Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Apr 2

IndiaMART InterMESH Limited spam on Wikipedia 2
This user has already been warned for spamming various websites developed by "IndiaMART InterMESH Limited" and the obvious suspicion is of a COI related to that web shop.

They've also added a link to a trade show / conference centre aggregator site to a number of articles on such conference centres, e.g. and others (I count 5).
 * Taipei World Trade Center, diff, site
 * National Exhibition Centre, diff, site

Is this EL spam? The content is valuable and appears to meet WP:EL, but the host is through a 3rd party aggregator rather than the conference centre's own official site (which in this context is likely to be present, useful and already linked). Clearly there's also a spam issue.

Valid EL or spam? Andy Dingley (talk) 12:22, 24 April 2010 (UTC)




 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Feb 1


 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site
 * reported malware site


 * Spammers


 * Yay, more IndiaMART InterMESH domains. Reverted, it's clearly spam -- Intermesh "also undertake the task of web promotion and ensure online visibility". MER-C 13:41, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. And that's just three of 60(!) pages of a google search for "Developed and Managed by IndiaMART InterMESH Limited". I'm going to be here for a while. What a waste of time. MER-C 03:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * COIBot found nothing for the first 30 domains, so I'll leave it there. Sorry, but thanks for the report. MER-C 06:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

alresim.com
Adsense pub-0143021832202688 Google Analytics UA-5101939-X


 * Parked domain but same registrant
 * Parked domain but same registrant
 * Parked domain but same registrant


 * Parked domain but same registrant phone number and address
 * Parked domain but same registrant phone number and address


 * Completely dead domain
 * Completely dead domain


 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see tr:Special:Contributions/78.171.155.22
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see eu:Special:Contributions/78.188.21.157
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.102.205.3
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.102.205.3


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.83.147
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.83.147


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.113.214
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.113.214


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.64.251
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.103.64.251


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.105.146.149
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.105.146.149


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.105.161.123
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/85.105.161.123


 * Spammed on Turkish Wiktionary, see wikt:tr:Special:Contributions/85.108.184.17
 * Spammed on Turkish Wiktionary, see wikt:tr:Special:Contributions/85.108.184.17


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/88.235.124.47
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/88.235.127.208
 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/88.235.127.208


 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/94.120.243.39
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/94.120.247.4
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see simple:Special:Contributions/94.120.250.180
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammed on Turkish Wikipedia, see tr:Special:Contributions/94.120.243.209
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see tr:Special:Contributions/188.38.77.122
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see tr:Special:Contributions/188.38.77.122


 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links

No! MER-C 07:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

hydrobyte.com.br



 * Spammers

MER-C 03:01, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 06:48, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

reporting Oliveoilplank for possible initiative petition promotion in multiple articles
User's edits consist exclusively of dozens of additions to California initiative articles of the form "Petition management firm Bader & Associates, Inc. (owned by Tom Bader and Joy Bader) conducted the signature-gathering effort". — [ Unsigned comment added by AV3000 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 26 April 2010.]
 * The additions appear unsourced and do read as advertisements as currently worded. Even if an argument can be made that listing the firm hired to gather the signatures is somehow notable information, mentioning who owns the firm in an article about the petitions is off subject and clearly non-relevant to the petition articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

maxabout.com
Adsense ca-pub-5043633385254821 Google Analytics UA-307450-X


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


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 09:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated, MER-C 01:24, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

simplycharly.com
17 or so extlinks to this marginally relevant site, whose pages have an unusually large amount of privacy-invading web-tracking crap on them. I think I might remove them all. 66.127.53.162 (talk) 10:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Google Analytics UA-2457940-XX
 * MER-C 05:16, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * MER-C 05:16, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * MER-C 05:16, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

valuesuit.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 02:37, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 04:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

serbia-hotel.org
Adsense pub-0848570307658199 Google Analytics UA-7129647-X




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


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

MER-C 09:37, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 09:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-2798613-XX

 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead
 * domain is dead




 * Spammers
 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see

MER-C 09:16, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

xat.com

 * links


 * accounts

Spamming, link-hijacking, adding promotional advert content, etc. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:25, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, a related site that automatically forwards to xat.com:
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Just the tip of the iceberg here:


 * Spam pages


 * Spammers

Plus a number of users who can't tell the difference between an encyclopedia and a social networking site:

MER-C 05:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * See also deleted article xat.com (deleted per Articles for deletion/Xat.com). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Chinese costume spam



 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 09:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

4yousoft.com ilifesoft.com



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



Interesting spam elsewhere. MER-C 08:23, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Recycled. MER-C 03:21, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 04:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

nfldraftdepot.com



 * Related domains
 * Redirects to nbadraftdepot.com
 * Redirects to nbadraftdepot.com




 * Spammers
 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations


 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations


 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations


 * Spammer vandalized user page of reverter
 * Spammer vandalized user page of reverter


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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 * See also
 * Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive595
 * Sockpuppet investigations/RodneyWhite
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of RodneyWhite

MER-C 09:18, 8 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, my goodness! This is crazy. Thank you for unveiling this mess. And please make sure that website will be banned. --bender235 (talk) 13:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-7140044-X


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Citation spammer, see
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 * Citation spammer, see
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Recycled to complete records. MER-C 08:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

softwaretop100.org and refspamming


Not outright spam, it's been found to be a reliable source. But it was added enmasse to the lede of articles today (examples:, , ). I could use some assistance reviewing the inclusion in the lede and in the discussion on the user's talkpage, whether you agree with me or not. tedder (talk) 19:52, 28 April 2010 (UTC)