Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2012 Archive Dec 1

Desert Dog Marketing, LLC.



 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pinnacle Cart
 * Accounts
 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pinnacle Cart
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Redlink spammers.--Hu12 (talk) 05:22, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 15:20, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

User:Peeteeree
Between 2007 and 2010, User:Peeteeree made over a hundred edits adding links to the articles of Chris Zambelis despite two warnings for spamming. These are the user's only contributions to Wikipedia. I've removed all the added links and added another warning, but perhaps it would be a good idea to block the account as well. -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:54, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

coinproject.com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:47, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * "...anyone can contribute to improving the site...is funded by donations and banner advertisements...CoinProject was designed so that a virtually unlimited number of volunteers can share the work and contribute by submitting, approving or verifying coins as well maintaining their own personal sites and numismatic blogs." ---coinproject.com/about-us.php


 * Financial incentive to Link / increase page views
 * Fails Wikipedia's core content policies:
 * ”Verifiability”
 * ” Questionable_sources”
 * "Verifiable Reliable Sources"
 * ”Self-published sources (online and paper)”
 * ”Reliable sources”
 * ”Self-published sources”
 * --Hu12 (talk) 02:14, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:08, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Masetty Technologies spam on Wikipedia



 * 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
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see


 * Spammed on Wikibooks, see
 * Spammed on Wikibooks, see


 * Spammed on Wikibooks, see
 * Spammed on Wikibooks, see

Masetty Technologies Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh,500029 IN
 * Registrant
 * 1) 229, 230, 2nd floor, Panchavati mall, Narayanaguda

MER-C 12:11, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

holycoins.com Spamming



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:20, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * w:he:Special:Contributions/87.68.66.86
 * w:he:Special:Contributions/87.68.66.86
 * w:he:Special:Contributions/87.68.66.86
 * w:he:Special:Contributions/87.68.66.86

ukrnetia.com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:55, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

statista.com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Article


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:53, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

archikey.com

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:57, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Qmetrica Quantitative Finance, Inc.

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

nextlevelgroup.gr



 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * Neta NEXTLEVELifts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:15, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

chalet-hire.com

 * link


 * accounts

Repeated addition of advert linkspam into multiple articles over a six-month period. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:21, 9 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Looks like it goes back further (to at least October 2011) and the person doing this has ignored prior warnings using at least 2 other accounts:


 * Don't you just hate it when they do this?
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:26, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Good catch locating the earlier IPs. ✅ --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:43, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

most of the article Academic_job_market is spam for unijobs.com
The entire wikipedia article on Academic_job_market appears to be advertising for the website unijobs.com and its variants.

I am an academic, currently on the job market, and I can understand that the subject of the academic job market is different enough from other hiring systems that it may deserve a separate page -- but right now there is effectively zero useful information on the page.

The article was previously considered for deletion in 2009, but it was not deleted (despite most voting to delete) because editors hoped that it might be improved. Well, three years on and it is still 90% spam. 128.112.145.59 (talk) 22:02, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I flushed out the article. MER-C 02:34, 10 December 2012 (UTC)


 * 128.112.145.59 -- thanks for flagging this. Good luck in the job market.


 * MER-C and Hu12, thanks for fixing the article. Here's tracking information for our records:


 * Domain-tracking:


 * Related domains:


 * Promotional article:
 * UniJobs.com (deleted)


 * Account:
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 01:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 01:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Many edits promoting Alsbridge
has been warned 4 times Bhny (talk) 18:34, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Valuepunter.Com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 21:52, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

AdSense 4745416745431134

 * previous case
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Aug_1


 * Websites Designed / maintained and spammed by Puneritraveller.com
 * Accounts
 * Websites Designed / maintained and spammed by Puneritraveller.com
 * Accounts
 * Websites Designed / maintained and spammed by Puneritraveller.com
 * Accounts
 * Websites Designed / maintained and spammed by Puneritraveller.com
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 20:03, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Notube LLC

 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/NoTube LLC
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:08, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

User:Minister_david.hanna
Spotted this guy spamming on Wiktionary and found him here too. Note that he has another account, User:David Hanna Flight Paramedic, previously blocked for spamming, and a third (unblocked) account, User:Flight medic david hanna. Can this vain self-promotion be stopped by somebody, please? 31.53.189.225 (talk) 01:53, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Marc Selwyn Fine Art

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 02:58, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Multiple Spamming articles
This user has spammed MULTIPLE articles. --Zackmann08 (talk) 03:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
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 * mw:Special:Contributions/Kinhdoanh20x

--Hu12 (talk) 17:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:29, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

A big ongoing problem ((Spam blanked‎))
I've noticed that since every user is now supplied a sandbox it is being increasingly used by SPA promotional accounts as a dumping ground/web-host for spam articles, vanity pieces and other content not suitable for encyclopedic inclusion. I've also seen many SPA promotional accounts using articles for creation for the same purpose for search engine indexing. I've made a template that includes the __NOINDEX__ magic word and could hopefully help adress this growing problem and assist in removing promotional content not always located in the article-space;


 * Template;


 * Spam blanked


 * Text;


 * Subst;

Probably needs some tweaking, but hopefully its a start...--Hu12 (talk) 20:39, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

cloudways.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:41, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Hotels in konkan.in

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:51, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

Tax lien sale and others
Hit and run spammer that targets a few articles PeterWesco (talk) 05:54, 16 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Accounts
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems the sites are all adsense related, I've cleaned them up for now. --Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

STR-SpeechTech Ltd



 * Article
 * Article


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:42, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Tolly2Day.com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:22, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

CelloBello L.L.C



 * Spam Articles
 * Spam Articles


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:52, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

writingachievement.com

 * links


 * accounts

SPA user with self-confessed COI actively posting link to his own site onto multiple tangentally related articles over several months. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 06:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
 * reverted link removal Werieth (talk) 00:19, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Registrant, Bruce Saari
 * this is his too. just search the domain and his lastname as an email.--Hu12 (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * this is his too. just search the domain and his lastname as an email.--Hu12 (talk) 04:40, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

WeekendYATRA



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:55, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Continuing;
 * BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 04:27, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 04:27, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Limos.com Spammer
I believe this user is a spammer who drops the text string "Limos.com" randomly into articles related to tourism. If I am wrong, please correct me. Thank you.

-- Carrot Lord (talk) 03:01, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Lets keep an eye on this. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 03:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Lets keep an eye on this. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 03:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Lets keep an eye on this. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 03:44, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Alta Ventures Mexico ‎



 * Articlespam
 * Articlespam


 * Articles for deletion/Alta Ventures Mexico
 * Articles for deletion/Alta Ventures Mexico (2nd nomination)
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 04:18, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Long term Stantec Inc. COI Promotion

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

VersusMind

 * Article spam
 * Article spam


 * fr:VMproject
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * commons:Special:Contributions/ACversusmind
 * fr:Special:Contributions/ACversusmind

--Hu12 (talk) 12:51, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * fr:Special:Contributions/Clara Einne
 * --Hu12 (talk) 16:57, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

etourismsolutions.com



 * Spammers
 * Spammed on French Wikipedia, see fr:Special:Contributions/Francois Balbao
 * Spammed on French Wikipedia, see fr:Special:Contributions/Francois Balbao
 * Spammed on French Wikipedia, see fr:Special:Contributions/Francois Balbao


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



MER-C 06:25, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

R To Z Media spam on Wikipedia

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2012 Archive Aug 1


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 08:38, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * More
 * , --Hu12 (talk) 19:18, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:07, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 17:07, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

FreeMedForms COI Article Spam



 * Administrative Contact: MAEKER Eric
 * Articles
 * Articles


 * fr:FreeMedForms
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * fr:Special:Contributions/Eric Maeker, MD


 * fr:Special:Contributions/Eric.maeker

FreeMedForms © Eric Maeker, MD--Hu12 (talk) 20:36, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

panamintcity.com

 * links


 * accounts

Long running link addition (same user ongoing for over 3 years), and user has had prior blocks for spamming, after which they resume once they return. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:02, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Indian moving userpage spam

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

TODO: investigate relation to indglobal-consulting.com. MER-C 10:32, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 04:44, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Spamming related to recipe sites

 * Editors:


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 * While looking at the edits of 75.64.65.206, I found Iamsuperman1, so thought it best to bring up here in case this continues. --Ronz (talk) 22:35, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks stale, Ronz. Any recent / current? Guy (Help!) 23:18, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 21:01, 26 December 2012 is what attracted my attention. I'm guessing the ip doesn't realize the link spammed to Deviled egg has been removed when he gave the feedback for Deviled crab. --Ronz (talk) 02:23, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

recruiter.com Citespam



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 05:39, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

heightincreasinginsoles.net



 * Spammers

MER-C 13:02, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Azerty110 - Blogspot spam
- Creation of at least 4 articles pointing to a Blogspot page, all of which have been speedied:


 * Fitness tips
 * Addictions Are Problem Solving Strategies
 * 4 Best Weight Loss Tips For Women
 * The Role of the Feedback Loop in Solving Addiction Problems

A temp block probably in order? § FreeRangeFrog croak 22:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

fcpakistan.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Academia.edu is WP:OR



 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

"Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers -- academia.edu/about


 * Academia.edu links:
 * Research papers Have no peer review ("instant distribution of research") or oversight (see WP:RS) and contents are self-published and Origional research
 * Offers incentives to increase page views ("See analytics on your profile and papers")
 * Fails Wikipedia's core content policies:
 * ”Verifiability”
 * ” Questionable_sources”
 * "Verifiable Reliable Sources"
 * ”Self-published sources (online and paper)”
 * ”Reliable sources”
 * ”Self-published sources”

Nothing more than a social network for WP:OR. --Hu12 (talk) 17:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Tatunaloca.com spamming on porn articles
There seems to be an effort to replace the official URLs for porn-related sites with pages hosted by this domain instead; SuicideGirls, for example. The only other affected article currently is John Thompson Productions, which I have not fixed because I am unfamiliar with that article and topic. Aside from those two, I don't know if other articles were affected but have since been reverted.

I've seen this same issue before, but with a different domain. postdlf (talk) 18:12, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Martin Donohoe self promotion

 * Public Health and Social Justice
 * "martindonohoe@phsj.org"
 * Donohoe MT (ed.). Public Health and Social Justice Reader, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Wiley. ISBN 978-1-1180-8814-2.


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:31, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

spam.ukashseo.com

 * Link


 * Users

The link has been spammed to a number of pages over the last few weeks (at least). --bonadea contributions talk 21:35, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Vaporizer plain text spam
AbstractIllusions (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

The Walt Whitman Archive COI Spamming

 * University of Nebraska–Lincoln
 * Registrant Organization:Kenneth M. Price
 * Registrant Street1:Department of English, Univ of Nebraska


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(University of Nebraska–Lincoln) (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)  (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) --Hu12 (talk) 13:24, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Galeries Lafayette article; image from article featured on 12/1/12
This article reads like very well-crafted spam. In addition, three of the eight references cited are from the company itself. Writerchick48 (talk) 14:16, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Mozaik Publishing House Spamming



 * Article spam
 * Article spam
 * Article spam


 * hu:Mozaik_Kiadó (Mosaic Publishing)
 * Accounts


 * tr:Special:Contributions/Vasi31
 * en:Special:Contributions/Vasi31
 * hu:Special:Contributions/Vasi31


 * en:Special:Contributions/Tpedro
 * hu:Special:Contributions/Tpedro


 * la:Special:Contributions/84.236.30.194
 * en:Special:Contributions/84.236.30.194
 * hu:Special:Contributions/84.236.30.194

--Hu12 (talk) 16:49, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Norbert Sendetzky COI promotion

 * Articles
 * Articles
 * Articles


 * de:Arcavias
 * de:Arcavias


 * de:OpenDBX
 * de:OpenDBX
 * de:OpenDBX


 * Accounts


 * de:Special:Contributions/Nsendetzky
 * en:Special:Contributions/Nsendetzky
 * es:Special:Contributions/Nsendetzky
 * ru:Special:Contributions/Nsendetzky


 * de:Special:Contributions/80.171.49.103
 * en:Special:Contributions/80.171.49.103


 * de:Special:Contributions/195.244.121.97
 * en:Special:Contributions/195.244.121.97


 * de:Special:Contributions/80.171.104.15
 * en:Special:Contributions/80.171.104.15


 * Norbert Sendetzky, Team Leader Software Engineering and Product Management Arcavias.
 * Norbert Sendetzky, Author(linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/Linuxnetworks:About)

After Arcavias' deletion in march, user has nominating a couple of eCommerce compeditors; --Hu12 (talk) 00:10, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Broadleaf Commerce
 * Articles for deletion/Interchange (software)