Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Dec 1

triond.com

 * links


 * related links


 * accounts

I would like other opinions on the value of these links. All are part of the triond.com network (ie: an account with Triond.com allows a user to upload a story to any of these sites).

I found this network of sites when reviewing the IP's spamming of some of the links onto multiple articles. The network allows anyone to self-publish material, with no editorial oversight. Some of the articles appear to have decent research - but the authors are unknown, and most appear to be using these sites as a back-door to publish material that would fail WP:NOR if posted directly to Wikipedia. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:16, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * From triond.com/info/how-it-works :


 * "Triond helps showcase your content so your work gets maximum readership and you earn recognition. As soon as your content is published, it begins generating revenue from several income sources, such as display and contextual advertising that appears on the pages of your content. We share with you 50% of the revenue generated by your content." (emphasis mine)


 * Just another ehow analogue. Blacklist the lot. MER-C 10:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

liveandunsigned.uk.com


Some sort of concert/festival promotion. Yawn. tedder (talk) 13:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Spam pages
 * DELETED TWICE THRICE


 * Also:


 * And:


 * Cleaned, thanks for the report. MER-C 13:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * FWIW, Live and Unsigned should be remain, there are a large handful of sources covering it. It's possible G11 now, but in the long run just needs work to clean it up. So this isn't a simple blacklistable link. tedder (talk) 13:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Make it thrice, I deleted it, if notable enough, please rewrite it from scratch. If there is too much spam, the domain can always be blacklisted, with a whitelist entry for e.g. the about.htm or index.htm.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:29, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Spamming

 * Also added - Omacha Foundation
 * Article
 * Article
 * Article


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:56, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

myhomeforholidays.com

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 * accounts

SPA accounts spamming links to a commercial travel booking site onto multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1005224709114319
Adsense pub-1005224709114319

--Hu12 (talk) 16:50, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts

tradecfds.info
Created On:10-Oct-2009
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

FrancisLightHouse sock spam

 * Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_FrancisLightHouse




 * Article spam
 * User:FrancisLightHouse

--Hu12 (talk) 05:21, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Socks
 * simple:Special:Contributions/FrancisLightHouse3
 * simple:Special:Contributions/FrancisLightHouse3
 * simple:Special:Contributions/FrancisLightHouse3
 * simple:Special:Contributions/FrancisLightHouse3
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mapzones.org
has been adding this link along with census.gov links to demographic related edits (over 3,000 of them; bot-assisted, perhaps?). While the information the user has been adding is quite useful, I'm concerned about the need for including the mapzones.org link, which is a barebones scraper site based in India. I seem to recall spammers adding similar aggregation sites in the past. The site currently does not have any adverts, but that could change at any time. I posted a notice on Worldenc's page asking about the necessity of the mapzones link; wanted to post a notice here in case this site raises a red flag with anyone else. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:20, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Certainly looks familiar. Same type of scraper site spamming as this askgeo.org Spam case. Also has the same degree of spamming images on commons. Domain was Created On:20-Oct-2009 (10 days after the askgeo was blocked), so would indicate the Links were mainly added and are intended to promote this website. Users first contib is also correlated to the domain creation. See External link spamming. I'm reverting..--Hu12 (talk) 16:48, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

I have taken some data from this site, which are not available from official site (census site), though data were available but in diferent format (in database format), so user can't verify it, and chart concept were taken from this site, so i will add both website as source. Worldenc (talk) 15:46, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Comment. Not only is this a case of spamming Wikipedia with links to a commercial site, but the charts themselves are in fact NOT useful. They violate many of the fundamental principles of Information graphics. Specifically:
 * The charts are meaningless unless you can read the labels and legends, but the labels and legends are too small to read at a reasonable thumbnail scale.
 * Bar charts (in which bars should be proportional to the size of the value represented to allow visual comparison) misleadingly start at non-zero values.
 * Population pyramids, which are a standardized and effective method for visually displaying the age and sex distribution of population (and which are available at Commons), have been replaced by pie charts, which are not generally useful for visual display (see my comments at User talk:Worldenc) and that illustrate only a small fraction of the information in the data sets.
 * Annual population estimates for the period 2000 to 2008 are misrepresented as data (some annual fluctuations in these series are mistakes that were later corrected). --Orlady (talk) 18:07, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up alot of these, however there are still 1,340 remaining, which need cleaning. I've also informed the Commons:Administrators' noticeboard. --Hu12 (talk) 21:26, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've looked at some of the user's most recent image uploads on Commons, and they source the US census bureau. The county and federal comparisons are both on the source link given, but the state level isn't. I dislike the idea that this discussion is broken up among so many places, but I've commented on Commons that these images should not be deleted at this point. Killiondude (talk) 21:32, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * As someone who works almost exclusively on geographic articles (counties, municipalities etc) I find these table/charts annoying and slapped on very haphazardly onto articles. Demographic sections tend to be one of the shorter sections in an article and to slap on three charts (the most common number I've seen personally) tends to crowd and distort things, especially if other things are put there as well (such as historic population tables as well), they can crowd the prose and cause large white spaces with the next section below. Some of the charts are useless, such as a population chart showing population of every year for the last decade on a county that has barely changed population in each year (adds no encyclopedic content). I'd like these spammers to learn "Camelbinky's rule #1- if you dont know about an article, dont mess with it, leave it to those who are know about the subject". I dont care if they exist at Commons, and if someone wants to incorporate certain ones on to an article they work on, sure but they shouldnt be spammed wholesale onto every geo article that exists.Camelbinky (talk) 22:39, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I found them useless and annoying as well. I've removed all of them from Alabama-related articles. All but one county had the mapzones ref.  Altairisfar talk  23:15, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I find them useful. Not perfect of course; like everything in Wikipedia, they have room for improvement. And if I believed in Camelbinky's rule #1, I'd never do much of anything around here. --Stepheng3 (talk) 23:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * As much as I like charts, I don't feel comfortable relying on charts generated from generic scraper sites, especially given that we've had an ongoing problem with this kind of "sneaky reference spam." mapzones.org is hosted on the same IP as a few other domains that have been sneakily spammed here. I noticed on the Commons thread that there are 25k+ (!) images linking to mapzones.org. I have to think this is the work of an unapproved bot. We'll probably need to use a bot to clean up the mess here.   OhNo itsJamie  Talk 23:48, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Not all of them are sourced to the spam site. The most recently created images source the US census bureau, as I stated above. Whatever, I give up on trying to save these images. Wikipedia has again stifled another user's additions (even while the still might have been misguided). Killiondude (talk) 00:04, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You seem to be the soul of tolerance, Killiondude. I, for one, am disinclined to politely tolerate (on the grounds of assuming good faith) garbage additions that make a mess of Wikipedia AND are demonstrated to be here for promotional purposes. --Orlady (talk) 00:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

For the sake of argument lets assume they can be cleaned up and sourced to the US census data and therefore not promote a website.
 * Are they still of encyclopedic use?
 * Is it right for a bot or well-intentioned users to go around and slap them on every settlement article around? Shouldnt it be the right of those that work on those particular articles to decide on a case by case basis which tables should be in each article?
 * As I mentioned they are getting put in the articles in a disruptive manner and many articles dont need them. I dont see why they cant just exist at Commons and if an editor working at a certain article deems a table useful he/she can bring it on over. But spamming massive numbers of articles is outrageous. (And I stand by Camelbinky's Rule #1, if you have no knowledge about an article, there is no information you could possibly add; anyone who disagrees can feel free to make a page off my user page User:Camelbinky/is stupid and we can have a civil discussion about it) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Camelbinky (talk • contribs) 03:08, 29 November 2009


 * I have created wiki account few days ago (Registration time: 12:03, 18 October 2009), after creating account, upload chart at commons and get some feedback (some problam in chart), i completely follow that instruction and create new chart and reupload it. then add in wikipedia article, from that i also get some positive and some nagative feedback including Orlady, i also follow that and reupload all chart (bar chart which start zero, etc...), yesterday i got message from OhNo itsJamie  that why you add mapzones.org link in article, i reply on my talk page and here also (just see my erlier comment above), without any more discussion Hu12 reverting all my work (not even discuss with me about this). I want to give some answer of few question which related this discussion.


 * Why i am adding mapzones.org link in article??
 * I have taken some data from this site, which are not available from official site (census site), though data were available but in diferent format (in database format), so user can't verify it, and chart concept were taken from this site, so i will add both website as source.
 * is this all contributions oprated by bot??
 * no i have add this chart manually (for each and every article)
 * How does one claim as "own work", yet link to gov site? (this question asked Hu12 at commons
 * Yes this is my work, i used data from census site but chart were created by me so its my own work, i mentioned that this is census data even in image (chart).
 * is mapzones.org is spam site???
 * i'm not exactly sure, i see WP:external link guide and not found that anything wrong in this site, but you (all above editor) have more experience than me so if you think this is spam site then just tell me that this site is not appropriate for adding in wikipedia, then i don't add it.

If you think my work is not appropriate for encyclopedia then i don't edit article or create image (graph), my commons account were block, so you may block my wikipedia account also. Worldenc (talk) 04:10, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * If the information is sourced from reliable sources (as census.gov is one), I don't see why the graphs, like other user created content from reliable sources, shouldn't be sufficient to be included in an appropriate location in an article. Granted, the graphs may need improvement for clarity, but that is something that can be done later. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I think Hu12 (and some other editors) has some doubt that i am promoting mapzones.org or i am affiliated with that sites, at this point i'm  assumed  that i am affiliated (or promoting) with this site, so what i got??


 * i create more better graph then mapzones.org (thanks for other editor who help me to do graph more and more better) (work negative for mapzones.org)
 * give this to wikipedia with licencing cc-by-sa-3.0, means everyone can use it even for commercial (work highly negative for mapzones.org)
 * in wikipedia link is no follow so its not help in search engine (for ranking etc..)(no plus or minus for mapzones.org)
 * i have added this graph for even tiny settlement which of them even not getting single (1) visitor per days and even article get 1000 hits per day its very little chance to transfer single (1) visitor to mapzones.org (work little positive for mapzones.org)
 * because of this chart wikipedia get more visitor then mapzones.org, because wikipedia has better search ranking then mapzones.org or any other websites. so user who looking for this chart or related information visit wikipedia not mapzones.org, if i am not add this chart in wikipedia they may be visit mapzones.org (work highly negative for mapzones.org)

so above all fector (and others) my conclusion is that mapzones.org got negative effect from my work.

Few other things which i want to say some editor

@OhNoitsJamie, If some site used official data that doen't means that this website is not useful??? even wikipedia is also used official data for article, so it means that other websites doesn't link wikipedia for refence or source???, even if i am asumed that mapzones.org run adds later doesn't mean this is spam site and wiki external link says that its not problam if sites run adds.

@Orlady, I have updated bar chart for population and now its start from zero (0), other thing all article in wikipedia (for us county and us cities) used estimated population from census, like White_County,_Georgia which show that 'The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 25,020', so its not problam to used graph for estimated data from census sites. i don't have problam with pyramid age chart but pie chart also represent very well for age chart (aging)

@Hu12, If you found that site which i added is not appropriate, just give messege at my talk page i will deleted, though i follow all wikipedia guidelines for adding external link, you delete my all work without communicate with me??? is this follow wiki guidelines?????

@Camelbinky, many editor like this chart and happy to add in article, few of them say about my chart (or my work)
 * Nyttend say me : These charts are a great idea! see this
 * Grey_Wanderer say me : I've noticed your awesome work making demographic charts for counties in Missouri. I'm currently working on trying to get the Columbia, Missouri article from GA to FA status. If you have the time, would you be able to make the same demographic charts for that page? this editor give me The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
 * Westonjoe [| see this]

@AllOtherEditor, thank you all other editor who help me and contributions your work for wikipedia which help worlds, i am also trying same but i think my work not help to others, so i decide that not to work for wikipedia for any project, have nice day and best luck for future.

Worldenc (talk) 07:39, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Evidence

 * is a retuning sockpuppet from the askgeo.org Spam case.
 * was involved in massive sockpupetry and image/link spamming as documented in askgeo.org Commons spam case
 * Domain was Created On:20-Oct-2009 (10 days after the askgeo was blocked), evidence the Links were added with the intent to promote this website
 * has spammed over source '25,000 links to mapzones.org on wikimedia commons and many thousands here on en.wikipedia.


 * I'll start with "Bakersville Town, North Carolina". This is Google's cache of http://www.askgeo.org/Bakersville_Town_North_Carolina.html. Now have a look at "www.mapzones.org/Bakersville_Town_North_Carolina.html". Same/identical content
 * Lets look at "mapzones.org/search.php". Why does it have the text "AskGeo have cities from..." Must have forgot to edit or remove some code when transfered to the new domain. (see image to the right)
 * Lets view an older upload at commons for Alamosa County Colorado School Enrollment.png. This was uploaded by one of the multitude of sock puppets used to spam wikipedia and its various projects. Now lets have look at "mapzones.org/images/united_states/colorado/Alamosa_County_Colorado_School_Enrollment.png". Same graph/data/image. Another example, This is the same graph as "www.mapzones.org/images/united_states/colorado/Alamosa_County_Colorado_Population.png".
 * Here are some accounts remaining from the askgeo spam case;
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Alamosa_County_Colorado
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Bmaohago
 * All the graphs/charts/images are Identical to the ones on mapzones.org. even removed several askgeo links from some of those uploads using sockpuppet Bmaohago account (about the same time askgeo.org was "parked").
 * simply moved the domain and content from askgeo.org to mapzones.org, and continued spamming/uploading with yet another sockpuppet account.--Hu12 (talk) 09:44, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * That's pretty convincing evidence. Now the question is can we purpose a bot to help cleanup the mess or will we have to do it manually? I started deleting the mapzone links themselves, but then stopped when I realized we should probably be deleting the images too (as it's likely they'll be deleted from Commons). OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm also convinced. Additionally, onsamehost.com identifies the following domains on the same host as mapzones.org:
 * askyp.com
 * a2zcity.com
 * asklocalpages.com
 * a2zyp.com
 * ask4geo.com
 * askwp.com
 * I notice a great similarity between those domain names and "askgeo.org".


 * If these images are going to be deleted from Commons, once they are deleted from Commons, wouldn't it be pretty easy to instruct a bot to delete them here? --Orlady (talk) 16:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The problem with the first attempt was (speaking for Commons and the commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Usgeowiki), the abuse of multiple accounts and the massive spam. That Worldenc is a second attempt was clear from the first second, I reported it minutes after the first batch upload. However, from User talk:Worldenc it seems like some User here appreciate the work and the addition of data and bot created text to the county articles. The external links are pure spam, besides all argumentation by Worldenc. Creating a large number of links to his website generates profile and value for his website, value he wants to monetize I suppose. The text is licensed according to Wikipedia requirements while posting it, I would say the graphs are ineligible for copyright and otherwise freely licensed with Attribution requirement "Worldenc". What's I'm driving at: There is no need to accept the spam links, there are neither copyright nor Verifiability reasons to keep them. Given that the work of upload was almost done I think it would have been a better idea to talk if this kind of robot created content is wanted or not and to remove all the external links but to keep the content. The now taken action of removal of >25000 uploaded files (log extract) is not the preferred way I think. @Hu12: Thanks for the sockpuppet report, Ill remove this askgeo remaining. --Martin H. (talk) 17:03, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ive blocked on en.Wikipedia for Abusing multiple accounts, follows commons:Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Usgeowiki. Per evidence here and here and in the Commons spam case--Hu12 (talk) 19:01, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Hu12. You're doing a great job. Sole Soul (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I am starting to work on deleting the files over at commons, though I think this is going to take a while. Tiptoety  talk 22:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I am thinking that a generic template for various demographics would be better. They would be uniform and be as readable as we could make them. My original problem was readability. Not sure he was able to address that correctly. There probably are better presentations. The volume is overwhelming. They really should have been discussed first. Student7 (talk) 17:30, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sadly, Worldenc wasn't here to discuss or help Wikipedia, nor was he/she here to improve our project. He/she was only here for promotion, and an adgenda which employed this link-building scheme. While discussions for a templated solution for legitimate demographic uses seems practical, this isn't the topic nor place. We don't wan't to stuff beans up our noses, particularly where a serial-spammer has an extensive history of sockpuppetry. --Hu12 (talk) 18:21, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Damn it Hu12! Now I've gone and stuffed a bean in my nose! Thanks alot for the idea. :) But I do encourage those who would, in a legit way create these graphs/charts (perhaps as a generic template where we can input our own numbers as needed?). Those who will be working on it please contact me at my talk page (and bring tweasers to pluck out my jelly bean nose problem).Camelbinky (talk) 02:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * LOL, ;). Having a multi-member wikiproject take ownership and oversight of a task like this should help avoid all the pitfals, inaccuracies, spam, promotion, COI, ect... that has occured in this case. Cheers--Hu12 (talk) 20:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Agilence

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

--Thegreene2010 (talk) 15:28, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Andrew Swanson: Web Design


Other related
 * Accounts
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lv:Special:Contributions/Marketinga_skolotaja Spams his designed sites--Hu12 (talk) 17:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

customgamerpc.com

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 * accounts

Repeated commercial linkspamming by SPA account. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:42, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

panoramabangladesh.com
google_ad_client = "pub-8442999053133122

--Hu12 (talk) 06:08, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

desitvforum.net
Links:

Account(s):

Ironically, while researching the SPAM post above for TellyNagari.com and trying to figure out which IP was adding it in I stumbled upon what must be a rival download site (equally problematic) who is engaged in somewhat of a spam-edit-war on whose links will survive. I'm hoping that neither of them survive... 7 08:01, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Request opinions on "activ" network of sites
I've seen a few of these recently, all part of the "Activ" network of sites.


 * links


 * parent site


 * accounts

These links are all "community guide" type pages by third party companies - standard features, spam-heavy, and no editorial oversight. I was going to remove these immediately, but as they have been re-added a couple times when others have removed them, I wanted to get additional opinions on these. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:17, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Added another IP, 81.151.21.172, as another SPA account adding the links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:09, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

TellyNagari.com
Links:

Account(s):

Found (and removed) TellyNagari.com from C.I.D. (TV series) while cleaning up other problems, and noticed that it is currently linked from 12 other pages. Appears to be neither a RS nor a legitimate (as in copyright) download site. 7 07:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Adsense pub-7737919753690258


 * Other sites:


 * Other spammers
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Citation spammer, see.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Citation spammer, see.
 * Citation spammer, see.
 * Citation spammer, see.


 * Sigh... Indian entertainment spam annoys me greatly so I haven't cleaned these too rigorously. There may be more accounts out there. MER-C 12:12, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

exchangerxml.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 08:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Powder Blue Ltd spam
Registrant:Powder Blue


 * Others
 * they own 92 other domains
 * Accounts
 * Others
 * they own 92 other domains
 * Accounts
 * they own 92 other domains
 * Accounts
 * they own 92 other domains
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

findahotelinargentina.com
google_ad_client = "pub-0746297790695063"
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:00, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

More Desiphral spamming

 * Previous incidents
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Desiphral/Archive
 * m:Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2009-09


 * Spammers

Bola Webinformation GmbH

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * See also
 * Elance job #18450620

Nitel
 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * See also
 * Elance job #18406308

MER-C 02:58, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Docdownload
Linkspam. Site is a commercial site offering document templates for a fee. 7 12:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Sites



User



Suggest user block for spamming / promotional username. I have removed 4 links similar to the ones below:


 * http://www.docdownload.com.au/document/group.psp?group=corporate,25577,48908 was linked from Ethical code
 * http://www.docdownload.com.au/document/group.psp?group=human,13121,54844 was linked from Ethical code
 * http://www.docdownload.com.au/document/group.psp?group=human,13121,83657 was linked from Ethical code

earspy.eu

 * links


 * accounts

SPA account spamming a referral link into multiple articles. User has also hijacked other links, replacing them with his own, as well as creating new deceptive links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:28, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

mobile tracker spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

includes link vandalism.--Hu12 (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Neighborrow

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:13, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

unazod.com COI Spam

 * Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_32
 * Administrative Contact: Oswell, Douglas
 * Administrative Contact: Oswell, Douglas


 * Accounts

Personal website selling WP:BOOKSPAM;
 * Oswell, Douglas and Rusconi, Michael. (1998). Dr. Zodiac: The Unabomber-Zodiac Connection (CD-ROM; Carfax Publishing, Dover, DE).
 * Oswell, Douglas. (2007). The Unabomber and The Zodiac. ISBN 978-0-6151-4569-3.

--Hu12 (talk) 06:39, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/unazod.com
 * Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_32
 * Talk:Theodore_Kaczynski
 * Talk:Chicago_Tylenol_murders
 * Talk:Zodiac_Killer
 * Talk:Zodiac_Killer
 * --Hu12 (talk) 18:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:OTHERLINKS
Every one has probably heard this strawman argument at some point. Its addapted from the argument to avoid WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, however the shortcut looked funny as WP:OTHERLINKSEXISTS (ie SEXISTS). so I created WP:OTHERLINKS.

Hopefuly this is useful in some cases. Maby its better served on WP:EL? anyways...--Hu12 (talk) 19:22, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That's very helpful.  Them From  Space  03:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

United Southwest Mortgage Corporation, Inc
dba All Reverse Mortgage Company
 * Accounts
 * Accounts



Persistant commercial spam. Main target page is Reverse mortgage--Hu12 (talk) 21:21, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued on another IP with past block and warnings, block evading a current Spam-Block. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

ejournal.nbii.org



 * Clear pattern of spamming going back over a year, including abusing "references" sections.  Them From  Space  03:33, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

clubaristo.net
--Hu12 (talk) 06:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

guyharveysportswear.com

 * links


 * accounts

guyharveyshirts.com

 * links


 * accounts

guyharveygifts.com

 * links


 * accounts

guyharveyjewelry.com

 * links


 * accounts

guyharveygiftshop.com

 * links


 * accounts

The Guy Harvey article has been subject of repeated commercial linkspam for several months. The above are the links that have been repeatedly spammed. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:59, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thought this looked familiar, Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Sep_2. Guess protection didn't work. D-linked and . --Hu12 (talk) 19:33, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

CDAC
India based corporate technology site. Started with User:चंद्रकांत_धुतडमल adding lots of direct copyvios to the site. Now I see that it's linked from 32 36 times from other pages (that was after about 7 pages were CSD'd). 7 13:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Links: Accounts:

Bob Schillerstrom
Bob Schillerstrom is spamming his own Wikipedia article with campaign ads!!!!! its not even formatted properly!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.243.180.45 (talk) 18:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

List of performers of Christian music category - potential spam articles
Hi. First I apologize if this is the wrong page for this, but this is the closest I can find. Second I'd like some help from a few editors to go over the articles in this category with a fine-toothed comb.

Today I found an article on a singer named "Carman" which was nothing but one long promo about his ministry, with his personal website at the only source and plenty of outright lies (the article claimed he had been nomed for a Grammy - which I found out was nonsense in 5 minutes of google searching).

The sad part is that this article has been here for 2 years basically in it's current state (I just nomed it for deletion). I haven't looked over all the other ones in this category, but I've seen similar religious-oriented spam articles, such as articles about private schools. I'll be happy to give this list a lookover but I'd appreciate some assistance. Thanks.

Category:Performers_of_Christian_music

--SuaveArt (talk) 08:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

spywareblockers411.com

 * links


 * additional links added by same user


 * accounts

Same IP slowly adding linkspam to multiple articles over a period of several months, most recently hijacking another spammer's link to replace with his own (here). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:59, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Blacklisting due to BLP issues?
(Copied from BLPN, which has only received one response).

Is it appropriate to blacklist (or monitor through a bot like ) external links because of WP:BLP concerns? Specifically, I encountered the addition of http://deceiver.com as a reference in this edit. I noticed that the same editor (and possibly others) has used the same reference in the past, and all those contributions were also removed per WP:BLP. --Ronz (talk) 16:05, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * If there has been abuse, perhaps Xlikbot is a start. here are the policies;
 * BLP
 * Material available solely in questionable sources or sources of dubious value should not be used anywhere in the article, including in "Further reading" or "External links" sections
 * BLP
 * External links in biographies of living persons must be of high quality and are judged by a stricter standard than for other articles. Do not link to websites that contradict the spirit of this policy or that are not fully compliant with our guideline on external links.
 * --Hu12 (talk) 21:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

slots-machines-online.net, rushessay.com, term-paper-research.com, others

 * Links:


 * Accounts:
 * bestessays.com
 * bestessays.com




 * The ips are blatant spammers, who've spammed multiple sites that have since been blacklisted (bestessays.ca, bestessays.com, bestessays.com.au, besttermpaper.com, custom-essaywriting.blogspot.com, research-service.com). This looks like more of the same. --Ronz (talk) 19:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

medicanalife.com

 * links


 * accounts

SPA spamming of links to a video-sharing / social networking site. It appears that most, if not all contributions that link to the site are originating from the 78.165.x.x range which suggests COI/promotional spamming for the site. Need a COIbot scan to confirm. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:28, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Rfc/Reliablity of sources and spam blacklist
There is a discussion regarding the spam blacklist and the reliability of sources here.--Hu12 (talk) 20:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Editor Jai Kumara Yesappa

 * accounts


 * Adsense id 7417822425342224


 * Links
 * Editor was warned for spamming these links, spamming with misleading link descriptions (in some cases replacing an existing external link but keeping the old description)  , and edit-warring over the spammed links
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor was warned for spamming these links, spamming with misleading link descriptions (in some cases replacing an existing external link but keeping the old description)  , and edit-warring over the spammed links
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor was warned for spamming these links, spamming with misleading link descriptions (in some cases replacing an existing external link but keeping the old description)  , and edit-warring over the spammed links
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor was warned for spamming these links, spamming with misleading link descriptions (in some cases replacing an existing external link but keeping the old description)  , and edit-warring over the spammed links
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor was warned for spamming these links, spamming with misleading link descriptions (in some cases replacing an existing external link but keeping the old description)  , and edit-warring over the spammed links
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * He's removed my warning and proceeded to create an article for one of the blogs. --Ronz (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

ski-db.com

 * Accounts

Noting this here for fairly blatant spamming over a year. MER-C 08:00, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

baja.org
Persistent, multi-IP spammer. Time to blacklist?

Editors: ✤ JonHarder talk 12:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Other google_ad_client = "pub-4098328352930394" Added
 * Cross wiki
 * es:Special:Contributions/189.172.24.186
 * --Hu12 (talk) 20:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki
 * es:Special:Contributions/189.172.24.186
 * --Hu12 (talk) 20:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 20:51, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Reinserted by
 * has this met the threshold for listing? ✤ JonHarder talk 14:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * And again. ✤ JonHarder talk 11:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, --Hu12 (talk) 06:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * And again. ✤ JonHarder talk 11:49, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, --Hu12 (talk) 06:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, --Hu12 (talk) 06:21, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Editor Healthpop

 * Account


 * Links
 * WP:SPA account, whose only edits are to add aolhealth/thatsfit blog articles as sources for usually trivial information. In addition to WP:SPAM problems, these sources fail WP:RS (and WP:BLP in the case of biographical info).
 * In the past few days, three other editors have recently reverted Healthpop's edits with similar concerns  . --Ronz (talk) 17:14, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Its Blog WP:REFSPAM. The articles are by the aka "aol-health-editors, thatsfit.com/bloggers/aol-health-editors/ . WP:BLP trumps WP:RS on on this as the concern is WP:V(policy). They need removing--Hu12 (talk) 20:54, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor continues. If his editing wasn't so sophisticated, I'd wonder if he's a bot. --Ronz (talk) 17:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Its Blog WP:REFSPAM. The articles are by the aka "aol-health-editors, thatsfit.com/bloggers/aol-health-editors/ . WP:BLP trumps WP:RS on on this as the concern is WP:V(policy). They need removing--Hu12 (talk) 20:54, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Editor continues. If his editing wasn't so sophisticated, I'd wonder if he's a bot. --Ronz (talk) 17:13, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

onethirtybpm.com



 * Articles for deletion/Onethirtybpm
 * Articles for deletion/Onethirtybpm

--Hu12 (talk) 08:23, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
 * More Accounts
 * --Hu12 (talk) 20:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Netfinity Interactive

 * Essentially a splog
 * Essentially a splog
 * Essentially a splog




 * Spam pages

From : "Featured project - SheaHomes.com"
 * Sites spammed
 * Splog
 * Splog
 * Splog

See :

From : "Partner blogs - [...] Victorian Dollhouse Fretwork www.WoodVictorianDollhouse.com"
 * Splog
 * Splog
 * Splog

See :

See and the archives of netfinityinc.blogspot.com.
 * Other clients


 * Spammers

Web design firm spamming clients' websites. This is not an exhaustive search. MER-C 08:38, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

louderthanthemusic.com
Adsense pub-9931980033034510
 * Articles
 * Articles

pt:Louder Than The Music sv:Louder Than The Music
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:29, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

AccelOps, Inc.



 * Deletion log
 * 09:53, 1 December 2009 deleted "AccelOps" ‎ (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
 * Articles_for_deletion/AccelOps
 * Articles_for_deletion/AccelOps

--Hu12 (talk) 05:52, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Clear COI

Possibly legit, but suspicious behavior


User is:

The same link has been added to about 35-40 pages. SDY (talk) 20:11, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesn't look like a gov or non-profit. Definitely heavy canvassing. I warned the user and reverted all of the roll-able links; there are about 55 remaining. OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:46, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

BeLight Software Spam

 * Article spam
 * Article spam


 * Accounts- W/Crosswiki
 * commons:Special:Contributions/RayJazz21
 * commons:Special:Contributions/RayJazz21


 * commons:Special:Contributions/Andrey CH
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Andrey CH
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Andrey CH


 * ru:Special:Contributions/Yevgen Lasman
 * ru:Special:Contributions/Yevgen Lasman


 * ru:Special:Contributions/62.64.88.211
 * ru:Special:Contributions/62.64.88.211
 * ru:Special:Contributions/62.64.88.211


 * ( RayJazz21)
 * ru:Special:Contributions/195.114.134.148

--Hu12 (talk) 14:31, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ( MacMan77)
 * ru:Special:Contributions/78.26.128.130
 * uk:Special:Contributions/78.26.128.130
 * Articles for deletion/BeLight Software
 * Also noted editing other users posts, twice during deletion discussions and WP:CANVASSING users and article talk page blanking--Hu12 (talk) 19:29, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

justtollywood.com frame redirect spam
Adsense pub-0645880041535231


 * Spam pages

Spam pages created solely to house links and citations to justtollywood.com:


 * Sites spammed
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.
 * Redirects via frame to justtollywood.com.


 * Related domains


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


 * Pretending to remove spam is never a sign of good faith.
 * Pretending to remove spam is never a sign of good faith.
 * Pretending to remove spam is never a sign of good faith.
 * Pretending to remove spam is never a sign of good faith.


 * Spammer removed other links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.
 * Spammer replaced existing links.


 * Spammer removed other links.
 * Spammer removed other links.


 * Appears to be a genuine contributor, but shares above patterns including iframe redirect abuse.
 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see




 * See also
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Iam.spark55

Did I tell you how much I hate Indian entertainment spam? MER-C 08:18, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Updated from SBL, a little further digging. MER-C 03:06, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Add checkuser confirmed socks. MER-C 06:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

IMS Experts Services spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:19, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Traffix Systems Spam

 * See previous - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Apr
 * Requests for checkuser/Case/3GPP guru


 * Previous accounts;
 * Previous accounts;
 * Previous accounts;


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Long term spamming, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 22:28, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ru:Special:Contributions/62.219.123.38

chivalrysorcery.myfastforum.org

 * links


 * accounts

SPA user with self-acknowledged COI with a fan-forum continues to re-post the link to the forum onto the Chivalry and Sorcery article. This is clearly a self-promotional link-addition, as the user has admitted "We are trying to encourage other players to find us and join us and if you keep deleting our link this diminishes their chance to find us.". --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:17, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Also cross-wiki additions of the link at Chivalry and Sorcery and Chivalry & Sorcery. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:34, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

avakayabiryani.com
Adsense pub-6399313036157573

... solely created to house links to avakayabiryani.com
 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Sigh. MER-C 03:26, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

hospital.com

 *  Them From  Space  11:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 *  Them From  Space  11:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 *  Them From  Space  11:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 *  Them From  Space  11:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 *  Them From  Space  11:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

ihateyou...

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Spammed, including on bio's, Attack site. Site promotes, spamming of the link, "The more people click on the link the more you will get to see!"--Hu12 (talk) 18:10, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Shwir

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Moore Legal Technology Spam
Company Registration in Scotland: No. SC297629

--Hu12 (talk) 18:38, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Heart and Stroke Foundation

 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:57, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * "Yaz Maziar is currently working as Senior Associate Manager, Internet Fundraising at the Heart and Stroke Foundation"

attorneyslisted.com

 * links


 * accounts


 * also added

SPA accounts adding link to a directory into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:49, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

thebesengroup.com
--Hu12 (talk) 05:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

teleena.com II
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Oct_1


 * Article spam
 * Article spam


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:42, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

homemade-atlas.org



 * Accounts


 * commons:Special:Contributions/Ionut_Cojocaru
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Ubitubi
 * ro:Special:Contributions/Ubitubi

Users personal site. Cross wiki sock-spamming, now Image-spamming here and at commons.--Hu12 (talk) 18:09, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * commons:Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard
 * reported to commons--Hu12 (talk) 14:46, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

modifiedcars.com and related II
Adsense pub-7682544872702261
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Sep


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:20, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

wikinewforum.com 2

 * Previous report: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Oct_1
 * Previous report: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Oct_1


 * Accounts



No reason for this link to be used on Wikipedia. The site is a forum posting scraped content from various sources, including Wikipedia itself. The link is being added by a user on the dynamic range 115.184.***.****.66.57.4.150 (talk) 01:00, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Spam
Appears to be pure spam. Midhart90 (talk) 04:32, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Markjeremy12
User is adding adverts and links to "PureTravel.com", an agency located in North Walsham, Norfolk, UK --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:44, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

besttofind.com


Normal SEO style spam site. Just removed from a half-dozen articles. tedder (talk) 04:20, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Searchking
SEO company
 * Article
 * Article


 * Articles for deletion/Searchking
 * Deletion log; 15:19, 7 November 2009 deleted "SearchKing" ‎ (A7: No indication that the article may meet guidelines for inclusion: G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:01, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

worldarchitecture.org

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)


 * CRAZYLABFARM
 * GAMEMANIAC
 * NIGHT SCAVENGER
 * YAZHU's PAGES

Editor Jai Kumara Yesappa - 2

 * Previous report
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Dec_1


 * accounts


 * Adsense id 7417822425342224




 * Updated to include links removed from his user page. --Ronz (talk) 17:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

User keeps adding in link to his personal website
He keeps adding in a link to his personal website http://www.aurides.com despite being reverted several times. Keeps using himself as a reference for the article material, but I'm not sure if that counts as spam. Constantly adding in a link to a personal website where you try to get people to hire you, I think qualifies as spam.  D r e a m Focus  00:01, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * link
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:18, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I am unable to delete this spam. Please help
The phrase "call of duty" --when found anywhere in Wikipedia, is connected to spam in the following way: It is underlined yellow. When a user hovers their mouse over the word, then a pop-up appears with a "hiliter shortcuts" link. The link is to ebay to someone who is trying to sell their copy of the game "Call of Duty." This is occurring in more than one article. It is occurring in the article Call of Duty and in the first paragraph of Medal of Honor. It is also occurring right in this edit here and now. Please help. Thanks.

Boyd Reimer (talk) 12:41, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * This isn't being done within Wikipedia. I've viewed that text on multiple browsers from multiple PCs.  The problem appears to be your system.  If you have not intentionally installed a browser add-in to provide those links, then the cause is most likely malware that has been installed on your system.  You'll need to run scans to search and remove whatever virus, spyware, or other malware that is inserting those links on your system. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:30, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Just to confirm: It is something installed in your computer, and it might be as simple as a Firefox add on. Put "hiliter shortcuts" into Google. Johnuniq (talk) 00:20, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

moneyscience.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Link directory--Hu12 (talk) 15:52, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

orebaregistry.com

 * Possibly related:
 * Possibly related:


 * Spammers

Persistent spamming over multiple years despite a block. MER-C 08:05, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

"mbtmvp.com", "nikecoo.com" spam
Links to mbtvp.com and nikecoo.com have been coming up on articles relating to footwear. Users have been replacing existing references and links with the business website.

+ others.
 * Articles
 * Footwear
 * Athletic shoes
 * Shoe size
 * Boot


 * Users
 * + one other user which is also blocked.
 * + one other user which is also blocked.
 * + one other user which is also blocked.

- Reconsider !  09:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Other accounts
 * Spam Articles
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam Articles
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam Articles
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Continuing
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Sock spamming with a considerable ammount of link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 21:32, 15 December 2009 (UTC)


 * First time I edit this page, sorry if I didn't get it right:
 * On footwear, Mbtchristmas changed diff two internal links (shoe and boot) to MBT shoe and MBT boot, and changed an EL to http://www.aaiatrade-cn.com/ Edit has been reverted.
 * --Fama Clamosa (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Fama Clamosa (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Fama Clamosa (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Continued spamming of "activ" network of sites

 * previously reported
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Dec 1


 * links


 * parent site


 * accounts

These links are all "community guide" type pages by third party companies - standard features, spam-heavy, and no editorial oversight. A new IP has recently joined the spamming activity. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:44, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

thinkunity.com





 * These accounts have all been devoted solely to spamming this link, which was not relevant on any of the pages it was placed on. The spamming behaviour dates back to January 2007.  Them From  Space  21:39, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

simplygites.com

 * links


 * accounts

Repeated addition of a commercial site for renting Gîtes. Ongoing for several months. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:17, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Phone verification -prevent link spam on your website
My name is Matthew Sopiars, I am the VP at Telesign Corp. I wanted to contact you guys regarding the issue you have with link spamming. I think I have an idea on how we could customize our security solutions to stop link spammers on Wikipedia and improve the quality of your site. We work with 3 of the largest websites in prevention of spam and fraud, so it felt natural to reach out to the fraud/abuse team at Wikipedia. Please contact me at your earliest convenience at 310-363-0472 or matt@telesign.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.234.75 (talk) 01:12, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

signalboxes.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:44, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

takingthepic.co.uk

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:55, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

urwurld.com

 * link


 * accounts

SPA user spamming links onto multiple articles which points to a web-travel guide as well as iPhone software for the same travel guide. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 06:54, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

cinegemini.com
The accused spammers: Sole Soul (talk) 22:18, 25 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Also:


 * Spamming as I type this :( MER-C 11:33, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 02:42, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

course-notes.org

 * Spammers

MER-C 05:41, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

ecigenjoy.com

 * accounts

Attempts to spam the electronic cigarette article by repeatedly replacing other URLs with ecigenjoy.com. Dancter (talk) 16:49, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

lilkimzone.net
This user is trying to trick me into adding the fansite lilkimzone.net as her "official site" in the infobox for the article about rapper Lil' Kim. User is also making all sorts of dishonest crap about her Myspace page being run by "fans" (certainly not the case for musicians' official MySpace pages) and that her management "approves" the fansite. I need help in dealing with this user. Andrewlp1991 (talk) 20:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

testcountry.com, printcountry.com


SEO spam. More complex spam issue than I'm familiar with, they add some content and then back it up with a ref, and I'm WP:AGF. Hoping hu12 or someone can own this one. Curious if there are other users involved or other foocountry.com domains. tedder (talk) 07:57, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Ariusturk has also added links to:
 * An IP which appears to be associated with Ariusturk, editing the same drug test article content at the same time, and adding links to printcountry.com and myofficeportal.org, as well:
 * Other associated domains:
 * An IP which appears to be associated with Ariusturk, editing the same drug test article content at the same time, and adding links to printcountry.com and myofficeportal.org, as well:
 * Other associated domains:
 * Other associated domains:
 * Other associated domains:


 * As with the IP making some of the edits, the sites all seem to be based in the San Diego area. Dancter (talk) 08:57, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

strangeglue.com

 * Links

Yet another online music zine spammed across Wikipedia. TheJazzDalek (talk) 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * More
 * Wow, nice work. --Hu12 (talk) 07:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, nice work. --Hu12 (talk) 07:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, nice work. --Hu12 (talk) 07:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, nice work. --Hu12 (talk) 07:17, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

toner-ink spam


--Hu12 (talk) 07:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

One Financial Spam

 * Articles for deletion/ONE Financial
 * Articles for deletion/One Financial (2nd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Jeffrey O'Brien
 * Articles for deletion/One Financial (2nd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Jeffrey O'Brien


 * Article spam
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien
 * founded in 2001 by Jeffrey O'Brien



--Hu12 (talk) 08:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts

Adsense pub-9402215442756632



 * Spammers

MER-C 09:56, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome E-Business Cambodian tourism sites

 * Sites spammed

Other spammed:


 * Spammers
 * Maybe
 * Maybe
 * Maybe

MER-C 10:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

lipcarecenter.com

 * Accounts:


 * Domain:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:20, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Related domain:

wikinewforum.com III
Adsense pub-1772210986915092
 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Oct_1
 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Dec_1


 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;
 * continued;

Bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 18:06, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

alhajowaisrazaqadri.com and Adsense related
Adsense pub-0230080278366112
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(Confirmed related) Previously added to xlinkbot, failed to stop, Bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 18:43, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

pakmahfil.com/aindianews.com and related

 * google_ad_client = pub-2669442930608952
 * sharethis.com;publisher=315ddb67-37e2-402e-8ae5-fbe9b328059f


 * Accounts
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(cross domains)                         (Cross domain pakmahfil.com/mujrapk.net)  (Strange redirect and cross domain)   (zahipedia.com spam IP)                     --Hu12 (talk) 18:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Action Against Hunger Spamming

 * Article
 * Article
 * Article


 * Accounts

site pop-ups ask for donations before entering. Serious WP:REFSPAMING (...ECT X30) --Hu12 (talk) 20:56, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Adsense Link farm Spamming google_ad_client = pub-3840652151406942
Adsense 3840652151406942
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms
 * Additional linkfarms


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:22, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Museo Publications, LLC

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Articles for deletion/Museo Magazine
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:06, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki spam
 * de:Special:Contributions/24.186.98.14
 * en:Special:Contributions/24.186.98.14
 * es:Special:Contributions/24.186.98.14
 * fr:Special:Contributions/24.186.98.14
 * it:Special:Contributions/24.186.98.14
 * it:Special:Contributions/24.45.10.9
 * en:Special:Contributions/24.45.10.9
 * Meta blacklisted
 * --Hu12 (talk) 00:27, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

iStadia Ltd
Adsense pub-1631393254063867 --Hu12 (talk) 07:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Louise Blouin Media Spam II (artinfo.com)

 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_May_2
 * Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_24


 * Accounts

WP:REFSPAM for artinfo.com--Hu12 (talk) 08:13, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

avakayabiryani.com 2

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


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Second time around for this user. Trying a block... MER-C 05:12, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Bumping - want to keep this around until the block expires. MER-C 05:20, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

babangida.com

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

MER-C 08:29, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

prokerala.com
Adsense pub-0875376866576215


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Yet another India-related made for AdSense scraper site... yawn. MER-C 09:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)