Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2014 Archive Jun 1

Shaupdates

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-SFK2 (talk) 04:31, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Spammers:

spammer for smallworldsocial
Despite being reverted at times, he is still spamming links to his own videos at http://vimeo.com/smallworldsocial and links to http://www.smallworldsocial.com   D r e a m Focus  06:02, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

bookofmormononline.net

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 * prior discussions
 * Talk:Book of Mormon/Archive 10


 * current discussion
 * Talk:Book of Mormon


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IP range repeatedly restoring link to what appears to be self-published content, not endorsed by any sect. IPs involved have been adding the link for several years. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

User Joeybabe25
youtube spammer -- Moxy (talk) 10:47, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

takeaclick.com

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The above URL which leads to a self-published blog is being spammed site-wide by this user. Almost every single article involving this user has had the URL inserted into it. The URL does not meet WP:RS standards. -- benlisquare T•C•E 17:55, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Onlinecasinocanadareviews.com


-SFK2 (talk) 10:58, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Spammers:
 * Jackhubart felt the urge to blank this report. MER-C 13:02, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I had warned him about the blanking, and in response he left an explanation on my talk page. —Psychonaut (talk) 15:14, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Desert Farm / Camel Milk
trespassers william (talk) 01:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
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harddrop.com

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The link is a fan-wiki resource site for Tetris. Repeated addition of link that fails WP:EL inclusion criteria, and which runs against multiple WP:ELNO criteria. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:11, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Spam page Anyoption
The page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyoption is as far as i can judge spam. The company description is extremely positive, while the AFM (Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets) warned for this company (see: http://www.afm.nl/nl/consumenten/risico/waarschuwingen/waarschuwingenlijst-buitenland/a.aspx#{0F5107F8-EB2C-4BB2-B5C8-8CC4C3DA4FC7} ).

84.85.97.244 (talk) 19:07, 17 June 2014 (UTC) Thom

Leaflet For Wikiproject Spam At WIkimania 2014 - updated version
This is an updated version of an earlier post. Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to: Project leaflets Adikhajuria (talk) 09:17, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

User MCDinosaurhunter
Special purpose account seems to be adding large amounts of images to many paleontology related articles, with all image captions explictly referring and wikilinking to a recently created article about a private company (Triebold Paleontology Incorporated). See also Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center. I have reverted a few edits, but, if appropriate, doing them all manually would be impractical, so a special tool might be needed. Advise please? User notified and invited to comment here. DVdm (talk) 10:12, 20 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I can adjust the captions on the images I inserted yesterday Wiki-linking to the Triebold Paleontology Incorporated article to meet the guidelines. I can understand how reference to a specimen's distributor probably is not the most non-commercial means to cite a source. I see that you also took issue with including in some captions Wiki-links to the museum the specimens the in the images are exhibited in. From what I could tell, this was not an uncommon practice. Do I also need to remove those Wiki-links from the captions? Please advise. My apologies for instigating any commotion. MCDinosaurhunter (talk) 14:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)MCDinosaurhunter


 * I think it would be better not to have links to the museum in the captions either, unless the article explicitly refers to it. - DVdm (talk) 15:15, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Watchtown.co.uk


@User:MER-C please blacklist. -SFK2 (talk) 05:56, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Spammers:
 * Done. MER-C 17:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)