Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2011 Archive Jul 1

University of Utah Press


Publisher University of Utah Press ‎ broadly spamming citations to its publications. --CliffC (talk) 21:59, 30 June 2011 (UTC)
 * University press books are privileged reliable sources by Wikipedia rules ("Base articles on reliable, third-party, published sources .... Where available, academic and peer-reviewed publications are usually the most reliable sources." says WP:SOURCES). They are needed in the many articles that lack such important RS. This does not appear to be "spamming" in my opinion because it fails the key spamming test (the "books added do not add any useful and relevant information." WP:BOOKSPAM) Rjensen (talk) 07:12, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * But would you agree that this is spamming behavior? They are not being used as sources, they're simply being added to "further reading" (and such) lists.  --CliffC (talk) 16:24, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I do not consider it spamming behavior. The Further Reading section is important to many Wikipedia users, especially students who are considering whether there is enough material to write a report on the topic. The Further Reading section, in my opinion, is enhanced and improved by the cites of high priority scholarly books that will be useful to readers--indeed essential to students at the university level who NEED to know about the scholarly press titles. Spamming is about adding stuff of low value (it is about items that "do not add any useful and relevant information".) Rjensen (talk) 03:02, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org
particularly:


 * Spammers

Coordinated WP:SPA spamming and meatpuppetry. MER-C 02:53, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 56.0



 * Spammers

MER-C 06:43, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

digrii.com



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


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/2.38.46.120
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/2.38.46.120


 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/79.26.67.69
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/79.26.67.69
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/79.26.67.69
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/79.26.67.69


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/93.70.191.40
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/93.70.191.40
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/93.70.191.40


 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/217.202.37.157
 * Spammed on Spanish Wikipedia, see es:Special:Contributions/217.202.37.157

MER-C 11:34, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

ichibantel.com



 * Spammers

Blackbarry? MER-C 06:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Ammonet spam on Wikipedia
Adsense pub-6169171589093580




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


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/79.22.121.10
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/79.22.121.10


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/87.18.204.97
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/87.18.204.97
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/87.18.204.97
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/87.18.204.97
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/87.18.204.97


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


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


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

That's one giant linkfarm. MER-C 13:35, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Bump for now. MER-C 02:42, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

MER-C 04:46, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

caraccessoriesandsoftware.co.uk

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


 * Sites spammed

Spammed previously:


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:37, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Finite element software packages
It appears that the purpose of this account is to create and manage Range Software, along with linking to it in other articles such as List of finite element software packages. The user admitted in one of his edits that he is a developer for that company. -- Mecanismo | Talk 18:47, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

It appears to be an account created for the single purpose of creating the article PZFlex, along with spamming List of finite element software packages with a link to it. -- Mecanismo | Talk 18:51, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

voanews.com
This user has no edits except to add in links to Voice of America at the bottom of articles, in "External links" or "Further reading". Some of the links seem rather out of place.  D r e a m Focus  19:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * This is being discussed at External links/Noticeboard. MER-C 13:44, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Series of product pages from GRAITEC
This user account appears to be dedicated to the creation of articles covering products from some company called GRAITEC, all of them reading like infomercials. -- Mecanismo | Talk 11:42, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Chocolate Ape Retro Sweets
--Hu12 (talk) 13:04, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Rick Marini related Spamvertizing

 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:28, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Category:Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Bartlbs
 * --Hu12 (talk) 01:42, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 01:42, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Heritage Tourism Alliance of BC

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:38, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

WP Spam in the Signpost
"WikiProject Report" would like to focus on WikiProject Spam for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Other editors will also have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Have a great day. -Mabeenot (talk) 19:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

http://netspypro.blinkweb.com/
User has put at link to http://netspypro.blinkweb.com/ on Espionage twice, home page, and internet forum.--Breawycker (talk to me!) 16:27, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Sports blog Spam

 * Account
 * Account

--Hu12 (talk) 13:48, 8 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Continued spamming and edit warring..--Hu12 (talk) 15:31, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

hardmoneydatabase.com
The hardmoneydatabase.com website is using Wiki for a back-link on the terms hard money loan and hard money lenders. The backlinks are being posted in the "notations" or "references" sections of the page. After removing the backlinks several times they just continue to put them back on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.95.16.172 (talk • contribs)


 * MER-C 03:08, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 03:08, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

en.abinomics.com

 * links


 * pages


 * accounts

Repeated addition of link and related articles despite removal by multiple other parties - consensus by other editors actions being that the link does not meet WP:EL nor WP:RS. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: Added user:Cretog7, which was created tonight shortly after user:Hisabness received a level 4 warning. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:41, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The latter account was created in order to impersonate and harass User:Cretog8, who was the editor who initially removed the links. Also:
 * Looks like a good candidate for the blacklist. MER-C 06:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like a good candidate for the blacklist. MER-C 06:25, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

silenthollywood.com



 * Spammers

User is adding links systematically corresponding to some alphabetical list. MER-C 05:08, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

checkdent.com
Google Analytics UA-21055954


 * Spam pages
 * de:CheckDent
 * de:CheckDent


 * Sites spammed


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


 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahninteresse


 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahn-implantat
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahn-implantat


 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Hulahub
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Hulahub


 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahnfee123
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahnfee123


 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahn-veneer
 * Spammed on German Wikipedia, see de:Special:Contributions/Zahn-veneer



MER-C 06:58, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

officialdavidallancoe.com
Spamming hate site, edit warring, circumventing blocks--Hu12 (talk) 16:06, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

long-term Cross-domain spamming to mostly animal-related articles
I have a feeling that the following users, who have added similar URLs in external links sections, are related:

The first account has made a few good edits (including spam removal!), but most of the edits by the two accounts have been spammy. Graham 87 16:10, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Spam domains added by Tukkeramn:
 * Adsense pub-4734091621171370, Google Analytics UA-1862143


 * Spam domains added by Oleg.anashkin:
 * Adsense pub-2420701417275971


 * The two groups of domains are likely not related. MER-C 06:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

crarg.org
This new user added links to crarg.org (a Jewish geneological research site focused on a specific area) to many of the articles for villages in the region in question. It looked like spam to me, so I reverted them. Pthalo (talk) 02:37, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

blenkoproject.org

 * link


 * accounts


 * see also

User adding promotional content related to "The Blenko Project", using the blog of the project as its primary source. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:53, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Zen Interactiva spam on Wikipedia
Adsense pub-5238884060839012 Google Analytics UA-2332015




 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see es:Special:Contributions/Zeninteractiva
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see es:Special:Contributions/Zeninteractiva

MER-C 06:33, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

American Bird Conservancy COI spam

 * Articles
 * Articles

(blatant advert)
 * Accounts

 Long term WP:COI spam, warnings and blocks ignored.--Hu12 (talk) 13:19, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Single purpose account spamming link to YouTube Channel
A user whose only edits are to add in a link to a YouTube channel. After being reverted by two different editors three times, he then made a 4th edit replacing that article with nothing but a link.  D r e a m Focus  09:18, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

eodissa.com
Adsense pub-7679449421114175




 * Spammers

I have notified User:Psubhashish of this report. MER-C 10:25, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

aboutkolkata.com



 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:57, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

indonesia.travel

 * w:id:User:Sandhiasmoro

--Hu12 (talk) 12:30, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

ifmerch.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Commercial linkspam--Hu12 (talk) 12:47, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

weightlosehelp.net

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:54, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Annapurna Foot-hills Treks & Expedition spam on Wikipedia

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:20, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

value-investing.eu

 * links


 * accounts

Multiple SPA accounts spamming link into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:46, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Spam on New Criticism page
User added Spam for a dissertation-help writing website onto the New Criticism article (twice). Removed spam, but user does not have talk page so I couldn't leave a warning.Jpcohen (talk) 04:25, 24 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Warned the user for you. MER-C 04:05, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Warned the user for you. MER-C 04:05, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

byliner.com
This link is being added primarily by IPs, it's a new aggregator site which may or may not be useful to our project. (see Coibot report (which should appear shortly) for details) -- Versa geek  16:58, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

sqlserverlearner.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 19:23, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Campaign from multiple IP addresses spamming sfcrowsnest.com into multiple articles
Yworo (talk) 20:11, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

All the URLs ending in AuthorName1.php are search type links and all seem to have been actively spammed today. Yworo (talk) 20:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Spam still ongoing as of now.  Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 22:01, 26 July 2011 (UTC)



Nice catch. Links reverted. I'm going to put this on XLinkBot for now, as there is good faith linking to this domain. MER-C 03:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * There is also a blacklisting request at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist. I agree that the encyclopedia portion of this domain be blacklisted. MER-C 03:50, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

BSG study guide spam

 * links


 * articles


 * account

SPA account re-adding links to sites to purchase strategy guides - ongoing for over two years. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 06:10, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

casinoplayspecialist.com
Google Analytics UA-24002461




 * Spammers

MER-C 06:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Medical product spammed by an IP range and two accounts
Related user accounts: Related IP Addresses: Both of which belong to the IP range 202.65.132.160/27, belonging to the company in question. VQuakr (talk) 07:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Spamming of islandbirds.com

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:02, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

howtoreversediabetesnowreview.com
Adsense pub-7388638782285098 Google Analytics UA-19486443


 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Spek Media spam on Wikipedia

 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

--- Office of Disinformation  12:39, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Adsense pub-2103765853846088
 * Google Analytics UA-15124075




 * Additional domains


 * Additional spammers


 * . MER-C 13:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

distinctlyoklahoma.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(photographer for site) --Hu12 (talk) 16:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

teachlearnrepeat.com

 * link


 * accounts

SPA adding url into multiple articles. The user's original name suggests they may also have a COI with the site being added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:17, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Due to a dispute with the user regarding the appropriateness of the links, I've started a discussion about the site at WP:ELN. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:25, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

User:Jonessd1
appears to be constantly promoting a company called TwoTwoFive. They have made an article which was CSDed, and have now vandalized the sandbox with it. --Nathan2055talk 15:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added tracking for future reference. MER-C 11:27, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added tracking for future reference. MER-C 11:27, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

artonwheels.com.ar

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Sales site spam--Hu12 (talk) 15:16, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

soundsandcolours.com


Extensive spamming of REFSPAM and external links to "music and culture" magazine. --CliffC (talk) 21:32, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Also spammed by Slaterino, this travel blog: --CliffC (talk) 21:43, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

User:Wpasieka
They created a link spam page at Pressiton Cloud Computing Private Equity. I've reported them to AIV, CSDed the page, and issued a level one warning for link spam. Please keep an eye on them. --Nathan2055talk 17:26, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added templates for tracking purposes. MER-C 06:32, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added templates for tracking purposes. MER-C 06:32, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added templates for tracking purposes. MER-C 06:32, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Added templates for tracking purposes. MER-C 06:32, 31 July 2011 (UTC)