Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Aug 1

Bianor Ltd

 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Bianor Ltd. 78 Cherkovna Str. Sofia, SF 1505 Bulgaria
 * Registrant

MER-C 08:13, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hit Service delivery platform again.--Hu12 (talk) 17:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hit Service delivery platform again.--Hu12 (talk) 17:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Some WikiProjects bite newbies
I have raised some concerns here that might have relevance to this WikiProject as well, since the guy was rashly accused of "spam". Michael Hardy (talk) 17:52, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

user:Saschapav
This user is spamming a non-notable book, Dracula's Return all over wikipedia. The article on the author, David Logan, was maintained for a long while by sockpuppets, but for some unknown reason, not deleted. I've nominated both for deletion, but the level of spam is really quite impressive, and a systematic clean-up is necessary, starting with this user's work .VsevolodKrolikov (talk) 17:36, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

yooba.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Brendan Egan & Gabriel Baryard spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:01, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

trekshitiz.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:05, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Still spamming. MER-C 12:56, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

legion-magazine.co.uk

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Jun 1


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * IP resolves to Redactive Publishing, the publisher of the magazine.
 * IP resolves to Redactive Publishing, the publisher of the magazine.

Blacklist? MER-C 11:48, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

rmfusion.com

 * Spammers
 * (shared IP)

MER-C 12:19, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

416dentist.com

 * links


 * accounts

Multiple drive-by IPs adding a commercial link for a Toronto dental office into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:04, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Adding additional IPs as the link is re-added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:58, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

miltonpate.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:33, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

SEEKAN ARCHITECTS spam

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

--Hu12 (talk) 13:35, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

tokafi.com

 * Spammers
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.



MER-C 08:36, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Some spammer I forgot:




 * MER-C 03:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Is this spam?
has apparently been adding external links (to collections held by Southern Methodist University) to a number of articles for some time now (some typical examples). Although on the face of it this looks like spamming behaviour, the links do appear to at least broadly relate to the article subject, though that relationship is sometimes tenuous. Is this acceptable linking, a good-faith but possibly misguided attempt to help out, or a calculated attempt to get in under our radar? EyeSerene talk 12:20, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes this is spamming. In this case, as in most cases - spam is defined not so much by the content of the site.. as by the behavior of the individuals adding the links.--Hu12 (talk) 13:38, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'll take the appropriate action ;) EyeSerene talk 10:41, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

I can only assure you that this is a good faith effort to provide external links to collections that are useful to people finding information about the topic! There was one case where I admit the linkage was tenuous, and I was promptly contacted and took the advice of the editor. I apologize if some of my other links are not considered valid, as well. I try to provide links to digital collections under pages where users will find the information useful. The collections are carefully curated and are not commercial. I don't care about Google ratings. But if there is a primary resource of documents, images, or text that directly relates to a page in Wikipedia, I believe that it is a valid resource. I will be happy to provide more information on the collections, if it would be useful. I appreciate your concern, and I really want to make a case that I am spamming! However, our collections span a number of topics so I place them on a variety of pages. We are a library with special collections that are carefully curated, digitized, and annotated from a scholarly perspective. digitaldomain digitaldomain —Preceding undated comment added 14:49, 7 August 2009 (UTC).


 * digitaldomain, Please review:
 * SPAM
 * External link spamming
 * Source soliciting
 * How not to be a spammer
 * External links policy
 * Advertising and conflicts of interest
 * Conflict of interest
 * Editors who have a conflict of interest
 * Accounts used for promotion
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Wikipedia is not a directory
 * Wikipedia is not a repository for links
 * Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising
 * Persistent spamming
 * Accounts that appear, based on their edit history, to exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting a person, company, product, service, or organization in apparent violation of Conflict of interest or anti-spam guidelines.
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:10, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

anyoption.com

 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam

Anyoption
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Account has four edits, constantly reinserting the same spam on Gantz page.
The account has made no edits other than to constantly put the same link on the Gantz article page. I blocked this IP address from spamming the exact same thing over at the Gantz Wiki.  D r e a m Focus  05:41, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Inertia Magazine Spam

 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam

Inertia Magazine We've created this article ... We welcome any feedback....
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:15, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Twice removed deletion tags under sock accounts, not under the creation account.Sneaky behavior like this is never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 14:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

isjl.org
 Triplestop  x3  02:22, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

investored.ca

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:02, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

lngunlimited.com Spam

 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam

Lng unlimited
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

vpshostingsearch.com spam
Adsense pub-1420940673415911
 * Adsense pub-1420940673415911
 * Adsense pub-9842386990762807
 * Accounts
 * Adsense pub-9842386990762807
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued persistant spamming, despite warnings . BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 16:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

immunoportal.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 09:31, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

deconet.com
--ponyo (talk) 16:56, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * spammers
 * Thanks for the report. Two more people adding the link:
 * Obviously, from the WP:SPA behavior, it is spam. However, I started to wonder (looking at a couple of examples) whether it had some merit. However, the following convinced me that it really is spam: These two edits added a reference (but it is not verifying any text in the article) and the added link goes to a page which has 18 words on the subject, then "There are currently no objects by Carlo di Carlo for sale at Deconet". I reverted all the spam. Johnuniq (talk) 05:27, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. The "20" link search shows de:3 sv:11 es:1 fi:1 sk:1 links exist. Should we take action? Johnuniq (talk) 08:24, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/94.191.149.207
 * http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/79.138.217.210
 * http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/79.138.217.210
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Curiousa
 * http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Curiousa
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Casasvenzoni
 * http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/79.138.190.173
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Moderndesigninmind
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Casasvenzoni
 * http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/79.138.190.173
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Moderndesigninmind


 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Meta BL requested .--Hu12 (talk) 16:12, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Another  --Hu12 (talk) 14:29, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Another  --Hu12 (talk) 14:29, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

vielfliegerforum.de



 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.198.253.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.198.253.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.243.235.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.243.235.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.234.133.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.234.133.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.204.110.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.204.110.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.219.189.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.219.189.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.239.214.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/84.154.239.214.

MER-C 09:52, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 09:24, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

zingmagazine.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

User:Gene14 promoting online courses
is a recent SPA used to advertise some sort of online courses. Clean-up is needed. --Damiens .rf 13:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Beijing Chiwest Co.,Ltd Spamming
 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Feb_1
 * More Spam Accounts
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Clear ongoing widespread abuse, sockpuppetry ect. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 15:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Italian Greyhound‎; Spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Moving ones own links "up", is never a sign of good faith. Persistant Spamming (multiple Ip's) and fails WP:EL.--Hu12 (talk) 16:35, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

hailingfrequency.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 02:16, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

ryed.info

 * Spammers

MER-C 13:00, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

whitefish.com

 * links


 * accounts

A commercial link being repeatedly added to Whitefish, Montana. When added, it is sometimes labeled as the "official whitefish page" and in the same edit the official convention/travel bureau page has its description removed in what appears to be an attempt to make the official site look like it's the spam one. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Vroom Foods, Inc Article Spam

 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles

Vroom Foods - deleted as WP:CSD SPAM redirect, recreated as article and deleted as WP:CSD SPAM advertising. Deleted again under Articles_for_deletion/Vroom_Foods Vroom Foods, Inc.- proded and deleted as WP:CSD SPAM advertising Buzz Bites - deleted as WP:CSD SPAM, recreated and deleted @ AfD as spam. Currently @ Articles for deletion/Buzz Bites (2nd nomination) Foosh - deleted as WP:CSD then deleted as a spam redirect Foosh mints - deleted redirect Foosh Energy Mints - speedied deleted four times, WP:CSD and twice as WP:CSD SPAM advertising  and once at AfD. Currently @ Articles for deletion/Foosh Energy Mints (2nd nomination)
 * it:Foosh Energy Mints
 * Accounts

Most of thee WP:SPA accounts have their edits on deleted articles (so they don't show), which any admin can verify. --Hu12 (talk) 16:55, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Second opinion on single-purpose "reference" spam account
While has been adding reasonable content to articles, it appears that the motivation is to link to a single "African?Middle East telecom news site." Username is same as publisher name of newssite. Seeking second opinions as to whether wholesale reverts of material is warranted, or if the site qualify as a reliable source. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd say this is problematic. The site's link never resided on wikipedia before the mass citation spamming of Blycroft1. Earlier contributions of the user are of soley reference spamming the link;
 * Both links soley have this single WP:SPA account adding them to wikipedia 2. Spam in this case is defined not so much by the content of the sites being added, as by the behavior of the individual adding them. ametw.com was created 2009-03-06 according to domaintools and the regisrar is private. Its too new of a site to be added at that intensity. Smacks of marketing. telecomsmarketresearch.com however is a bit older, and based on the data, the Registrant aparrently has many more domains, which have probably been added similarly, under another acount. Neutral and independent Wikipedia editors should get to decide whether to add it, Not the SPA. I'd revert while they are fresh.--Hu12 (talk) 17:36, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OhNoitsJamie reverted most. I reverted the remainder except for one ref in List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa which seemed desirable, and several in Zain which need to be fixed (too complex for me atm). Some of the good content added by Blycroft was a copyvio of the ref (which includes "Source: Blycroft Ltd, Copyright 2006 Blycroft Ltd" at the bottom). I thought much of the information was also too similar in style to the news page of a business paper (nothing wrong with that in news media, but rather non-encyclopedic). Johnuniq (talk) 10:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OhNoitsJamie reverted most. I reverted the remainder except for one ref in List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa which seemed desirable, and several in Zain which need to be fixed (too complex for me atm). Some of the good content added by Blycroft was a copyvio of the ref (which includes "Source: Blycroft Ltd, Copyright 2006 Blycroft Ltd" at the bottom). I thought much of the information was also too similar in style to the news page of a business paper (nothing wrong with that in news media, but rather non-encyclopedic). Johnuniq (talk) 10:32, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

AnonTalk com
Can't add a 'LinkSummaryLive' template, as the URL appears to be heavily blacklisted... well, that's not entirely working.

A tonne of IPs have, this evening, been adding the following text to (seemingly) random articles:


 * Discuss this topic


 * Please type the following into your address bar in order to discuss this or any other topic anonymously without registering an account: "www.Anon", follow by "Talk" and end with ".com". Then press Enter.

Strangely, they all appear to have the edit summary 'vbvbhgft43rsdasdd'. All the same.


 * Spammers

There are probably loads more - every time I look, I find a bunch more.

I don't use AWB or anything similar, so I'm having a hard time trawling through all the contributions for these IPs and reverting; could someone with more know-how do it automagically? Also note: some articles to which this message has been added have more than one IP attempting to add the message, sometimes without anyone having reverted the first one. In this way I keep finding more IPs who are adding this message.

This is kinda beyond my capabilities to deal with... help? Talk Islander 19:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This has been going on periodically for a couple of years. See the log for abuse filter #7. There were over 700 edits in just a few hours the other day. These are all open proxies, mostly dynamic, to be blocked on sight for a year or so. You may be able to find more of the spam through WP:OPD and the search engine. In general they clean up pretty well. There are several admins on it right now, but more help is always good. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:59, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * All blocked and reverted.  Enigma msg  22:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Added
 * First 20 May 2008
 * Second blacklisting
 * 31 July 2009 new version anomtalk.com
 * See also - MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2008
 * Long term abuse. Asside from blacklisting any new variations of the link, its just text spamming at this point. harder to detect, however revert on sight.--Hu12 (talk) 14:39, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's anon and anom? Also, what are you saying? That's it was blacklisted in the past? What about currently?  Enigma msg  02:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Both versions have been used, anom is the most recent attempt to subvert the blacklisting. Anon... has not been removed since it was added to the blacklist, and will most certainly remain indeffinatly. --Hu12 (talk) 14:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It's anon and anom? Also, what are you saying? That's it was blacklisted in the past? What about currently?  Enigma msg  02:38, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Both versions have been used, anom is the most recent attempt to subvert the blacklisting. Anon... has not been removed since it was added to the blacklist, and will most certainly remain indeffinatly. --Hu12 (talk) 14:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

avvoltoio.extra.hu

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam Spam and Self- promotion

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Promotional WP:COI for DR. A.K. Venkatachalam--Hu12 (talk) 14:24, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

surfacehippyinfo.com 2

 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Feb_1


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Teambox

 * Articles


 * Was speedied previously as spam under WP:CSD
 * Articles for deletion/Teambox
 * Articles for deletion/Teambox

User:Michokest/Teambox
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:04, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

greyblogs.com

 * links


 * accounts

IPs adding links claiming to be "official" (potential republication of copyrighted videos). Always targeted to Google-related pages. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

unitedprosperity.org
non-profit Spam
 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Jul_2
 * See also - Articles for deletion/UnitedProsperity.org
 * See also - Articles for deletion/Person-to-person guaranteeing
 * Article Spam

UnitedProsperity.org Unitedprosperity.org United prosperity Unitedprosperity.org Unitedprosperity United Prosperity User:Kojit/United Prosperity User talk:Herne nz/Sandbox User:Herne nz/United Prosperity

User:Kojit/Person-to-person guaranteeing Person-to-person guaranteeing Peer to peer guaranteeing Peer-to-peer guarantees Peer-to-peer guarantee Peer-to-peer guaranteeing Peer to peer guarantees P2p guarantee Person to person guarantee Person-to-person guarantees P2p guarantees Person to person guarantees Person to person guaranteeing P2p guaranteeing Person-to-person guarantee


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:04, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

pinksheets.com & internal spam links to Pink Sheets
This wouldn't be quite as outrageous if both the internal spam link to Pink Sheets and the inline link to pinksheets.com weren't always added in the first line of the lead. Think findagrave.com, except always on the top line instead of semi-hidden in the external links. Circuit City is one example. As a bonus, spammers also add the page to Category:Companies listed on the Pink Sheets. --CliffC (talk) 03:16, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Lauren Milligan
Fashion news editor of Vogue adding spam external links to Vogue.com  Teapot  george Talk  16:10, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

iuphar-db.org

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:19, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * More WP:SOCK accounts created today;
 * --Hu12 (talk) 15:14, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

myc4.com

 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam

MYC4 MyC4 Myc4
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:13, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Springer Science+Business Media Spam

 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam


 * Higher Education - Journal
 * Chinese Science Bulletin
 * European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
 * Journal of Coatings Technology and Research
 * European Radiology
 * Surgical Endoscopy
 * Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security
 * Estuaries and Coasts
 * Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
 * Pediatric Radiology (journal)
 * AuthorMapper
 * Early Childhood Education Journal
 * Journal of Business Ethics
 * Law and Human Behavior
 * Springer SBM
 * Advances in Therapy
 * Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
 * Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
 * Educational Studies in Mathematics
 * European Biophysics Journal
 * Experiments in Fluids
 * Formal Aspects of Computing
 * Hydrogeology Journal
 * Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering
 * International Journal of Fracture
 * Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
 * Journal of Orthopaedic Science
 * Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
 * Mathematical Intelligencer
 * Mathematische Annalen
 * Oecologia
 * Pharmaceutical Research - Journal
 * Primates
 * Theoretical and Applied Genetics


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:44, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

IP 72.67.20.204
Spammer continues to spam  General radiotelephone operator license Lassar 03:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The site being promoted is:
 * I will watch the page but no action is required because while irritating, it's very low level (nothing links to the site now). If the user were to add the promotion several times in one day, you could try WP:AIV. Johnuniq (talk) 04:26, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I will watch the page but no action is required because while irritating, it's very low level (nothing links to the site now). If the user were to add the promotion several times in one day, you could try WP:AIV. Johnuniq (talk) 04:26, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

onsouthindia.com

 * Recent spam to a Wikipedia mirror.  Them From  Space  04:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Recent spam to a Wikipedia mirror.  Them From  Space  04:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Recent spam to a Wikipedia mirror.  Them From  Space  04:05, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

electronicmegastore.com

 * link


 * account

Commercial linkspam being added into EL section of multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:12, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: has received a block for continued spamming of the link.
 * Also, has posted the link to his/her user page with the description "Our Company", suggesting a COI issue with adding this commercial link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
 * See also Electronic megastore, most recently created by Alien123456; but which also exists at User:Ghayes1981/Sandbox, as well as the editing history of and . --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:26, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Also Electronicmegastore.com and another IP --Hu12 (talk) 16:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * See also - Articles for deletion/Electronic megastore --Hu12 (talk) 16:49, 11 August 2009 (UTC)


 * related link

No evidence that the co.uk version has ever been spammed; but it was also mentioned as a related site on an earlier spam report. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:33, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * for Future reference Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_May_1--Hu12 (talk) 13:32, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

godakshin.com

 * Spammers

58.8.11.123 (talk) 15:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:28, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

00markanderson
has created the page NetPharmaWorld_(Website) at least twice. It was deleted by User:Kateshortforbob the first time. (See User_talk:Kateshortforbob). It was recreated, allegedly removing promotional text, but the article is still phrased like an ad, using "you" and "we" to refer to customers and the company, respectively. Other than edits on this article, 00markanderson has no other article edits. Æk (talk) 05:43, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * related spam Articles

PharmaExpressRX




 * Accounts

So far the article NetPharmaWorld (Website) has been deleted 3 times as spam. Serious disruption with tag removals. Same removal pattern as PharmaExpressRX. --Hu12 (talk) 14:09, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Borri ltd Spam

 * Articles
 * Articles

Borri Ltd
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:35, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

User:Klevass
is making several, spammy articles about holistic and complimentary practice doctors, which keeps being speedily deleted. S/he seems to be rather ignorant of notability standards, as I don't believe none of his/her articles fulfill them. I suspect there is article recreation going on. I wish for a more experienced editor to look into the situation.--I dream of horses (T) @ 18:23, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

matthewmarks.com - needs a cleanup

 * Accounts
 * Accounts




 * Very likely a coi as well. --Ronz (talk) 21:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Getaroom.com

 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles

Getaroom.com David Litman User:Knhall/Getaroom.com
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:56, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Prince's Youth Business International SPam

 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles

Prince's Youth Business International Prince of Wales Youth Business International The Prince's Youth Business International


 * Accounts

(User creation log); 09:01. . Ybiuser (talk | contribs | block) created new account User:Rachelellen --Hu12 (talk) 19:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Jon Dattorro Spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:36, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/66.92.48.168
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/66.92.48.168
 * http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/66.92.48.168
 * http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/66.92.48.168
 * Long term abuse and self promotion. Persistent spamming despite multiple/multi-year warnings. Abusing multiple accounts, persistant harassment, both on Wikipedia and through use of the email system. Additionaly used convexoptimization.com as an attack site for the harrassment of Wikipedians and sponsored efforts to impugn the real world identities of Wikipedia contributors. Additionaly, the accounts were created and exist for the sole or primary purpose of promoting Jon Dattorro and the related websites in apparent violation of Conflict of interest or anti-spam guidelines. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 17:23, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Still spamming.


 * Spammers

MER-C 05:12, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued spamming, curcumventing SBL, ect...✅--Hu12 (talk) 15:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Edit warring spam IP's after BL and Block

--Hu12 (talk) 18:02, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

zahipedia.com
Adsense pub-3005214693273790
 * Also added
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Slow, WP:SPA IP's spamming a News aggreggation Scraper site Made for adsense blog.--Hu12 (talk) 15:20, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued additions, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:32, 21 August 2009 (UTC)


 * This report was blanked by ; I restored it, but had to change "LinkSummaryLive" to "LinkSummary" due to the link now being blacklisted. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:16, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Beer Judge Certification Program

 * Previous incidents
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Bjcplinkstays


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.


 * plus others listed at the sockpuppet report
 * plus others listed at the sockpuppet report
 * plus others listed at the sockpuppet report

I should note that some of these spammers' edits remove mentions of (I guess) the rival Campaign for Real Ale. MER-C 04:27, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * MoreAccounts
 * Sockpuppet_investigations/Jojojohnson2/Archive

--Hu12 (talk) 16:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the quick action. I was hoping there might be another solution, but the sockpuppetry is just too big of a problem. --Ronz (talk) 16:53, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * beeradvocate.com needs cleanup, I've removed any article space reference to bjcp.org. is posting on userpages for inclusion on Beer style, I've replied on Bduke#Beer_style about the situation. FYI. Good work!!--Hu12 (talk) 17:04, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Leave them, this might be joe-jobbed. I have removed the blacklisting, and replaced it with this.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 20:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Articles




 * Starting a list of articles, since the sockpuppetry problems are continuing. --Ronz (talk) 20:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Related sockpuppetry cases
 * Sockpuppet investigations/BJCP
 * LTA
 * Requests_for_checkuser/Case/Therascal99
 * Suspected_sock_puppets/96.247.37.61
 * Suspected_sock_puppets/96.247.37.61_(3rd)
 * See also - Sockpuppet investigations/Bjcplinkstays
 * MoreAccounts        --Hu12 (talk) 21:31, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

To be complete (and to help finding future socks, as well as adapt the filter for filter-evasion):


 * Special:Abusefilter/232
 * edit filter log

--Dirk Beetstra T C 22:19, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

germanrhymes.de

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

External links noticeboard
Hi, I'm trying to start up an external links noticeboard, so I've set up a draft in my userspace. If anybody here is interested in issues regarding external links feel free to comment on the draft on its talkpage or edit it directly. For a noticeboard to work it needs editors to watch it and participate in the discussions on it, so I'm posting this around to try to probe if there are enough editors interested in this to get it started.  Them From  Space  01:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Egregious Chinese spamming

 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:05, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

penguin.co.uk - needs a thorough cleanup

 * Accounts
 * Accounts




 * I just finished cleanup after the coi-spamming from 195.47.223.5. It looks like there are some new accounts (Rayann4va & Chriscroissant) also spamming it, as well as left over linkspam added by other accounts.  Anyone have the time to do a thorough cleanup? --Ronz (talk) 17:33, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll address Chriscroissant and Rayann4va. --Ronz (talk) 20:31, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Done with those two. Still more to do, though it may only be from very old linkspam. --Ronz (talk) 21:11, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I just did a few more. This shows how professionals can do a thorough spam job. I'm commenting so this section won't be archived for a while. Johnuniq (talk) 11:50, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

jovenstolos.blogspot.com
Link

Spammers include:

I'm sure there's likely more, but these are the first two I've come accross. ponyo (talk) 20:31, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Shejoebjoshua



 * Appears to be creating articles and adding content and images to others based solely on spam links. Has had previous warnings. 99.149.84.135 (talk) 13:19, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like this editor should have been blocked long ago. --Ronz (talk) 16:59, 26 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Additional editors (appears to be Shejoebjoshua)
 * More to come, most likely. --Ronz (talk) 17:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:COI as well. Puneritraveller.com is registered to Shejoe B Joshua. --Ronz (talk) 17:49, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Added three more ip's for a total of six now.
 * I've finished cleaning up the links and tagged a few of the articles for speedy deletion. --Ronz (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * More to come, most likely. --Ronz (talk) 17:37, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:COI as well. Puneritraveller.com is registered to Shejoe B Joshua. --Ronz (talk) 17:49, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Added three more ip's for a total of six now.
 * I've finished cleaning up the links and tagged a few of the articles for speedy deletion. --Ronz (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Added three more ip's for a total of six now.
 * I've finished cleaning up the links and tagged a few of the articles for speedy deletion. --Ronz (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Planningforce

 * Articles
 * Articles

Planningforce PlanningForce PlannigForce
 * Accounts

<br --Hu12 (talk) 18:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

wikidtravel.net

 * link


 * accounts

SPA account spamming link onto multiple articles over an 8 month period. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:16, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

forum spam lovingcity.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:06, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Global Oneness Project.org
Question about whether this is considered spamming, or a legitimate link:




 * Account

99.149.84.135 (talk) 23:48, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The only contributions from the user are to add links to different videos in 15 articles, and that was in a 24 hour period. I looked at a tiny part of two videos, and they are what they claim, namely various people speaking about why we should all be nice. There are 3 other articles (before this user) which had links to the same site. The user is mentioned (probably improperly) at ANI, where someone commented that 4 of the links looked ok. However, I would call them spam unless added by an established editor, but we might need to get more opinions before acting. Johnuniq (talk) 07:59, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've commented there too.--Hu12 (talk) 16:35, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * more IP's;
 * When you link to the root domain (globalonenessproject.org) it closes the browser. weird... --Hu12 (talk) 20:22, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * When you link to the root domain (globalonenessproject.org) it closes the browser. weird... --Hu12 (talk) 20:22, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Cardio adsense 5349214509828986 related spam
Adsense pub-5349214509828986
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:40, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Long term multi article spam of related sites using sneeky one-IP-per-link syle of WP:SPAM, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 17:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

psoral.net

 * links


 * accounts

Simple commercial linkspam by SPA accounts. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:55, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

campingmaxx.com

 * links


 * accounts


 * related articles

Commercial linkspam by SPA account - adding links and creating an advert article. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:19, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

ComterSoft
User has repeatedly removed Speedy Deletion templates from a page that he has created: --H8erade (talk) 11:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

User is possibly a sockpuppet of [[User:Gayatri.sa]]. This user is a single-purpose account that has repeatedly removed the speedy deletion template from the same article:. --H8erade (talk) 11:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Articles
 * Articles

ComterSoft Comter
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:33, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

reversemortgageunion.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:36, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

equityrelease365.co.uk

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:45, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

John Seven Spam

 * redirects to johnandjana.lastvisibledog.org
 * Accounts
 * redirects to johnandjana.lastvisibledog.org
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:18, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

humortheory.com

 * link


 * account

User has been trying to use WP to advertise book for over a year now. If continues, will submit to WP:SBL. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)