Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2018 Archive Mar 1

degruyter.com


After seeing that the new account is citing only that domain, I ran a poke but it only showed one other blocked account, ApeironDeGruyter that had added it a few years ago. There are 300+ links to that site however but I don't know how many accounts may have added it. Needs further investigation. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  20:39, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * There are 7251 link additions in the database -- too many to produce a report. MER-C 20:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

spinoff.com

 * links


 * accounts

Multiple WP:SPI user accounts adding promotional content into multiple articles, all using this one site which fails WP:RS. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:56, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Added additional account (Anitiya t) which began adding the link today. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:58, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: noticed today a likely WP:COI in the link additions. The usernames above each have noticeable similarity to the author listed in the target link being added by each user. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:33, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  21:56, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * See Sockpuppet investigations/Kiraonesm
 * Added link to blacklist.

Talk page spam
- See Special:Diff/829441536. Could be added to a filter. Jon Kolbert (talk) 20:17, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Blocked. MER-C 21:20, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

dailykhabar.pk



 * Spammers

Blacklisted. MER-C 20:08, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

top9rated.com, musiccritic.com, et al.

 * Domain


 * Users

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ringbang (talk • contribs)


 * Domains
 * users
 * users
 * users

Not all of it, seems bigger. Some material is old, but the editors all do one thing: add links. —Dirk Beetstra T C 20:36, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Webhost 199.255.156.0/22 blocked for 2 years. MER-C 20:47, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. Fyi, is still active: Today they deleted the warnings from their talk page, and tried to  to Guitar. —Ringbang (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Indeffed. MER-C 21:25, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

freshcalendars.com



 * Spammers

MER-C 18:16, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Cite spam - research of Damaševičius et. al.


I have just cleaned up some systematic cite spamming (20+ additions) for Damaševičius, a Lithuanian academic. Despite being an academic, he (or someone connected to him) is apparently not above misusing other projects for blatant self-promotion of his own research. The vast majority of these additions have been tangential borderline coatracks and/or advocacy, adding little to nothing of relevant encyclopedic information (removed all but one good-faith edit). As always this is just a short notice for other volunteers to be aware of similar cases in the future - no immediate action needed. GermanJoe (talk) 12:06, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

overlandsite.com
Spamming (his?) blog for Amazon affiliate revenue across multiple articles. ☆ Bri (talk) 13:55, 19 March 2018 (UTC) Looking at contribs, probably this should be listed, too ☆ Bri (talk) 14:05, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

investing.com
Hello. I have noticed that various spamlink campaigns have taken place towards a website called investing.com (for which we have an article, Investing.com). Based on the links that are still present today, I identified 2 main campaigns: But there were also minor campaigns in March 2014 and August 2017. The lists below show date, user and diff. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 08:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) in the last months of 2014, when 30 different IPs added 30 links in mostly big corporation articles
 * 2) in March 2017, when 123 different IPs added 123 links in economy and finance articles

1. in the last months of 2014, when 30 different IPs added 30 links in mostly big corporation articles 07-Sep-14 107.191.108.65    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walney_Wind_Farm&diff=prev&oldid=624533274 07-Sep-14 72.51.96.234      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim_Hortons&diff=prev&oldid=624542605 07-Sep-14 180.92.231.130    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoffmann-La_Roche&diff=prev&oldid=624540023 08-Sep-14 180.234.137.110   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Construction_3D_printing&diff=624639012&oldid=615752740 09-Sep-14 212.56.195.242    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morgan_Stanley&diff=624780553&oldid=624077290 10-Sep-14 37.231.59.95      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visa_Inc.&diff=624950617&oldid=624602149 11-Sep-14 195.244.210.154   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swiss_made&diff=prev&oldid=625060728 15-Sep-14 46.35.87.146      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danaher_Corporation&diff=prev&oldid=625665653 15-Sep-14 62.215.201.50     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cognizant&diff=625661397&oldid=625657720 16-Sep-14 95.137.187.118    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pioneer_Corporation&diff=625785003&oldid=622915770 18-Sep-14 200.32.235.109    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyberwarfare_in_China&diff=626064827&oldid=621454220 18-Sep-14 190.186.165.205   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ericsson&diff=next&oldid=626062170 22-Sep-14 41.79.226.26      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siemens&diff=prev&oldid=626583720 22-Sep-14 93.155.201.55     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HTC&diff=626587995&oldid=626038198 23-Sep-14 109.88.20.70      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Net_worth&diff=626759606&oldid=626167379 15-Oct-14 201.239.125.165   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Mobile&diff=prev&oldid=629685414 20-Oct-14 99.231.2.243      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emirates_fleet&diff=prev&oldid=630313551 22-Oct-14 41.129.47.199     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Commercial_Bank&diff=prev&oldid=630629040 27-Oct-14 118.68.146.223    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telecommunications_in_Hungary&diff=631302615&oldid=627528429 29-Oct-14 178.122.88.189    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viettel_Mobile&diff=631594024&oldid=621280040 04-Nov-14 201.191.72.110    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RTL_Group&diff=632419181&oldid=631510473 06-Nov-14 106.185.32.199    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Xiaomi&diff=632668863&oldid=632416074 09-Nov-14 212.56.195.242    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morgan_Stanley&diff=624780553&oldid=624077290 16-Nov-14 181.141.28.194    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emergency_telephone_number&diff=634061699&oldid=633265875 16-Nov-14 213.7.52.148      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reddit&diff=634077449&oldid=633991156 20-Nov-14 177.67.82.39      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyber_Monday&diff=prev&oldid=634668125 10-Dec-14 37.214.107.207    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tripwire_(company)&diff=637463956&oldid=623202678 10-Dec-14 93.125.23.109     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belden_(electronics_company)&diff=637464920&oldid=607223676 11-Dec-14 200.120.223.148   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BlackBerry&diff=prev&oldid=637601466 17-Dec-14 170.75.162.14     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_ruble&diff=638620721&oldid=638535395

2. in March 2017, when 123 different IPs added 123 links in economy and finance articles 13-Mar-17 103.12.9.29       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_indicator&diff=770123329&oldid=732304521 13-Mar-17 83.217.9.28       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FTSE_100_Index&diff=770121705&oldid=770100002 14-Mar-17 104.224.55.63     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Investment_banking&diff=770250929&oldid=770217090 14-Mar-17 172.110.221.142   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_the_United_States&diff=770237748&oldid=770083693 14-Mar-17 172.97.90.58      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Initial_public_offering&diff=770265518&oldid=770110478 14-Mar-17 185.104.185.197   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exchange-traded_fund&diff=770249290&oldid=770087762 15-Mar-17 104.224.37.47     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_Stock_Exchange&diff=770410819&oldid=770247540 15-Mar-17 172.110.219.193   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wells_Fargo&diff=770418677&oldid=770409418 15-Mar-17 104.224.10.80     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exchange_rate&diff=770448530&oldid=770119177 15-Mar-17 109.202.157.18    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hedge_(finance)&diff=770423145&oldid=769182801 15-Mar-17 172.102.137.249   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Debenture&diff=770453126&oldid=766670683 15-Mar-17 104.224.40.15     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Credit_rating&diff=770449973&oldid=766061908 16-Mar-17 172.110.215.140   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Issued_shares&diff=770607609&oldid=744031040 16-Mar-17 104.224.9.53      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_Mercantile_Exchange&diff=770594804&oldid=769563430 16-Mar-17 79.172.242.224    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heating_oil&diff=770596232&oldid=756834775 16-Mar-17 104.224.25.52     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Mercantile_Exchange&diff=770595324&oldid=768947564 16-Mar-17 82.212.85.162     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_Metal_Exchange&diff=770601473&oldid=769071153 16-Mar-17 104.224.2.36      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eurodollar&diff=770583822&oldid=764902825 16-Mar-17 104.224.63.4      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commodity_market&diff=770572851&oldid=770071729 16-Mar-17 178.17.166.111    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Commodity_and_Derivatives_Exchange&diff=770616555&oldid=769100532 16-Mar-17 172.102.139.111   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OTE&diff=770611764&oldid=765873576 16-Mar-17 104.224.26.56     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corporate_bond&diff=770581054&oldid=768868203 16-Mar-17 185.139.237.214   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B3_(stock_exchange)&diff=770603005&oldid=767707301 16-Mar-17 172.110.214.179   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euro_Stoxx_50&diff=770606608&oldid=769834932 16-Mar-17 167.88.110.229    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange&diff=770578015&oldid=769064923 16-Mar-17 172.97.89.170     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Interbank_Currency_Exchange&diff=770612186&oldid=749834599 16-Mar-17 104.224.18.53     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moscow_Exchange&diff=770584450&oldid=769552598 16-Mar-17 212.150.246.80    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NYSE_American&diff=770600162&oldid=767332136 16-Mar-17 172.110.218.209   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nasdaq_Nordic&diff=770603740&oldid=770245763 16-Mar-17 154.127.56.218    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%26P/TSX_60&diff=770601968&oldid=769723442 16-Mar-17 154.127.62.109    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dow_Jones_%26_Company&diff=770577661&oldid=770081262 16-Mar-17 5.56.16.13        https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bond_market&diff=770576810&oldid=768727327 16-Mar-17 104.224.5.97      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Portugal&diff=770600715&oldid=768897637 19-Mar-17 104.224.41.65     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OneChicago&diff=771097829&oldid=766320272 19-Mar-17 104.224.43.37     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chittagong_Stock_Exchange&diff=771083042&oldid=751513117 19-Mar-17 128.204.196.132   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deutsche_Mark&diff=771063088&oldid=770256730 19-Mar-17 154.127.63.74     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commodity_Exchange_Bratislava&diff=771100576&oldid=647102818 19-Mar-17 104.224.3.100     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nadex&diff=771083394&oldid=770541544 19-Mar-17 89.26.253.57      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Petroleum_Exchange&diff=771076063&oldid=765264422 19-Mar-17 172.97.82.228     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iranian_oil_bourse&diff=771066483&oldid=769080015 19-Mar-17 104.224.11.64     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minneapolis_Grain_Exchange&diff=771082442&oldid=770644551 19-Mar-17 188.116.6.106     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_York_Board_of_Trade&diff=771074334&oldid=769563192 19-Mar-17 84.255.215.117    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unemployment_in_Brazil&diff=771087937&oldid=740661410 19-Mar-17 94.46.206.149     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Brazil&diff=771099497&oldid=769376521 19-Mar-17 172.102.139.65    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Kansas_City&diff=772807312&oldid=771030725 19-Mar-17 104.224.47.111    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unemployment_in_Spain&diff=771074017&oldid=747420316 19-Mar-17 104.224.49.36     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=London_International_Financial_Futures_and_Options_Exchange&diff=771066021&oldid=723887648 19-Mar-17 172.97.90.197     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Climate_Exchange&diff=771085594&oldid=763310349 19-Mar-17 109.235.53.85     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hong_Kong_Exchanges_and_Clearing&diff=771063740&oldid=766102069 19-Mar-17 104.224.12.120    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BlueNext&diff=771092472&oldid=770062248 19-Mar-17 5.134.114.217     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belgrade_Stock_Exchange&diff=771089766&oldid=754111965 19-Mar-17 83.217.9.207      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bucharest_Stock_Exchange&diff=771080882&oldid=758000936 19-Mar-17 185.139.237.17    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%8Dndice_Bovespa&diff=771077245&oldid=769911852 19-Mar-17 172.110.210.235   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=China_Financial_Futures_Exchange&diff=771092870&oldid=755378326 19-Mar-17 95.213.173.57     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NASDAQ_Dubai&diff=771081237&oldid=746119001 19-Mar-17 172.102.138.110   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dhaka_Stock_Exchange&diff=771062555&oldid=769633687 19-Mar-17 94.46.163.222     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MICEX_10&diff=771074984&oldid=730316884 19-Mar-17 104.224.50.40     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Financial_Services_Board_(South_Africa)&diff=771076518&oldid=759639857 19-Mar-17 188.126.73.182    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_African_Futures_Exchange&diff=771096103&oldid=759640616 19-Mar-17 113.29.231.74     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TA-125_Index&diff=771089272&oldid=769758308 19-Mar-17 172.97.91.235     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tadawul&diff=771068417&oldid=762719495 19-Mar-17 104.224.15.48     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukrainian_Exchange&diff=771073410&oldid=755377298 19-Mar-17 104.224.4.66      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warsaw_Stock_Exchange&diff=prev&oldid=771073031 19-Mar-17 195.254.134.178   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montreal_Exchange&diff=771078679&oldid=770243187 19-Mar-17 185.139.236.160   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Greece&diff=771103700&oldid=770106218 19-Mar-17 91.228.3.212      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Spain&diff=prev&oldid=771102946 19-Mar-17 104.224.17.81     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iran_Mercantile_Exchange&diff=771098748&oldid=769079863 19-Mar-17 104.224.36.8      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Securities_Commission_(Brazil)&diff=771099850&oldid=764156209 19-Mar-17 104.224.51.81     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eurex_Exchange&diff=771065666&oldid=770949032 20-Mar-17 23.247.129.238    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unemployment_in_India&diff=771216376&oldid=768906378 27-Mar-17 81.218.50.34      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economic_calendar&diff=772441383&oldid=772020576 27-Mar-17 185.26.239.95     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Argentina&diff=772460513&oldid=770083233 28-Mar-17 172.110.219.140   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Germany&diff=772645052&oldid=771570548 28-Mar-17 104.224.57.33     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_price_index&diff=772647130&oldid=754273808 28-Mar-17 185.54.161.11     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ISM_Report_On_Business&diff=772647533&oldid=756475037 28-Mar-17 210.3.102.149     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Mexico&diff=prev&oldid=772599151 28-Mar-17 188.172.194.162   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_the_Czech_Republic&diff=772642147&oldid=770383325 29-Mar-17 104.224.4.108     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Estonia&diff=772813500&oldid=768897286 29-Mar-17 104.224.5.32      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commodity_Futures_Trading_Commission&diff=772803554&oldid=771960704 29-Mar-17 193.107.85.208    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Working_time&diff=772802718&oldid=768386731 29-Mar-17 104.224.10.23     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=British_Retail_Consortium&diff=772795188&oldid=760843475 29-Mar-17 104.224.21.80     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Planning_permission&diff=772794269&oldid=771715463 29-Mar-17 104.224.5.32      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commodity_Futures_Trading_Commission&diff=772803554&oldid=771960704 29-Mar-17 89.249.73.9       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caixin&diff=772793545&oldid=755255425 29-Mar-17 104.224.25.105    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Colombia&diff=772801578&oldid=772283277 29-Mar-17 154.127.56.191    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Denmark&diff=772804123&oldid=771548879 29-Mar-17 80.255.7.13       https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_the_Netherlands&diff=772797359&oldid=771773534 29-Mar-17 172.110.218.139   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Energy_Information_Administration&diff=772805952&oldid=772792467 29-Mar-17 104.224.15.122    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Finland&diff=772813756&oldid=769060647 29-Mar-17 104.224.2.37      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inflation_in_India&diff=772800208&oldid=772275121 29-Mar-17 104.224.47.112    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Lithuania&diff=772814290&oldid=772540327 29-Mar-17 185.139.237.253   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Money_supply&diff=772804457&oldid=769397132 29-Mar-17 104.224.59.69     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Michigan_Consumer_Sentiment_Index&diff=prev&oldid=772795950 29-Mar-17 104.224.51.75     - 29-Mar-17 172.110.214.218   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petroleum_industry_in_Nigeria&diff=772806256&oldid=772635280 29-Mar-17 172.97.82.194     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Norway&diff=772812738&oldid=770251173 29-Mar-17 104.224.26.49     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Oman&diff=772799996&oldid=770515435 29-Mar-17 104.224.49.100    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Bank_of_China&diff=772812432&oldid=771444699 29-Mar-17 104.224.37.80     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reserve_Bank_of_Australia&diff=772793775&oldid=771562792 29-Mar-17 172.97.91.209     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case%E2%80%93Shiller_index&diff=772813134&oldid=749854902 29-Mar-17 172.97.89.141     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreign-exchange_reserves&diff=772807753&oldid=771792940 29-Mar-17 104.224.18.7      https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_South_Korea&diff=772800593&oldid=770992517 29-Mar-17 128.204.196.142   https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Taiwan&diff=772808687&oldid=772347721 29-Mar-17 212.150.246.92    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tankan&diff=772803031&oldid=769760995 29-Mar-17 172.102.132.9     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Thailand&diff=772796945&oldid=772782930 29-Mar-17 94.46.163.102     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Treasury_International_Capital&diff=772814986&oldid=723514560 29-Mar-17 167.88.110.80     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&diff=772799816&oldid=772615049 29-Mar-17 104.224.45.27     https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Mauritius&diff=772794700&oldid=764958404 29-Mar-17 79.172.242.141    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Economy_of_Peru&diff=772802025&oldid=772348712 30-Mar-17 212.166.90.117    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 * 104.224.0.0/18 is a webhost, 172.110.208.0/20 is a VPN. Not exactly a sign of good faith. This is normally grounds for a blacklisting, but the domain is used far too often for that. MER-C 21:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Most of these usages are crap, to be frank. Their data collections are unreliable per their own disclaimer. Their "articles" are mostly copypaste rip-offs from other publishers (and could be simply replaced with the original legit publisher). Some of their reviews and analysis might be useable with the caveat, that these usages should be presented as opinion and not in Wikipedia's own voice. Consequent cleanup of all usages would be a lot of work though. GermanJoe (talk) 21:51, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * After checking and removing ca. 50 of the ca. 240 links (I'll take a break now :) ), I can safely say that the vast majority is blatant spam (aside from a very few good-faith erroneous usages, which should be replaced anyway). Not a single usage was valid based on our sourcing and EL policies. It would be great, if other interested editors would also take a look at some of the other usages to remove the remaining spam and non-reliable referencing. GermanJoe (talk) 00:45, 21 March 2018 (UTC)


 * My initial action is going to be ' to User:XLinkBot/RevertList' (and shortly RevertReferencesList) to keep them out to a certain extend. I the remaining 200 links have been cleaned up we'll assess how much of the 300 links are good enough to stay, but if that falls below, say, 5% of them (15 left), I am pulling the trigger for blacklisting based on your assessment.  Please keep this thread open until cleanup has finished, and admins who can pull the trigger. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:59, 21 March 2018 (UTC)


 * to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:00, 21 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. I have just removed 30 of the links. I will be back tomorrow. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 08:50, 21 March 2018 (UTC)


 * 2 somewhat valid usages so far (imo): Banc De Binary (interview source) and "www.investing.com/about-us/" (for main article). GermanJoe (talk) 13:26, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * we can keep track of those, and whitelist them at the time of blacklisting. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:47, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. This Banc De Binary interview appears to be a press release. It is also available at prlog.org. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:05, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. I have removed another 52 links. It would be great if someone familiar with our deletion policies could check if some of the drafts that have (good faith) links can be deleted (things like User:Bemanna/draft). Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:14, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * You can just remove them, and where necessary replace them with fact. If the articles are clearly coatracks (written to spam these links), then I think they can be deleted as db-spam.  And the aim of the exercise is to minimize, we don't necessarily have to remove them all (the odd link does not disturb too much, but editing in mainspace may be impaired in extreme cases, which will happen more if there are a lot of links left over.  Moreover, a bot will tag them all).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:20, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. I have removed another 30 links today. There is also one that "disappeared" when TRON (cryptocurrency) was deleted. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:10, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. I think there remain only 11 mainspace articles with links now, including Investing.com itself and ARDOR which might get deleted today. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for the cleanup.  Can you please start a Whitelist discussion for the legitimate stuff. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:18, 24 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Done, it seems like the site's own about page may be the only necessary whitelist (unless Biwom found other links of value in their cleanup work?). Checked and removed (or replaced) all remaining links. GermanJoe (talk) 20:20, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. I am under the impression that they do not create much original content, so even "legitimate stuff" can be redirected towards other news agency websites or financial data websites. So there should not be any need for any whitelisting. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:13, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * There is the subject page, where we always include 'an link to the official website' - that is until now the only one. Then there may be some primary referencing needed here and there.  I agree that others seem to be replaceable to a high degree, and that whitelisting will be minimal.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:17, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Digital Journal (digitaljournal.com)


Heavily used by recent articles created by User:Highstakes00 sock. Appears to be non-RS mixing user-generated content (corp PR, basically) with other stuff without any heads-up to readers. Their own description is "blending professional content with high-quality user-generated contributions". ☆ Bri (talk) 21:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I had this whitelisted on LiWa3 (meaning that it does not report on it, and that COIBot does not save the report), as a much used reference/link. I have no removed it (temporary maybe) for a report to save.  But I already saw that this was added 4461 times, of which the top by CLuebot NG (259 times) (suggesting it is rather stably used on Wikipedia).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 23:55, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Mod My Android (modmyandroid.com)

 * Special:Diff/832647754
 * Special:Diff/832059885

Possible spam/illegal links to pirated/modded/hacked Android apps of the article. HarvettFox96 (talk) 11:29, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

VivraxMaleEnhancement
~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 10:15, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * But maybe not their material:
 * lets check if they was alone. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * lets check if they was alone. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)


 * there were three more users.  to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:57, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks for the catch. ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 00:04, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

imvbox.com


Hello. This user keeps adding links toward imvbox.com. Is there a way to mass-revert him? Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 15:08, 29 March 2018 (UTC)


 * I have mass reverted the top links, but there is a lot more left where they were not the top editor. Please remove the rest as well.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:47, 29 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Hello. I am KighanHill from IMVBox. We are an online distribution platform who provide a large LEGAL Iranian movie selection. You can find our Wikipedia page HERE if you want more details. Linking our cast pages with Wikipedia add some relevant content for users who want to watch legally Iranian movies from a specific actor or director. Maybe I am mistaken, but I really think that I am not infriging Wikipedia policy by placing our pages as references and external links. If you think otherwise, would you please specify the reason(s) on your next post. I thank you in advance for your reply and your time. Best regards, KighanHill (talk) 17:30, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. Actually there are many, many of our policies you are infringing, but this is partly due to the fact that we have too many policies. So most importantly you are infringing the first of our 5 pillars, "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia", which you can read here: WP:5P1. You can see it says very explicitly "Wikipedia is not an advertising platform". Can you imagine what Wikipedia would look like if all the KighanHill of the world were adding links towards their businesses because (no doubt) some of our readers might be interested in their products? Surely, it would not look like an encyclopedia. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 16:56, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. Actually, the most relevant documents (which you are not following with your edits) are m:Terms of use (you are related to the website, have a clear conflict of interest, and did not disclose that, it is a requirement that you do that).  Secondly, as stated, you have a conflict of interest, as described here: Conflict of interest.  That guideline strongly suggests you to NOT edit according to anything that you are related to.  That includes editing IMVBox, and adding links to a website that you are affiliated with (extending to material that you created on websites that you are not affiliated with, the subjects of direct competitors, or having been paid to add the links by someone of the website (SEO), etc. etc.).
 * With regard to the links you are adding, those are not following our inclusion standards. We do not link to anything related.  Our policies and guidelines regarding that are strict as to what can, should and should not be linked.
 * I stand with the suggestion that all the external links should be removed, and add that the article IMVBox should be checked and possibly tagged (there the external link can stay). --Dirk Beetstra T  C 17:24, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Looking into this, I see several accounts who have been spamming this in 2014: (and possibly more). As previous blocks and previous warnings (in 2014 and 2016) obviosly did not get the message through to people of the website, I see only one solution. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:01, 29 March 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:02, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * note: there is a small cross-wiki aspect to this spamming, I hope we can keep it that way and that we do not have to block this domain globally. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello. I have removed 32 of the mainspace links. There are a very few left. Thanks and regards, Biwom (talk) 09:06, 30 March 2018 (UTC)