Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2020 Archive Apr 6

israelunwired.com
See the discussion at. —  Newslinger  talk   22:32, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

delhiriot.blogspot.com
Personal blog spammed on List of riots in India. —  Newslinger  talk   07:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

So i can't add my news articles Dangi 09:20, 28 March 2020 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boy shekhar (talk • contribs)
 * Hi, Wikipedia requires reliable sources for all information in articles. Unfortunately, your Blogger articles are self-published, and generally can't be used. —  Newslinger   talk   03:42, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Suspicious new articles (22 February)
Spam is a viral disease and grows exponentially, just like COVID-19. MER-C 17:29, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

thegrablegroup.com and espeakers.com
I've run across these a few times, but apparently never looked into possible spamming.
 * - currently 22
 * - currently 4
 * - currently 4
 * - currently 4

I suppose some of the links might fit WP:BLPSPS criteria, but only when used for non-contentious, basic facts.

Still, there's definitely spamming going on, like this bit of REFSPAM that's totally unnecessary and highly prominent in the article.

I've only started looking for spammers, so the list is just a start. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 20:19, 28 February 2020 (UTC)


 * SPA --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 17:22, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * SPA --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 20:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * SPA --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 20:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
 * SPA --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 20:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm only listing the more interesting SPA's, but most of the entries are coming from SPAs. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 19:48, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * probably not a spammer, but noting because of Sockpuppet investigations/Changingguardsatbuckinghampalace. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 00:35, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * spammer, paid editor, blocked for undeclared paid editing and promotional editing. Admits he's been using ip's to make subsequent edits. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 00:50, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * may not be a spammer, but another blocked sockmaster: Sockpuppet investigations/Bamanh27 --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 01:13, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * blocked for promotional editing. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 17:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * blocked sock. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 19:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * coiusername --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 22:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Related blocked undeclared paid editor and sockmaster. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 16:04, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Related editor blocked for likely covert advertising. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * blocked sock. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 19:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * coiusername --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 22:52, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Related blocked undeclared paid editor and sockmaster. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 16:04, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Related editor blocked for likely covert advertising. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Related blocked undeclared paid editor and sockmaster. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 16:04, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Related editor blocked for likely covert advertising. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Related editor blocked for likely covert advertising. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

At this point it looks more like COI/UPE problems driven by the promotional nature of the public speaking business. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 21:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 00:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 00:03, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 18:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * related subject matter. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 18:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * related subject matter. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 18:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * related subject matter. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 20:05, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
 * - given this --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 01:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * - given this --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 01:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
 * --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 22:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I have changed the templates in above, we try to avoid LinkSummaryLive here as blacklisting would then disable archiving) and with IPSummary and UserSummary the users get picked up by COIBot to create reports (which can then again lead to more domains). --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:27, 2 March 2020 (UTC)


 * - related, promotional editing. --Hipal/Ronz (talk) 16:39, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Any new spam articles?
I need spam articles guys Abdullah Al Manjur (talk) 17:00, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

freedish.in
—  Newslinger  talk   14:11, 9 April 2020 (UTC)

Ok... Abdullah Al Manjur (talk) 11:52, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

ib24news.com


—  Newslinger  talk   05:03, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

blogstorebd.info
—  Newslinger  talk   03:14, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

topshealthinfo.com
Repeated spamming, could it be socks too ☆ Bri (talk) 04:22, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

happymag.tv




There are currently around 125 links to happymag.tv, being used as a reference around Wikipedia. I've been doing some spot checking, and it appears that most of these have been added by PurpleReign1990. PurpleReign1990 has also written Draft:Happy Mag. Legitimate source? Spam campaign? I'm not sure. - MrOllie (talk) 12:47, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

gk-currentaffairs.today
—  Newslinger  talk   03:33, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

wordnewz.com
—  Newslinger  talk   11:58, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

roragems.com
—  Newslinger  talk   23:05, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

peterman.blog
—  Newslinger  talk   23:08, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

recruitmentdomain.com
—  Newslinger  talk   23:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

travel-dmc.com
—  Newslinger  talk   02:45, 18 April 2020 (UTC)