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eduroute.info

link
accounts

Multiple SPA users blindly adding the link into college/university articles - frequently adding it multiple times into the same article in their spamming of the link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:45, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Continued/More accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 14:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Ongoing persistent multi IP spamming, evading blocks..plus Added to the BL--Hu12 (talk) 14:56, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

User:Marcos.alejandro/BlackCherry Digital Media Inc.

Marcos.alejandro (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) User re-created deleted spam article in user sandbox. Not sure how long such an article should be allowed to sit before being deleted. TreacherousWays (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Please note that the original article was created with a "notable" tag in what I suspect was an effort to avoid a "speedy" delete by generating a deletion discussion. The editor may be more experienced than the edit count suggests. TreacherousWays (talk) 20:15, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, TreacherousWays, it was not my intention to insult you or avoid a "speedy delete". I'm a first time Wikipedia user, not really sure what I am doing. I'm trying to figure it out; I thought that creating a draft in the user sandbox before submitting it for review by the Wiki community was the was to do it. Can you help me out? Marcos.alejandro (talk) 21:15, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I am not insulted. I will take a moment to answer your question, and I will make every effort to be sincere. The article reads like advertising copy or something that would be printed in a trade journal for a fee. It sounds as if you have strong ties to the firm, and will be unable to write a neutral article on it. Since you are a new editor and inexperienced with wikipedia formatting, markup, and copyright violations (such as with the Blackcherry logo you uploaded) I suggest that you start by making minor edits to general articles in your area of interest and gaining more experience than you already have. TreacherousWays (talk) 21:38, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Info Multiple SPAM recreations
commons:Special:Contributions/Marcos.alejandro
Clearly Using Wikipedia for advertising purposes. The sand box should be deleted also per WP:NOTADVERTISING, WP:NOTWEBHOST, WP:ARTSPAM, WP:FAKEARTICLE, WP:COI and WP:SPAM --Hu12 (talk) 14:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Years of Spamming by samstoybox.com

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-8523705932903605 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

Clear violations of WP:NOT, WP:COI, WP:SPAM and WP:CIVIL [1].--Hu12 (talk) 20:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Olongapo News Spamvertizing

  • No "real" website, instead they are using Wikipedia as their "official Website page" see Basic Information in this section-> website.
Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

justchilz.com

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-6687095943431616 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

Spammers

MER-C 07:41, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Continued
Razagm1234 (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)
39.52.60.169 (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)
BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 05:57, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

AdSense / ClickBank

For the ongoing Commission Breakthrough spam case above, we needed ways to quickly identify ClickBank IDs of the spammers. The bots are now gradually adapted to be able to handle that, and therefore I we have worked on two new templates, working in the same line as the well known {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and {{IPSummary}}:

The templates create a redlinks to a non-existing ID report (which I may start making some day, but that is not planned), but more importantly, they have 'track' button. That track button shows which locations link to that non-existing ID report, so that the report can be found. If multiple domains have been spammed with the same AdSense, and COIBot has created reports for all of them (and has detected the AdSense ID), then all those reports will be found using the track-link.

LiWa3 detects the additions, and tells COIBot to save LinkReports for links which have a ClickBank or Adsense ID. COIBot does now save the reports with detection of those IDs as well. Further parts of the bots that need to be adapted are still waiting, but they have less priority than this.

We have not tested it, but XLinkBot can revert on the basis of ClickBank ID or AdSense ID. The line in the revertlist is respectively:

clickbank <id> adsense <id>

(where '<id>' is to be replaced with the id of the link). Please use it with care while testing (we need real spammers to test, so please add rules), remove the rule when the bot is not handling it correctly, and poke me when the bot apparently does not see the additions, I will then try to go through the logs and see where it fails.

Based on these principles, other similar systems could also be detected when that is deemed interesting (it is heavy on the machines to do so .. but we do have the outside pages loaded anyway). Other suggestions, and additions and upgrades to the tracking templates are welcome. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

There is also {{GoogleAnalyticsSummary}} - Google Analytics ID: UA-123456 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report) to be used without the leading UA-. Be aware that Google Analytics is not always a unique publisher ID. MER-C 00:20, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Very nice.--Hu12 (talk) 02:52, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Would that one be found with 'm/google_ad_client[=\s]*\"ua-(.*?)\"/si' ?? It would be easy to add that one, would it be useful to have the bot report that? (I am not a specialist in these identifiers and how they are used, &c.)
I had to stop COIBot saving AdSense reports .. it could not keep up at all, there are too many sites using that. For AdSense, you'll have to follow the irc-feeds. Sorry 'bout that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:41, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
No. See e.g. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/NA12Df01.html (UA-3625887). It's a less useful version of AdSense. Theoretically, it's supposed to be publisher specific, but I've seen entire webhosts and websites with the same SEO tagged with the same GA number. MER-C 04:53, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

bmwm1turbo.blogspot.com

BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Fleur De Lys Publishing promotion

Jude Calvert-Toulmin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jude_Calvert-Toulmin

--Hu12 (talk) 01:05, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

hikespeak.com

link
accounts

A handful of accounts whose primary edits have been to add the url into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 09:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

cellularfactory.com WP:REFSPAM

Google Analytics ID: UA-1987560 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 12:47, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Carroll Directories Corporation. Pty. Ltd

--Hu12 (talk) 15:23, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Continued after blocks
BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 12:48, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

ibrujula.net

90.170.97.10 (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) ibrujula.net: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Interestingly at MediaWiki talk:Abusefilter-warning-AFC. Regards, mabdul 12:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-9516002939708878 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta
Track - Report)
Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 13:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Another
--Hu12 (talk) 05:52, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Still spamming vibergratis.com, plus Added that one to the BL...--Hu12 (talk) 12:35, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

gurukul classes by vijaya raje

--Hu12 (talk) 13:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

continued, Block evasion;
Range blocking 2 weeks 117.205.144.0/20 (talk • contribs • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot), omitted 117.240.243.2 to reduce collateral blocks.Indeff user account. --Hu12 (talk) 16:42, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Block evasion, continued promotion under 117.240.243.2, blocking.--Hu12 (talk) 12:58, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

gardenoftomorrow.com

Google Analytics ID: UA-4535973 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

Spammers

--Hu12 (talk) 13:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Brainware Still at it

past case Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Mar_3#BrainWare_Consulting_.28India.29

Blacklisting--Hu12 (talk) 02:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

nudos.org

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-8593514738061150 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

nudos.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
diccionariomedico.net: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Spam Accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 22:13, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Meta BL requested--Hu12 (talk) 23:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

User:Tvkcyadav

Tvkcyadav (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Spam from yesterday. Kobac (talk) 13:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Details;
" , i am tvk chaitanya from india, ...i am a part time blogger. " [3] tvk chaitanya [blogger.com/profile/08958284424799428465] [plus.google.com/116471718001277755104/posts]
Article Spam
Tvkchaitanya.net (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Spam Accounts
Tvkyadav (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)
Tvkcyadav (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)
Multi article, Multi related domain spamming block evasion and sockpuppetry...if thats not enough, he seems to like giving himself barnstars..[4][5]--Hu12 (talk) 14:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Vandalised report[6]--Hu12 (talk) 05:03, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
Continued Block evasion and spamming..
BL'd Done--Hu12 (talk) 20:55, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Adwiin-Music

Account

Website

I have noticed a lot of links to this website being added into articles for "Urban" music articles, primarily pertaining to music videos for singles. I haven't given it a full investigation due to lack of time, but it looks like the aforementioned IP is the main source for these links. One of the biggest issues is that in looking through their edit history, I've found several cases where they replace a more established source (such as MTV) with their own links. It also seems common that what was previously referenced (such as the director) isn't even mentioned on the "new source." Looking at the talk page for this IP, I see 'warnings' about adding links to "Adwiin" (though at the time, a blogspot link) dating back to 2009. It looks as though the vast majority of edits done on this IP have been to add a link to this website.

Due to my lack of time to fully invest in this issue, and honestly, due to my lack of full understanding of the "process"... can someone else more experienced and with the time run this issue down? – Mizery Made (talk · contribs) 02:37, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Notes
Long term Mass Multi article WP:REFSPAM WP:SPA advert only IP for Adwiin. In addition Avast web shield gave a Trojan alert;
Infection Details
URL: http://adwiin-music.com/2010/04/28/video...
Process: file://C:\Program Files (x86)......
Infection: js:Redirector-MR [Trj
Account blocked 6 months, Url Bl'd  Done--Hu12 (talk) 12:55, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

urdunovelspdf.com WP:REFSPAM

Google Analytics ID: UA-28509934 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

Spammers

MER-C 06:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Continued:
 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 06:40, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

globalcitymap.com

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-4199830769381843 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-1890273 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

Related domains
Spammers

MER-C 13:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Continued:
 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 06:32, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

ubd.edu.bn COI

--Hu12 (talk) 05:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Adsense related 715147322923867

112.196.104.130 (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)
125.62.105.141 (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)
59.94.243.11 (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)
wikibooks.org:Special:Contributions/59.94.243.11

--Hu12 (talk) 13:31, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

MyThinkTank.ne

70.66.17.81 (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) Very likely works for Think Tank (software). Added promotional message to the talk page of the article about the company, and added a link to an unrelated article. In my opinion, should be blocked. --Agent 78787 (Talk) 23:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

mythinktank.net: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C Cross-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Local - COIBot-XWiki - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • Live link: http://www.mythinktank.net
Appears the IP has been blocked--Hu12 (talk) 05:09, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

pakcomedy.com

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-0113917178445006 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

Related domains
Spammers

MER-C 11:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

COI Refspam brilliantlectures.org

Spammers


--Hu12 (talk) 16:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Caralluma

--Hu12 (talk) 17:30, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

torontotenantsassociations.ca

torontotenantsassociations.ca: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

Attack site which has persistently been added to the article on Federation of Metro Tenants Associations, apparently for several years. Most recently spammer has been substituting this link for the organization's own web page. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 01:45, 8 February 2012 (UTC) Adding more IPs spamming the link. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 16:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Also
Seems this has been going on since late 2009. Long term, Multiple IP's/Accounts, targeted Spamming including repeated Link Vandalism. Blacklisting --Hu12 (talk) 20:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Another pay per SPAM site; Hinzie Media Inc's user created content farm- InfoBarrel

"Publish articles, videos, reviews and how to guides and share them with the world...Generate revenue from your articles, and begin building a long term passive income stream...Share Info Barrel with your family and friends and generate even more money when they publish content."[infobarrel.com/signup.php]

InfoBarrel links
  • Have no editorial oversight (see WP:RS) and articles are essentially self-published
  • Offers its authors financial incentives to increase page views
  • Fails Wikipedia's core content policies:

--Hu12 (talk) 13:59, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Some Abuse, COI Author spam..
"rfcamat" (Raymund Camat is a ...blogger, online marketer, and SEO specialist)
"noryanna"
"adancingfool"
--Hu12 (talk) 16:21, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Others
--Hu12 (talk) 00:38, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

artdesigncafe.com

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-977417802249188 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-8906098 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-5169663 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

This user "Piero79" has been adding an external (spam) link to Wikipedia, on multiple articles, in a seeming ad hoc fashion, for the last few months. I've just found it. And I've been trying to delete them. But there are too many for me to find and delete. Help ! OldSquiffyBat (talk) 13:12, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

I've had a query about this user on my talk page. MER-C 13:26, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Thankyou for that. I've just asked that same user (Modernist) to help me with this. But I think I'm out of my depth as I dont understand the rules and templates and all that sort of stuff. I'd do better to leave it to more experienced folk like you and Modernist! My apologies. OldSquiffyBat (talk) 13:35, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
I've now noticed that Piero79's earlier edits - which appeared to be 'proper' edits (ie. not just adding an External Link) - are in fact just the same sort of thing, ie. adding that same external link into the body of articles. It may have been added to as many as 200+ articles. Is there some way to remove this link from all articles without manually doing so? From what I can tell the editor has only used Wikipedia to plug this external link and, presumably, uses it to generate income of some sort. OldSquiffyBat (talk) 10:46, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Looks as if the site may just be a clever Non noteable Made for advertising scrapper site. Most everything is an "excerpt from..." or "Previously published..". Piero79 seems to be WP:REFSPAMing mostly John A. Walker content. Other evidence shows that... this recent article added to artdesigncafe.com... is simply more scrapped content when one looks at Googles previously cached search results evidence. On a side note, i find it odd that for advertising inquires for artdesigncafe.com.. need to be "prepaid via PayPa" to a Gmail account[7]. Would seem to fail WP:EL and clearly not a WP:RS.--Hu12 (talk) 13:20, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Spamming Related sites.google.com

links
accounts

--Hu12 (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Site owner; Mattias Engdahl{sites.google.com/site/thescotspeerage/system/app/pages/recentChanges}{sites.google.com/site/thescotspeerage/system/app/pages/recentChanges}

Long term spammer continues for sole and primary purpose of promoting links to his own sites in violation of WP:COI, WP:SPAM, WP:NOT, WP:RS and WP:OR. --Hu12 (talk) 21:28, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Related remark: geocities has been on the revertlist of XLinkBot for a long time. While there certainly is (was) good information on geocities, a lot of it was added with COI and/or SPAM problems, and the sites often (but not always) suffered from WP:NOT/WP:RS/WP:OR type of problems - they are personal websites, anyone can make a site there, and the rate of something suitable is not that big. Same goes for e.g. webs.com.

In that respect, I think it is a good plan to revertlist any of that type of sites - it will remind (new) editors early on that external linking is subject to rules on Wikipedia, while allowing them to re-insert the links, and allowing established editors to use it normally. Exceptions can be whitelisted on XLinkBot, persistent editors can be blocked and their links be blacklisted if unsuitable - they have been warned early on. In that light, MER-C has already revertlisted 'sites.google.com' recently - I would suggest that similar free webhosts simply get blanked revertlisted. For admins: the revertlist is the first door at the left. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:40, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Encyclopedia of Conifers

KristineValdheima (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)

95.68.112.149 (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)

109.110.10.210 (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)

These accounts have recently created and edited an article about the forthcoming book, Encyclopedia of Conifers. As of right now, the article reads like an advertisement, even including a foreword from the book.

The accounts have also added external links to the book's website on several conifer-related Wikipedia articles and uploaded pictures from the book that do not appear to have a free license. Miguel.v (talk) 05:05, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Removed some copyvio, I don't think I've got it all. MER-C 06:21, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Siargao Island inline spam war

siargaoislands.net

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-5340712280903832 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

Spammers
  • Inline spammer, see [8]
  • Inline spammer, see [9]
  • Inline spammer, see [10]
  • Inline spammer, see [11]

siargaosurf.com

Google Analytics ID: UA-6532551 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

Spammers

 Defer to Local blacklist (all). MER-C 12:22, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Paul Kasmin Gallery

Pkedits (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)Theroadislong (talk) 21:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Also:
MER-C 10:47, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Another from 2010
--Hu12 (talk) 18:28, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

218.233.250.153

218.233.250.153 (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) Not sure this is spam as such as the links are to other Wikipedia pages, but this user seems to be habitually inserting irrelevant/tenuously connected links into a variety of pages (for example, Gap link on Chanel), and a few minutes ago reinstated links on at least one page (Ferrari) after their first edit was reversed. Mabalu (talk) 12:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

is this a spambot for mahasz.hu?

Kirtap92 (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)

1,744 links Seems way too fast for ordinary WP:REFSPAM...--Hu12 (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

67 links in 107 minutes... probably a copy/paste job. Links have some merit, see Mahasz, but I am very suspicious of music rights agencies. MER-C 09:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
OK. Thanks for checking it MER-C. This one just seemed a bit fishy. --Hu12 (talk) 15:44, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Spam account? Dapper56

Dapper56 (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) -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

thepirateslair.com

Referred from AIV - seems like a pretty sizeable refspam campaign to me.  7  09:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Accounts
Long term hit and run IP's..BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:37, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Hu12 - how did you capture all the IPs? Manual or wikiblame or some other tool?  7  06:02, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Manually. COIbot gave up 3, the rest were found digging through every articles history, one by one. Saving gracefor tasks like this is popups.js which allows a preview of diffs with ought having to fully click and load the diff..: check it out.. Think there is/was an admin version;)--Hu12 (talk) 04:59, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

microstockdiaries.com

Previous

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Leetorrens (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
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--Hu12 (talk) 04:37, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

cannontrading.com

--Hu12 (talk) 05:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

AdSense pub-3845661189639054

Adsense google_ad_client = pub-3845661189639054 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

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 Defer to Local blacklist, revertlisted adsense id. MER-C 11:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Los Troveros Criollos

--Hu12 (talk) 16:40, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Trixienixie

Is this a SPAM account? This user keeps adding (sometimes multiple) links to this website to various articles: The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.

Tixienixie (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) -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

everythingperu.com

--Hu12 (talk) 06:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

This site is not spam. I recently visited the country and found it very useful. I did not understand the posting guidelines and I do not own this site. Please do not penalize the site or it's owner do to my posting. (Dc19792004 (talk) 01:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC))

I am a new user and now understand all posting guidelines after reading them on the site. This site was already listed, I was simply trying to share it with more users. (Dc19792004 (talk) 01:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC))

Seems they are hosted on the same obscure server, designed by Aldo Web Design;
And coincidentally folklorperuano.com is Sponsored by: www.everythingperu.com. please do not continue to add your related sites to Wikipedia, they fail our external links policy and reliable source guidelines. Wikipedia is WP:NOT a vehicle to promote your clients websites. I'ts seems unlikely that;
  • "I recently visited the country and found it very useful"
... So you decided to spam wikipedia the last several days with related sites, designed by the same people/person, using multiple WP:SPA accounts.... Continued spamming may result in blocks or having the sites blacklisted. thanks for your time. --Hu12 (talk) 16:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

No you are wrong, I did not spam wikipedia. These websites are not my clients and this is the only wikipedia user id I have. The page that you keep editing was already up there and has been up there for who knows how long and yes I did recently visit the Country. I never originally added the website to wikipedia it was already here. (Dc19792004 (talk) 19:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC))

Additionaly, everythingperu.com is a Link normally to be avoided and fails Wikipedias specific requirements of our External Links policy, Verifiability Policy and Reliable Source guidelines.
Since you are continuing to add links, despite multiple warnings i will remind you a final time to please stop;
--Hu12 (talk) 22:58, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

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News scraping site that attempts to rank public opinion based on tweets and other social media postings - being rapidly added to multiple articles. Fails multiple criteria of WP:ELNO. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:20, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Spam Links

Thank you for all you do....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Herer_(cannabis)

Jack Herer (cannabis)

http://www.leafly.com/sativa/jack-herer

http://sensiseeds.com/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/jack-herer

All of these sites are selling marijuana seeds and or dispensary listings, as such are SPAM and not references

I don't think I did this right but I can't tell... hard to decipher what you want?


--~MontereyHighMontereyHigh (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC).

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