Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2018 Archive Sep 1

another re-direct to peoplesbiography.in
at Oskar Schlemmer. IP blocked. Ron h jones (Talk) 19:11, 3 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Domain reported on meta for global blacklist (as URL shortener). Now blacklisted on meta. GermanJoe (talk) 19:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)


 * + another URL shortener at noxi.ga for the same domain (reporting at meta). Just noting here for documentation. GermanJoe (talk) 18:44, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

tokyograph
This is being used in references a number of Japanese related articles, seemingly from the descriptions to host translations of Japanese sources,.but all examples of it I’ve tried lead to malware – the 'download flash plugin' sort. The references were added quite a while ago, so it’s not a problem of editor misbehaviour but the site being hijacked or abandoned and taken over.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 19:46, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

awardsandwinners.com
COIBot results unfortunately suboptimal in this case, but please see the related discussion at WP:RSN. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate  – 00:27, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 22:05, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

breakthroughpsychologyprogram.com
Added by multiple IP addresses and one user (likely on a deleted spam page). The refspam links advertized products. — Paleo Neonate  – 09:26, 11 September 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:06, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

imawoaikawa.blogspot


Evasion of the ban reported here. Nardog (talk) 17:51, 14 September 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

chekadeno.com
Refspam substituting existing links by new ones. — Paleo Neonate  – 12:08, 16 September 2018 (UTC) — Paleo Neonate  – 12:08, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Link
 * Users
 * Users


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:30, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Spam on Venom_(2018_film) page by Kangbahar1


Diff between 860623647 860632181

First time reporting such obvious spam, not sure how to do it properly. definitely doesn't sound like anything legit

--swiftgeek (talk) 01:42, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

championtutors

 * Links

+ others. Please blacklist. -KH-1 (talk) 01:22, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Spammers


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 02:20, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Toevolution

 * Link

etc. Please blacklist. -KH-1 (talk) 06:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Spammers


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. (do you mind to next time directly report reports like this one to WP:SBL? I tend to not check all on this page normally as these are often mere reports that are not yet actionable, it may take days before I go through them, if at all).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 06:32, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yep, will do. -KH-1 (talk) 06:33, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

sleepassociation.org
Added by many users/address on sleep related articles. Not an official medical association and users that promoted it often also promoted other links to gadgets and pharmaceuticals. For more context please see this AfD, this old spam report and the previous COIBot report from ten years ago. Thanks, — Paleo Neonate  – 07:03, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Update: mainspace links removed, except at James Maas and HuffPost where they seemed relevant. — Paleo  Neonate  – 17:24, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes definitely concerning. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 14:23, 15 September 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:38, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * (my script killed my comment ..) An IP has been warned several times in the past (and had articles deleted). Now we have a slower spamming other IP, where my only conclusion can be that it is an IP related to the same organisation (or even another SEO working for the same organisation).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:00, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, most probably... Thank you for blacklisting, — Paleo  Neonate  – 11:58, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Agree, appreciate it. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 06:10, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

apkpost.net
Jhon1273 blocked, but additions from these other IP addresses as well. All quite recent, — Paleo Neonate  – 19:54, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Users
 * Users


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

chakrabracelet.net
Pawsey18 is stale, Chakrabracelet was indefinitely blocked, but more recently the above IP addresses have also spammed this link in a few articles. — Paleo Neonate  – 19:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Users
 * Users


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. PaleoNeonate, can you report such spam that is of no use and obviously spammed by multiple users to multiple editors to WT:SBL immediately.  I tend to treat reports here as 'for the record', and 'if it recurs again, we will have to take other measures', not necessarily as directly blacklistable material.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:42, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes of course. It wasn't clear to me why there were both blacklist submission pages as well as this one; which of the BLs to submit to, etc; so I assumed posting here was ideal and that blacklist maintainers would decide.  But I'm starting to have a pretty good idea now and will only post here when unsure.  Thanks again, — Paleo  Neonate  – 12:58, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Adding: maybe that updating/adding a note at the top of the page with more information would be a good idea, eventually... — Paleo Neonate  – 13:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)