Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2013 Archive Apr 1

semioffice.com

 * link


 * accounts

Persistent spamming to a large number of articles by multiple IPs, ongoing for over a week. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:13, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Continuing disruption --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Continuing disruption --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:39, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

zaiqa.com

 * Previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2013 Archive Feb 1


 * Sites spammed

Other sites spammed:






 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Lukmanplz

MER-C 11:30, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Dead link and Spam link on Mount Cangyan page
Both external links cited in this article should be flagged for removal.

75.67.191.23 (talk) 23:32, 5 April 2013 (UTC)c Walsh

Zoo app
These zoo app things added by look spammy to me. Thoughts? -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 01:38, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Bingo. Reverted and warned. MER-C 02:56, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

simpledailyhealth.com

 * links


 * accounts

SPAs inserting link as a ref into multiple articles. Link fails both as a WP:RS and as a WP:EL. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:13, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Repeated repost of Chirag Shah, deleted 18:28, 28 March 2008 and 19:30, 5 April 2013
70.36.142.34 (talk) 18:38, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

bodybuilding365.net



 * Spammers

MER-C 13:01, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 12:05, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

txtnation.com



 * Spammers

Was also spammed by the User:MooshiePorkFace sockfarm. MER-C 13:10, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

iAgora Europa, S.L advert spam
Previous cases
 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2011_Archive_Jan_1
 * WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/iagora.com


 * Accounts
 * Accounts


 * "You are a fucking bitch!"
 * "fuck you bitch!"

Long term abuse, resumption of spam, making threats, personal attacks and disruption. --Hu12 (talk) 13:57, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Kitchen cabinet
Somebody keeps adding an external link to a spam website; I reverted twice but don't want to go against the rules.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:48, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Handled by an admin.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 16:52, 12 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Other sites spamed;
 * (redirect next-ventures.co.uk)
 * Accounts
 * Just so you know, Tomwsulcer, Spamming is vandalism.. and reverting obvious spamming (as in this case) is not subject to 3rr--Hu12 (talk) 19:13, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up Hu12. Will consider this next time.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * (redirect next-ventures.co.uk)
 * Accounts
 * Just so you know, Tomwsulcer, Spamming is vandalism.. and reverting obvious spamming (as in this case) is not subject to 3rr--Hu12 (talk) 19:13, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up Hu12. Will consider this next time.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Just so you know, Tomwsulcer, Spamming is vandalism.. and reverting obvious spamming (as in this case) is not subject to 3rr--Hu12 (talk) 19:13, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up Hu12. Will consider this next time.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Just so you know, Tomwsulcer, Spamming is vandalism.. and reverting obvious spamming (as in this case) is not subject to 3rr--Hu12 (talk) 19:13, 12 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up Hu12. Will consider this next time.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:12, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

SIMPLE TAX INDIA



 * Adsense related
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:17, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

yogawhy.org



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 23:45, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

siasat.info



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



MER-C 12:22, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 10:42, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * MER-C 11:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

college-optional-careers.com



 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Catsornotcats

MER-C 12:08, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

shortstoriesshort.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:55, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

theseventhart.org



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 12:55, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

cricwaves.com



 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Cricwaves
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

Mass spamming/promotion--Hu12 (talk) 13:47, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

COI ZeroTurnaround Promotion



 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam
 * Article Spam




 * Accounts

(Marketeer for ZeroTurnaround);
 * "I'm with ZeroTurnaround which is focussed on s/w dev & delivery productivity. I market @liverebel for app release automation!"

(LiveRebel Team Lead at ZeroTurnaround) (Head of Rebel Labs at ZeroTurnaround / Marketing Manager at ZeroTurnaround) (Head of Rebel Labs at ZeroTurnaround / Marketing Manager at ZeroTurnaround) (Infrastructure Engineer at ZeroTurnaround)
 * ru:Special:Contributions/Hudolejev

(Founder & CEO at ZeroTurnaround) (Founder, Director of Engineering at ZeroTurnaround[http://ee.linkedin.com/in/toomasr]) ( LiveRebel Product Manager @ ZeroTurnaround) (community enchanter, currently working for ZeroTurnaround)

Looks like the whole company is using Wikipedia for promotional purposes--Hu12 (talk) 01:31, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Muumuu House Promotion



 * Analytics related
 * MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January_2011
 * MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January_2011
 * MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January_2011

Related;
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Palayla
 * MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January_2011
 * Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Interned/Muumuu House
 * Article


 * Articles for deletion/Muumuu House
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 03:26, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Long term, multi account and IP spamming..Continuing--Hu12 (talk) 12:26, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Another sock account;
 * --Hu12 (talk) 21:40, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 21:40, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Long term adsense Spamming

 * Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Mar_1


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 10:43, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Buzzy Multimedia Spamming



 * Article spam
 * Article spam
 * Article spam


 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 00:35, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

mojeh.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 10:56, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

"My Destination" Adsense travel spam



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

(userpage spam) (userpage spam) --Hu12 (talk) 17:35, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

htm2pdf ArtSpam paid SEO



 * Articles
 * Articles


 * 19:25, 17 April 2013 deleted page Htm2pdf (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)
 * 19:25, 17 April 2013 deleted page Htm2pdf (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion)


 * Sockpuppet investigations/Idiosyncratic philosopher
 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:03, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

recordmeteo.com



 * Accounts
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 12:54, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Code Industry Ltd product promotion

 * Articles
 * Articles


 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Master PDF Editor
 * Accounts
 * Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Master PDF Editor
 * Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

As yet unknown SEO spam

 * Likely previous incidents
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2012 Archive Sep 1


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Just in case:

MER-C 13:02, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Bump. MER-C 12:51, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

tvweeklogieawards.com



 * Related domains


 * Spammers

The official Logie site is tvweeklogieawards.com.au. MER-C 12:49, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Web Workz Interactive spam on Wikipedia



 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Rudra.shukla

MER-C 13:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

livegap.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers
 * "Your comments and suggestions are important to us,Contact us at omar.sedki@REDACTED"
 * "Your comments and suggestions are important to us,Contact us at omar.sedki@REDACTED"


 * Spammer moved links up
 * Spammer moved links up



MER-C 10:53, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

tradingadr.com
Spam in:
 * Stock trader
 * Swing trading
 * Short-term trading
 * American depository receipt

Spammers, from Israeli IPs 012.net.il and smile.net.il:

Spammed:

Seems to sneak in links to advertise a commercial website.

The relevant diffs:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stock_trader&diff=prev&oldid=543502648]
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stock_trader&diff=prev&oldid=543501899]
 * Contribution history of
 * Contribution history of

147.156.42.139 (talk) 11:21, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated with more info on new IPs and other articles. ~Amatulić (talk) 15:26, 29 April 2013 (UTC)