Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2012 Archive Sep 1

Google Analytics UA-27420624

 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Note to self: look at this further once the linkwatchers are unbroken. MER-C 11:05, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Did so, found nothing of interest. MER-C 06:36, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

dooarstours.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 06:47, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 09:14, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

User:Cool1guy

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed






 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Articles for deletion/Posigrip

Smells of SEO. MER-C 08:24, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

LemonLover69
User has been repeatedly warned for attempting to add a facebook page to several different pages, none of which even remotely pertain to what s/he is linking to. User has made no edits outside of spamming various articles.10:55, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

medical spam from IP 94.27.76.119
Two contributions, both medical spam ErnestfaxTalk 15:08, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Sonderbro
User:Sonderbro appears to be systematically self-promoting. I have deleted identical text inserted by this user from numerous pages. The user has additionally added similar references to self on other pages, which I do not have time to remove, and created multiple articles that serve no purpose other than to promote himself, his academic position, and his work without broader justification of its importance.24.118.41.153 (talk) 16:50, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

funham.com
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:41, 10 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Bears watching; spammer has received only one warning, to my knowledge, so blacklisting would be inappropriate. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:44, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Inappropriate Indira Infotech links
Reference spam: Bears watching; spammer has received only one warning, to my knowledge, so blacklisting would be inappropriate. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:21, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

noticed repeated edits to Black Perl
But was surprised by this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Bangladesh&diff=prev&oldid=485134193 . Maybe just a vandal, but... -- ☠ MarkAHershberger ☢ (talk) ☣ 22:53, 6 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I have no idea what that edit is but it's not spam. It's also not helpful. I'm guessing it's a kid but I don't know. The IP, a residential DSL line in the U.K., is not a typical source of spambots, which also make edits looking like this except containing links. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:05, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

dreamboxok.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 13:00, 10 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Now on the blacklist -- thanks for reporting. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

thew14.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 09:02, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

galleryrub.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:08, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:17, 12 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Now blacklisted locally -- thanks for digging this up and reporting it, MER-C. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:25, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

travelingattraction.blogspot.com
Related domain: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 07:15, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

mastiroosh.blogspot.com
Disruptively added junk:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 07:48, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

what-todo.com Spamming



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:25, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

digimunch.com
Site has been repeatedly spammed by the now temporarily blocked owner of the site. Given the repeated spamming, the COI, and the SPA nature of the contributor, it would be ideal if this site were blocked. --Biker Biker (talk) 09:01, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The user just promised not to do it again (diff). --Biker Biker (talk) 17:20, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * User also blanked this report, not a sign of good faith--Hu12 (talk) 19:28, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Couldn't agree more. So if someone could add it to the block list..... --Biker Biker (talk) 19:31, 17 September 2012 (UTC)


 * -- now blacklisted. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:29, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Paintless dent repair, mobile application platforms, karate. How are these related?

 * at Mobile enterprise application platform (many times)
 * at Paintless dent repair
 * at Royler Gracie and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (possibly unrelated?)
 * at Royler Gracie and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (possibly unrelated?)

There must be a common thread. SEO consultant? tedder (talk) 00:03, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The obvious thing is what the corp username implies: mobileframe sell a mobile enterprise application platform, one of which is used to build a software product one of which is sold by automobiletechnologies for companies that recondition vehicles. The link for that was spammed as "Paintless dent repair software" to the Paintless dent repair article.
 * I don't see a clear connection between the software side and the Jiu-Jitsu video marketing side. LeadSongDog come howl!  03:19, 14 September 2012 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:38, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:38, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Weight loss spammers

 * A couple of "new" editors have been trying to add EL to Weight loss in the last few days.
 * A couple of "new" editors have been trying to add EL to Weight loss in the last few days.
 * A couple of "new" editors have been trying to add EL to Weight loss in the last few days.


 * Special:Contributions/Nancyscott92
 * Special:Contributions/Lissabrown06


 * Could be unrelated, but the links they're spamming both resolve to the same IP. Quack, quack? --Robert Keiden (talk) 06:27, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Spammed again, this time at Women's Health (magazine). (Warned again).--Robert Keiden (talk) 00:11, 18 September 2012 (UTC)




 * howloseweightfast.com is hosted on the same server as the 2 domains reported earlier.
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:09, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * These are registered to the same owner in San Francisco that owns erapidweightloss.com and etipstoloseweight.com:
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 * New account, new domain:
 * Registered to the same person in Boston that owns fastestwayloseweight.com and howloseweightfast.com
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:49, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Another new account, could be affiliated or not:
 * Posted copyvio text and a blog link that looks like a phishing expedition.
 * http://waytoloseweightfast101.blogspot.com/
 * --Robert Keiden (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Posted copyvio text and a blog link that looks like a phishing expedition.
 * http://waytoloseweightfast101.blogspot.com/
 * --Robert Keiden (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Selta



 * Article
 * Article


 * it:Selta
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * it:Special:Contributions/Caty68


 * it:Special:Contributions/Impeesa lc

Repeated recreation of article spam--Hu12 (talk) 15:51, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

hummaa.com
We have 60+ links but some may have been legitimately added: Recent: 2007: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Aringo Spam Advertising



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Repeated WP:CITESPAM pushing their MBA application submission service.--Hu12 (talk) 03:16, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-27304396

 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Recycled. Apparently never archived. MER-C 11:11, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Recycled. Apparently never archived. MER-C 11:11, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Cranel, Inc.

 * Article
 * Article
 * Article
 * Article
 * Article


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:49, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

thecarbohydrateaddictsmanual.com

 * links


 * accounts

SPA account using multiple URLs advertising same weight loss materials, and adding to multiple articles. Username also same as book author, suggesting COI. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:10, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Lorina21

 * I can't realize how sysops could miss it, so it was not blocked even temporarily. The contribution consists of http:-linkspam entirely, without a human word ever. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 08:31, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Operators, what do you waiting for? Are sysops present here? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 15:01, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

eTechPlanet.com



 * Related
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts




 * "eTechPlanet.com is a website where anyone can become a member and can post articles, tutorials, code snippets, interview questions, and comments."

--Hu12 (talk) 20:18, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Likely SEO spam cluster

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed








 * Spammers

Both of the two user accounts have Google hits for SEO services in the top 10... MER-C 12:38, 18 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Good catch!


 * Also:
 * http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/rebeccanolen13
 * I didn't have time to look, but I'll bet her stumbleupon picks are interesting.
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:24, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Ahh, yes. I seem to remember a twitter account with incriminating evidence, but that has disappeared.
 * >I'll bet her stumbleupon picks are interesting.
 * They are. MER-C 00:21, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * >I'll bet her stumbleupon picks are interesting.
 * They are. MER-C 00:21, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, I stumbled upon several things from Ms. Nolen:
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:32, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:32, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:32, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
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Additional domain. MER-C 03:31, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

SGS S.A. Group WP:CITESPAM



 * Article
 * Article
 * Article


 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 14:33, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

The Frick Collection



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 01:05, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

mobilesportstv.net Spam

 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 02:54, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

abujafood.com


MER-C 12:08, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Spammers


 * Added 41.71.142.200 who was spamming the same link to Health effects of coffee today. Deli nk (talk) 17:35, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * to the Blacklist.--Hu12 (talk) 22:51, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * My two cents/note for the future:
 * This is a nice web publication and likely a reliable source for some articles about Abuja, Nigeria's capital (and nicest town), and about contemporary Nigerian culture. I have an open mind to whitelisting individual links for established editors to use as article references. At the same time, it was spammed so abusively and persistently, sometimes even to totally unrelated articles, that the overall domain must remain blacklisted. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:23, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

filipinofoodsrecipes.com


Also spammed, but possibly unrelated:


 * Spammers

MER-C 13:00, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Stefano Meroli Long term COI promotion



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Mass promoting his own WP:OR.--Hu12 (talk) 17:24, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * it:Special:Contributions/151.55.45.7
 * it:Special:Contributions/151.40.155.109

multi project Parsimony (CMS) promotion



 * Article
 * Article


 * fr:Parsimony
 * Articles for deletion/Parsimony (CMS)
 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * fr:Special:Contributions/Luobenhua


 * fr:Special:Contributions/82.224.106.44
 * fr:Special:Contributions/85.171.168.15

--Hu12 (talk) 03:36, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

anxietydisorderphobia.com


Any more spamming and this should be blacklisted. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:02, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

mygreencard.com
Domain: Related domain:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:11, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

automobile44.blogspot.com

 * See abuse filter log, too.
 * See abuse filter log, too.
 * See abuse filter log, too.

Should be blacklisted if any further spamming occurs. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:16, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

citylisten.com


Audiotraveler also spammed corebrand links as part of what appears to have been a separate, broad corporate PR effort; that domain is in the queue to be blacklisted.

Audiotraveler's citylisten.com spamming appeared to be a personal project and I'm not recommending blacklisting for now since Audiotraveler received only one warning (some other corebrand accounts got more warnings. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:21, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

zelenaplus.com
Indonesian and English Wikipedias:
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/Kichuzzz
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/Kichuzzz
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/Kichuzzz


 * (id wikipedia only)
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/AyuLibrary


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:58, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

DGtraffic (Indonesia) spam on Wikipedia
48 domains for blacklisting on Meta:


 * Accounts:
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Zebraputih
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/Zebraputih
 * w:ten:User talk:Zebraputih
 * w:simple:Special:Contributions/Zebraputih
 * w:lmo:Ciciarada Druvadur:Zebraputih
 * Wikitravel, too:
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/Wakadeka
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/Erickjonathanradja
 * commons:Special:Contributions/Erickjonathanradja
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/Merywaty
 * commons:User talk:Merywaty
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/Merie
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/111.95.109.205
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi_pengguna/118.99.80.11
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/123.231.231.76
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.79.147
 * id wikipedia only
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.76.41
 * id wikipedia only
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/123.231.231.69
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.80.30
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/123.231.231.76
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.79.147
 * id wikipedia only
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.76.41
 * id wikipedia only
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/123.231.231.69
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.80.30
 * id wikipedia only
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/123.231.231.69
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.80.30
 * w:id:Istimewa:Kontribusi pengguna/118.99.80.30


 * Domains spammed on English Wikipedia and elsewhere:

Additional domains spammed on id.wikipedia by these accounts:

SEO blogs
 * Related domains to blacklist:


 * Spammed domains not listed for blacklisting today:
 * News publication possibly useful as a reference on id.wikipedia
 * Big Indonesian financial company
 * Big Indonesian financial company
 * Big Indonesian financial company

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Related domain not listed for blacklisting today:
 * SEO client; domain not known to have been spammed yet
 * SEO client; domain not known to have been spammed yet


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:18, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

fastecimaging.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.
 * Spammed on Meta, see m:Special:Contributions/182.178.231.214. Apparently a spambot.

MER-C 12:02, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

gibraltarpedia.org
I've nominated for deletion the template of WikiProject GibraltarpediA because it's prominently promoting (on over 100 pages) a domain name (gibraltarpedia.org) not registered by the WMF, but by a for-profit consultancy. Since you guys are more familiar with what is and isn't normally considered spam around here, I thought I should let you know. Thanks, Tijfo098 (talk) 12:32, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

ptvsportslive.pk

 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

$ whois ptvsportslive.pk owner-organization: bloggsite owner-name: kashif khan
 * Registrant

MER-C 12:29, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

National Standard Tyre Moulds (India) Ltd.
Registrant: vijay nair
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 02:42, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Test Pressing





 * testpressing.org/author/apiento/
 * Accounts

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hu12 (talk • contribs)
 * Timestamp. MER-C 11:48, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

skinhale.com



 * Formerly(?) related domains


 * Spammers

MER-C 12:10, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

agiatguidebergamo.it



 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/2.159.239.247
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/2.159.239.247


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/94.162.82.198
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/94.162.82.198


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/94.167.222.203
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/94.167.222.203


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.98.42
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.98.42


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.125.157
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.125.157


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.126.219
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.126.219


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.108.37
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.108.37


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.42.81
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.42.81


 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.87.94
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.87.94
 * Spammed on Italian Wikipedia, see it:Special:Contributions/151.66.87.94

MER-C 12:28, 30 September 2012 (UTC)