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== Odd WikiProject Spam pages linked in "What links here pages" ==
== Odd WikiProject Spam pages linked in "What links here pages" ==
I've seen this a couple of times before, and it's got me stumped. In some see also pages like this one: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Donorschoose.org]] there is a link to a WikiProject Spam linksearch page (In this case [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkSearch/amazon.com]]). But the page itself seems to be blank. Any ideas what's happening? -- [[User_Talk:SiobhanHansa|SiobhanHansa]] 19:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I've seen this a couple of times before, and it's got me stumped. In some see also pages like this one: [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Donorschoose.org]] there is a link to a WikiProject Spam linksearch page (In this case [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkSearch/amazon.com]]). But the page itself seems to be blank. Any ideas what's happening? -- [[User_Talk:SiobhanHansa|SiobhanHansa]] 19:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

== Bestmusic.ro (crosspost) ==

(crossposting from a whitelisting request to get the links into coibot and the links properly logged)

<blockquote>
===www.bestmusic.ro===
I`ve posted some informations about different bands(concerts in different cities). See Deep Purple, Pink Martini. Anyway, those dates (people attended at the concert, date, lcoation) were taken from this site: bestmusic.ro. I`ve use (as I was supposed to do) notes to indicate my source by posting the link in the note section. Also there are some interviews (video or audio) usefull for those who are looking new informations about their favourite artists. here are some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M._Lauderdale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Martini

I`ve noticed that this site: bestmusic.ro was blacklisted after I`ve tried to post some information about the band Outlandish and its concert in Bucharest. Check out this link, pls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlandish <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/194.88.148.1|194.88.148.1]] ([[User talk:194.88.148.1|talk]]) 16:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:You (and some editors with a clear conflict of interest) were spamming this particular link (and, seen your edit history, another link as well), and I strongly suspect that you have a [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] as well (your IP is close to the IP of the site). See the COIBot reports in these two link-templates:
:* {{spamlink|metalhead.ro}}
:* {{spamlink|bestmusic.ro}}
:The site may be of interest, but it was only [[WP:SPAM|spammed]] to this wikipedia, and we are writing an [[WP:ENC|encyclopedia]] here, [[WP:NOT#REPOSITORY|not a linkfarm]] (see also our [[WP:EL|external link guideline]]). You are still free to add content, though!
:Hence: {{Notdone}}
:Hope this explains. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 17:53, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

:Blacklisted locally.<sup>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist&diff=164133399&oldid=163599934]</sup>

:;Background information:
:*[[User talk:194.88.148.1]]
:*[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Oct#metalhead.ro]]
:*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/metalhead.ro]]
:*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/bestmusic.ro]]

:;Domains:
:*{{Spamlink|metalhead.ro}}
:*{{Spamlink|bestmusic.ro}}

:;Accounts:
:*{{IPSummary|194.88.148.1}}
::*This is also the host server's IP
::*Has added these links on ro.wikipedia:
::**[[:ro:Special:Contributions/194.88.148.1]]
::**Links removal.<sup>[http://ro.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deep_Purple&diff=1484268&oldid=1484231]</sup>
::*has been warned on ro.wikipedia:
::**[[:ro:Discuţie Utilizator:194.88.148.1]]
:*{{IPSummary|81.32.247.59}}
:*{{IPSummary|89.42.133.71}}
::*[[:ro:Special:Contributions/194.88.148.1]]
::*[[:n:ro:Special:Contributions/194.88.148.1]]
:--<font face="Futura">[[User:A. B.|A. B.]] [[User talk:A. B.|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] </font> 17:58, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

::::;Related domains missed earlier (Renalo Investments):
::::*{{spamlink|4road.com}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.11
::::*{{spamlink|active.ro}}
::::**IP: 80.96.148.26
::::*{{spamlink|all-about-romania.com}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.13
::::*{{spamlink|articole-medicale.com}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.13
::::*{{spamlink|askmen.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|beatfactor.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.13
::::*{{spamlink|bursaasigurarilor.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.212
::::*{{spamlink|calificativ.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.14
::::*{{spamlink|clasa.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|colegiimei.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|comunicatemedia.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.14
::::*{{spamlink|copilul.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.11
::::*{{spamlink|e-transport.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|ejurnal.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|event365.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.14
::::*{{spamlink|fotoalbum.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|jurnale.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.212
::::*{{spamlink|ormen.ro}}
::::*{{spamlink|prieteni.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|stirilocale.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.13
::::*{{spamlink|strictmasculin.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12
::::*{{spamlink|vedeta.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.14
::::*{{spamlink|xtrem.ro}}
::::**IP: 194.88.148.12


::::;Possibly related domains:
::::*Active Soft:
:::::*{{spamlink|activesoft.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.1
:::::*{{spamlink|clopotel.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.11
:::::*{{spamlink|crestinortodox.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.12
:::::*{{spamlink|romaniantransport.com}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.11
::::*Netbridge:
:::::*{{spamlink|analizemedicale.com}}
:::::::*IP: 194.88.148.13
:::::*{{spamlink|boom.ro}}
::::::*IP: 217.156.103.22
:::::*{{spamlink|e-referate.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.14
:::::*{{spamlink|referat.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.14
:::::*{{spamlink|sfatulmedicului.ro}}
::::::*IP: 194.88.148.13
::::I recommend we have bots monitor the addition of links to these related domains. It's not clear they are all spam, so I am reluctant to recommend blacklisting.
::::--<font face="Futura">[[User:A. B.|A. B.]] [[User talk:A. B.|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] </font> 19:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
</blockquote>
--[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 20:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

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I've noticed links to ifood.tv popping up here and there. In most cases, by spot checking, I found the links added by IP users mapping to India. (Look for 122. IPs). I'm not entirely convinced that this is spam ... well ... it's spam, but it's borderline useful content as opposed to merely being a link aggregator or trying to push a commercial product. Maybe I'll be more dogmatic tomorrow, but I thought I would post it here first to see if anyone has a strong opinion one way or the other on removing the links. --B 02:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let's monitor how it gets used. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

overvoice.co.uk: 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

Spammer

Slow but persistent. Probably not appropriate to block IP as can go 6 months between adding, would local blacklisting be appropriate, or is that overkill? -- SiobhanHansa 13:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Continued this morning [1]. user did not respond to talk page message about this discussion. -- SiobhanHansa 13:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see it is blocked for now but given that the only contribution to Wikipedia is external links I'd talk nicely to an admin I think. The ip looks like one provided to a business by a UK provider - working on "voice overs" I guess --Herby talk thyme 15:09, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I reported at WP:AIAV this morning. admins there seem to have become more responsive to spammers over the last 6 months (or I've learned how to make my case better). I'll see what happens after the block expires - it's not so aggressive that it can't be dealt with once s/he returns. How do you recognize that the IP is provided to a business? -- SiobhanHansa 16:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Google'd EACS Ltd - the providers, looks like they supply business (& I've not heard of them in the domestic market) so it is may well be static. I think I might look at at least a month with a "special" message along the lines of "come back if you want to contribute something other than links" (were I'm an admin!). The problem is they will probably not be back in that week. The earlier edits puzzled me but IPs do change --Herby talk thyme 16:12, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's been a static IP since someone started using it to edit Wikipedia in 2006. If you look at those seemingly unrelated domains added early on, they also feature the same face and name that's on the overvoice.co.uk page. Furthermore they share common registration. The registrant is apparently a distributor for a multi-level marketing scheme and these are his pages which ultimately link to the scheme's site with his referral code.
Spam accounts
9 warnings, 2 blocks
Spam domains
Template corrected 14:26, 31 October 2007 (UTC); see comment below. A. B. (talk)
Related domains
These are not owned by this spammer but rather by the multi-level marketing company he's a "distributor"; they're worth monitoring for referral spam in the future:
Public whois registration record
Anthony Richardson
--A. B. (talk) 13:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Sniff, sniff" - almost smells like a meta one if there is any evidence - multi-level marketing company would always be worth an eye? --Herby talk thyme 14:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. I really didn't look into this one hard enough. Thanks A.B. I'll start working on a blacklist request. -- SiobhanHansa 14:19, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Local blacklist request submitted - if there are any administrators around - there's a big backlog here would be great to get some attention. Let me know if there's anything a non-admin like me can do to make it faster/easier for an admin to work on this.

A. B. - What's the full domain for logicalchoices? You didn't list a TLD and I don't know who's added it to look through their edit history. Thanks. -- SiobhanHansa 12:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If it gets to be a real problem I am prepared to list it on Meta - I am actively seeking assistance on the admin side (but "volunteers" for mopping up are always welcome, the backlog has even made me wonder....!). I'll help were I can --Herby talk thyme 12:35, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Siobhan, I goofed and used the wrong template -- sorry. Logicalchoices is a user, not a domain:
--A. B. (talk) 14:26, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

twt.mpei.ac.ru

Link is continuously added to chemical pages. User ignores warnings.

Editors:

--Dirk Beetstra T C 15:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would view someone whose only contributions are links and who ignores warning as blockable? --Herby talk thyme 10:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One of IPs already ran into a 31 hour block. I hope they get the message. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia Talk 01:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

tvdata / russianfootage

Old entry: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive May

(Sites share IP 217.23.142.140)

Editors (I have grouped those which I expect to be plain sock-accounts, the others may or may not be involved):

Socks(?):

I expect the latter to be socks of oksana160773/TVDATAOX/TVDATARU. In these I hardly see any use where it was added in a genuine way. The links may be of some interest, though they only get added as external links. Blacklist material? --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blacklistable certainly, equally on Commons or the like the rather obvious puppet accounts would be blocked very quickly? --Herby talk thyme 10:41, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have indef blocked the obvious socks (as suspected socks of TVDATARU, as that seems to be the first account), and marked the three accounts of which the names are less obvious as suspected socks (see Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_TVDATARU. Added two more links --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Admin attention needed

The local blacklist is backlogged by one month. Please go over there and clear the backlog. Thanks. MER-C 04:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed (& PLEASE log requests, it is set up now). I am looking for solutions but in the mean time I am prepared to list any real problems on Meta short term. I'm around today but away for the weekend then. However Nick is very helpful --Herby talk thyme 09:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bump. Still a problem, despite BozMo's efforts (thanks). MER-C 07:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

stazionidelmondo.it: 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

Spammers

The user appears to have some constructive contributions on it.wiki. It is not a coincidence that there are 98 spamlinks there. Most of his cross-wiki contribs are adding links to this website. MER-C 10:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Independent energy

Independent energy spam:

by

--Dirk Beetstra T C 20:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spammers

MER-C 07:48, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

kanabona.com

Not sure, looks like a science forum.

Editors:

--Dirk Beetstra T C 22:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

famousamericans.net

This site has been spammed in the past by IP users - it's part of the "Virtualology" project, and while I believe this site may eventually prove to be a decent source for some articles, it is currently being spammed.. starting with last names beginning in "A".

--Versageek 03:54, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 is not spam. We went through this before in May and it passed the muster. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography and its edits are a legitament reference for many of the bio's on Wikipedia (quite a few of them taken directly from the Virtualology Project itself as evidenced by the pages including Virtualology Edits to the original work). So could you please explain what the problem is now referencing this historic biographical work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Damslerset (talkcontribs)
(from my talk page) Yes, it's a fine reference when used as such. I'm not arguing it's value as a reference, but rather that you seem to be adding it (mainly as an external link) to most if not every article that Wikipedia has in common with Appleton's. That is considered spamming. It would be better to enhance the quality/content of the Wikipedia articles using the content from the Virtualology project and reference that material with a link. In cases where the content is largely from Virtualology already, then using it as a reference for that content is fine. If you don't have time to make the article improvements yourself, then offer the link on the article talk page, or perhaps on the WikiProject Biography page as a source for additional information. --Versageek 23:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiPatents.com spam on Wikipedia

Domain
  • Google Adsense: 7858224070705586
Related domains
  • Google Adsense: 7858224070705586
  • Google Adsense: 8174184490216702
Accounts

--A. B. (talk) 21:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Defining "Spam"

Someone should define "Spam" concisely, and add it to this page, and also to the update page that permits a person to edit a page. Adding a link to an article one has written or has an interest in that is located on another site is not normally thought of as by the casual "editor" as "spamming" Wikipedia; thus, the person doesn't know what they are doing could be considered "malicious". Please clarify and define the policy and post it!Robt.dalziel 02:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:LINKSPAM --Versageek 02:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Referral linkspam on Moola (game)

Please see this post to the MediaWiki Spam-blacklist talk page (perm. link) --Versageek 14:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This has been locally blacklisted: [2] --Versageek 16:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

at article lampara this writer has made a bunch of spam articles. he made one at Lampara and made many other articles for his albums. he doesnt say that he is famous or anything with links to newspapers or anything. also i think that they might be written by the man himself as they both have the same birthday september 28 on his personal page and on the article box. i would delete them but i dont know how to. thank you i love wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.228.107 (talk) 22:01, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

scribd.com: 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

Spammers

Yet another user-created content site much like associatedcontent.com. MER-C 09:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Am I out of line if I would suggest that user-created content sites should be blacklisted on sight? They fail almost everything here (WP:NPOV, WP:NOT, WP:RS, WP:EL, often WP:COI), and are very spam-sensitive (and for the smarter spammer it takes us time before we actually notice). If specific documents are of interest, they can be whitelisted afterwards? --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Given this I don't see the need to blacklist in this case. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 03:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am more concerned with the type of site, not that it actually gets spammed at the very moment. The pages contain much self-published material/original research. And we quite often see people link to their own pages on wikipedia. Sometimes they even get plainly spammed. Generally, these sites should not be here at all. Except for some single exceptions for which the spam-whitelist is an option. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:02, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

illestlyrics.com: 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

Spammers

MER-C 09:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

comedybox.tv

Users:

Now blacklisted on shadowbot, though I tend to local blacklisting. User:Comedybox got a warning and a block early on, looks to me like he is now editing using his IP. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wiredforbooks.org

Users:

Not sure, seems to be long missed (seen the many edits by some of these WP:SPA's). Maybe it is a good link, but I am afraid that this has to be cleaned. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier reported by Katr67; Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Oct_2#http:.2F.2Fspam.wiredforbooks.org. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:35, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, earlier, they were simply changing the wording of the existing links (probably added in good faith by other users), but it appears that now they are actively spamming the links as well. Katr67 16:44, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As you may have noticed, the 132.235 IPs originate from the same place as Wired for Books--Ohio University. Katr67 18:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen this a couple of times before, and it's got me stumped. In some see also pages like this one: Special:Whatlinkshere/Donorschoose.org there is a link to a WikiProject Spam linksearch page (In this case Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkSearch/amazon.com). But the page itself seems to be blank. Any ideas what's happening? -- SiobhanHansa 19:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bestmusic.ro (crosspost)

(crossposting from a whitelisting request to get the links into coibot and the links properly logged)

www.bestmusic.ro

I`ve posted some informations about different bands(concerts in different cities). See Deep Purple, Pink Martini. Anyway, those dates (people attended at the concert, date, lcoation) were taken from this site: bestmusic.ro. I`ve use (as I was supposed to do) notes to indicate my source by posting the link in the note section. Also there are some interviews (video or audio) usefull for those who are looking new informations about their favourite artists. here are some links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M._Lauderdale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Martini

I`ve noticed that this site: bestmusic.ro was blacklisted after I`ve tried to post some information about the band Outlandish and its concert in Bucharest. Check out this link, pls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlandish —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.88.148.1 (talk) 16:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

You (and some editors with a clear conflict of interest) were spamming this particular link (and, seen your edit history, another link as well), and I strongly suspect that you have a conflict of interest as well (your IP is close to the IP of the site). See the COIBot reports in these two link-templates:
The site may be of interest, but it was only spammed to this wikipedia, and we are writing an encyclopedia here, not a linkfarm (see also our external link guideline). You are still free to add content, though!
Hence:  Not done
Hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:53, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Blacklisted locally.[3]
Background information
Domains
Accounts
--A. B. (talk) 17:58, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Related domains missed earlier (Renalo Investments)


Possibly related domains
  • Active Soft:
  • IP: 194.88.148.1
  • IP: 194.88.148.11
  • IP: 194.88.148.12
  • IP: 194.88.148.11
  • Netbridge:
  • IP: 194.88.148.13
  • IP: 217.156.103.22
  • IP: 194.88.148.14
  • IP: 194.88.148.14
  • IP: 194.88.148.13
I recommend we have bots monitor the addition of links to these related domains. It's not clear they are all spam, so I am reluctant to recommend blacklisting.
--A. B. (talk) 19:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

--Dirk Beetstra T C 20:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]