Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2010 Archive Jul 2


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  Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 09:57, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Completed records. MER-C 02:25, 25 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

belajarbisnisonline-gratis.blogspot.com

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Repeated spamming of blog onto multiple articles despite warnings from multiple editors. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 16:55, 17 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

productvibe.com

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Addition of price comparison/shopping link into multiple electronics product articles. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 17:45, 17 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

atechs.com

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Repeated addition of advert mention and disguising spamlinks in ref tags. See history of Expert network article. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 02:49, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Activity continued by IP, the user account has been indef blocked. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 14:56, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Still at it today:
--A. B. (talkcontribs) 17:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Interesting tool - Adsense/Google Analytics lookup

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http://reverseinternet.com -- not sure how complete (=useful) this site is. A subscription required to view full results. MER-C 09:04, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Society for Extreme Intelligence

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seti.co.nr: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

122.57.136.74 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 15:28, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

onlinelawschoolreviewer.com

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Repeated addition of linkspam on the Correspondence law school article, despite removal and warnings from multiple other editors. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 00:20, 19 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 11.0

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"You konw wearing extremely high heels can damage the feet"

"but the quality and the light assortment could make you feel warm even if in such cold winter"

1-424-270-1990

"after we shipped your goods in 24 hours after received your payment"

"wholesale only accept Western union and we need your payment fax"

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"pls come to oursite just click on the button of the 53kf"

"with excellent surroundings of convenient transportation & flourishing economy center"

"24-48hours after orderss placing, so we are not always able to cancel an order after it is placed"

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Inline spammer, see [1]

Twas too quiet...   Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 07:23, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

iqsociety.org

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Repeated and on-going spamming of link into multiple articles. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 14:40, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

(Now adding these reports to same section per advice from more experienced editors. Time-stamp updated to latest report.) -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 20:26, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
WeijiBaikeBianji, please create a new section for a new case. I have reverted this editor. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:18, 15 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the example of setting up a new section. I'm still learning how the templates work here with the overall structure of this project talk page. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 13:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
You've already reported this, where you called it "an unreliable online source (blog) that persistently spams Wikipedia through I.P. editors". I've amalgamated the reports. MER-C 14:28, 15 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Another consolidation. MER-C 02:38, 19 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

MER-C 07:28, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Now revertlisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:28, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

pregnancynausea.org

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Adsense pub-1826579438859206

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  • Inline spammer, see [3]

MER-C 09:10, 20 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Xj9-wakema

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Seems like a book site or reference site? Maybe a case of WP:GLAM? --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:26, 20 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Adsense pub-6411885033054501

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Google Analytics UA-6040143

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  • Inline spammer, see [4]

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Revertlisted. MER-C 09:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

taggedtanakh.org

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Not sure where to start .. many accounts focussing in the same area (throw away, or they forget old accounts?), some with clear coi. I think this has to do about the publication of the Jewish Publication Society of the JPS Tanakh, which they might be trying to promote here.

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The domain is revertlisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:57, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

sweepsplay.com

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Repeated addition of promotional link by multiple SPA accounts. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 02:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

topicalseo.com

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IP SPA account repeated adding a blog front-end for a commercial website marketing search engine optimization software. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 02:07, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Motivation can be found here. ThemFromSpace 10:20, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 12.0

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"A tracking No. of the parcel will be sent to you after delivered, you may track it online"

"Our Ugg Boot are selling all around the globe"

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MER-C 07:42, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

User:Tweetcash

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Tweetcash (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) I had this up at the COI noticeboard at first, but thought it might be better here. User registered today and so far has made only one edit to Twitter: adding a link to a site called tweetcash.org with text "How to Monetize Twitter". Here's my revert. Just the one edit so far. Northumbrian (talk) 00:12, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

tweetcash.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

Added link summary ThemFromSpace 08:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

elixirinteractivecomplaints.com

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Brand-reputation protection. --CliffC (talk) 18:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

fishoilblog.com

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Repeatedly added to multiple articles, by multiple IPs and now most recently by User:NutrisaurusRex. See recent history of Fish oil, Omega-3 fatty acid and Omega Protein. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.210.71 (talkcontribs) 03:04, 24 July 2010 (UTC) Reply

impresario.ch

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Goes back to 2007; all IPs geolocate to Switzerland. ThemFromSpace 07:49, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

soarerworld.com / soarercentral.com

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Uzz32soarer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
SoarerGT (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Summilux (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
57.66.51.74 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
62.56.81.48  (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
82.22.149.205 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
68.187.199.99 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
124.171.167.149 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
203.206.205.177 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
115.128.65.116 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
70.144.88.6 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
long term Forum spamming of wikipedia in which conduct has severely disrupted the project, including moving ones own link "UP", Adding redirecting sites [5][6], edit warring on article Toyota Soarer (causing pages to be locked [7]) and clear long term disruption. All of which are NOT a sign of good faith.

Appears there is also a long term spam war with;

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95.211.102.81 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
95.211.102.128 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
95.211.102.192 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
95.211.102.115 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
95.211.102.128 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
95.211.102.125 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
203.122.245.12 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

So per;

Both have been blacklisted--Hu12 (talk) 17:32, 24 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

valueplacedebtsolutions.co.uk

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Unlikely this will ever be a legitimate link. --CliffC (talk) 21:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

User:Rconner

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Rconner (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Has been inserting the same promotional (likely copyright) content and spam links across a large number of articles. Can somemone with a tool do a clean up sweep? Active Banana (talk) 17:49, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

I got the few where rollback worked. About 40 links left. --Ronz (talk) 18:12, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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There's some nice refspamming happening here. MER-C 02:36, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

I've found two editors, one of them a SPA, who have made similar copyright violations as Rconner by copying information paragraphs into Wikipedia from thomaswhite.com articles, Heinrich Amsel (talk · contribs) and Karimobo (talk · contribs). I hope this is just sloppy editing. --Ronz (talk) 16:18, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
It's not just spamming. In every case, it's copyright violation. I've removed the remaining instances of Rconner's spamming and copyright violations. --Ronz (talk) 22:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Karimobo has made multiple contributions, copying directly from thomaswhite.com articles. Bridgetansel has been adding links as references, but I've not looked into the details yet. --Ronz (talk) 23:07, 26 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Opinions on coi spamming of today.yougov.co.uk?

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I'm guessing InnovationsInterns has a coi, but definitely the ip. I've removed all InnovationsInterns's edits, which were to add information from their current surveys.
The ip's edits are mixed. Some, like [8] are undeniably linkspam. Others, like [9], aren't so clear.
I'm guessing that the 298 links may indicate there are other such accounts and ips. Thoughts? --Ronz (talk) 16:25, 26 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
YouGov are a fairly well-respected UK opinion poll company, and are a reasonable source to use in a lot of contexts, particularly British election coverage. But a lot of these users' edits are trivial ("79% of UK Adults who watched [Sex and the City (film)] claimed to like it") and some inappropriate to source to a recent opinion poll without context ("[Reagan and Thatcher were] the American President and British Prime Minister with the perhaps closest relationship over time"). The articles they've chosen to edit have a strong overlap with the most recent entries on the YouGov blog, which is a bad sign, and from a Linkedin search, YouGov do appear to have a job title of "Innovations Intern". --McGeddon (talk) 09:17, 27 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. It looks like the inappropriate additions have been cleaned up. If the ip doesn't stop adding them and start discussing the situation instead, it will be blocked. --Ronz (talk) 15:14, 27 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

dinamalar.com

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dinamalar.com: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frMER-C Cross-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advancedCOIBot-Local - COIBot-XWiki - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.org • Live link: http://www.dinamalar.com

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  • Citation spammer, see [10]

Refspamming despite warnings is not acceptable. MER-C 08:12, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

people2remember.com

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Site with user-generated content. This domain is revertlisted (for now). MER-C 10:50, 20 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

They are both sleazy and ballsy, all they seem to do is copy the Wikipedia article into their own format. --CliffC (talk) 15:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Updated. MER-C 12:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
  Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 08:31, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Bump, again. MER-C 09:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

docgautham.com

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MER-C 09:11, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Adsense pub-1382635304617192

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MER-C 08:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Kempinski Hotels http://spam.kempinski.com

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Edits like this constitute a blatant repudiation of Wikipedia's mission. Additionally, most of the uploaded images are copyvios per Tineye. MER-C 09:34, 28 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Added another spammer. MER-C 03:01, 31 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

rangan-datta.info

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This is more intuition than anything, but edits like this look pretty dodgy. Is this self-promotion? MER-C 08:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Google Analytics UA-16537979

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Adsense pub-1983002760559966

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  • Vandalistic spammer, see [12]

Self-promotion by site creator.   Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 07:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Updated. MER-C 07:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Recycled. MER-C 06:19, 31 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Template:LinkSummary Ulner (talk) 15:25, 31 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

reoallstars.com

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SPA accounts repeatedly adding advert spamlink despite warnings. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 23:21, 31 July 2010 (UTC)Reply