Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Feb 1

Help! Should we be deleting spammers' talk pages?
We have had many old spammer IP talk pages deleted in the last day. I think this is a poor idea and quite unnecessary, but others see it differently, so maybe I'm missing something.

Please see this discussion: and weigh in with your opinions pro and con.
 * User talk:MZMcBride

Thanks, -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:49, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Discussion has moved on to:
 * Wikipedia talk:User page
 * Your inputs would be helpful.
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:46, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I was a bit looking around to see what has been deleted, and I found this list of deleted XLinkBot warnings .. These even seem to go automatically!! (indef blocked spammers get automatically tagged as 'temporary users', and those pages can be deleted after 30 days .. if I understand correctly from CAT:TEMP a bot is even doing that automatically). Now most of the data there is regarding youtube and blogspot additions, but yet more of loss of valuable information.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:54, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I restored some of the XlinkBot talk pages. Many were automatically deleted because they had a general-purpose block template which automatically assigned them to Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages. When I restored them, I went back and removed Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages from the block language. Note that until a few months ago, our indefinite blocked spammer templates also included Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages however I managed to get that changed. In the meantime, there are (or were) a number of indefinitely blocked spammers' talk pages with older templates that are still marked "temporary".


 * If another admin gets the chance, can he/she look at some more deleted talk pages from the XLinkBot list above. I ran out of time. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 07:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

cheapamazonkindle.com and others

 * Domains:

Related domains


 * Possibly related domain:
 * http://thesameboat.com

amazon.com referral IDs: ultimrevie-20, cheapzune-20, cheaproomba-20

Google Adsense ID: 4979731710775578

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts:
 * updated -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:37, 1 February 2009 (UTC)


 * . All domains are now blacklisted (except the one "possibly related" domain). -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

cypress.com

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MrOllie (talk) 15:56, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Cypress Semiconductor is a giant high tech company. I see that this domain has subsequently been blacklisted on meta. I think we should expect (and readily grant) requests from established editors to whitelist individual cypress.com pages. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:26, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Spam abuse 2

 * Articles

Euromoney Institutional Investor Euromoney (magazine) American Metal Market Petroleum Economist Euromoney Engel Publishing Partners Compliance Reporter Metal Bulletin PLC Journal of Investing Journal of Private Equity Journal of Portfolio Management Template:Infobox JPM Institutional Investor Journals Journal of Fixed Income Journal of Alternative Investments Journal of Derivatives Airfinance Journal Euromoney Journal of Trading Journal of Structured Finance Journal of Wealth Management Project Finance magazine Trade Finance Industrial Minerals magazine


 * http://spam.euromoneyplc.com
 * http://spam.metalbulletinstore.com (redirect site euromoneyplc.com)
 * http://spam.airfinancejournal.com
 * http://spam.iflr.com
 * http://spam.iimagazine.com
 * http://spam.iinews.com
 * http://spam.euroweek.com
 * http://spam.iijournals.com
 * http://spam.institutionalinvestor.com
 * http://spam.gulfpub.com
 * http://spam.euromoneyyearbooks.com
 * http://spam.euromoney.com
 * http://spam.pharmalive.com
 * http://spam.emergingmarkets.org
 * http://spam..fundaction.com
 * http://spam.definedsavingsalert.com
 * http://spam.dailyii.com
 * http://spam.compliancereporter.com
 * http://spam.asiamoney.com
 * http://spam.asialawandpractice.com
 * http://spam.alphamagazine.com
 * http://spam.airtrafficmanagement.net
 * http://spam.petroleum-economist.com
 * http://spam.reactionsnet.com
 * http://spam.tradefinancemagazine.com
 * http://spam.projectfinancemagazine.com
 * http://spam.iiwealthmanagement.com
 * http://spam.operationsmanagement.com
 * http://spam.latinfinance.com
 * http://spam.misti.com
 * http://spam.euromoneytraining.com
 * http://spam.dcgtraining.com
 * http://spam.securities.com
 * http://spam.latinfinance.com
 * http://spam.euromoneyseminars.com
 * http://spam.euromoneyenergy.com
 * http://spam.euromoneyconferences.com
 * http://spam.coaltrans.com
 * http://spam.ii-jpm.com
 * http://spam.caia.org


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Euromoney Institutional Investor, PLC                 Adding to COIBot to retrieve full list..--Hu12 (talk) 19:54, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * All of the recent spam articles were created by . Looks strongly like SEO--Hu12 (talk) 20:12, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Articles_for_deletion/Journal_of_Trading --Hu12 (talk) 19:05, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

cincity2000.com
has been added quite a lot by

The domain been reported to m:User:COIBot/XWiki/cincity2000.com, but I've taken no action there as all edits were to this wiki. --Erwin(85) 20:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * More Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:14, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

dbmmo.com

 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Sep_2
 * Accounts

Long term spam abuse, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 21:48, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Jeffrey Childers / Healthy Puerh Tea Co.

 * Accounts
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--Hu12 (talk) 23:10, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Long term spam by Nativebreed

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--Hu12 (talk) 23:22, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

colorfulnepal.com
Adsense pub-0874227628575731
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 23:51, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Grammar checker spam
http://spam.onlinegrammarchecker.net http://spam.online-grammar-checker.net
 * Sites spammed
 * Redirects to onlinegrammarchecker.net
 * Redirects to onlinegrammarchecker.net

http://spam.writer-toolbox.com


 * Spammers

MER-C 09:31, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Report Spam
That seems to be a unhelpful red button as it just opens an empty section and doesn't aid in the least to file a structured report. Now what did I want to report in the first place?--Tikiwont (talk) 13:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/
I came across this site when analyzing a repost after AfD that had a review form this site. This may actually have been posted in good faith, so I haven't notified the poster, but it has the following prominent link and section:
 * Are You In Need of A Priority, Fast Track Quick Review Service With Extensive Internet Exposure?

As far as I see this amounts to selling book reviews on demand and create coverage for them, so we should make sure that wikipedia doesn't become (further) part of it. --Tikiwont (talk) 13:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello Dear Admins
Hi this is Alishah.

Can you guys please have a look at the discussion article Talk:Khalilullah Khalili Where a new user came up with some copied comments and a link to which i think is not only an Spam but also has many adult views. I think this is unappropriated and specially very abusive when our little brothers often go to have to face these links due to their research. Please please help I am new and I am not sure what to do when such links are provided furthermore I don't know if they are allowed to post these links in discussion, and I don't know if I am allowed to RV the discussion page. The discussion page Talk:Khalilullah Khalili were changed at 13:55, 2 February 2009 user:Shiite mullah.

Dear Advanced Members of Wikipedia, Your time and attention is very appropriated. Bye Alishah85 (talk) 06:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alishah85 (talk • contribs) 06:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

EnomSoft mobile phone downloads http://spam.enomsoft.com
http://spam.nokiahouse.com
 * Sites spammed
 * Adsense pub-9681743841660877

http://spam.themesinn.com
 * Adsense pub-1455588878141083

http://spam.mastienjoy.com
 * Related domains
 * Adsense pub-3294421564014687

http://spam.mobilerule.org

http://spam.funorigin.com
 * Adsense pub-1291088262771251


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:56, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Cypress Semiconductor spam.cypress.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see de:Special:Contributions/Geekstuff.
 * Spammer moved links up.
 * Spammer moved links up.


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


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see.
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MER-C 11:59, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Linkfarm at Fan film

 * Article

I'm not sure where to start on this one - the "External Links" section is a mess ... I'm tempted to purge the whole thing, but not sure if that's really the best method to deal with this one. By the nature of the subject, the article is a target for everyone wanting to promote various content. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:10, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cleaned up/removed that Spam Event Horizon per, Wikipedia is not a directory snd Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links. A lot of WP:SPA accounts in that and similar articles..hmmm--Hu12 (talk) 19:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Spamming of Symbian Software Limited (old)
Adsense pub-7347402540930999
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:46, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.aflatune.com

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



MER-C 12:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

hdtvinfo.eu

 * Links


 * Accounts

Somae of these may be appropriate; but the IP is a single purpose account which has been adding the link (both as refs and as ELs) to multiple articles over the last three months. From an initial scan, it appears that at least 2/3 of the links on WP to this site were created by this one IP. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hamon & Cie spam on Wikipedia

 * Spam domains:
 * http://hamon-researchcottrell.com
 * http://www.hamon.com
 * http://www.hamon.com

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam account:

99.231.44.245
IPs edits (and edits from similar IP) have been solely to add fansite address to article. Has attempted to claim the fansite is the artists "official" website. Has recieved numerous warnings, including final warning. -- The Red Pen of Doom  19:34, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Links
 * Added LinkSummary for involved link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:16, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for involved link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:16, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

whateverpoint.com
Dynamic IP keeps adding the same links to the same articles, they are ad-ridden dynamic websites built out of templates, all hosted on the same IP and server (wget shows that each website returns the exact same HTTP headers). For example, to Abbottabad it adds abbottabadpoint.com. From the contributions of the latest IP:


 * www.abbottabadpoint.com to Abbottabad
 * www.PeshawarPoint.com to Peshawar
 * www.FaisalabadPoint.com to Faisalabad
 * www.apnadikhan.com to Dera Ismail Khan
 * www.IslamabadPoint.com to Islamabad

--Enric Naval (talk) 19:56, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

IanElliott99
See Special:Contributions/IanElliott99 that he made 4 edits of spam. I undid all of them. Debresser (talk) 20:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Adsense pub-0888951372152980

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--Hu12 (talk) 22:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

soundproofmagazine.com

 * Link


 * Accounts

Submitted this to MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist due to COI spamming postings of the link starting again today. See prior report at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Jan 1. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:37, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments
 * I added it. Thanks for keeping an eye on this..--Hu12 (talk) 23:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

I think this is spam
Please have a look at this

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Jordan&diff=268671618&oldid=268671542

It's the history log of the article about Barbara Jordan where somebody added the words "lauren butters was here". I reverted the edit. You might want to have a talk with him about it though. Debresser (talk) 11:49, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.thewholocationguide.blogspot.com

 * Spammers

Ignores XLinkBot. MER-C 12:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

a couple of sites at America's Best Dance Crew and related articles

 * Links


 * Accounts

The first link, WatchABDC.com, is a copyright violation (site contains copyrighted clips of the show). Both links are conflicts of interest, as each account runs their respective website. Each user's only contributions are to add/re-add their links. – JYi (talk) 17:01, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * watchabdc.com = Adsense pub-8906413019970199
 * Articles
 * Watch ABDC
 * Note that bloggingbestdancecrew.com redirects to;
 * Also adding
 * Blocked both spam only accounts. Please report if spamming/link additions resume--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked both spam only accounts. Please report if spamming/link additions resume--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Blocked both spam only accounts. Please report if spamming/link additions resume--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1335543487067452 Pure TV Network blog spam
Adsense pub-1335543487067452


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Owner Obvious agressive multi-site spamming by single Adsense owner.--Hu12 (talk) 00:40, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Adsense pub-9911057097907605
Adsense pub-9911057097907605
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--Hu12 (talk) 22:39, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * commons:Commons:Deletion_requests/Image:A-bike_stand_alone.jpg
 * commons:Image:A-bike folded.jpg
 * See commons:Special:Contributions/Amuro_Lee commons:Special:Contributions/Binch Shin --Hu12 (talk) 19:03, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Continued spamming, forums are now Blacklisted.--Hu12 (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * redirects to diginexx.com
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

audiofile spam
User:Soundout is spamming hundreds of articles with this link http://www.audioville.co.uk/store/product/view_productcategory.php?Id=59

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Teapotgeorge (talk • contribs) 23:12, 6 February 2009
 * User:
 * Links:
 * I added summary links for the submitting user to provide easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I added summary links for the submitting user to provide easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I added summary links for the submitting user to provide easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:34, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you I wasn't sure how to do that.  Teapot  george Talk  23:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Peter Lorre
Curious as to what some other folks might have to add to this discussion. Thanks in advance. Kafziel Complaint Department 04:17, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Alex Borsody Spam

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"I am a writer, web and graphic designer, marketer..."[www.musicandartsblog.com/2008/12/music-and-arts-blog-promotions_3250.html]--Hu12 (talk) 18:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Continued spamming, musicandartsblog.com now Bl'd --Hu12 (talk) 00:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Softwaresavant
User posted on a variety of application pages new external links for his company's application breakdown feature. The breakdown, that shows basic information such as how many files and functions are included in a package, do not provide any benefit to the articles they are displayed in. Edits have been reverted and user re-adds them. All of his edits are in regards to this spam. He recently added a few discussion posts describing the sites and making veiled threats against those that edit them out:

Discussion post 1 Discussion post 2 Example of external links

He mentions in one Talk post: "The design documentation and metrics is currently free of charge to Apache Tomcat developers and downloaders. However, if you or anyone removes the external reference to the Apache Tomcat design and metrics site, I will have to suspend free entry to this site to the entire Apache Tomcat community, and whoever removed the external references link can answer to them."

His edits are many across multiple pages. Could an Admin intervene to ensure that I'm not wrong in seeing the problem here and help with the removals if it does break policy? Rurik (talk) 21:39, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Links
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Odd ... the Special:LinkSearch doesn't seem to be showing results for all articles where the identified user has added the links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Odd ... the Special:LinkSearch doesn't seem to be showing results for all articles where the identified user has added the links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:47, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

e-lab-book.com
Google_ad_client = pub-3233855080424361


 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_May


 * Spam sock accounts
 * Spam sock accounts

Administrative Contact = (Midknightr) @ Yahoo dot com..

Continued agressive long term spamming on Electronic lab notebook and others, Bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:47, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

169.234.115.112 has just inserted this spam link which seems to be WP:POINTy in retaliation for blacklisting of e-lab-book. This is after final warning to stop spamming. That should be enough justification to block this IP right now. It is being quite disruptive.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  21:25, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes that Ip (169.234.115.112) has been blocked, and is comming back to vandalize under multiple IP's registered to University of California, Irvine;
 * Even attempted to add links to google searches in order to get e-lab-book in. Also attempted to Joe job rescentris.com --Hu12 (talk) 19:42, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Business Events Sydney - is this spam?
Over the course of today, has been adding an external link to, a website promoting Sydney as a business event location, into numerous Sydney-related articles. Examples/diffs include Luna Park Sydney, Coogee, New South Wales, and the most inappropriate one (in my mind) Sydney Hilton Bombing.

I'm not sure what to do about it, so I'm listing this here for help. -- saberwyn 05:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Linksummary for easier reference. MER-C 09:03, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Linksummary for easier reference. MER-C 09:03, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.rainier.art.officelive.com

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MER-C 08:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

User:Jdwinx SPA spamming mindshare links
I don't know how to deal with spam. Please help. -Arch dude (talk) 12:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Templates for easy reference:


 * http://spam.mindshare.com


 * Spammers


 * I've put together a crude tutorial on dealing with spam here. MER-C 13:04, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

applevacations.com

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Commercial linkspam being added to multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:22, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

maposite.com

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oleksiy @ maposite dot com [maposite.com/Home.aspx#about]  --Hu12 (talk) 20:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

hotel-lo.com

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--Hu12 (talk) 20:59, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Problem gambling
Dedicated spammer from the 70.156.***.*** IP range has been repeatedly adding link to a toplist, and usually at the top of the external links to the article there now. 2005 (talk) 23:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

voltron.wikia.com

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 * Accounts

User involved is a self-confessed COI editor adding link to a wikia wiki that fails WP:ELNO. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The user confessed that when the Voltron article was having most of its content deleted, because some considered it too long, he put the information over at an external wiki, and linked to it. But whatever.  If someone who doesn't read the series, or care about the article, just wants to go around deleting everything in site, despite the fact that most people don't have a problem with it, go ahead.  That is what the wikipedia has come to these days. Dream Focus (talk) 23:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

acaihealth.info

 * Links


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User spamming link to multiple articles, masquerading them as refs. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:46, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

ioresources.com

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IP aggressively inserts purchase links into the Oracle Database and Kaseya articles. Does not respond to messages. Dancter (talk) 17:13, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

payroll spam links

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- Repeated link spamming to the Payroll article. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:31, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

COIBot False Positive - Need Whitelisting
Hey all. Yesterday I was looking through the what links here list for my userpage and I noticed that I showed up four times in a Feb 2, 2009 COI report by COIBot. My username, Novem Linguae, is triggering COI reports when I make edits to the article language. As my edits are in good faith, I'd like to request whitelisting to avoid further confusion. Thanks in advance. – Novem Lingvae (talk) 12:03, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed, false positive. I have whitelisted you.  Thanks!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.thenewpeloton.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.e-admission.edu.cn

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed

http://spam.chiwest.cn http://spam.e-admission.cn
 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 12:26, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

kingdomunderfire.wikia.com

 * Link


 * Accounts


 * Prior report
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Jan 1


 * Other accounts

Continued spamming of a wiki EL that fails WP:ELNO #12 "Links to open wikis, except those with a substantial history of stability and a substantial number of editors." --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:47, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Already for some time I feel to add \bwikia\.com\b to User:XLinkBot. Though there is proper use, most of the additions are inappropriate.  Is this the time?  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 16:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've seen a few of these recently; but I'm not sure how big of a problem these are overall. Looking at Special:LinkSearch, there are several thousand uses of the site; but the vast majority appear to be in non-article space ... so I'm guessing that the overall impact to legitimate use of the link would be minimal. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

adultgamereviews.com

 * Article
 * Article

Adult game reviews
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

surfacehippyinfo.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:43, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

ready-links.com

 * Articles
 * Articles

ReadyLinks
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:42, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

gantz.wikia.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

User involved is a self-confessed COI editor adding link to a wikia wiki that fails WP:ELNO. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Link being re-added by user . --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: this wikia's site statistics shows 63 legitimate content pages, and ListUser shows 9 users with 5 or more edits. Also, reviewing the content pages show that most, if not all, appear to be entirely unsourced - meaning the wikia is effectively an attempted back-door around the no original research requirements. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:02, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

WOW! Userpage spam!

 * Spam pages
 * zh:User:Zhanghao0513
 * zh:User talk:Zhanghao0513
 * zh:User:Zhanghao0513
 * zh:User talk:Zhanghao0513
 * zh:User:Zhanghao0513
 * zh:User talk:Zhanghao0513


 * Sites spammed
 * Splog.
 * Splog.
 * Splog.


 * Splog
 * Splog
 * Splog
 * Splog




 * Related domains
 * Splog.
 * Splog.


 * Splog.
 * Splog.


 * Splog.
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 * Splog.
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 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see zh:Special:Contributions/Zhanghao0513.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see zh:Special:Contributions/Zhanghao0513.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see zh:Special:Contributions/Zhanghao0513.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see zh:Special:Contributions/Zhanghao0513.

MER-C 08:10, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

kolkatafootball.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

booksontape.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

Blatant commercial linkspam. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:55, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

wikispot.info
Adsense pub-2661313180512359
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Hargreaves Lansdown

 * http://spam.h-l.co.uk
 * Articles
 * Articles

Hargreaves Lansdown
 * Accounts

Hargreaves Landsdown Asset Mgt LAN  --Hu12 (talk) 19:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

regression.nl

 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * CrossWiki spam

iframe site spam--Hu12 (talk) 20:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) nl:Special:Contributions/Martin6758

brandbible.co.uk

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:49, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Spam on Grace O'Malley page
Pirate lass has attempted to post at least two articles on Wikipedia, apparently about unpublished books, which were speedy deleted. She (?) then instead started adding an entry on the Grace O'Malley page about Rob Rover's tales here, with a link to an external website, and this appears to have nothing to do with Grace O'Malley other than being a book that happens to mention her. No attempt was made to assert the book's notability, so I deleted it. It was reposted by Pirate Lass again, I deleted it again, and then the same link was added by Litterature lover. I deleted it again, warning about sockpuppetry, only for the same link to be added yet again, this time an anonymous edit by 83.205.224.227. Can you do something about this because I'm getting tired of all these reversions. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 21:34, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Differential scanning calorimetry
I'm not too sure about this one - it's a bit subtle. On the page there was a perfectly good Infobox chemical analysis with a picture of a typical machine. There are now two identical Infoboxes, with different pictures - the latest one has been put up by User:Mtsales and shows (not surprisingly) a MT DSC. There is no direct link to mt.com, but it's a form of product placement. Is it therefore spamming? Ronhjones (talk) 00:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

www.uspoliticalspectrum.com
Newguy34 (talk) 00:43, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

wikinvest.com spam from User:Vikramparsani
I cleaned up the strew of links to this user left on dozens of pages, but I can easily imagine the links returning at a later date. Themfromspace (talk) 05:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

clientsfirst-us

 * Articles
 * Articles

SAP Business One,Microsoft Dynamics NAV, MAS 90
 * Accounts

, primary COI account; rest are simple socks 

Repeatedly adding same low content promotional links to multiple software related articles with socks and IPs. Kuru talk  03:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Apparently he's using a "tinyurl" type service at "zi.ma". Any policy on those types of URL proxies?  Kuru  talk  05:05, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * URL redirects are immediately blacklisted on meta, whether they've been abused yet or not. I just listed it there for blacklisting. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:59, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Blatant advertising.
I apologise in advance if this is the wrong board, but under the deletion policy blatant advertising is spam.

Created the page Roznama_Sialkot that consists solely of the following text;

www.roznamasialkot.com The only electronic complete unicod urdu news paper from the city of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, that gives you latest news from all over the world, especially from your own city Sialkot.

I tagged it for speedy deletion and went looking for an admin to delete it I Grave Rob (talk) 11:04, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Validation Data Repository (VDR)
Advertising through creation of the spam page Validation Data Repository (VDR), tagged with speedy but needs deleting —Preceding unsigned comment added by I Grave Rob (talk • contribs) 11:26, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

xr.com

 * Link


 * Accounts

This is a URL redirect site (same functionality as tinyURL). Being used by the accounts above to attempt to bypass the blacklisting of the site closingcost.info - which both accounts had previously been involved with adding. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: I've submitted a blacklist request at meta:Talk:Spam blacklist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

dentalart.in

 * Links


 * Accounts

Repeated re-adding of commercial spam link to multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

knowtheco.com
Adsense pub-3811304376637323
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Continuing --Hu12 (talk) 22:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.ezrecharge.in

 * Spammers

MER-C 09:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.lexposure.net

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


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



MER-C 09:31, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.attukaldevi.com
Adsense pub-7211152394834072


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Also
 * --Hu12 (talk) 06:41, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 06:41, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

michaelcrook.net

 * Links


 * Users


 * IPs

Michael Crook is an inflammatory blogger who has been using multiple identities to spam links to his own blog onto WP into articles on topics he blogs about, attempting presumably to generate traffic. See Sockpuppet investigations/Blogging4truth. Mfield (talk) 05:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comments

Fifteen puzzle spam

 * Links


 * Accounts

IP hopping spammer repeatedly inserts link to an Italian site in this article. Can we have the domain blacklisted please.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  16:37, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 *  Sp in ni ng  Spark  18:13, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: If you view the source of the page involved, it's a redirect to www.gioco15.altervista.org. I suspect that both the target and the redirect URL should be blacklisted (or at least added to XLinkBot - although I can't think of a legitimate use of the URLs). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: If you view the source of the page involved, it's a redirect to www.gioco15.altervista.org. I suspect that both the target and the redirect URL should be blacklisted (or at least added to XLinkBot - although I can't think of a legitimate use of the URLs). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:22, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I have added it to XLinkBot. See if it persists.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 00:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

gost-ukrespro spam
Spammers Themfromspace (talk) 00:43, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Added to XLinkBot. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 00:06, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

gisbornetv.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:09, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The 125.236.168.131 IP is pretty old (2 years almost), I added the link to XLinkBot, should be fine. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 00:02, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

wikiswot.com
http://spam.wikiswot.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

has a wikiswot.com email --Hu12 (talk) 00:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * CrossWiki
 * simple:Special:Contributions/71.232.22.87
 * --Hu12 (talk) 20:15, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

newfiction.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

Blatant commercial linkspam. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:55, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Additional account:
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Coverage1600 posting links to awesomestories.com
This user is posting links on many pages to articles on the web site awesomestories.com. The most recent articles affected include Erin Brockovich (film), Vasily Zaytsev, and Battle of the Crater, just to show the wide variety of articles touched. I am concerned about possible link spamming. --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 18:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I thought it would be helpful to add links to the new version of this site which educators recommend. See, for example, this entry for February 11, 2009 http://ilearntechnology.com/?m=200902 and this for February 12. http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/02/12/awesome-stories-has-just-gotten-more-awesome/  Would you like me to stop linking them? Coverage1600  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coverage1600 (talk • contribs) 18:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * For reference, here's the LinkSummary for the site:
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I requested the editor stop immediately and discuss before adding any more links. The user has not added any links since replying above and asking. --Abd (talk) 22:42, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I suggested to contact an appropriate wikiproject, and discuss with them. Site may be useful as a reference.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 23:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Additional IP  --Hu12 (talk) 19:24, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.speakbindas.com
Adsense pub-1739005670634304


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Pongo Software, LLC.

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

java-sources.org
"This site is independent of Sun Microsystems and other companies"
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Including Link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 20:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:NOT repository
mostly adding;

Among others.

Seems to be adding other relatively bening domains. Thoughts, --Hu12 (talk) 20:41, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

LAShTAL.com
User:Acsociety appear to have been placing links to his own (as claimed on user page) social networking and forum site, LAShTAL.com. Since the site also claims to be the home of the "Aleister Crowley Society", the account would appear to be a role account as well. Will in China (talk) 03:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This is, in my opinion, unreasonable. LAShTAL.COM is not a "social networking and forum site", it is the definitive non-partisan site relating to Aleister Crowley. It is non-commercial and impartial and is generally considered the definitive Asite relating to Aleister Crowley. The forums exist in order to enable discussion of issues raised elsewhere on the site, which is actually centred upon Galleries, news articles, an extensive Wiki-based online encyclopedia, and so on. To have this site described as "spam" is, frankly, astonishing. Its presence here could only be justified, in my opinion, by the ill-advised selection of my user name. Acsociety (talk) 12:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The site in question has been running for the best part of 10 years online in various forms, and currently contains lots of unique material on the subjects in question (Aleister Crowley, Thelema, etc.), such as an archive of scanned news articles going back 100 years, an illustrated user-edited subject-bibliography with over 700 titles, subject-specific image galleries with close to 2,000 images, dozens of user-submitted book reviews, its own Thelemic time server web-app that is used by dozens of other Thelemic and non-Thelemic websites, as well as its own user-edited encyclopedia, (yes...) forums and an unselfish listing of over 100 links to other worthy websites in the same category. It is the main community website for the subject-area that has also been listed in the Open Directory Project for many years.  It does not use advertising, or even send out emails to its user-base, and it has the support of the Aleister Crowley estate (Ordo Templi Orientis), so clearly it is not "spam". As with many community websites, there are occasionally fallings out with some members, which might perhaps explain what seems to have been a campaign by one or two Wikipedians against this site; but it would be an absurdity for it to be listed as spam. Ian Rons (talk) 13:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * It is clearly a social networking site which is defined as "online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. Most social network services are web based and provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as e-mail and instant messaging services.". You even admit this in your last sentence, "As with many community websites, there are occasionally fallings out with some members" - if it has members, it is a social networking site. In addition, much of the content you claim requires creating an account to access the content. That violates point 6 of WP:ELNO: "Links to sites that require payment or registration to view the relevant content". Spamming does not refer to the content of the site in any case, it refers to the repeated placement of links to the site in violation of Wikipedia policy, for example, the two points just listed and our conflict of interest policy, which prohibits site owners from promoting their own sites on Wikipedia. Will in China (talk) 14:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Whilst the site does have forums, as Qualer mentioned at Talk:Aleister_Crowley before you circumvented the discussion there by attempting to have the site completely blacklisted here, it is a bit of a "grey area" because the site has much else besides. You are wrong about the sign-up requirements -- only the sections where there are real or potential copyright issues (the bibliography and galleries) require registration.  In my view, this will require arbitration from someone with a lot more experience on Wikipedia than either of us; but I think we should at least finish the discussion at Talk:Aleister_Crowley. Ian Rons (talk) 15:13, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

It appears that the site owner is now attempting to recruit people to help him violate WP policy on his site. [www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3419.phtml] That about tears it, I will be requesting a formal blacklisting of the site. Will in China (talk) 16:03, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The "attempt to recruit people" would be more honestly stated as an appeal for Wikipedia specialists to provide assistance to oppose a bizarre vendetta against the site. Will in China is making a concerted effort to remove all links to LAShTAL.COM from Wikipedia, despite the site being generally considered a subject-expert site representing all the various factions, seemingly as part of a series of anti-site activities that include the submission of the site to real spamming engines. LAShTAL.COM is a serious, impartial site dedicated to the subject matter of those subject articles to which links have been added. I seek third-party arbitration rather than his/her petty vandalism. Acsociety (talk) 16:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * We use the duck test when it comes to spamming. Spammers always seem to think their site's uniqueness and/or non-commercial nature protects it from WP rules. These common spammer strawmen are addressed here. They carry no weight whatsoever. Will in China (talk) 17:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * P.S. I've got nothing against your site and have never been a member of it. It seems like a fine site and you seem to be proud of it. It is simply the type of site that Wikipedia has decided not to link to. As for your accusations, please review Wikipedia policy against personal attacks. You can be blocked rather quickly for making false accusations against another editor. I expect an apology. Will in China (talk) 17:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

For neutral moderators, i can say that my wiki experience with Will in China is that he/she doesnt have Crowleys or Thelemas best interest in mind. His/her agenda seems to be to present a flawed and unbalamced picture of Crowley and Thelema. Any time that i have made reasonable suggestions to improve their respective pages WillinChina has blocked any attempt to improve the articles. And he/she seems to have "unique" ideas about Thelema that would find little quarter in the Thelemic and occult community. lashtal.com isnt a spam site or a social networking site. Lashtal.com is closer to a media/news site for Thelemites globally that does a reasonable job of portraying and representing Thelema in all its many and varied forms. Its own rules are such that it needs to be impartial and neutral in its reporting, so it is so far removed from a spam site, i cant see how Willinchina could see itthat way. Unless of course he/she has a chip on their shoulder about the site....

Oh and WillinChina maybe you have been spending to long on your omputer. Sometimes when that happens you start to hallucinate and think that piranha fish are chewing away at your feet and fingers. Not good at all. Get out and get some fresh air mate.--Redblossom (talk) 17:28, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia isn't about having Crowley's or Thelema's best interest in mind. It's about neutrally reporting all that's been said about them in reliable sources, both pro and con. Will in China (talk) 17:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Will in China: you do seem to be mighty keen to circumvent the real discussion. As I mentioned before, I do feel we should actually finish the discussion on Talk:Aleister_Crowley before getting to the "nuclear option".  Isn't that how we do things on Wikipedia?  And your comments about straw men are topsy turvy: the fact that Acsociety thinks his site is good is not, per se, an argument for it being spam!  In fact, the site does contain a lot of unique documentary material provided by the Aleister Crowley estate, which is why links to it should be allowed; but as I say, we're having that discussion over at Talk:Aleister_Crowley, where quite frankly I think you're engaging in Wikilawyering -- "relying on technicalities to justify inappropriate actions". Ian Rons (talk) 18:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * You seem to be under the mistaken impression that consensus can override our spam rules. It cannot. Wikipedia works on consensus for things within the boundaries that we allow. Spamming is one of the things that we don't allow. Will in China (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm new here, so I asked for the input of one of the admins who has experience in this subject area in the discussion we're having over at Talk:Aleister_Crowley, and it seems he agrees with the points I've made re: adding LAShTAL.com as a link to that page, and that "threatening to put this on the blacklist just doesn't make sense". Now, I agree that we don't allow spamming -- of course -- but you seem to think you're the only one entitled to decide what is spam and what is not.  As you seem to accept, the consensus is against you as to whether this site is spam, so I urge you to reconsider your position in the light of the comments from jpgordon and the others who disagree with you.  At the moment, you don't seem to be listening to what other people are saying. Ian Rons (talk) 20:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Adding LinkSummary and UserSummary for easy reference.
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:31, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Thermoscan Co., Ltd spam.thermoscan.in.th spam.nightvision.in.th

 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.87.66.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.94.165.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.94.165.


 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.90.119.
 * Spammed on Thai Wikipedia, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.90.119.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.97.115.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.97.115.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.97.115.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.97.115.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see th:Special:Contributions/58.8.97.115.

See also m:User:COIBot/XWiki/thermoscan.in.th. MER-C 08:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Updated, thanks Spinningspark. MER-C 09:30, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Ongoing spam at Adjustable gastric band
Flowanda | Talk 04:46, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I opened a sock puppet case here against the original user and the two IPs. Themfromspace (talk) 07:59, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * continued --Hu12 (talk) 19:06, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

bgsu.edu

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

"We are a non-profit institution that exists for our users..."Shunker Admitted COI, however this is an academic institution. reported in keeping with Neutrality per External links policy on Advertising and conflicts of interest --Hu12 (talk) 18:39, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Adsense pub-3422787875875199
Adsense pub-3422787875875199
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:54, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

WinMate Communication INC spam

 * Articles
 * Articles

Winmate
 * Accounts


 * Croswiki Spam

BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 22:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) es:Special:Contributions/Brian_hsieh

http://spam.northumberland-coast.co.uk

 * Spammers

MER-C 10:09, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

akramonline.com

 * Link


 * Accounts

Linkspamming and link hijacking that appears to have been on-going for over 6 months. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:30, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

electronicspal.com


Despite WP:3O, user continues to spam Programmable logic controller

User A1 (talk) 05:35, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

long term Adsense related spammer
Adsense pub-1477371991053324
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Jan_1.5
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:06, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued;
 * Additionaly
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/62.232.19.118 adding market reports from visiongain.com
See previous discussion at WT:PHARM. He is back at it today. Xasodfuih (talk) 10:42, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org
www.newyorktimesbestsellerlist.org is a website seemingly being mass added by anonymous IP accounts. I deleted a bunch, but there are still some 60+ links to it. The pages are carazy full of advertising and the content is very, very thin reviews of bookos, or interviews apparently taken from other sites without permission. If anyone can help me clean this out (or add it to the blocklist), I'd appreciate it. DreamGuy (talk) 22:37, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

invispress.com/law

 * Links


 * Accounts

Linkspamming from two IP accounts over the past week. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

wstselfstudy.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

Linkspamming, COI, and edit warring (including 3RR). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:20, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Azxten isn't actually interested in this link (unless there's a big coincidence!), he's become incensed at my removals of his links to renewable-energy-future.com (which he has claimed ownership of), and is reverting many of my unrelated edits, many of which were reverts of additions of the wstselfstudy.com link. The account and IP associated with wstselfstudy.com are:



- MrOllie (talk) 19:28, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

onlinelabels.com

 * Links


 * Related links


 * Related articles


 * Accounts

Ongoing spamming of links of several years. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:16, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

akacool.com

 * Links


 * Related articles


 * Accounts
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.
 * et al.

I've noticed several links to akacool.com's anime store go by while I've been on new-user patrol tonight, most recently http://www.akacool.com/1210/saber-marionette/, which was added to Saber Marionette. The MO is that a new username will sign up and then, in the first edit or two, will add the shopping page of items most gemane to a given article to that article's ELs. There aren't terribly many of these additions extant on en.wiki at this time, but since I've reverted two or three myself just tonight, a campaign or some sort might be just starting to pick up steam. There does seem to be one (but only one) salutory use for links back to akacool.com: it seems to be a great place to rip off fair-use scans of Pokémon cover art (e.g., File:Pokemonseason3DVDvol1.jpg), and akacool.com is linked in several WP:FUC sourcing statements.

Would it be technically feasible to blacklist the links that are being added to articles without interfering with the non-free, cover-art images' sourcing statements? --Dynaflow  babble  08:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just use a non-live url for the images, for example www.example.com/image.jpg. MER-C 11:23, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Akacool.com is not an Anime store, it is an Anime media database pretty much just like Anime News Network. The site does not sell a single thing. I believe many users like me find it provides useful information therefore linked to it. If it is spam, wouldn't Anime News Network be spam, too? Please take a careful look at the content of the site and reconsider. --EmilyPeace  —Preceding undated comment was added on 19:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC).


 * I realized when I checked back here this afternoon that I had carelessly forgotten, before I went to bed last night, to let you know I had posted here or add a link to this thread to the uw-spam1 template message I had left you earlier. My apologies.  I'm glad to see that the information proved unnecessary, and that you knew right where to go and found your way here without trouble.
 * In the realm of merchandising, the "Click & Compare Prices" links prominently featured in each of the item subpages, in conjunction with the site's Terms and Conditions' statement that, "Akacool does not warranty that the quality of any products, services, information, or other materials purchased or obtained by you through our affiliated web sites [emphasis mine] meet your specific requirements," does give me pause. Whereas the Anime News Network actually seems to produce or at least aggregate substantial news content, all akacool.com seems to do is list what is currently commercially available and then expedite the purchase of it.
 * This site would seem to fall under WP:LINKSTOAVOID (particularly criteria 4 and 5), and in addition, there's not even any indication that the site is a reliable source for any information of real value vis à vis the articles where its links have been included. What necessary purpose does including these links serve that can't be met in some other, less spammy-seeming way?   --Dynaflow   babble  01:28, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your reply! I linked to akacool's Saber Marionette page because I found it has information about the novel series, which was not included in the Infobox on Saber Marionette's English wiki entry. That was the reason why I linked to it because I suppose some fans might be interested. Sometimes, whether an EL is useful or relevant to the content might appeal differently to different people. It's true that akacool has links to Amazon.com, so is Anime News Network and IMDb. That alone does not make them useless. Anyway, I believe you do have a point. My edit was already deleted by you, so be it. I am not going to keep arguing it with you anymore. Have a nice day! --EmilyPeace  —Preceding undated comment was added on 02:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC).

http://spam.wisdomquotes.com
Adsense pub-8078164959631104


 * Spammers

MER-C 09:36, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.barcaforum.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 11:14, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

http://www.claverton-energy.com

 * Spammer
 * Warned before User_talk:Engineman. Moved from external links to inline references, totals -/+30 links Mion (talk) 17:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Warned before User_talk:Engineman. Moved from external links to inline references, totals -/+30 links Mion (talk) 17:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Warned before User_talk:Engineman. Moved from external links to inline references, totals -/+30 links Mion (talk) 17:32, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

links to willemijns.com

 * Spammers

I have already removed these links once (and gave a warning), reverted the re-adds once (and gave another warning). Wrs1864 (talk) 20:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Michael Crook revisited
alias of michaelcrook.net, see for instance this edit. The site is currently down, presumably due to legal action on behalf of those he defamed. DES (talk) 23:22, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

WeAre spam

 * Links


 * Related links


 * Accounts

A single purpose account adding links to several related forum/support group pages. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

France-related wikis on wikidot.com
We've been spammed with links to multiple wikis:


 * Spam domains:
 * contact us link
 * Compare the text of that wiki's 17 Dec 2008 entry on Robert Motherwell with our 6 December version
 * Note this discussion: Talk:Artist
 * Meta discussion: meta:Talk:Interwiki map (permanent link)
 * Articles for deletion/Geoff Bunn


 * Talk:Brittany
 * Talk:Brittany
 * Talk:Brittany
 * Talk:Brittany




 * Related domains
 * Compare our 15 December 2008 version of Gene Davis (painter) with the blog's 9 February 2009 entry on the painter.
 * Compare our 15 December 2008 version of Gene Davis (painter) with the blog's 9 February 2009 entry on the painter.


 * This was spammed to simple.wikipedia but not here
 * This was spammed to simple.wikipedia but not here


 * contact us link
 * Articles for deletion/Geoff Bunn
 * It's possible that Bunn may in fact be notable. While a Google News archive search turns up nothing, he's been exhibited at the Tate Gallery.
 * contact us link
 * Articles for deletion/Geoff Bunn
 * It's possible that Bunn may in fact be notable. While a Google News archive search turns up nothing, he's been exhibited at the Tate Gallery.
 * contact us link
 * Articles for deletion/Geoff Bunn
 * It's possible that Bunn may in fact be notable. While a Google News archive search turns up nothing, he's been exhibited at the Tate Gallery.

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 * Accounts:
 * User talk:Marcus22
 * User talk:Marcus22
 * Talk:Brittany
 * Talk:Brittany


 * simple:Special:Contributions/90.231.2.252
 * simple:Special:Contributions/90.231.2.252
 * simple:Special:Contributions/90.231.2.252

Looking at the COIbot reports there's also been another (well-established) editor adding links to many of these wikis.
 * simple:Special:Contributions/Jon-Peter
 * simple:Special:Contributions/SparassinII

See this anonymous editor's previous cleanup and discussions of these links: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/86.202.167.98
 * Special:Contributions/86.202.37.235
 * Updated -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:37, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

http://spam.kriyayoga-mahavatarbabaji.com

 * Spammers

MER-C 12:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

rrplanet.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:38, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

holidays2...

 * Accounts
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 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:46, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Adsense 5797089918013277 Spam

 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Mar_2
 * See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Mar_2.5

Adsense pub-5797089918013277
 * Articles

GMTruckClub
 * Accounts
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 * Accounts
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moving his link "up" and way UP is never a sign of good faith. BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 20:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

section15.ca

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:57, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

requirementone.com

 * [redirects to requirementone.com]
 * Accounts
 * Crosswiki
 * de:Special:Contributions/92.228.138.2
 * Crosswiki
 * de:Special:Contributions/92.228.138.2
 * Crosswiki
 * de:Special:Contributions/92.228.138.2
 * de:Special:Contributions/92.228.138.2

--Hu12 (talk) 22:29, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

defblog.defculture.org




COI spam. Themfromspace (talk) 06:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Globaleconomiccrisis.com
Repeated adding of spam links despite warnings and requests for discussion. I'll add the IPs. Flowanda | Talk 21:45, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts

To be fair, I didn't warn any of the IPs except in edit summaries and on talk page. Flowanda | Talk 19:58, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Are the ongoing edits at Global financial crisis of 2008–2009 enough to get this site blacklisted? Flowanda | Talk 00:34, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

acquaviva.ning.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

Linking from multiple articles to a social networking site which contains "forum posts" of television episodes, with no indication of the site having obtained rights under copyright to host such content. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Heyday books




-Themfromspace (talk) 00:08, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

activisthq.com





 * IP has recieved final warning message. Themfromspace (talk) 02:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

arkcovenant.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Sales site for Ark of the Covenant Replicas ect. Spamming including Link vandalism--Hu12 (talk) 05:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

microcreditsummit.org
http://spam.microcreditsummit.org
 * Article
 * Article

Microcredit Summit Campaign
 * Cross wiki

zh:Special:Contributions/Lancerman9898 fi:Special:Contributions/130.188.4.9
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

limeexchange.com
See m:User:COIBot/XWiki/anantapuronline.co.cc, I stumbled across this site after the xwiki report for another site. This site has been placed 4 times on en: (and nowhere else). Since the link showed an "affiliate ID" it is suspicious imo. Please have a closer look and see if this is acceptable or not. EdBever (talk) 10:25, 28 February 2009 (UTC)