Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Apr 1

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reported to ANI

Posted to WP:ANI (diff):

By user:

Maybe bigger, the list seems to vary, user posts most outside of mainspace, so reports are not complete, but hopefully give a bit of a start. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

123.116.225.244 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)

--Hu12 (talk) 12:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.lasvegasredlight.com

lasvegasredlight.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

Spammers

Back to normal. :) MER-C 12:09, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.desilicious.in

desilicious.in: 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

Spammers

MER-C 12:22, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Blocked Rishysingh--Hu12 (talk) 12:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.norg.com.au

norg.com.au: 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

Spammers

MER-C 13:12, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

CINERGY http://spam.cinergycoaching.com

Accounts

Cinergy (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)
Cinergycoaching (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.splashuniverse.com

Accounts
Blatant marketing/advertising postings. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:39, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

http://.stuskadyno.com

Accounts

Parajohnd (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)
12.35.105.139 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 16:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

cyburbia.org

See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Jan_1#Spamming_of_http:.2F.2Fspam.cyburbia.org

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Accounts

Elmwood (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) owner[1][2]
76.241.146.126 (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)
64.109.193.2 (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)
207.58.246.2 (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]
--Hu12 (talk) 18:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Continued;
Chriscarlos (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)
68.20.23.18 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 02:21, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.guernicamag.com

Lucytang (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)--Pejman47 (talk) 18:31, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Also:

The other 70 or so links look legit. MER-C 06:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.discoverbrilliant.com

Accounts

Aurorasand (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)
Psreilly (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 19:40, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Dating spam

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Accounts

76.171.19.244 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 08:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.soda-blast.co.uk

Accounts

Sodablastmfg1 (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)
81.154.37.24 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 09:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Added to XLinkBot. With ongoing spamming, especially when the links are used inappropriate, just add it directly to the bot, saves a lot of work later. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

theirearth.com

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Accounts

Theirearth (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)
Wheatinvest (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)
80.11.131.211 (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)
80.11.170.108 (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)
Takabe (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)
88.209.92.93 (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)
212.180.5.119 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 09:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-2801216413668308

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Accounts

71.230.241.129 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
12.20.48.10 (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)
Guarius (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 09:52, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Spamming of liveadmins.com

Accounts

Haseebjj (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)
Webgreeter (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)
119.30.85.125 (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)
119.30.90.163 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 10:02, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.biodiesel-expansion.com

Adsense pub-9173635265065090

Accounts

Sahibisamal (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 12:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

yourcallerid.com

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

Mmcgh (talk) 15:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


Agree, What appears to be going on is a spam war between two sites:

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See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Sep#http:.2F.2Fspam.allthingshidef.com
Accounts
Jeb69 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
71.107.118.165 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
71.107.113.40 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
Pacone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
71.84.197.196 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
75.128.40.34 (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)
71.107.72.177 (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)
Mmcgh (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)
Yahoo Adsense ad_partner 1177101348
Accounts
24.123.178.179 (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)
63.238.194.34 (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)
65.14.229.26 (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)
70.43.145.218 (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)
63.238.194.35 (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)

Quite a bit of spamming and disruption to wikipedia has occured as a result, I've blacklisted both.--Hu12 (talk) 15:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Uncensoredinterview.com

uncensoredinterview.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

Articles
  • Numerous musician/band articles; see user contribs.
Accounts

-- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

More;
71.90.46.31 (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)
66.65.64.16 (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)
74.72.47.190 (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)
74.68.101.49 (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)
Bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 22:29, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.lapbandtalk.com

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Accounts

Abrecher (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)
208.57.149.253 (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)
69.227.19.52 (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)
This user is apparently engaging in spam warring and link vandalism. Moving ones link "UP" is never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 12:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

margin-call.com

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Accounts

213.189.9.11 (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)
216.160.92.148 (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)
83.9.226.38 (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)
83.9.209.26 (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)
83.9.230.17 (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)
83.9.202.141 (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)
83.9.254.69 (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)
83.9.221.86 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 14:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

The announced change to MySpace Music means that links to it should be ...

see Wikipedia_talk:External_links#The_announced_change_to_MySpace_Music_means_that_links_to_it_should_be_banned. --Hu12 (talk) 17:57, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.az62.com

Accounts

207.114.157.118 (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)
71.209.216.54 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:51, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.ilslease.com/

Accounts

Daniel Szafran (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Szafran LinkWatcher search • Google)
64.149.122.185 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:56, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Dubek article

The article about Dubek (an Israeli tobacco company) was corrupted by 67.0.93.78 (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) this IP is already blocked, I can't change the article back by myself because I can't determine the correct form of the article

Thanks in advance to all helpers!Yaron Shahrabani (talk) 01:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

eh, wrong noticeboard - but that's ok. I've fixed it. The vandal was actually 67.0.101.183 (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) the other IP was just the last editor. --Versageek 01:14, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

mygilgit.com 2

See also - Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_May#http:.2F.2Fspam.mygilgit.com

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Accounts

Piarali (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)
202.133.73.2 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
202.143.126.249 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
202.133.73.5 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log)
Shakeelgilgity (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)
125.209.115.130 (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)

Timestamp. MER-C 12:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

gjenvick.com

links
account

Timestamp. MER-C 12:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.betalabservices.com

Articles

Beta analytic
ASTM D6866

Accounts

Ttamers (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)
Mauriciol (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)
82.211.95.178 (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)[4][5]

Timestamp. MER-C 12:41, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Creating Spam Articles

Articles

Kaharian ng langgam
Luningning
List of program broadcast by mbs 41
Maramot na puso

Accounts

Dcabuda (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)

Timestamp. MER-C 12:42, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Indian Villages

User:Sathishgobi is creating articles all of which contain;

Article Name is a remote village having one Government Library. It is situated nearer to Gobichettipalayam at about 10 km. The main economy of this village is based on the Agriculture.

This isn't a spam issue, nothing's being promoted. MER-C 12:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.buffalochristian.com/

Accounts

74.78.3.3 (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)

Timestamp. MER-C 12:44, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Vintageforestprints

Account
posting a commercial external link to subpages of http://www.forestprints.co.uk/ in several Gloucestershire geographic articles. --Eastmain (talk) 15:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

{{Linksummary|forestprints.co.uk]] --Eastmain (talk) 15:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I added an IP above also posting the links. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Spamming Simprove GmbH http://spam.workity.info

Accounts

HolgerRath (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)
82.113.121.16 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
82.113.106.16 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
82.119.0.177 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
82.119.3.154 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
--Hu12 (talk) 23:40, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

linexlegal.com

linexlegal.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

Spammers

MER-C 11:56, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.mobileblah.com

mobileblah.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

Spammers

MER-C 12:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

ukpetec.com

Spam pages
Sites spammed

ukpetec.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

Spammers

Spammers have been moving links up. MER-C 13:10, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Continued spamming
MatthewJHerbert (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)
BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 16:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.M59online.com

Accounts
spamming of URL to multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Golden Gateway Financial Spam

http://spam.goldengateway.com

Accounts

CubbieFan (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)
Surfhoss644 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

User Ozzicol creating spam article and links to his website

Ozzicol (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) created an article called moving house which contained nothing but a how-to guide on residential moving with a link to the website housemovinghints.com. This diff[6] shows that Ozzicol claims to be the owner of that website. The user has also attempted to add links to his website to the articles on Two Men and a Truck International, Mayflower Transit, and United Van Lines, among others; as far as I can tell, all have been reverted. I have stubbified the article on moving house and asked for help at moving company in creating an attributed, article either on the process of relocating or on the process of physically moving a residential building. I have also notified the user. Is anything else required? --NellieBly (talk) 23:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I doubt "Moving house" is a common term, so I would've likely just prodded it for deletion.
I see that "House moving" already redirect to Structure relocation, which would be the more natural sequence for the two words. The Moving disambiguation page already covers disambigs, so no need for the awkward phrasing to redo that either. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Fair enough; I'll redirect to Structure relocation, which I couldn't find. Thanks! --NellieBly (talk) 23:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Colin Jones Media Group

Adsense pub-0688783919705758

Accounts

Ozzicol (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)
59.100.115.239 (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)
59.100.7.33 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:00, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Bill Thayer site

penelope.uchicago.edu: 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
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.6.194.103 (talk • contribs) 16:01, April 6, 2008
Agreed - the site in question appears to be a personal website/blog of the primary contributor (see copyright tag at bottom of the EL pages). The links on some are to only an image and a comment that the image is in public domain (then should be loaded to WP or commons) - or are diary/blog style entries. Some of them are encyclopedic in writing style, providing ref - but the COI issue still remains on those. The number of articles to which the site has been linked is fairly significant. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
A few notes; the individual who reported these links has been blocked for making threats of physical harm (from a different but very similar IP). Sadly, that incident combined with the objection to the links raised here may have resulted in the loss of a good editor. Bill states that he added very few of those links himself, which doesn't surprise me, as some of the topic areas probably have limited coverage elsewhere on English-language sites. As I mentioned to him, I rarely worry about .edu links unless I see mass canvassing going on. From what I can tell, most of Bill's contributions have been in the areas of content and organization. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:31, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to add, as someone who has added links to Bill's site dating to before Bill became an editor here, that Lacus Curtius is not primarily a "personal website/blog" but a collection of public domain translations of classical texts and reference works on classical history. It is highly useful for referencing articles on classical subjects because it can be linked chapter and verse, so if a particular article makes reference to, say, Cassius Dio's Roman History or Ptolemy's Geography, the reader can follow the link in the footnote and find out exactly what Cassius Dio or Ptolemy said on the subject. That seems to me entirely within the spirit of Wikipedia in terms of making knowledge accessible. Also, since the site is not commercial and does not carry advertising, calling it "spam" seems to be misguided. I've tried following a few links to Bill's site and get a "403 forbidden" page, although I can access those pages directly, so it seems his site is blocked from Wikipedia. I would urge whoever is responsible for the block to remove it. --Nicknack009 (talk) 07:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
See my reply below - the intial post of "personal website/blog" was based specifically on the first few links that I followed to his site (contain "diary" in the link name). I agree that many other of the links were of encyclopedic value, which is why I had added that "Some of them are encyclopedic in writing style, providing ref" - but unfortuneately I fell for the anons bait and left it as an agreement, when only a minor cleanup of a handful of links was all that was needed. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Having followed the link to the previous commenter's talk page, I see it's Bill himself who is responsible for blocking links to his site from Wikipedia. The anonymous user whose bullying forced him to do that should be ashamed of him/herself, and I would support Bill's contention that anonymous editing should be stopped. --Nicknack009 (talk) 07:37, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Given what seems to have unfortunately happened, it would be good for Bill to be asked to agree about unblocking it. I hope he does. I hope for good measure we can encourage him to return. But if he does limit himself to Citizendium, we can always copy his articles back here again, they use a free license also & the licenses are compatible. DGG (talk) 21:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
From what I can see, the person who openned the issue here was the same one harassing Bill. I fell for his bait and didn't verify who had added the links when I agreed with the anon above. Some of the links were inapropriate (blog/diary entries, or image-only) - but many, many more were of encyclopedic value. A partial cleanup of only the questionable ones would have been enough to meet WP guidelines (and those may not have even been submitted by Bill in the first place).
Unfortuneately, it appears that Bill chose (for Wikipedia) the worst possible outcome from the anon's harrassment and baiting. I too hope that he reconsiders and makes the sources available once again. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
FYI: I've corresponded with Bill Thayer via email (as have others), and he is willing to make the links available once again. They appear to be working now. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Reporting spam

Not sure if this is the proper way to do it, but this page appears to be spam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Shoestradepub

71.185.3.108 (talk) 07:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Lets monitor--Hu12 (talk) 15:21, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Insurance & Travel Spam

All three IPs below spammed the first two links, one of them also added the last three..

--Versageek 06:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

another ip:

--Versageek 12:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Mission8

Accounts

Mission8 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 13:43, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.fleshlight.com

Accounts

67.9.171.129 (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)
199.203.47.82 (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)
72.177.112.166 (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)
82.234.117.99 (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)
66.90.144.23 (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)
masturbation toy spam--Hu12 (talk) 14:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

I knew I'd seen this name before, so I looked at Special:WhatLinksHere/Fleshlight. Fleshlight turns out to have a long history on Wikipedia; here's just a sample:
There are a number of other user talk pages linked; some contain warnings about spamming the Fleshlight article. I get the impression that, similar to the iPod, this product has spawned a whole little economic ecosystem of related 3rd-party products and websites (if a bit tawdrier than the iPods). --A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Cherrycake.org

Cherrycake.org: 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

-- Gyrofrog (talk) 14:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

org/society/associations Spam WP:CANVASSing

[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Accounts

Jwri7474 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

donorsiblingregistry.com

Adsense pub-0349672777891401

Accounts

70.57.25.15 (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)
Ryankrameretc (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)
Burlwindow741 (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)
70.57.24.64 (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)
64.207.51.159 (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)
70.58.19.234 (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)
70.58.19.68 (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)
65.183.86.9 (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)
70.58.22.113 (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)
70.58.18.118 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 21:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.sme.org

Articles

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Accounts

Rembiesa (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)
206.107.66.130 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 22:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.tiburonfilmfestival.com

Tiburon International Film Festival

Accounts

Tiburon International Film Festival (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • International Film Festival LinkWatcher search • Google)
Robertjamesusa (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)
Saeedshafa (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 23:59, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Spamming of TOTE Tasmania Pty Ltd

thetote.com.au

Articles

Tote Tasmania
TOTE Tasmania
Tote tasmania

Spam Articles created to promote thetote.com.au

Triwin
Consolation Double
Mystery trifecta
All-up
Quadrella
Eachway

Accounts

Broke punter (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • punter LinkWatcher search • Google)
Terrance-Elliot (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)
Greyhoundrace (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)
Smidgeon (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)
Brinkator (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 04:55, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Amitabh Kumar Spamming

Accounts

Kumaramitabh (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)
203.122.51.43 (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)
203.122.51.44 (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)
203.122.51.46 (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)
203.122.51.45 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 05:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

continued spamming, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 12:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

coolhockey.com and torontohockey.net

Accounts

74.210.34.76 (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)
206.126.88.128 (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)
ccwaters (talk) 01:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

74.210.34.76 (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) Vandalized [15]
206.126.88.128 (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) Vandalised this page[16][17]
--Hu12 (talk) 15:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

southwoodstorage.com

Accounts

99.140.191.221 (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)
99.140.238.236 (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)
99.147.221.154 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 07:59, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

206.126.88.128 (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) Vandalised this page[18][19]
--Hu12 (talk) 15:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.sassylad.co.uk/

sassylad.co.uk: 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
Blog - COI issue --71.227.150.109 (talk) 03:42, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I would hardly call the link to photos of the tunnel where the blog was linked from Spam. I was simply providing further information and linking to photos that are copyright to me that I do not wish to relinquish copies of. Removing the photography links has made the article poorer. Yet another article ruined by over-zealous editors/bots and people who's only contribution to Wikipedia now is poor administration. Neil Evans (talk) 14:57, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

www.nutsie.com

Links:

User:

Contributions of these "users" are limited to external links sections of various music categories, and include a link to playlists supposedly containing songs mentioned in the variuos articles. User has continued after initial warning, and I have posted a second. The links is to a site called nutsie, and I have actively decided to not follow any of the links. TRTX T / C 23:13, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Sample edits - [[20]], [[21]], [[22]], [[23]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by TRTX (talk • contribs) 23:19, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
At it again - [24]. Third warning has been posted to user's talk page.

Found a few more IP users doing it. Added above. Numerous IPs found using a search for instances of IP in Wikipedia. IPs also sometimes post a copy/pasted comment in the talk page. [25], [26] TRTX T / C 17:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

User Marked12345 continues despite final warning (from another user) - Edit: [27], Final Warning: [28] TRTX T / C 20:19, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

ocruggedlaptops.com

Artilces
MIL-STD-810
Rugged computer
Toughbook
Users
Editsnow (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)
Mobilepcc (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)
Link Data
ocruggedlaptops.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

--Canspam (talk) 01:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Blocked, thanks--Hu12 (talk) 04:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

repossession-stoppers.com

Accounts

86.164.32.151 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
86.153.61.63 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
86.148.230.154 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC) Continued, Bld repossession-stoppers.com--Hu12 (talk) 05:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.scamdex.com

Adsense pub-0456773145500851

Accounts

Scamdex (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)
69.62.184.135 (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)
146.114.66.123 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 17:53, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.mixbook.com

Article

Mixbook

Accounts

Twastravis (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)
Andrewlaffoon (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)
75.55.196.22 (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)
71.138.143.180 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 01:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Talk page spamming

See also - Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive133#Odd_Posts

Accounts
DrunkenDialer (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)
76.109.174.103 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 08:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC) Hu12, since the issue has been resolved, the links have been removed, and I have vowed to discontinue attaching these links with my signature, is there anyway to redact the link so that it does not get crawled? DrunkenDialer (talk) 02:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

modelsobserver.com

modelsobserver.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


Can someone please look into the links to modelsobserver.com? I came across this site when it was repeatedly added to Bodybuilding supplement. It has been added to many other articles by various IP addresses. In some cases, removal of the link by other editors has resulted in fairly aggressive re-addition (see this example). I think the site has limited usefulness to the articles it is linked from, but I'd like a second opinion. Deli nk (talk) 19:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

This link has been relentlessly spammed for many months. Here's a partial list of the Israeli IPs adding these links:
It's also been spammed cross-wiki. Here are just few examples; there are dozens more:
Presently, we have 56 of these links in the English Wikipedia and 30+ in other Wikipedias:


Publicly-listed domain registration data:
Jonathan Landau
32 Got Levin Street
Haifa, Israel 32922
Israel
Our spammer gets quite testy in his edit summaries when his links are questioned or deleted.
This domain needs blacklisting on the meta blacklist at meta:Talk:Spam blacklist. I'm an admin on Meta and I'll be happy to handle this on meta tomorrow but I don't have any more time to work on this today. Can someone first remove these links before blacklisting? Thanks!
Since our spammer uses dynamic IPs and is hard to reach via talk pages, I suggest putting a link to this discussion in the edit summaries for link removal:
  • "Link removed per discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#modelsobserver.com]]"
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to Meta blacklist -- now blacklisted at meta:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

WSEAS and related articles

These links continue to be added to articles that get re-created after multiple deletions. Please see related postings at WP:COIN#WSEAS, WP:ANI#Ongoing COI issue at WSEAS, and WP:ANI#sock and/or meatpuppet issue with WSEAS and related articles.

Links
Articles
Users

Note that these users names are similar or identical to names within the spammed article (which itself is copied word-for-word from the websites linked above). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

See also:
and so on. Allowing for good faith, these guys seem to have mistaken Wikipedia for a directory or free web host. Guy (Help!) 17:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Camuco on Alan Jackson, Alabama (band), etc.

purecountrymusic.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

Camuco (talk · contribs) has been busily spamming http://www.purecountrymusic.com on various country singer articles, including Alan Jackson, Alabama (band), The Bellamy Brothers, and so forth. I have reverted the addition of this link, as it is clearly a spamlink -- it appears to be an online store of sorts. User has been warned thrice but continues to add the links. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 19:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

ctn-music.com

Spammers

MER-C 12:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


Still spamming as of 10 April:
Others:
Related domains:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
At it again today as well as vandalizing this page:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

85.98.31.158 (talk) on Rappelz

85.98.31.158 (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)

This user keep adding their own (Turkish) forum to the 'popular fan sites' section of the page. I've removed it several times so far, but I haven't used reverts for that (mainly because his adding them involved more than one edit), so I'm not sure if this is in violation of the 3RR rule, but it starts to get annoying. Zyppora (talk) 14:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

From what I can see, there's no comments about it on the article's talk page, and no posts on the user's talk page. As a first step, I would suggest starting a discussion on the article's talk page about it. If the user continues, post on their talk page to get involved with the discussion.
As a general rule, any fansite that is nothing more than a discussion forum should probably not be listed per WP:ELNO. Even for those sites that offer more (related news, downloads, developer interviews, etc) only one or two major ones should be listed per WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. Better still, if the game developer maintains a list of "recognized" or "official" fansites, just link to that list rather than debating which fansites to include here. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.rappelz.gen.tr

MER-C 01:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-110161879664202

Adsense pub-1101618796642025

Accounts

65.118.190.226 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.sinusinfectionhelp.com

Adsense pub-9737714712070661

Accounts

Omnipotentsg (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)
220.255.132.72 (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)
165.21.154.69 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 06:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

casestudyexcellence.com

Accounts

JohnDavies12 (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)
128.135.190.167 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
128.135.208.131 (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 • .html robtex.com • tor • Google • AboutUs)
--Hu12 (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

128.135.17.114 (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)
continued--Hu12 (talk) 04:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domain:
Deleted article:
  • Guesstimate matrix
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.mychurch.org

Hi, guys. Not sure what all to put here... I just reverted (for good or ill) a whole mess of external links from an IP editor.

I'm pretty sure I can't keep up with this. -- Swerdnaneb 06:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

mychurch.org: 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

Also:

All reverted. MER-C 07:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Still spamming.
Defer to Local blacklist. MER-C 03:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Otopsi.gen.tr and Darkjuva.com

User with bare-IP number is persistently and knowingly adding his Turkish-based link, which has no connection to the subject, to the Ogrish.com article.

Update, since the above was posted:

Quatloo (talk) 22:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 1548915527227873
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:59, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Defer to Meta blacklist


Now blacklisted on meta:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Pet article spammer

76.222.252.160 (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)

  • Almost every edit by this user has been an endorsement of allpetsbid.com. Examples: [52] [53] [54] --ErgoSum88 (talk) 06:21, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


Domain


Accounts
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

58.152.163.218 (talk) on Ragnarok Online

58.152.163.218 (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)

On the topic: Ragnarok Online is an online role-playing game (MMORPG), run on multiple localized servers world wide by a Korean company named Gravity, its subsidiaries, or other companies who acquired a license from the mentioned company. The game is also known for its enourmous community surrounding illegal private servers (usually run on emulated or stolen server software). There are literally hundreds or thousands of these servers. The official servers are listed on ragnarokonline.com.

This IP keeps advertising one of these private servers - most likely one that he runs, plays on, or is otherwise related with.

Didn't revert his edit to not break WP:3RR. User has been warned twice. ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 15:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

PS: Does this constitute vandalism? ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 15:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Though not technically vandalism, edits made to remove spam are not subject to the 3RR rule. - Ehheh (talk) 15:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
That is good to know, thank you. ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 15:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Still spamming today. I've blocked him for 24 hours. One more incident and we should blacklist that domain.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Adding website to multiple articles

68.48.86.40 (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) I added a warning to the talk page, but there are many many many links to clean up. TheRedPenOfDoom (talk) 04:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Appears to be taken care of - thanks!TheRedPenOfDoom (talk) 04:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


Accounts

68.48.86.40 (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)
68.48.86.240 (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)
Seem to all be owned by Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. (freemaninstitute.com). Moving ones link "UP" is rarely a sign of good faith. I've added an additional warning on the talk page. --Hu12 (talk) 05:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Also:


Related domains
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

neapolitanworld.com

Accounts

NeapolitanWorld (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)
IIColosseo (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)
Lisa.Cinciripini (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)
66.123.149.122 (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)
76.167.47.149 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Continued, Bl'd --Hu12 (talk) 08:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-9977923384588165

Sites spammed

http://spam.lyricshunt.com

http://spam.lyrics.name

Related sites

http://spam.lyricsnet.net

http://spam.songlyrics.name

Spammers

MER-C 13:19, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

algebra.com

See the links listed here. --Bfigura (talk) 00:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

algebra.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

spam.pamparam.md

pamparam.md: 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

Spammers

Defer to Meta blacklist. MER-C 04:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

medlibrary.org

It appears it might be a live copy of wikipedia. βcommand 2 21:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I asked at the VPT some time ago, I think they cache files on the fly. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 21:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Tracking link:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Response:
  1. Do we have any evidence that these links were spammed?
  2. I looked at their "About Us" page. They do mirror Wikipedia but they also include other information.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 12:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Tang23

Tang23 (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). Added a lot of links to a single site as references to a bunch of pages. Also edits Justin Hartfield, who is related to the site. The references and added content aren't necessarily bad, per se, but the way the links are described is POV. The edits to the site of Hartfield haven't really been vanity, but I think the fact that the editing is centered around a certain site should be noted. --68.161.153.211 (talk) 05:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that, some of it is just downright spammy. --68.161.153.211 (talk) 05:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Articles

Prometheus Institute
Justin Hartfield

Accounts

Tang23 (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)
70.181.120.174 (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)
Wfbredux (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 12:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


Ayn Rand meets Reefer Madness and Hugh Hefner -- an eclectic mix of libertarian, marijuana and how-to-pick-up-women sites.
More accounts
Collectively the 5 accounts listed here and above had already been asked 3 times to stop; I repeated the request. If they won't stop after that, then I'd say all of these domains will just need to be blacklisted.


More articles
All the articles listed here and above have notability issues -- please look and see what you think:
  • Rand Getlin
  • Matt Harrison
    • subsequently hijacked/rewritten by another IP to cover a different Matt Harrison


More domains inappropriately linked


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 2800511746606128
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prometheus Institute --A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.projectfanboy.com

Articles

Project Fanboy
Projectfanboy

Accounts

ProjectFanboy (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)
Millennium Cowboy (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Cowboy LinkWatcher search • Google)
Gary McFeely (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • McFeely LinkWatcher search • Google)
Thunderstrike123 (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)
143.79.143.10 (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)
24.108.78.175 (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)
90.194.235.35 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Channelopathies

A new Swiss firm is being added to external links for all channelopathies listed in the article. The changes are from a SwissSwiss IP:
84.226.111.103 (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).
The edits were picked up by
Gastonia (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).
No diffs are currently provided as all edits promote
genionics.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 . Novangelis (talk) 20:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts


Domain


The company is not notable; a Google web search turns up just 41 hits.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
One more spam link and this domain should be blacklisted. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
FWIW, they have just been founded in January 2008, and are apparently using us to get publicity. There is nothing much at their website worth linking to at this point. DGG (talk) 00:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.celsiuspro.com

celsiuspro.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

Spammers

MER-C 12:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

iasa.ir

iasa.ir: 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

I'm not sure what to do with it, as it keeps being added through anonymous account, and we have already warned them in previous rounds. --Nate (talk) 13:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

example diff 1 | example diff 2 | older example diff | even older diff

IP at Geometric abstraction

Domain:
peterhugomcclure.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
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Link placed on Rickroll

rickrolling.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

It was used as an "external link" on the article for rickroll. Clicking it sends you to a website with the rickroll video, and when you try to surf away or close the browser window it creates an endless loop of dialog boxes, necessitating the use of Task Manager (or similar) to force the browser to close. --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 17:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Now blacklisted across all Wikimedia projects:
Defer to Meta blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

ferret-facts.com

Domains

Google Adsense ID: 7907736550961791


Account

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

myspace.com/thecocaineknights

Accounts


Domain

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

usafestival.net

Domain

Google Adsense ID: 5033030654266354


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 9352177062534910


Possibly related


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

lanoint.com

Domain
Account

Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC) --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.horizonpress.com

horizonpress.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

Touchstone42 (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)

Your comments are appreciated at the ANI thread. MER-C 13:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Defer to Local blacklist, now blacklisted. MER-C 10:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
See my comments at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#horizonpress.com about the urgency of resolving the issue of >200 articles with now-blacklisted links. To minimize disruption for our regular editors, they either need to be removed ASAP or else the domain needs to be temporarily removed from the blacklist. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 13:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

adsense pub-5201582459875388

Adsense pub-5201582459875388

Accounts

69.95.133.195 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


http://spam.4futureenergy.com

Accounts

Swisspongesd (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 05:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.crimestart.com

crimestart.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

Spammers

MER-C 12:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

82.72.163.85 (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) vandalized
--Hu12 (talk) 15:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate ARES Travel and Chefrob links on Wikipedia

Accounts


Deleted articles
  • Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc. (ARES)
  • California sun hotels


Registration data

Blue Orchid Holdings, Inc

1350 E Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas

Advanced Reservation Systems

1059 First Ave
San Diego, CA 92101


Spam domains


Related domains

Google Adsense ID: 0799904761896309 --A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Defer to XLinkBot Spammer(s) did not receive enough warnings to justify blacklisting. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 13:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

More Linex Legal spam

Domain


Related domains


Spammers


Previous report

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


Defer to Local blacklist -- now blacklisted locally. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

travelXYZ.com related sites

Links
Accounts
--- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domains
All of these sites are registered to the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Revellation Limited spam on Wikipedia

Domain


Related domains


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Simonbezel (talk · contribs)

Simonbezel (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) - this user's contribs are pretty much adding spam links to street gangs-related articles. By just taking a look to his contribs you can tell the account was only created to add this "similar" web sites. I've warned the user about this in his talk page and mine (he contacted me).
I stopped reverting his edits because I don't want to violate the 3RR. Just a few diffs from the user: [56], [57], [58]. Tasc0 It's a zero! 23:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

freerepublic.com

This isn't exactly aspam report as I don't believe there is a concerted effort to get links to this site onto Wikipedia, but rather a number of good faith editors adding sources and using this site out of convenience, rather it's a plea for assistance in cleaning the mess up.

Free Republic is a non-Reliable Source, because it is a self-published websource that frequently includes fringe views and various blogs and forums. However, it also includes an "article archiving" section in which copyrighted news articles are generally copied wholesale onto the source and then members of the site comment upon the article. Linking to this site is a violation of WP:COPY and the matter has been discussed on the reliable source noticeboard and spam-blacklist with the general conclusion being that the list should be blacklisted, but prior to that all links to the site must be removed from Wikipedia to decrease the impact of adding the site to the blacklist. Free Republic has gotten in trouble for this before and has actually lost a lawsuit with the LA Times and Washington Post over their reprinting. --Bobblehead (rants) 15:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

63.145.29.12 spamming links

63.145.29.12 (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) This has been spamming links to the same website across multiple pages. For example here and here. The account does not look productive. Looks like someone trying to advertise. I think the spamming has been reverted but a block might be warranted. John Smith's (talk) 19:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Mostly done, don’t think it warrants a block though. --Van helsing (talk) 20:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
At the very least needs a formal warning from an admin. John Smith's (talk) 21:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Formal warning from an admin?... think I lost you there a bit. Please don’t hesitate to do that yourself. --Van helsing (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Because people tend to take notice more from admins. John Smith's (talk) 21:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Now I’m surprised; you’ve been around here for a while, a question you should maybe ponder on is... are they & should they? --Van helsing (talk) 22:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.webplatez.com

Links
Accounts
User is adding sites within domain to multiple articles. In September, same user has multiple spam warning messages for adding similarly titled articles to the same sets of articles (the sites on the other domain are now off-line). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

offbeatink.com and other Khalidwa spam on Wikipedia

Spammed domains


Related domains


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:22, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

biosites.org

Adsense pub-3047927949898464

Accounts

Thkim75 (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)
210.95.179.139 (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)
210.95.179.142 (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)
59.27.126.229 (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)
210.95.179.141 (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)
210.95.179.143 (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)
bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 06:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Donor Offspring Health Corp. Registry

Article spam

Donor Offspring Health

Accounts

Donoroffspringhealth (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)
DCHealth (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)
216.87.207.1 (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)
moving his link "up" is never a sign of good faith.;)--Hu12 (talk) 19:54, 5 March 2008

Tauseefriaz

User
Link


—Preceding unsigned comment added by CanadianLinuxUser (talk • contribs) 17:39, April 17, 2008

Possible rename

There is an increasing issue with sites that are justly blacklisted due to abuse, but which complain to OTRS that when searching for their site the link abuse pages we generate score very highly. We have already discussed several times the possibility of renaming the MediaWiki spam blacklist pages to link blacklist, and that may or may not be done, but we could lessen the complaints and be seen to do the Right Thing by renaming this project to something like "WikiProject external links" or "WikiProject link management". I submit this for your consideration. Guy (Help!) 15:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

If they abuse wikipedia they deserve to have our pages show up in the results. Spam is spam there is no need to create some weird new term that means the same thing. Call a spade a spade. βcommand 2 16:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I do feel for OTRS, as I'm sure the majority of the spam complaints recieved are just another avenue for these spammers to attempt to exploit Wikipedia. Ive asked this Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Mar_2#When_does_a_Wikiproject.2C_become_a_noticeboard previously, without response. WikiProject Spam should remain, however "MediaWiki spam blacklist" might be better suited without the term "spam", as it has potential for other non-spam applications. Ironicly the spammers did use wikipedia in order to score "high" in google, let them enjoy the spoils of their efforts. ;)--Hu12 (talk) 16:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Plus, in a lot of cases, it isn't actually provably them, just J. Random Editor. And sites may be blacklisted as massively inappropriate, rather than simple spam. Guy (Help!) 18:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I am still saying, if the edits were in good faith, and they stopped directly when warned, then go forward and delete the reports, drop me (or another operator of COIBot, here is also a good venue) a line to remove the rule(s) from the bot, and get on. If the edits were persistent, and warnings and discussions have not helped, then the reports are an on-wiki proof of why the link was blacklisted/added to a revertlist, or is in other way of concern. The wikipedia system gives handful of warnings when they edit (even I as an admin see "Content that violates any copyright will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL.", "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it.", "See our policies and guidelines for more information on editing." around this edit window; when creating a new article I see "Before creating an article, please read Wikipedia:Your first article, or search for an existing article to which you can redirect this title." (with a link to Wikipedia:Your first article, saying "Please don't create pages about yourself or your friends, pages that advertise, or personal essays.", and there is a section on advertising; when adding links you run into captchas, etc. etc. I know, we don't have to punish people for their actions, but also don't have to help in obfuscating their negative tracks, we are not an advertising service. Getting the reports out of the top ten can also be done by making sure your company is known in a positive way. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


My 2 pence:
  1. Our goal is to maintain the encyclopedia's integrity, not maintain a linkspam-identification project for the rest of the world.
  2. If we can reduce the load on OTRS volunteers while still meeting our goal, I'm all for it.
  3. Not every domain reported here is found to be spam
  4. Yes, some side of me enjoys watching spammers squirm, but I have to remind myself this is all about an encyclopaedia, not indulging my childish feelings of schadenfreude (and they can be very strong some days!). It's probably in our encyclopaedia's best interests to do our job in a quiet, low-profile, efficient way with as little drama as possible.
  5. I especially would like to see us rename some of the bot-generated subpages of this project such as:
    By their very nature, these valuable reports generate a lot of false positives which then create consternation for innocent editors and domain-owners that appear on these pages.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, false positives and marginal cases, and links added by some other person, and the occasional joe job. WP:AGF and all that: we should deal with the problem (excessive link abuse) while remaining neutral on the motives. Guy (Help!) 18:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I support changing the project names. While we shouldn't be concerned too much with how the names are used off-wiki, I do agree that if the naming is causing unnecesary extra work for another group of Wikipedia volunteers, then I have no objection to changing it. It would still accomplishes the project's goals while reducing issues for other Wikipedia groups.
This goes for both the project, and the bot report page names. As A.B. pointed out, the term spam isn't 100% accurate description of what's reported, so a less controversial name would be appropriate. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

LinkReports

Apparently there is a lot of controversy due to the place for the linkreports. I have therefore rewritten the bot so that it now reports in its own userspace. See User:COIBot/LinkReports, User:COIBot/UserReports and User:COIBot/PageReports. Those patrollers who are not on IRC may want to watchlist the new pages.

To make the job complete all subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/PageReports/Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports should be moved to COIBot's userspace, the redirects deleted and all links everywhere to be repaired (as they are sometimes the blacklist-proof). I am quite busy now, feel free to perform that on individual tasks where necessery/when complaints arise. I will see if a bot can perform these actions.

The LinkSummary/UserSummary templates have been adapted, they need a second adaptation when the reports have been moved.

Hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, this actually does not help. I have therefor reverted my edits to the bot and reinstated the old reporting place. Can we add the pages to the robots.txt, I guess that is the best solution. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Dirk, first up, thanks for the bot :-) Moving the pages would seem to me to be helpful, in that the titles do not include the word "spam", whether they are Googled or not. Guy (Help!) 11:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

storage Spam

Adsense pub-2154740882335336

Accounts

Storagelaws (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 00:59, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.rtoonline.com

See also - Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_23#Rent_to_own
Articles

RTO Online

Accounts

Griffaw (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)
68.189.203.46 (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)
24.182.146.232 (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)
71.127.168.127 (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)
71.127.170.30 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 02:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Charlesmarshall65 spam report

Domains


Accounts
  • 85.3.144.76
  • 85.1.111.108
  • 85.1.96.70
  • 85.2.90.218
  • 85.2.121.138
  • 85.1.102.82


Related domain


Reference

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I have no real doubts that this link placement has been done with the intention of promoting websites given the cross wiki nature of the links. Equally on that basis I believe it should be listed at Meta for consideration for global blocking. Obviously I would not take the decision myself having been involved with this case, thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
See also
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Defer to Meta blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
See:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:hollywoodnorthreport

User Hollywoodnorthreport appears to be spamming his website (hollywoodnorthreport.com), band (left spine down), himself (mark sommer), and promotion company (synthetic entertainment). He claims to be just a fan that checks hollywoodnorthreport.com, but he is listed as staff by the name mark sommer, and the forums do not appear to have the activity he claims. By looking at the contribs, he has added his band and company to every page related to music. His band page also claims that his company is "the leading promotions company". He appears to have been nominated for deletion previously, but escaped.

Note the discussion previously:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DarkSaber2k/Archive_3#HOLLYWOOD_NORTH_page

"This is your only warning. The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Hollywood North, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia and other sites that use the MediaWiki spam blacklist at all. DarkSaber2k 08:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


hello I got this warning. This was not a spam link. When this page was recreated or combined or changed a while go......the external link for HollywoodNorthReport.com was taken out. Which is odd as the website offers daily news on the CANADIAN FILM AND TV industry. I am a heavy user of the site and use the MESSAGE BOARDS of the site hourly for updates on filming, etc.

Thoughts?

   OK, ignore the warning, I was doing a couple of thing at once, just saw your name and that you had added the link to that article and jumped to the wrong conclusion. No harm meant! DarkSaber2k 09:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


OK thanks I re-edited that page!

Cheers!--Hollywoodnorthreport 08:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)"

He is not a "heavy user" as claimed, and his name is listed on the staff page. The whois entry for the domain also shows it as registered to a "mark mark" of "synthetic entertainment".


hollywoodnorthreport (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) hollywoodnorthreport.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 Peekachu (talk) 07:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.patnys.com

patnys.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

Spammers

MER-C 09:55, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.destinationrct.co.uk http://spam.visitrct.co.uk

Spammers

MER-C 10:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Suhanasoft

Suhanasoft (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)

User:Suhanasoft has been repeatedly inseting spam links in various articles. See Special:Contributions/Suhanasoft. Despite warnings this user has continued with his/her/ behaviour and is intent upon plugging for their webisites in various articles. Has tried to contact me via e-mail to plead his/her case after I issued a warning. Deserves an outright ban --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 13:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Link

http://spam.shoppingsurat.com - Adsense pub-7148725903019491

Added relevant link summary. Site claims to be "Surat's largest Yellow Pages and Shopping centers website." --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 13:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
More links

http://spam.mumbaishopping.biz

Added another, similar site that was linked by the user. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 13:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domains

http://spam.suhanasoft.com

http://spam.suratwebdesigning.com

Added some tracking urls and adsense pubs. MER-C 14:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

vzugadi.googlepages.com

Netaa (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), Netaa2 (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), 41.221.178.12 (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) , 196.200.92.241 (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), all trying to insert identical spam for vzugadi.googlepages.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 into article Bambara_language. See [60] [61] [62] [63]. T L Miles (talk) 14:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

See:
Defer to Meta blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Cryellow

Has added spam promoting a replica Princess Diana engagment ring [64], moth repellent [65], and a calendar commerating the 2003 California recall election [66]. All links inserted direct to the same website. My reversion of their spamming has now decended into acrimony, with the user insulting me. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 16:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Two google searches suggest this may be a WP:COI issue (circumstantial, but suggests a link). The "recall election" dif (above) references the name name redacted. By first googling "cryellow" turns up a personal homepage: http://members.cox.net/cryellow/ which shows at the bottom three company links under "My Favorite Places". A second google search for "name redacted" turns up all thee companies listing that person as founder or CEO of all three companies.
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two links redacted
-rather than strike out, I redacted the mention of the two links which have not been spammed on this site, and which have not been shown to be related to this issue. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
It's not solid proof, and I will not pursue it further myself - but it is suggestive of a COI issue related to self-promotion and attempting to use Wikipedia for marketing/advertising purposes. --12.193.27.158 (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
One last comment: while the user insists on his talk page that he's not associated with the company, he has twice edited out the last name from where the OP asked him if he's "name redacted". Odd behavior to be trying to hide the last name if it's not really you - especially when Cryellow posted the full name in an article himself earlier. --12.193.27.158 (talk) 18:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
My thoughts exactly! I fear I may have to rely on others to get rid of the spam lest I fall foul of 3RR :) Gareth E Kegg (talk) 19:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
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Related domains:
See also: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#External links added by User:Cryellow
It really makes no difference if the editor persistently adding these links is name redacted, The Mighty Quinn or the Easter Bunny. The point is that Wikipedia is not a soapbox for promoting products and if this spamming continues, these domains will be blacklisted, regardless of the person's identity off-Wikipedia. Any accompanying acrimony on the spammer's part will just accelerate that outcome.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Looking at the edits by those involved, I see no posts of the names redacted links. The association to this thread appears to be solely on their inclusion on a homepage of someone off Wikipedia who has the name "Cryellow", who we have no verification is the person with that username on the wiki. If/when action needs to be taken, I recommend leaving out those two links for now. In fact, I'm tempted to just remove them from this report entirely as they haven't been used on the wiki from what I can see. Opinions? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I've now been threatened with legal action by the said User [67]. This has gone far too far. They've been adding spam to Wikipedia, I've deleted it, and now we are at this stage. Gawd 'elp us! Gareth E Kegg (talk) 11:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the disputed name above and I have stricken through the two URLs we are uncertain of. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
No objection to removing the name, although I will say the user's post is pushing AGF to its limit in his statement that there's no COI.
I did add {{uw-legal}} to the user's talk page - threats of intimidation by legal means (from his post: "or I will subpoena your IP address for further action") are never appropriate. Note: I suggested to Gareth that he not to restore edits to the involved talk page a few days ago, so there should be no further reason for that particular dispute. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Taking Barek's advice I haven't edited his page since then. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 15:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Update: added an SPA user account who added a word-for-word copy of Cryellow's text - the only difference being that Cryellow also modified the preceding paragraph as well as adding the text, while this edit left the prior paragraph unchanged. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Defer to Local blacklist -- this was blacklisted several days ago. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Richard Hourigan

67.175.164.227 (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)

This user has added his company website http://www.richardhouriganinc.com/ to several articles discussing US special operation forces. He also claims to be a former US Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel.

>4 warnings/requests ignored
richardhouriganinc.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
Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Skins Compression Garments

Looks like a spam article, with continuous removal of speedy deletion tag. JNW (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts

Ausdiplomad (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)
211.26.139.202 (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)
g11'd it twice. If recreated again (4th) time, I'll salt it. Thanks JNW--Hu12 (talk) 05:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

New sock account Gbskins (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 07:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Did you actually check the content this (last) time before deleting it? The final revision that was there before it got (to use your term) 'salted' established the notability of the entry (secondary source recognition in medical journals), provided references to the studies underlying the information on the page, was written in NPOV and took out basically every bit of content that'd make it into 'advertising'. What wasn't stated on the page in terms of notability is that the company is larger in the industry they trade in than Under Armor outside the United States, so comparing the two pages and the referenced studies on the Skins page, it's hard to not to interpret the aversion to allowing the page as a bias against a smaller, non-US entity. I'd argue that the contribution of the page through the referenced material, if allowed, far outweighs the burden created by the single, external link in the Company section of the page. I respectfully challenge the characterisation of the content as a spam article and would ask that the final revision of it be reinstated. Gbskins (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Questions (by JNW (talk) 12:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)):
  • Is this [68] a sock account?

If you're implying that it's deceptive, then no. But having a banned IP and an indefinitely blocked account does tend to dampen ones ability to actually edit an article into shape such that it complies with the relevant policies. Quoting from Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Template/Cheatsheet in relation to blocks: "It normally does not last long, and an indef-blocked user can return productively under another account if they choose.". I so chose to return productively under another account.

  • Is it appropriate to have an article which has been deleted up on a talk page?

Is a user sub-page not an appropriate place to sandbox a more appropriate version of a page? Quoting Wikipedia:Sandbox: "For a sandbox of your own, create a user subpage." Given the fact that the original location was 'salted', there weren't too many options other than this for editing a more appropriate version.

  • Does the article now satisfy encyclopedic standards?

I believe the version on my user sandbox page does, yes. It's certainly no less so than other pages of similar garment manufacturing companies (eg Under Armor, Canterbury of New Zealand) and provides external links to published papers containing material that is relevant to the subject at hand (compression garments and the claims of their benefit).

Answers provided 'in line' by Gbskins (talk) 13:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

JNW or Hu12, are you going to reply or review the situation above? Gbskins (talk) 07:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Still waiting for additional response from JNW or Hu12. Gbskins (talk) 02:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

..Does User talk:Gbskins/Skins
--Hu12 (talk) 05:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Er.... no. Gbskins blocked for block evasion and spamming, and I left a note on the talk page of user:Ausdiplomad about how to appeal a block. I predict that any appeal will fail, but you never know. Guy (Help!) 12:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

compete.com

siteanalytics.compete.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

Spammer

Anwar saadat (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count COIBot • search an, ani, cn, an3 • user page logs • x-wiki • status • saadat LinkWatcher search • Google)

Comment

While some of the usages are legitimate references, most of them are simply spam on unrelated websites. (i.e. an one-liner comment about hit count of Ford's website when article is about Ford Motor Company.)--Voidvector (talk) 15:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

deluxecruises.com

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Related sites
Note: Following the links above, each provides a large list of similar related sites that all have the same "Deluxe Cruise Com" graphic and same contact phone number. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Prior report
See prior report of one of the links and three of the IPs at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Jan 1#deluxecruises.com. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Still spamming.
Cross-wiki:
Defer to Meta blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

OOOPs -- I just realized there were a number of related domains; I'll list them at meta also:

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Defer to Meta blacklist -- additional domains are now blacklisted on meta. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.zombiestrippers.net

Account

Fansite repeatedly added to film article. Kelly hi! 03:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


Still spamming:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

prison-break.org.ua

prison-break.org.ua: 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

Spammers

MER-C 13:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Defer to Meta blacklist, now blacklisted. MER-C 06:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.interviewlistings.com

Adsense pub-0608581204196300

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Radstopper (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)
96.227.122.146 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 21:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com

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Blm0303 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 23:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.forexratestoday.com

Adsense pub-6723422124167244

Accounts

88.231.74.121 (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)
88.252.173.150 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 00:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Jan 1 problem

I can't get this page to load -- it's as if there's no code or html on the page.

Anyone else experience this?

I'm in the process of blacklisting the deluxecruises.com links (see above) and I need to disable live links on that page.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.acappellahosting.com

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Acappellahosting (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 05:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)