Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2014 Archive Jan 1

COIBot / LiWa3
I am busy slowly restarting COIBot and LiWa3 again - both will operate from fresh tables (LiWa3 started yesterday, 29/12/2013; COIBot started today, 30/12/2013). As I am revamping some of the tables, and they need to be regenerated (e.g. the user auto-whitelist-tables need to be filled, blacklist-data for all the monitored wikis), expect data to be off, and some functionality may not be operational yet. LiWa3 starts from an empty table, which also means that autodetection based on statistics will be skewed. I am unfortunately not able to resurrect the old data, that will need to be done by hand. Hopefully things will be normal again in a couple of days. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:29, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Awesome. What about the list of trusted users (I see I can't whitelist stuff yet)? MER-C 06:50, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Those are indeed the missing things, all whitelist/trusted users/etc. tables are empty. I'll try to add trusted users (you) ASAP.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 06:58, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I've added a handful of regulars on IRC (including you) - please notify me if you notice that things don't work as expected, and I will come to it - I revamped some tables, and some may not be .. the same as they used to be (and hence, not work). Thanks!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 14:54, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Link whitelisting works, but removing domains from the autoredlist does not (both LiWa and COIBot report that the domains aren't on ARL). MER-C 10:46, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Probably due to the revamping of the tables (as far as I could see, all tables are there - question is only if the different bot modules are properly directed to it) - noted, will be worked on, please keep reporting. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:30, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

filmgates.com

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


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

MER-C 11:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Revertlisted. MER-C 02:46, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Updated. MER-C 03:56, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

filmyhub.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2014 January 6

MER-C 12:26, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study
Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 06:43, 9 January 2014 (UTC).

Official website pages
Can someone craft an edit filter that catches creations of pages  which are basically 'this is the official homepage of ', where already has a page. They are almost always a form of promotion/spam, and even a form of SEO (if the wikipage is in mainspace,  will be indexed by Google (and highly ranked, this is Wikipedia .. whereas the http://www.organisation.com is ignored by Google, and will not result in SEO). --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:46, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

excessive spamming of Malaysia location articles


has gone on a spamming spree inserting an advertorial website http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/ at about 20 location articles. LibStar (talk) 04:18, 10 January 2014 (UTC)



2 more who seem to be SPA. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:21, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

See also Articles for deletion/VirtualMalaysia.com. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:55, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

pantone-colours.com

 * link


 * accounts

Repeated addition of spam link to article. Material in the site appears to be copyrighted material being published without the copyright owner's permission. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:32, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Added new SPA that was created today and has also been adding the link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:07, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

bestdvdrecordertuner.com

 * links


 * also added


 * users

SPA accounts spamming review site and personal blogs. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:56, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Added an additional IP that has begun adding the url to articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:46, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

5berriessewingpatterns.com

 * Spam pages


 * Sites spammed


 * Spammers

Users blocked. MER-C 03:35, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

booksformyaudience.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 11:28, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Blacklisted. MER-C 10:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Blacklisted. MER-C 10:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

writejobs.info
Not spammed itself, but some of the posts there may be worth monitoring:


 * http://www.writejobs.info/search?q=wikipedia&x=0&y=0

Gives interesting posts like:
 * http://www.writejobs.info/2013/06/freelance-wikipedia-writer-wanted-pay_20.html
 * http://www.writejobs.info/2013/05/freelance-wikipedia-writer-wanted.html
 * http://www.writejobs.info/2013/09/wikipedia-page-creator-editor-wanted.html

--Dirk Beetstra T C 11:06, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Almost impossible to monitor without additional information. I doubt they will get very far anyway. -SFK2 (talk) 13:30, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

Quite easy - (3) is Golden Biatec Award. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:13, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

First one: BAYADA Home Health Care. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:40, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the main listings page where the majoring of the posts have little information on the subject or the precise nature of the work. -SFK2 (talk) 00:40, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * You have to read the full descriptions. You are right though, not everything sticks: Local Splash/Articles for deletion/Local Splash (http://www.writejobs.info/2011/07/freelance-job-wikipedia-writer-for.html).  Still nice to know which/what editors engage in these things, and see what else they make.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 03:36, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

AFD'd Golden Biatec Award. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:45, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Also done for BAYADA Home Health Care - both articles are thin in significant independent coverage. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:51, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

www.poosheshgaran.com/ is a spam site


www.poosheshgaran.com/ is a spam site — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.158.234.198 (talk) 18:49, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

UniverseTomorrow.com

 * links


 * accounts

IP repeatedly adding fan-club link to article, and making ownership claims about the page. The above URL redirects to www.facebook.com/PeterCapaldi; in response to the fanpage link being removed, the owner of the Facebook page has posted a solicitation for others to vandalize the article on Peter Capaldi. facebook.com/PeterCapaldi/posts/10202199949334670?stream_ref=10 --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:25, 11 January 2014 (UTC) --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:01, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
 * That is LTA WP:UNID. Thrives on attention; recommend RBI. Johnuniq (talk) 09:15, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
 * additional accounts
 * The url redirects itself to www.facebook.com/PeterCapaldi ... which is now being linked directly. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:51, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:02, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
 * additional related urls:
 * accounts
 * More redirect spam links being added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * accounts
 * More redirect spam links being added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * More redirect spam links being added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

User:Adaywa
User is spamming articles with sunogaane.in links. I wasted so much time in reverting his edits. He was warned earlier but continued his behaviour. Abhi (talk) 17:46, 20 January 2014 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  19:06, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The user is also using deceptive edit summaries. MER-C 03:52, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep. Though they seem to have stopped for the moment, this appears to be a spam-only site, unless you think that selling hot sizzling images as wallpaper makes something a reliable source., I am not opposed to you pulling the trigger, if you feel thusly inclined. Drmies (talk) 15:58, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * After the editor blanked this report, I've blocked them indefinitely as a spam-only account.
 * Well done--thanks. Drmies (talk) 19:11, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

moviesdhaba.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 12:31, 22 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Plus . Reverted. -SFK2 (talk) 04:43, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Tradius
At least a couple IPs, 70.113.63.250 and 24.27.48.107, appear to be spamming links to Trustradius.com, a crowd-sourced review site. Three links were added to Tableau Software.

CorporateM (Talk) 02:44, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

maastars.com




Apparently this is still a thing (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2013 Archive Jul 1) despite being put on XLinkBot. Parking here pending investigation. MER-C 09:47, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

spam only IP address for commercial product
has only two edits, six days apart though. So they aren't just going to give up, they'll come back time and again with the same spam to advertise a commercial product.  D r e a m Focus  21:07, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Isaac Lasley/ scientist4u citespam
Self-promotional content on 'Isaac Lasley' and his academic publications.
 * Link

Keep an eye out. -SFK2 (talk) 03:04, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Users

Spam
SPAMMING WIKIPEDIA FOR PERSONAL GAIN

the user who submitted these photographs, is also the author/pastor/webmaster of website for the church shown in the photographs is using wikipedia for personal gain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Salmo_baptist_church_bldg.jpg#filehistory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.72.51.222 (talk) 05:04, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Delnex Media Private Limited spam on Wikipedia



 * Related domains


 * Spammers


 * See also
 * Sockpuppet investigations/Delnex

MER-C 11:50, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Blacklisted. MER-C 01:27, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Question about page for Anthony David Jacques
Today I was searching Wikipedia for information about the necktie and necktie knots, which led me to this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_David_Jacques. I don't know what the standard is for Wikipedia articles, but I noticed A LOT of reference links in the footer area as well as direct links to his Amazon publishing account. He also appears to have taken numerous necktie knots and claimed them as his own with very little variation.

It may just be me but the article reads very glowingly for someone very few people even know exists. It seems to me the page was written by the author directly as a marketing point or to build backlink relevance.

I'm still new to editing and stuff like this, and am curious as to whether this is permitted or what Wikipedia rules cover this type of article or even if I posted this in the correct area. --Derekland (talk) 19:01, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Good catch, you'll be pleased to know that it has be nominated for deletion, see here. Yes, it did seem like a promotional page and whenever you have any doubt as to where to post, you can always try the WP:Help desk, type on your talk page or ask a regular user. Sincerely, Ugog Nizdast (talk) 07:39, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. I don't like coming off sounding sour, but it just struck me as out of place on a few levels. Be well :) --Derekland (talk) 17:37, 29 January 2014 (UTC)