Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2017 Archive Dec 1

Open Book Publishers
I recently noticed this being apparently spammed then noticed more existing instances. The article claims that those books are peer reviewed. It is unclear to me if adding such links as references is acceptable (just adding them as external link is not). I'm also notifying Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Open of this report for more input. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate  – 04:46, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Open Book Publishers
 * Insource search (47 results in mainspace)
 * User:
 * User:

124.123.6.76 xhtmlchamps.com



 * --LiberatorG (talk) 08:48, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * --LiberatorG (talk) 08:48, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

toptenreviews.com
JustaZBguy (talk) 21:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

capterra.com
JustaZBguy (talk) 21:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

reviews.financesonline.com
Is this a pattern of users creating only 1 page and including a link to a review about that software on reviews.financesonline.com? It might be a coincidence.

How do you know which way causality is flowing? Building the page to link to the review or finding the review link when building the page?

Live pages

 * 3dcart (software) created by
 * DoceboLMS added link to site

Drafts

 * Draft:FloQast created by
 * Draft:Autotask Corporation created by
 * Draft:Azalead Software created by
 * Draft:Cropio created by
 * Draft:GanttPRO (software) created by
 * Draft:Lepide created by
 * Draft:MotoCMS create by

User talk pages

 * User talk:Vipinpv - article draft about Axpert RAD software and also links to the financesonline.com review of Axpert. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JustaZBguy (talk • contribs)
 * This stinks of undisclosed paid advocacy. Please submit these accounts to SPI for a checkuser. MER-C 21:13, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and submit those as requested. JustaZBguy (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and submit those as requested. JustaZBguy (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Pattern of links for User's sandbox



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JustaZBguy (talk) 21:01, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

stylecnc.com

 * links


 * accounts

IP hopping WP:SPA account adding spammy/commercial links into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:16, 17 December 2017 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:17, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

VPN spamming (2)



 * Spammers
 * Special:Contributions/87.120.36.0/24
 * Special:Contributions/185.128.40.0/22 -- nothing
 * Special:Contributions/146.247.25.0/24 -- nothing
 * Special:Contributions/141.101.128.0/24
 * Special:Contributions/185.180.12.0/24

See also Sockpuppet investigations/Bur Hora. Parking this here until I get stable internet (and until IP range contribs comes to the API). MER-C 12:09, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

bestcbdoilforanxiety.org
refspam by anon ☆ Bri (talk) 05:19, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Same IP hosts nothing but crap including:

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Yicai Global
I'd like to ask for opinions on the user User:Suansworks, a new account. All the user's edits have added citations to a website called "Yicai Global". Seems like a case of WP:CITESPAM to me so I left a level 1 spam warning template on the user's talk page. Citobun (talk) 07:14, 27 December 2017 (UTC)


 * User:Alabus11 is the same. New account, also created to spam Yicai Global links. Citobun (talk) 07:15, 27 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Goes deeper than I first thought, and I have opened a sockpuppet investigation page here. Citobun (talk) 07:26, 27 December 2017 (UTC)