Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2011 Archive Aug 1

spiritoftheages.com yet again


This time it's popup users dropping one spam link each. Archived report, including reference to an earlier one, here. This site needs blacklisting. --CliffC (talk) 03:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * See also prior reports:
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2009 Archive Jun 1
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive May 1
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:08, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

whdo.ru

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2011 Archive Mar 1
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2011 Archive May 1


 * Sites spammed
 * redirects to:
 * redirects to:


 * already blacklisted
 * already blacklisted


 * Spammers

MER-C 13:06, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Midi Spamming
Adsense pub-3394859720371081
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Adsense pub-9922739342019261
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Adsense pub-6406935848066617
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

IP related Mass spamming and link vandalism --Hu12 (talk) 16:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 50.0



 * Similar domains

"We can ship the shoes to worldwide"

generic blacklisting rule:

"Your payment is fail, the order would not be processed unless you replace the order successfully"

generic blacklisting rule:

"If your order is lost, we will replace it for you, and sent it with another shipping method"

generic blacklisting rule:


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:34, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Dude thinks his blog is a music chart
This guy tried to use his blog as a source in Breathe (Miss A song) as well as adding it to the body of the article. (diff) He's got at least two obvious sockpuppets: Davidzunigaga, Davidzuni_99. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 06:00, 1 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Update: I've opened a sockpuppet investigation, even though there's not much to "investigate". Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 14:45, 2 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Update #2: All three accounts are now blocked for sockpuppetry, so I guess that takes care of that. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 07:53, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice work!--Hu12 (talk) 15:16, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-3128425585058195
Google Analytics UA-198290, UA-17450270




 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 12:35, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 10:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Category:User talk pages with Uw-spam4im notices
You are invited to contribute at Categories for discussion/Log/2011 August 3 - Fayenatic (talk) 13:53, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Bookspam for "MANHATTAN MAFIA GUIDE"


Seems to be promoting recently-published (July 22) book using User is also the principal editor of Eric Ferrara, an article about the book's author. --CliffC (talk) 20:43, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Reverted more of this spam. also, user has been blocked temporarily.--Hu12 (talk) 13:51, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * (Eric Ferrara)
 * (Eric Ferrara)
 * (Eric Ferrara)


 * also Articles for deletion/Eric Ferrara --Hu12 (talk) 15:32, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Dexter Travel Solutions spam on Wikipedia


Adsense pub-3885112697505159 Google Analytics UA-1438072


 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


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


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


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


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


 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246
 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246
 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246
 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246
 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246
 * Spammed on Portuguese Wikipedia, see pt:Special:Contributions/122.174.164.246


 * Spammed on Swedish Wikipedia, see sv:Special:Contributions/122.174.72.140
 * Spammed on Swedish Wikipedia, see sv:Special:Contributions/122.174.72.140

MER-C 13:13, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

soundcloud.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:31, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

selleckchem.com


Adding WP:REFSPAM to pharmaceutical articles. --CliffC (talk) 12:27, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Also --Hu12 (talk) 15:11, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Another; --Hu12 (talk) 13:47, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Continued spamming, final warnings given--Hu12 (talk) 14:37, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Blatant spam

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

--Hu12 (talk) 15:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The named user above basically challenged me to blacklist his domains when he replaced my spam warning with a big list of external links on his talk page. I was happy to oblige, but it made me wonder if it was a deliberate attempt to get the domains blacklisted. -- Versa geek  16:07, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, however the crosswiki spamming might not show it as a joe job on en.wikipedia...--Hu12 (talk) 14:44, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

xn--sx-h7s.com
Caution: NSFW.


 * equivalent to:
 * equivalent to:




 * Spammers

MER-C 12:59, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

dltruth.com



 * Spammers
 * Spammer used misleading edit summaries
 * Spammer used misleading edit summaries
 * Spammer used misleading edit summaries


 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks
 * Spammer used personal attacks


 * See also
 * Requests for checkuser/Case/Fred Ridge

MER-C 09:22, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

backstageol.com



 * Spammers

Generic WP:REFSPAM. MER-C 09:37, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group Sock Spamming

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(CRARG member Jeff Wexler)crarg.org/przedborz-poland-jewish-records.php --Hu12 (talk) 15:35, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Continued spamming, ect..--Hu12 (talk) 13:34, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

chiefacoins.com


Rare-coin sales site. User also seems to have a COI, as he says here that it is his personal website. --CliffC (talk) 13:03, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I will refrain this in the future. My website is not a coin sale site.
 * --Haseeb Naz (talk) 8:24, 8 August 2011 (GMT)
 * I reviewed the material at several of these links and don't see any offers to sell. I struck out the word "sales" in the report above.  --CliffC (talk) 12:45, 8 August 2011 (UTC)

User:Levissima30
Cross-wiki spam (affiliate links for MacApp Store/iTunes Store). Already blocked on de.wikipedia.org. I would appreciate it if somebody with experience on it.wikipedia.org could take action there as well. --Polarlys (talk) 15:47, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I was going to say you can get this account globally locked at SRG but Toolserver says it is not unified. MER-C 03:34, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

analog.com



 * Spammers

This one has flown mostly under the radar for a few years, though Analogkidr did pick up some warnings (which he ignored) in 2008. We have lots of links to this site, many of which are probably legitimate references, though Analog Devices obviously has a commercial interest in inserting links as well. - MrOllie (talk) 18:13, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

csa.us


New user dropping WP:REFSPAM sourced to "Society of Certified Senior Advisors", whose main page states:
 * "The Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) program gives you the advanced knowledge and practical tools to serve seniors at the highest level possible while giving you a powerful credential that increases your competitive advantage over other professionals. If you are ready to catapult your career and become an expert in the senior market, you're ready for CSA."

--CliffC (talk) 20:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

zautos.com
Adsense pub-4750780427713392 Google Analytics UA-11886437




 * Spammers

MER-C 08:34, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

eye-sim.com


Users


 *  Them From  Space  23:30, 13 August 2011 (UTC)

prometheussprings.com


Users


 * The company page was deleted quickly, but the above user left links on multiple articles. They should probably all be rolled back. Cheers!Jarhed (talk) 00:09, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

wildtafari.com
--Lifeatthesharpend (talk) 03:06, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Covenant of Mayors
and are adding spam across the Wikipedias, chiefly in the articles Covenant of Mayors and European Mobility Week. The event being promoted seems to be an EU-project. Edaen (talk) 06:14, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

User:121.96.34.3



 * Spammers

MER-C 09:16, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

77webhosting.com


Users

Unusual spamming method: Creates the spam link on the user page and then wikilinks to the user page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 17:34, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

accaengland.com

 * link

(
 * accounts

Ongoing spamming of a community-building website into multiple articles by an SPA account. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:55, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Added another IP SPA (spam only) account. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:34, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Rova.com
IP persistently reverting removal of a spam link/non-notable entry to Rova, a disambiguation page. January ( talk ) 09:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Spamming of bacau.net

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Spamming and Malware detected by avast; Infection: HTML:Script-inf --Hu12 (talk) 13:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * Cross wiki spamming
 * Cross wiki spamming

Some sort of test that wants to combine psychology and cancer
Both links are a redirect to https://psychrochester.com/rpc_survey/. I hope reporting correcly. --Dia^ (talk) 16:42, 17 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Additionally:


 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester
 * Registered to University of Rochester


 * Seems to be legit research, but abusing multiple accounts/meatpuppets to sprinkle external links that don't improve article content is wholly unacceptable. MER-C 07:35, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

mycelebrity.com
Google Analytics UA-1590576




 * Accounts

MER-C 08:10, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

flashpapers.com

 * Spam pages
 * de:User talk:Flashpapers


 * Sites spammed


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


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


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



MER-C 09:07, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

vintagesunglassesdesign.com

 * links


 * accounts

Repeated addition of advert linkspam by multiple SPA IP users. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:55, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Tourist guide of Greece
Not really bad, but still...there are probably hundreds of websites out there with basic info about tourism in Greece. --Dia^ (talk) 12:51, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * also
 * Users warned--Hu12 (talk) 16:11, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Users warned--Hu12 (talk) 16:11, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

W Roland Hamilton spam

 * redirects to http://67.20.89.159/wrolandhamilton/
 * redirects to http://67.20.89.159/wrolandhamilton/
 * redirects to http://67.20.89.159/wrolandhamilton/

--Hu12 (talk) 16:40, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Accounts

modernfuss.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Moving ones own link "up" and replacing official links are never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 17:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

metart.com.br

 * links


 * accounts

SPA addition of linkspam to multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:51, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Added 189.20.36.2 - continuing the linkspam addition. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:58, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Added IP 24.233.99.119 - continued linkspam addition. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:00, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

companyformations123.co.uk
Google Analytics UA-22397852, UA-22242737




 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Bengali Wikipedia, see bn:Special:Contributions/188.221.184.252
 * Spammed on Bengali Wikipedia, see bn:Special:Contributions/188.221.184.252



MER-C 09:38, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

bigredbook.info




The entirety of this editors' contribs (including the IP editor) consists of adding refspam for this one website. He has been on Wiki for just over a year but has really increased his activity in August. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► 11:38, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've just removed 66 of them but don't have time to continue this morning. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  12:44, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * removed the remaining. Looks as if the content in this link (www.bigredbook.info/Tiyl/RUSS_CONWAY.html) was scrapped form this site (www.russconway.co.uk/this%20is%20your%20life.html).--Hu12 (talk) 16:23, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Ukrainian Genealogical Research Bureau

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts

(uk) (uk)
 * Cross wiki spam

--Hu12 (talk) 16:09, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * uk:Special:Contributions/Markig
 * uk:Special:Contributions/95.133.84.85
 * ru:Special:Contributions/95.133.84.85

SEO spamming of TheSSLstore and others

 * Spam pages
 * v:User:Thesslstore
 * v:User:Thesslstore
 * v:User:Thesslstore
 * v:User:Thesslstore
 * v:User:Thesslstore
 * v:User:Thesslstore


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on English Wikiversity, see v:Special:Deletedcontributions/Thesslstore
 * Spammed on English Wikiversity, see v:Special:Deletedcontributions/Thesslstore
 * Spammed on English Wikiversity, see v:Special:Deletedcontributions/Thesslstore




 * See also
 * Articles for deletion/TheSSLstore

MER-C 12:38, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Electrical/electronic load spam
Advertising of Kikusia brand electrical loads after final warning on talk page. An example of the advertising is this edit to Dummy load. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:19, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

HCG weight loss

 * links


 * accounts

Spamming through throwaway user pages. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:36, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

http://www.zinfonia.com/
--Dia^ (talk) 11:15, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1185745631258137
Google Analytics UA-6298592




 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:54, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

removing wikipedia mirrors
I would be thankful if someone helped me to clean these wikipedia mirrors from articles:


 * ireference.ca
 * www.askbiography.com
 * *.thefullwiki.org
 * *.museumstuff.com/learn
 * *.duckduckgo.com
 * *.museumstuff.com/learn
 * *.duckduckgo.com
 * *.duckduckgo.com
 * *.duckduckgo.com

--Enric Naval (talk) 00:04, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I did some in mainspace and left the ones in talk and user pages. --Dia^ (talk) 09:33, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Would this be useful on XLinkBot (both revertlist ánd revertreferenceslist?) .. ?? --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:39, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Assorted cross-wiki spamming



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


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


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


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


 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/180.194.248.253
 * Spammed on Russian Wikipedia, see ru:Special:Contributions/180.194.248.253

MER-C 07:45, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

thebestfrenchtoast.com
Posted almost continuously for months on French toast by various IPs. Joja lozzo  17:25, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Additional domains:


 * Clients:


 * Spammers


 * MER-C 07:06, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

myowninformations.com



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


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


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


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

MER-C 10:46, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

berkshirestrails.com

 * links


 * accounts

Repeated spamming of url by multiple SPA accounts. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:19, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

thetaxhavenreport.com
added this to several articles today. Pure spam for a tax "advice" (or scam) site. Ravensfire ( talk ) 22:07, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Also added to a new article by 22:09, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

Latticework page now includes unverified reference to private company, the only edit made by this editor. I've asked for citation, but tempted to remove information as irrelevant to article. This is my first spam report and I'm not sure how to go about reporting this type of thing. Chellspecker (talk) 23:49, 30 August 2011 (UTC)

loldudez.com

 * links


 * parent site


 * related sites

Family of sites being added into multiple articles, in some cases removing other competing sites (which themselves equally fail inclusion criteria) while adding clearly advert/promotional material to the links. Sites are community networking blogs, and fail WP:ELNO, WP:NOT, and go against WP:USCITY. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:39, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

plantdex.com
This is a self-published, anonymous web site about plants. It isn't particularly spammish, barely has any ads beyond a few google ads, but it's not a reliable source for this project.


 * Today Golb12 peppered the project with links to the site as inline sources and has used the site as a source in the past, though no one has posted warning on their talk page until I just did. I think user is unaware of WP policy and is using this source in good faith.  Joja  lozzo  20:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC)