories are of great relevance. I', not even sure that for individual communities it is inappropriate to call attention to them as a resource, but that would have to be discussed by those who know better the range of available resources. Agreed that it is always better to add after discussion in such cases. DGG (talk) 21:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that link gets added to a page which already contains 6 links. I would call that becoming a linkfarm.  If I click the link that that account added, I get a list of: "'estate agents in Aberdeen', 'estate agents in Barnsley' .." we are not a directory to find estate agents in the UK, and even, we are the English wikipedia, not the UK wikipedia.  Also that link does not tell more about what an estate agent is.  I found the other three edits by that account actually more appropriate.  I presume that these accounts are all the same person (or a group of people closely working together), who may need some serious coaching in what wikipedia is.  --Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT  C on public computers) 11:28, 4 March 2008 (UTC)