Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Nov 1

Farmvillebonuscollector.com
User and anonymous IP address adding links to a scam website on the FarmVille page, claiming it to be a typo fix in the summary. I haven't warned them yet as I'm not entirely sure what course of action to take, and whether to give them an only warning since it is a blatant scam site. Deftera talk 22:11, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE: I reverted the edits but another user, an obvious sockpuppet, came back using the name of Farmvillebonuscollector, the same name as the scammy website. Again I'm not entirely sure what course of action to take here as I'm not very experienced with this sort of thing and am unsure what warning to put, where to report, etc.


 * Warned spam4im, due to spam username, plain text linking and addition of promotional text. MER-C 02:09, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

ducktours.com.sg
Google Analytics UA-12786734




 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:23, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

singaporedice.com
Google Analytics UA-16225722




 * Spammers

MER-C 07:23, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

simandan.com
Adsense pub-9535236428864516 Google Analytics UA-1117827




 * Related domains


 * Users
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"
 * simandan.com: "Voicu Mihnea Simandan"

MER-C 08:07, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * See also Romanian Wikipedia contributions. MER-C 07:28, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

titaniumwf.com

 * link


 * accounts

All edits of these accounts are linkspamming various recreational drug and research chemical articles. Ol Yeller Talktome 20:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Almost every article in this search from #1 to #21 (all chemical articles that start with "JWH-" and end with a 3 digit number. Ol Yeller  Talktome 20:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * articles

I'm not familiar with how the process works but how does one go about getting a link blacklisted? I'd like to start a discussion on whether or not WP providing a link to the website could ever be positive. I think not but that's just my opinion. As the spamming seems to be increasing, I'd like to take action as soon as possible. Ol Yeller Talktome 20:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * note
 * m:Talk:Spam blacklist. MER-C 02:18, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

kenyanlyrics.com
Google Analytics UA-11951575


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


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see


 * 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


 * Inline spammer, see
 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up

Previous spammers:

MER-C 10:15, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

reservationshotels.org

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


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/92.112.79.235
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/92.112.79.235


 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.137.188
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.137.188
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.137.188
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.137.188
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.137.188



MER-C 09:41, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

tattoos.nu
Google Analytics UA-15923637




 * Spammers
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see


 * Inline spammer, see
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see sv:Special:Contributions/Tattoo Lover
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see sv:Special:Contributions/Tattoo Lover

MER-C 11:55, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

raipurnews.com
Adsense pub-8442666647481078 Google Analytics UA-1634538, UA-1626098




 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see hi:Special:Contributions/59.161.54.239
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see hi:Special:Contributions/59.161.54.239
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see hi:Special:Contributions/59.161.54.239
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see hi:Special:Contributions/59.161.54.239


 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
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 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting
 * Spammer imitated reference formatting


 * Spammed on Hindi Wikipedia, see hi:Special:Contributions/122.168.223.179
 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up


 * Spammed on Hindi Wikipedia, see hi:Special:Contributions/122.168.91.182
 * Spammed on Hindi Wikipedia, see hi:Special:Contributions/122.168.91.182

Revertlisted. MER-C 06:34, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * MER-C 07:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Htanna

 * Sites spammed
 * Sites spammed

Seems to be some sort of public relations company posting WP:REFSPAM. Mostly links these two sites but occasionally others. User tags the references added by including an unnecessary 'name' parameter to show/credit his username, thus:. --CliffC (talk) 20:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

icoolsoft.com



 * Spammers
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see



This looks like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Jun 2 all over again. MER-C 08:06, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Pastwritings.com
Addition of website to various literature articles. Deftera talk 14:22, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Spam-only account
This edit, clearly spam, is only contribution of this user. Apparently a spam-only account. Elizium23 (talk) 06:57, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Noted, thanks. MER-C 07:01, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks. MER-C 07:01, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Cross-wiki spam sock farm

 * Previous incidents
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Milljason22


 * Spam pages
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton
 * wikt:User:Saurighton


 * Sites spammed

domains globally blacklisted:


 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see commons:Special:Contributions/Seemadas1111
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see commons:Special:Contributions/Seemadas1111


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see wikt:Special:DeletedContributions/Saurighton
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see wikt:Special:DeletedContributions/Saurighton
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see wikt:Special:DeletedContributions/Saurighton


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


 * Spammed on Vietnamese Wikipedia, see vi:Special:Contributions/Anjila428
 * Spammed on Vietnamese Wikipedia, see vi:Special:Contributions/Anjila428
 * Spammed on Vietnamese Wikipedia, see vi:Special:Contributions/Anjila428





MER-C 06:58, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

haihoi.com
Adsense pub-3382497213906595 Google Analytics UA-18778766, UA-8248780


 * Spam pages

Created solely to house links to haihoi.com:


 * Sites spammed

Spammed, but is dead and appears unrelated:


 * Spammers
 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations
 * Spammer replaced existing citations


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


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see



MER-C 08:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * MER-C 04:48, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 04:44, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space

 * Site spammed
 * Spammer
 * Spammer

User is spamming this link to every WP article remotely related to theatre, at least 16 so far, e.g., , , etc. Voceditenore (talk) 12:06, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

New user creating links to British Geological Survey
This user has only been editing for two hours and has created nothing but external links to British Geographical Survey pages eg this diff This are clearly in good faith, but I'm unsure if a line has been crossed, and thought a more experienced eye was needed.  almost - instinct 13:18, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't think the British Geological Survey qualifies as "spam." They're probably underlinked on en.wiki as a resource of scientific information, if anything. The United States Geological Survey is one of the most important links for geological articles on en.wiki. Is he/she adding "British Geographical Survey" links also? I didn't see those and don't know about that, though. --Kleopatra (talk) 14:23, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Quite, it is tricky. For example, is adding a link to this webpage on the Blubberhouses page relevant? It's interesting stuff, but ....  almost - instinct 14:41, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a good try at making an editor. --Kleopatra (talk) 07:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Tricky, indeed. But lets define it different, quite some of the additions do fail the external links guideline, and/or (worse) WP:NOT (specifically, WP:NOT and WP:NOT). They either don't add, are not directly linked, are not giving any information on the subject but rather examples, etc. etc. I would, kindly though firmly, suggest the editor to stop with what they are doing in this way, and have a read through our policies and guidelines. Having said that, I will leave the editor a welcome template and such a suggestion.

Note (to Kleopatra): true, this does not qualify as spam, the behaviour may be qualified as spamming (but I'll assume good faith for now). --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:51, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Sahilsalem


Site spammed:

Example: dif

--Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 15:06, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Adsense pub-4783870063417258


 * sahilsite.blogspot.com redirects to:


 * Also:


 * MER-C 08:53, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Sydney J Bush

 * Has continued spamming after final warning. Brianhe (talk) 00:14, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Accounts used:
 * Some history dating back to 2005

Pages deleted as inappropriate for Wikipedia:
 * Arterial disease reversal
 * Bush Sydney J. UK Optometrist/Researcher/Inventor: Introduced Cardioretinometry December 2002.
 * Cardioretinometry - deleted 4 times
 * CardioRetinometry
 * Medical politics
 * Occult scurvy - deleted 3 times
 * Occult Scurvy
 * Sydney J Bush.. UK Optometrist/inventor/researcher
 * Sydney J. Bush - deleted twice
 * Talk talk:Cardioretinometry
 * Talk:Cardioretinometry - deleted 6 times
 * Talk:Occult Scurvy
 * User:Sydney J Bush

Discussions:
 * Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bush Sydney J. UK Optometrist/Researcher/Inventor: Introduced Cardioretinometry December 2002.
 * Articles for deletion/Medical politics
 * Articles for deletion/Occult Scurvy
 * Articles for deletion/Sydney J Bush.. UK Optometrist/inventor/researcher
 * Articles for deletion/Sydney J. Bush
 * Votes for deletion/Cardioretinometry
 * User talk:Dpbsmith/Archive06
 * Incivility and more blatant self-promotion on another editor's talk page.

Off-Wikipedia:
 * http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/pract.shtml
 * User:Sydney J Bush listed as Bush's website

Related domains: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:17, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Spam
I hope this doesn't hurt you but you haven't replied to me on my account. PLease remove the block as soon as you can. I was hacked and have changed the password.

Thebrad 250 (talk) 17:43, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

gardenvisit.com
This site is spammed across a large number of Wikipedia articles. It is a low-quality directory of gardens open to the public. Most entries contain far more information on nearby hotels than they do on the garden itself. The commercial focus of the site and the imbalance between content and advertising make me think that it should be blacklisted and subsequently removed from all articles. --Simple Bob (talk) 13:03, 15 November 2010 (UTC)


 * So far, at least:
 * Likely
 * Likely
 * Likely


 * See also Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hurker/Gardenvisit.com.


 * This predates the linkwatchers. MER-C 02:26, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

ScanScout and Crunchbase
Not sure if these are being spammed or not. They seem to be connected. Crunchbase is a routine wiki-based commercial listings site on tech companies. It's hard to be sure if it is an especially valuable or useful external link to help users reading about companies in Wikipedia.

Can someone look at this and see whether it's useful or spam? Thanks. FT2 (Talk 15:50, 16 November 2010 (UTC)




 * The crunchbase links are templated via CrunchBase. This is going to be a pain to track. MER-C 02:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I have nothing on crunchbase as COIBot refused to report on it. However, the edits by these users:




 * are clear abuse of Wikipedia as a promotional tool. Scanscout is an web advertising company. You also may be interested in the deleted history of ScanScout. MER-C 02:22, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

stock-market-strategy.com
Google Analytics UA-2985948




 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 13:20, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

The Valley News spam

 * redirect to myvalleyne'ws.com
 * 'redirect to myvalleynews.com
 * redirect to myvalleynews.com
 * redirect to myvalleynews.com
 * Accounts
 * redirect to myvalleynews.com
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:12, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Htanna continues to refspam


Earlier report archived here. --CliffC (talk) 22:57, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

doabaheadlines.co.in

 * Previous incidents
 * Articles for deletion/Doaba Headlines


 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


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


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


 * Citation spammer, see
 * Citation spammer, see


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



MER-C 05:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Funky spam ring

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Possibly
 * Possibly
 * Possibly
 * Possibly

MER-C 08:21, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 29.0


mbt "I placed my order last" "for my daughter's birthday"
 * Similar domains

domains already blacklisted:

"Our editors touch each and every product to provide the best and most accurate information about each item"

domains already blacklisted:

"customers' desires to shop a destination dedicated to Brand Shoes"

"In order to guarantee a secure route through customs and avoid high import taxes and duties, we pack our bags in a special way"

domains already blacklisted:


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:44, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Bump due to exams. MER-C 06:39, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

rio-de-janeiro-guide.net
Adsense pub-6236974266842187 Google Analytics UA-11568228




 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see pt:Special:Contributions/157.201.102.246
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see pt:Special:Contributions/157.201.102.246


 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/157.201.100.199
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/157.201.100.199


 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/157.201.103.145
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/157.201.103.145


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


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see pt:Special:Contributions/157.201.104.104
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see pt:Special:Contributions/157.201.104.104


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



Shuffles around for that spamsearch tool I wrote some time ago... not on this computer. MER-C 06:36, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 09:53, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

fireandsafetyforum.com

 * Spammers

Sticking only to spamming on their talk pages. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:46, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Voices of Democracy Project (VOD)

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(Furman University Greenville) (Furman University Greenville)  (Furman University Greenville) --Hu12 (talk) 18:34, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * related case IP 68.216.106.168
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:32, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

eurohockey.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * Cross Wiki
 * w:sv:User:85.229.133.3
 * w:sv:User:85.229.131.121

--Hu12 (talk) 17:49, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

codealias.info
Adsense pub-2173120557389925
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:01, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

monsooncanvas.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Clearly, ie ( http://www.monsooncanvas.com/V.S.Gaitonde_mordernart_profile.html ) ---> Scrapped content--Hu12 (talk) 18:13, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 21.1



 * Similar domains

4563516407002574603

"It offen takes about 7 days to receive you packages."

"due to general dissatisfaction or purchaser regret or the item was damaged during the transportational process"

"lost on the road, so how can we hep you for continue business"

generic blacklisting rule:

domains already blacklisted:

"powered by nike air max"

generic blacklisting rule:

domains already blacklisted:


 * Spammers

Another bundle of joy. MER-C 08:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Bump. MER-C 08:06, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Robb Hamic websites and book linkspam

 * links


 * accounts

User with likely WP:COI adding promotional linkspam adverts for websites and books by Robb Hamic into multiple articles. The handful of content additions by the user outside of the promotional content is unsourced. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:56, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Joss Pentoscope / Deborah Duncan WP:SPA
— Joss Pentoscope (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=391187144 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Logical_Cowboy&diff=prev&oldid=391186083 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=391129719 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=388246235

— Deborah Duncan (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=396690571 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=396644503 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=396496398 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=396379373 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=On_Beauty&diff=prev&oldid=396078684

Promotion of personal essay written by non-recognized expert. Repeatedly inserts obscures statements into article with purpose of linking to personal essay. Personal attacks on editor who cites the rules.

Logical Cowboy (talk) 15:29, 14 November 2010 (UTC)


 * UPDATE: There are now three different IP editors inserting the same link into On Beauty. Logical Cowboy (talk) 14:19, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

marrakech-loisirs.com



 * Spammers
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see



MER-C 11:43, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Cookie-cutter websites spammed by single user




All six websites, spammed by the same user, mostly masquerading as references. All six websites have been constructed using the same tool, and use the same basic page layout. Just view the page source and you will see exactly what I mean. The meta tags have the same layout. The same "xsp_styles.Css" stylesheet is called by each website. The exact same table-based layout is used. I think this 100% alignment between all six websites by a user whose only contribution has been to add these sites, shows a clear promotional intent. I would ask that all six sites are added to the spam blacklist. --Biker Biker (talk) 18:44, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

onbux.com
What's that "onbux.com" doing at the bottom of Mony Mony? that can't be good 67.162.90.113 (talk) 23:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * links
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:14, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Added LinkSummary for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:14, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

iBloom Technologies Pvt Ltd, HelloExpert Spamming

 * Corporate


 * Spammed
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:37, 20 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Another --Hu12 (talk) 18:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Another --Hu12 (talk) 18:04, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


 * "we would like to have information about our client's website but through a legitimate way- just like others have"
 * Moving their links up...
 * Userpage spam; Deleted revision as of 26 August 2010
 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:40, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

walkopedia.net

 * link


 * accounts

Multiple WP:SPA accounts, whose only activities have been to linkspam the site walkopedia.net into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:15, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

vectoria.co.uk
Ipsign (talk) 08:48, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

losgigantesmarina.com

 * link


 * accounts

Multiple WP:SPA accounts persistently re-adding links to this site into ; ongoing for more than a year. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:45, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

footballcardgallery.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 08:21, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

jorum.ac.uk
Registered to University of Manchester
 * Articles
 * Articles

deleted 5 times Articles for deletion/Jorum
 * Accounts

(University of Manchester) IP adding links to site, related to the IP. Seems there was some history a while back.--Hu12 (talk) 15:58, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Gallery Simon Lee spam

 * 
 * ...Modernist (talk) 17:24, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

sharemarketinglive.com
Adsense pub-3015668565217499 Google Analytics UA-19823179




 * Spammers

Appears to be a splog of some sorts. MER-C 07:52, 25 November 2010 (UTC)


 * additional IPs
 * Linking continued, added another IP. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:24, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Linking continued, added another IP. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:24, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

twenga.co.uk
Google Analytics UA-15702249




 * Spammers

So far this appears restricted to hotels. MER-C 10:12, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Acopian Center for the Environment SPAM

 * Sockpuppet_investigations/Boajeff


 * Accounts
 * Accounts



Massive multi IP and Account linkspamming blitz between 23 November 2010 and 25 November 2010. Previous spam blitz was 12 November 2010. Sells field guides and other products[www.acopiancenter.am/categories.asp]--Hu12 (talk) 20:20, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * "I volunteer to help a group of ornithologists in Armenia ... The group produced a well known field guide to the 300 plus birds of Armenia...We are trying to add this as a reference to each wikipedia bird page"
 * Yet another account. Admits WP:COI and there intent to WP:SPAM Wikipedia. They Sell field guides and other products. clearly created for the purpose of soliciting advocacy of the above link in an attempt to avoid scrutiny.--Hu12 (talk) 17:23, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * to Blacklist per Sockpuppet_investigations/Boajeff--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * to Blacklist per Sockpuppet_investigations/Boajeff--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

amzn.to
Would someone please explain what amzn.to is: is it some form of spam? I noticed this edit which added two amzn.to links to Textbook (I reverted), then I found that Amazon Kindle had 12 links to amzn.to inserted in the last week or so (I have just restored originals). For example, this added link http://amzn.to/Kindle_WiFi is a redirect to http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Y27P3M?ie=UTF8&tag=bfdst-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002Y27P3M There were a few other links like that at Amazon MP3, DJ Max Portable 3, The War On Destiny book and there is one at WT:Articles for creation/Steve Piacente. Johnuniq (talk) 04:14, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * See WT:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Aug 1 and WP:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/amzn.to.
 * See WT:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Aug 1 and WP:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/amzn.to.
 * Amazon has launched it’s own shortened URL amzn.to ,When you login on amazon you'll see "Share on twitter" icon on top of every page,it's shortened url for share on twitter with the domain amzn.to/. I think it's easy to remember than the long url and it's not spam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.14.5.140 (talk) 20:43, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for info. Nevertheless, it has been used in a spammy way, with several embedded external links within Amazon Kindle, and I'm suspicious about whether the expanded URL (example above) might contain a referral code. Johnuniq (talk) 22:46, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Long term Spamming of graduationwisdom.com
Adsense pub-3276897276860348
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Long term Adsense spam campaign by clearly spam-only accounts.--Hu12 (talk) 18:17, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Ihareimer

 * Has added same promotional article repeatedly, in March, August and November. Brianhe (talk) 23:47, 30 November 2010 (UTC)