Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2013 Archive May 1

Adult FriendFinder
Having an issue at the article

The URL to AdultFriendFinder.com was changed to a redirect site; unfortunately, it cannot be changed back because AdultFriendFinder.com is on the blacklist. Any suggestions on fixing this?

At the same time, it appears that several new redirect sites have been exposed by the persons that changed the URL. I haven't had a chance yet to report these as Meta, and won't be able to until later today when I can better investigate the linkspam issues. If someone else wants to address them today, feel free.


 * This one failed to redirect, but appears to be a redirect site: aff.url-go.com
 * This one was attempted, but not setup correctly, so not sure if it's already blacklisted or not: aff11.ne1.net
 * This one is currently in the article, and does redirect to the site: selena-spice.com/go/aff/

Any suggestions on a valid URL to add to the whitelist so this can be resolved? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:36, 29 April 2013 (UTC)


 * adultfriendfinder.com/index.html MER-C 13:02, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

kwater.com

 * Site spammed


 * Spammers


 * Spam pages

Mainly by a recurring user in various articles about water softening, clearly out to promote their products. Ip had a few last warnings on their talk page. To no avail. Made some nasty attempt at "retaliation" on my talk page. Currently no articles linked to spamsite. Can it be blacklsited? - DVdm (talk) 15:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

dramafever.com

 * Site spammed


 * Spammers

All over the place - See spammers' edits. - DVdm (talk) 18:39, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Spam pages
 * Added some spammers. MER-C 12:13, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

cookingsoftware.com.au



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:35, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

listenfms.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 13:14, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

listenradios.com



 * Spammers

Nothing recent, blacklist immediately if anything shows up. MER-C 13:33, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

A porn site masquerading as a fan site
The site removed in these links:   is a porn site. It looks like a fan site but if you click on the picture it goes to a porn site (not featuring the people in question). Wistchars (talk) 11:05, 5 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Not very current, seems to have been added back in 2006 (see e.g. diff). It can even be that the ownership or style of the site has changed since then.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

VisualEditor is coming
The WP:VisualEditor is designed to let people edit without needing to learn wikitext syntax. The articles will look (nearly) the same in the new edit "window" as when you read them (aka WYSIWYG), and changes will show up as you type them, very much like writing a document in a modern word processor. The devs currently expect to deploy the VisualEditor as the new site-wide default editing system in early July 2013.

About 2,000 editors have tried out this early test version so far, and feedback overall has been positive. Right now, the VisualEditor is available only to registered users who opt-in, and it's a bit slow and limited in features. You can do all the basic things like writing or changing sentences, creating or changing section headings, and editing simple bulleted lists. It currently can't either add or remove templates (like fact tags), ref tags, images, categories, or tables (and it will not be turned on for new users until common reference styles and citation templates are supported). These more complex features are being worked on, and the code will be updated as things are worked out. Also, right now you can only use it for articles and user pages. When it's deployed in July, the old editor will still be available and, in fact, the old edit window will be the only option for talk pages (I believe that WP:Notifications (aka Echo) is ultimately supposed to deal with talk pages).

The developers are asking editors like you to join the alpha testing for the VisualEditor. Please go to Special:Preferences and tick the box at the end of the page, where it says "Enable VisualEditor (only in the main namespace and the User namespace)". Save the preferences, and then try fixing a few typos or copyediting a few articles by using the new "Edit" tab instead of the section [Edit] buttons or the old editing window (which will still be present and still work for you, but which will be renamed "Edit source"). Fix a typo or make some changes, and then click the 'save and review' button (at the top of the page). See what works and what doesn't. We really need people who will try this out on 10 or 15 pages and then leave a note VisualEditor/Feedback about their experiences, especially if something mission-critical isn't working and doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar.

Also, if any of you are involved in template maintenance or documentation about how to edit pages, the VisualEditor will require some extra attention. The devs want to incorporate things like citation templates directly into the editor, which means that they need to know what information goes in which fields. Obviously, the screenshots and instructions for basic editing will need to be completely updated. The old edit window is not going away, so help pages will likely need to cover both the old and the new.

If you have questions and can't find a better place to ask them, then please feel free to leave a message on my user talk page, and perhaps together we'll be able to figure it out. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:01, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Correction: Talk pages are being replaced by Flow, not by Notifications/Echo.  This may happen even sooner than the VisualEditor.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 14:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

peacockcountryinn.co.uk

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:39, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

thesarkarinaukri.com



 * Spammers
 * 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 13:05, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Those are all in a pretty tight range: 117.205.144.0/20. It's now blocked for 1 month. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:23, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

explorezhangjiajie.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 08:28, 29 April 2013 (UTC)




 * Recycled. MER-C 12:11, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Tulpa website spam
Self-promotion on a few articles, in particular tulpa. IsaacAA (talk) 10:36, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

iambettor.com
Links to this site are continually being added to and. As soon as one userid is blocked a new one pops up to reinstate the links. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:31, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The site has been blacklisted and the spammer and sockpuppets have been blocked, so no further action is needed here. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:38, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

movietalkies.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:58, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

azgor.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

fullonlinebooks.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed

58.186.189.72
 * Spammers
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see vi:Special:Contributions/116.111.169.172



MER-C 11:08, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Help
Can someone take a look at 's contribs? looks like a spammer but not sure. Werieth (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

suitusa.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 13:00, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 03:41, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

sayever.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:07, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Spaming Aran Jumper Page
--Francomcdaddy (talk) 23:36, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

samputi.com



 * Spammers
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.138.134.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.138.134.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.138.134.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.138.134.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.138.134.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.143.32.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.143.32.


 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.158.238.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.158.238.


 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.184.181.
 * Spammed on Telugu Wikipedia, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.184.181.


 * Cross-wiki spammer, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.247.93.
 * Cross-wiki spammer, see te:Special:Contributions/122.169.247.93.



MER-C 11:10, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

businessadvisoryservice.co.uk



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:55, 31 May 2013 (UTC)