Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2011 Archive May 1

User:Kgwet
This account has been adding his book to articles on statistics in the last days. Similar bursts of activity---only adding or updating references to publications of Gwet---have happened a few times in the last year. Kiefer .Wolfowitz 11:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)




 * Added templates for tracking purposes. MER-C 03:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Wrobins1
Since at least March 26, ,

who appears to have also spammed via since at least March 13,

has been adding commercial and unverified content and linkspam ELs promoting the company Heritage Auctions. Two editors, at least, have explained Wikipedia policies regarding these promotional links, which make unverified superlative claims, and he will stop for a week or so then begin again. He refuses to discuss, and refuses to stop. This is a user solely devoted to promoting a company, who has made no useful contributions to Wikipedia and intends to continue using us only to promote Heritage Auctions, and now, after proper warnings and a month-and-a-half of his unrepentant spamming, I urge that he and his IP be banned.

Examples:


 * Robert Crumb today


 * Gil Elvgren in April and


 * his Gil Elvgren reversion with three edits beginning here, today

--Tenebrae (talk) 23:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Added template for tracking purposes. MER-C 05:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Added template for tracking purposes. MER-C 05:18, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Sock spam campaign for project-syndicate.org
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-4075322200277484


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Not compleate; Between 9 and 11 am today Jakofalltrds, Jjobjn, Amercury168, Lizbethgeorge, Jofrankps, Hratzoff were spamming simultaniously. --Hu12 (talk) 19:55, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * MER-C 05:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 05:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Sockpuppet investigations/Projectsyndicate
 * Confirmed sock-spamming--Hu12 (talk) 15:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * More accounts;


 * project-syndicate.org links:
 * "...original op-ed commentaries."(www.project-syndicate.org/about_us/who_we_are)
 * Are essentially self-published
 * Fails Wikipedia's core content policies:
 * ”Verifiability”
 * ” Questionable_sources”
 * "Verifiable Reliable Sources"
 * ”Self-published sources (online and paper)”
 * "Original research"
 * ”Reliable sources”
 * ”Self-published sources”
 * Biographies of living persons
 * BLP
 * ”Reliable sources”
 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:10, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Revertlisted. MER-C 02:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

emathematics.net
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-9589333006817269
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:28, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Blogspam on Video Games Articles
Being added as a reference by blog owner when no citations are offered on supposed 'reference' — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.9.188.200 (talk • contribs)



MER-C 08:17, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

missomnimedia.com
Google Analytics UA-3482029




 * Related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 10:57, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 03:17, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Ince & Co. spam on Wikipedia



 * Spam pages
 * law firms of the united arab emirates
 * law firms of the united arab emirates
 * law firms of the united arab emirates
 * law firms of the united arab emirates


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Including Google Analytics tracking parameters in links is clearly a sign of bad faith.
 * Including Google Analytics tracking parameters in links is clearly a sign of bad faith.



$ whois 62.189.151.212 inetnum:       62.189.151.208 - 62.189.151.223 netname:       INCE-ET-CO-NET1-LON-GB descr:         Ince & Co descr:          LONDON, GBR country:       GB MER-C 10:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

maxurphotos.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:56, 3 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Google Analytics UA-19968690
 * Also spammed:
 * MER-C 03:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 03:23, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Spam posting of a Paypal link
Paypal links shown below have been posted at Donation and Donation (disambiguation) in lieu of the actual wikipedia donation link by a range of IP's. See also WP:RPP.
 * Diffs:

Thanks! VQuakr (talk) 16:02, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 1)
 * 2)
 * 3)




 * https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6QBLW7CUP9UDU
 * https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7YF58EDYB6E7L
 * Would appear some one is attempting to hijack legitamate donations to the Wikimedia Foundation. I will blacklist the offending paypal links. Thanks for the report.--Hu12 (talk) 16:44, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably related: . -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:50, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

market-area.ru dataclub.ru

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


 * Sites spammed
 * redirects to blacklisted domain muzland.info in some cases, e.g. market-area.ru/chords/songs.html?auth=214&song=2
 * redirects to blacklisted domain muzland.info in some cases, e.g. market-area.ru/chords/songs.html?auth=214&song=2


 * ditto, dataclub.ru/chords/songs.html?auth=146&song=1
 * ditto, dataclub.ru/chords/songs.html?auth=146&song=1




 * Spammers

MER-C 11:31, 5 May 2011 (UTC) Note: Started an Sockpuppet investigation for this. EBE123 talkContribs 19:13, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Continued:


 * MER-C 10:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 10:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 10:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 10:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

fashion-asia.blogspot.com
Adsense pub-4083073224212386 Google Analytics UA-23184438


 * splog for:
 * splog for:




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


 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links



MER-C 12:49, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 04:44, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

scotlawman, netlawman, and variants




Also see WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/scotlawman.co.uk. I have warned a few of the above spammers but the same links get posted again by a different IP the next day. The sites all resolve to the same, or quite similar, sites selling legal documents or legal services. Please, please blacklist these sites. --CliffC (talk) 17:12, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Google Analytics UA-6324885
 * Previous blacklisting request: MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2011, closed without action due to massive backlog. MER-C 04:29, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

persianminiaturepaintings.com

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


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammer used misleading edit summaries
 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links

MER-C 06:49, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-6364075863534850



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:12, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

homesluxury.net
Adsense pub-3867960554281835 Google Analytics UA-4945549




 * Spammers

MER-C 07:32, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 42.0
... in FRENCH!




 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
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 * Cross-wiki spammer, see
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MER-C 09:12, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * All these sites are dead at the moment, so no related domains. MER-C 10:38, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 43.0

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spamemd

"All of them are made of high quality, very fashionable and luxurious"
 * Similar domains

"Are the Hermes products in your web authentic?"

"The free shipping we offered is" deliver "by air, so it is fast"

"You will feel regretted once you choose us"

"our items are in great and good condition on our shop"

generic blacklisting rule:


 * Spammers

MER-C 07:30, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

yu4you.com



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



MER-C 10:40, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

pampersgiftstogrow.info



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

$ whois pampersgiftstogrow.info Registrant Name:vampire 123 Registrant Organization:Scorpio Technologies

MER-C 12:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Martin Hosking

 * I'm not sure how notable this entrepreneur is, but lately there has been a barrage of spam links and blatant ads from various users (meatpuppets?) touting his website.  Erpert  Who is this guy? 03:22, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Zestra spam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zestra —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.66.130.140 (talk) 04:14, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Timestamp. MER-C 10:28, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

thecozypet.com


Over the last few days, several accounts are trying to spam this link into pet-related articles. Accounts appear to be throw-away as each occurrence of spam seems to be one-off.

Spammers:



I've removed the links they've added but I imagine other folks have been reverting these in other places. This is someone who knows they're doing wrong. Should an SPI be filed and then hard-block the underlying IPs? ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 04:07, 12 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Google Analytics UA-23213847




 * . File a SPI if you want to, blacklisting can take a while. MER-C 10:17, 12 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Checkuser also confirmed:
 * MER-C 01:32, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 15:30, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * MER-C 01:32, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 15:30, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1381050883114810
Google Analytics UA-10294967



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 * Spammers
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MER-C 08:10, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 06:02, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

tierads.com
Google Analytics UA-21021703




 * Spammers
 * Inline spammer, see
 * Inline spammer, see
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Plain text spamming, too. for now. MER-C 13:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 06:00, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1128493799685504 related and Testmasters.com spam
pub-1128493799685504
 * Articles


 * Accounts
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 * Accounts
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 * Accounts


 * Cross wiki accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:21, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ja:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * De:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Ha:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * It:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Su:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Fr:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * It:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Uk:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Ru:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Yi:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Kr:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Vi:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Sk:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Ro:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Pl:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Gu:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Mk:User:T E S T Master pk3r
 * Simple:User:T E S T Master pk3r

adsense related anon-spam
Adsense pub-5120753627998689
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * Link Vandalism andmoving ones own link "up", is never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 16:06, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-3229609591361912
Adsense pub-3229609591361912

Accounts --Hu12 (talk) 16:59, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

vanadzorsanatorium.am
Low-value, it's been added by a new user and then a by an IP to Sanatorium. tedder (talk) 19:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

visit-bosniaherzegovina.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 16:52, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Refspam links to LA Times blog listing Donald Trump's China book picks


Example text "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is #20 on Donald Trump's "20 Favorite China Books" list. --CliffC (talk) 03:14, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Also

Maybe there are more we haven't noticed yet. At least they are getting reverted quickly. Joja lozzo  16:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-9190684587431475
Google Analytics UA-20193017




 * Spammers

MER-C 10:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)




 * Additional spammers


 * Recycled. MER-C 08:33, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Friends of Dan podcast
This account seems to exist for the sole purpose of promoting their podcast. Thatotherperson (talk/contribs) 11:16, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

birdminds.com and adsense related
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-9620428602202188
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

WP:REFSPAM of Lawrence A. Kogan and ITSSD

 * Article
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 * Accounts

Lawrence A. Kogan. Director at Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development, Inc. --Hu12 (talk) 17:03, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Cross wiki
 * fr:Special:Contributions/68.36.207.67
 * fr:Special:Contributions/Informed counsel

epk-electronicpresskit.com (2)
Adsense pub-3122249962313554 Google Analytics UA-17543769


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


 * Sites spammed
 * revertlisted since July 2010
 * revertlisted since July 2010
 * revertlisted since July 2010
 * revertlisted since July 2010
 * revertlisted since July 2010
 * revertlisted since July 2010


 * Spammers
 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up


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



MER-C 13:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

litplayer.com.ua



 * Related domains


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

MER-C 11:24, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

getselfesteem.net



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


 * Spammer removed existing links
 * Spammer removed existing links


 * Spammer replaced existing links
 * Spammer replaced existing links


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



MER-C 06:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Contributions speak for themselves. MER-C 13:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Contributions speak for themselves. MER-C 13:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

BL'd. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:49, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Really Inventive Stuff childrens' concerts
The user appears to be a single-purpose account for promoting the Really Inventive Stuff production company. This account has edited number of articles about musical works aimed at children, such as Peter and the Wolf, to insert listings of many individual performances, all of which involved Really Inventive Stuff. These listings would not be interesting or useful even if they were not intended to promote a single company.

Articles affected include at least:
 * Peter and the Wolf
 * Green Eggs and Ham
 * Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
 * Tubby the Tuba

—Mark Dominus (talk) 16:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

walkingisraelis.com

 * links


 * accounts

An SPA user adding link to multiple articles, dating back to at least 2008. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC)