Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2023 Archive Sep

Problems
Hi folks. Also pinging User:Tropicalkitty. I just ran into multiple issues. First of all, MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist has an internal link to "Troubleshooting and problems" that doesn't go anywhere. Secondly, my nowiki text at (edit ) triggers an error "The following link has triggered a protection filter: about.com" as soon as I remove the nowiki, even though I definitely do not link to it. What's going on there? --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:D2EA:A47D:92F4:1BBD (talk) 05:31, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * By the way, I suggest you move the truly massive "Suspicious new articles" listing on this Talk page somewhere else. Because as is, it's hard to even tell that this is still a Talk page of some sort. Only by scrolling all the way down does the page still give the vague impression this is a place to discuss things. --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:D2EA:A47D:92F4:1BBD (talk) 05:37, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I don’t see anything in the anonymous user’s edit filter log. I reverted them however in error as I had thought it was a test because the header in their other edits was named “Test”. I didn't realize they correct it themselves and that it was legitimate. Tropicalkitty (talk) 05:43, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries, your actions make sense. That first edit of mine was to test if maybe the domain About.com was already mentioned somewhere else on the page, for instance as a shortened URL or redirect target. That maybe the trigger was because of already existing content that was added by someone with more privileges, and that the protection filter trigger was not because of my content. However, as I explained above, strangely, it is reacting to my content. (As soon as I remove the nowiki.) --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:D2EA:A47D:92F4:1BBD (talk) 06:03, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Monica Potts
A new editor has been creating BLPs about female authors. I removed what appeared to be WP:REFSPAM at Monica Potts and other articles, and was quickly reverted. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:24, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * More refspam at Szilvia Molnar, a recreation of Articles for deletion/Szilvia Molnar (2nd nomination). Magnolia677 (talk) 20:35, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Anybody here?? Magnolia677 (talk) 17:41, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Spam edits involving home construction services
User appears to be a single-purpose account making edits related to home renovation / inspection:


 * Sauna edit linking to affiliate blogspam
 * Steam bath edit that seems to be AI content and/or SEO spam
 * Draft article essentially promoting the need for home inspections: Draft:40_Year_Structural_Inspections

PK-WIKI (talk) 16:27, 18 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Obvious cases like this just need reverts and template warnings. I've done so. MrOllie (talk) 16:34, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Nội Thất The One
User talk:Nội Thất The One - A spam account embedding an external link to a Vietnamese furniture company, here, List of furniture by William Burges. KJP1 (talk) 05:57, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Have reverted and templated, using the example above. But their username indicates they're not here to build an encyclopaedia and they should likely be banned. KJP1 (talk) 06:51, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

User Yourshoaib
This user edits pages, adding low-quality, LLM-generated-looking content alongside bogus citations linking to their website.

Examples:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ArcGIS&diff=prev&oldid=1166084905
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faisalabad_Development_Authority&diff=prev&oldid=1166081024

Several but not all have since been reverted.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rightfold (talk • contribs) 20:43, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

mravipro.com
—  Newslinger  talk   04:07, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

barkydogtoys.com
—  Newslinger  talk   00:52, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

rohitcomputertechno.blogspot.com
—  Newslinger  talk   01:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

JawadA124
—  Newslinger  talk   01:56, 29 September 2023 (UTC)