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[edit] Fiorano Software's spam campaign on Wikipedia

[edit] Speedy deletion of Fiorano Software

A tag has been placed on Fiorano Software requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company or corporation, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for companies and corporations.

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[edit] Fiorano Software is spamming Wikipedia

Summary

• fiorano.com: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - Meta: SRB-XWiki - COIBot-XWiki - Eagle's spam report search • Interwiki link search, big: 20 - 57 • Linkwatcher: search • Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • Veinor pages • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • OnSameHost.com • WhosOnMyServer.com

Accounts

1. 202.142.98.7 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • search an, ani, cn, an3 • LinkWatcher search || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • CompleteWhois • ippages.com • robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
2. 61.95.199.88 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • search an, ani, cn, an3 • LinkWatcher search || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • CompleteWhois • ippages.com • robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
3. Editorarshi (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
4. Fio mq (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • mq LinkWatcher search • Google)
5. Fioproduct (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
6. Fiorano Software (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Software LinkWatcher search • Google)
7. Fiorano123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
8. Fioranoweb (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
9. Itpl fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)
10. Madhav288 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
11. Mycompany (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
12. Sanjaya fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)
13. Sanjaya123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
14. Sanjayakumarsahu (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
15. Supremesp (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
16. Webapps (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)
17. Webteam fiorano (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • fiorano LinkWatcher search • Google)
18. West2007 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • LinkWatcher search • Google)

Spam articles created as blatant advertising and deleted by Wikipedia administrators

1. Atul saini
2. FIO ITPL
3. FIORANO - deleted 3 times
4. Fiorano ESB™ 2006
5. Fiorano SOA Platform
6. Fiorano Software - deleted 9 times
7. FioranoMQ™ 2006
8. Mr. Atul Saini - deleted 4 times
9. Mr. Srinivas Tati, - deleted 3 times
10. Mr. Vinod K. Dham , - deleted 2 times
11. Vinod K. Dham
12. Mr. Christopher Combs
13. Image:Fiorano logo.png - deleted 4 times
14. User:Sanjaya fiorano
    • User page created as a spam page.
15. User:Sanjaya123
    • User page created as a spam page.
16. User:Fiorano123
    • User page created as a spam page.
17. User:Itpl fiorano
    • User page created as a spam page.
18. User:Sanjayakumarsahu
    • User page created as a spam page.

Articles vandalized

1. IBM^[1]
2. Fiorano (disambiguation page)[2][3]

Fiorano Software's notability: A Google search on "fiorano software" -ferrari -modenese -samsonite -modena

• Just 274 unique Google hits

References

1. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Aug#Fiorano Software spam on Wikipedia
2. Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Fioranoweb (2nd)
3. meta:Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2007/08#Fiorano Software spam

--A. B. ^(talk) 19:57, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

See also:

1. Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Fioranoweb
2. Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Fioranoweb (3rd)
3. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Fiorano Software (again) (permanent link)

--A. B. ^(talk) 14:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)