Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2020 Archive Sep 12

User Candlelightship appears to be adding spam reference


User:Candlelightship seems to be a spammer adding links to a single preprint article to multiple topic articles. I've added a request for clarification on the talk page, but it would be nice if someone more experienced could help here. PeepleLikeYou (talk) 04:25, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
 * The same user appeared adding the same material which they now admit is original research. Can anyone help? What noticeboard if not spam should I put this on? 00:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

William Nicholas Gomes promotion


Seems to be promoting William Nicholas Gomes / William Gomes by using non-significant or barely-related information as a way to add his name to articles. Totapakhi doesn't seem to be active anymore this year, but the IP is making similar edits (I left a warning on the IP's page). Not sure if the editors are trying to spam journalism articles that Gomes has written by using citations, or if it's just plain promotion. - Whisperjanes (talk) 12:32, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

iqnglobal.com
—  Newslinger  talk   02:37, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Suspicious new articles (25 July)
No comment. MER-C 17:28, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Websites with illegal music downloads
&mdash;Fezzy 1 3 4 7 Let's chat 18:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

More astrology spam

 * links


 * users

-- ▸₷ truthious Ⓑ andersnatch ◂ 07:37, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Blocked, reverted, and to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 08:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

IPs keep adding spam links to articles


Two IP addresses have repeatedly added spam links to this clothing designer's website ewa-latala-eco-design.myshopify.com selling products. Articles affected: Ecological design, ; Ecological art; Sustainable fashion, ; Zero-waste fashion. Thank you, Netherzone (talk) 19:36, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * rather persistent.  to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:27, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Wpkidsrewa advertising www.kidsfitnessexercise.com


User:Wpkidsrewa is making additions of the link kidsfitnessexercise.com, so the user name appears to be illegal as it matches the name of the business.

The user has so far tried adding the link to List of asanas and Yoga as exercise. I have reverted these and given advertising warnings, but I think the account should be blocked as single-purpose, advertising, and named for the business.

All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:10, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , I gave the user the boot. GeneralNotability (talk) 18:31, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Undetected userspace spam: a huge problem?
Hi! For a while now, I've been tagging old spam pages in userspace, sometimes up to a decade old. (See: my CSD log) What I've discovered is that often when promotional accounts are banned, their userpages aren't deleted, leading spam to stay on the encyclopedia for years, even decades undetected. It also seems that what tends to happen with userspace spam is that it isn't found within like, a week of it being posted, it often never is. I think that I'm only scratching the surface of this issue with the pages I've found, there could be thousands of these undetected pages. I've just been finding these pages through Wikipedia's internal search function. I'm not really sure what can be done to prevent this from happening. I would appreciate any help in finding more of these pages. TheAwesome Hwyh  16:06, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * See filters 354 and 499. MER-C 19:16, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean; if I try to look at them it just brings up the text "you may not view details of this filter because it is hidden from public view." TheAwesome  Hwyh  17:30, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Look in the filter log... MER-C 17:48, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I assume you mean Special:AbuseLog? When I try searching for them there the text "One or more of the filter IDs you specified are private. Because you are not allowed to view details of private filters, these filters have not been searched for" appears. TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, only admins and edit filter managers/helpers can see those? Try the tags "Possible self promotion in userspace" and "Possible self promotion in user or draftspace". MER-C 18:18, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, I know those. The problem with them is that they seem to miss a lot. I don't think most of the spam I've found has been tagged with that. It stays on the edit forever, right? TheAwesome  Hwyh  18:26, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It should do, yeah. Please email me any search terms that have a low false positive rate and I will add them to filter 354. I can use regular expressions in the abuse filter too. MER-C 18:36, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , alternatively, you can ask for the right to edit AbuseFilters, I think you can show good reason to read the logs and help in these filters (even if you don't want to edit them yourself), and I don't expect you to abuse the right to see how to avoid the abusefilters. (I don't know what the rules are to be given the right, user:MER-C and I both can technically just hand it out). Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:31, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

drivecarhire.co.uk
—  Newslinger  talk   06:10, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

chordchord.com
Link:

Users: -   t • c 00:18, 13 September 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   06:12, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

digitalmadari.com
—  Newslinger  talk   11:42, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

apogeeweb.net – User linkspamming a commercial web site
Users are spamming several articles with links to what appears to be an electrical/electronics supply company, and these are the only edits these accounts are making. Examples:

I have reverted all the spam edits that someone else didn't get.
 * Capacitor types –
 * Engine knocking –
 * Wheel speed sensor –
 * Light therapy –
 * Electrical ballast –
 * Relay –

NOTE: I have not filed a report here in a long time. If I did anything wrong, please let me know and I'll fix it. Thanks! &mdash; UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 03:39, 25 September 2020 (UTC)


 * yup, that there's spam all right. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 18:15, 25 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Excellent! Thanks so much! &mdash; UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 18:50, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

ThePOTUSof2020.com
IP using Wikipedia for presidential candidate campaign (currently blocked for 31 hours). - Whisperjanes (talk) 05:11, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , plain text link spamming (no protocol attached). If this persists it needs an edit filter. Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:49, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm new to WikiProject Spam - But what do you mean "no protocol attached"? I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to say. Thanks, - Whisperjanes (talk) 20:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , they type  (not a working link), not   (‘https’ being the ‘protocol’).  As the link is not working we can’t block it.  You are right though that this is spamming. Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:21, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

fivetech.co.uk

 * OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:30, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:30, 29 September 2020 (UTC)


 * and:
 * Kirsti removed the warnings, so they know what is going on, so.
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:53, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:53, 29 September 2020 (UTC)