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cummingsstudyguides.net

I just encountered this page on the page of Tennessee Williams, but it also occurs on 58 other pages as well. I have not yet figured out who is doing it, but it is possible that multiple users are. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:27, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

You might be on to something: I randomly sampled four articles and found that three links to this site were inserted by the following IPs:
...back in 2006. This predates the linkwatcher data, unfortunately. (Use the "revision history search" in the page history, enter the link and select "force searching for wikitext"). MER-C 09:11, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
What I find unnerving is that it took five years to figure out that something was up, here. They were probably all inserted years ago, I would assume. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:01, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

sourgrapeswinery.com

Possible refspamming. Bluebonnet460 (talk) 04:40, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

I have examined the references added by these users and either removed or replaced them. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:10, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Academy of Achievement

As far as I'm concerned, the edits by Aaaeditor (talk · contribs), which consist almost exclusively of the addition of quotes from interviews found at the "academy" website, are link spam. Your input is appreciated. Drmies (talk) 16:50, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

mountainprofessor.com

link
accounts

Link has been added into multiple articles by a single-purpose account, whose only edits since being created have been to post links to the url. The site offers nothing not already better sourced within the article - the site appears to have no established notability, authority, or accreditation of the content provided on it. The account was originally active for two days in June 2011, then stopped editing until today when they began to re-add the url to articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:47, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Now indef-blocked as a spam-only account. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
additional accounts
Additional account starting to add link following block of prior account. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:23, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

eblogz.net

Google Analytics UA-22974840, UA-24440608

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

Subtle, sneaky spamming -- link descriptions consist solely of whitespace. I'm surprised this works.  Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 08:34, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

cdbaby.com needs cleanup again

It's not clear how much cleanup was done of cdbaby.com links last time, but it definitely needs it now. --Ronz (talk) 17:02, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh, man... What a load of spam.
This needs to be blacklisted or at the very least placed on XLinkBot.
I think User:Δ has a tool to clean those up. I'll ask. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:46, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
As soon as its blacklisted Ill clean it out, should be fairly easy. ΔT The only constant 18:13, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Why should this be blacklisted? I've glanced at several of the links and many of them appear to be legitimate links and not spam. I readily admit that many of the links are unwelcome and could be classified as spam but I don't want us to throw the baby out with the bathwater. ElKevbo (talk) 18:20, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Which links aren't spam? As far as I can tell, except for the article cdbaby, all the links in main article space point to a "buy it here" page for a particular artist's songs. They don't serve as a reference by any means.
Question for User:Δ: Does your tool preserve the link descriptions, just removing the URL? It would be useful to keep those, because some articles have lists that rely on those URL descriptions. Instances that exist inside <ref>...</ref> tags are probably safe for removing the entire citation. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:10, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
Its just about as flexible as I need it to be. Don't worry about exactly how it functions just trust me that its very effective. ΔT The only constant 20:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I wouldn't dream of questioning its effectiveness, just curious about how it works.
I'll wait for the COIbot report and either blacklist it or add it to XLinkBot depending on how the report looks. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:39, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
I'll go through the first 50 or so links and make a list here. Can you give me a few hours to work on it? It would be unseemly to blacklist a website while there is ongoing discussion. ElKevbo (talk) 21:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

As shown in the table below, there are 49 articles in the first 100 pages linking to cdbaby.com. Two of them are duplicates, leaving us with a sample of 47. A quick look through these articles shows that only 10 of them - 22% - are obvious problems that should be immediately removed. The vast majority of these links - 37 of 47 (79%) articles - are references. In many cases may not be the best reference available but at an initial glance they are good-faith, legitimate references.

I don't know what the threshold is or should be for a website to blacklisted. But I'm pretty sure that it's higher than 1/5 links in article space being problematic.

Index Linked URL Article Notes Recommendation
1 http://cdbaby.com/ CD Baby No problem Keep
2 http://cdbaby.com Andrew Moore (musician) Link farm Remove
3 http://cdbaby.com/ Brian Patneaude Reference Keep
4 http://cdbaby.com/ User:Rvdelman/Taylor P Not article space Ignore
5 http://cdbaby.com/ Talk:CD Baby Not article space Ignore
6 http://cdbaby.com/ Willy DeVille Reference Keep
7 http://cdbaby.com Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jhanvieh Not article space Ignore
8 http://cdbaby.com Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2010 July 11 Not article space Ignore
9 http://cdbaby.com User:Emijrp/External Links Ranking Not article space Ignore
10 http://cdbaby.com User:Arch983/Music Aggregator Not article space Ignore
11 http://cdbaby.com Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Music Aggregator Not article space Ignore
12 http://cdbaby.com/Artist/PeterBetan User:Betinfo/Peter betan Not article space Ignore
13 http://cdbaby.com/about CD Baby No problem Keep
14 http://cdbaby.com/about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pat Kelly (Irish singer/songwriter) Not article space Ignore
15 http://cdbaby.com/about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 January 19 Not article space Ignore
16 http://cdbaby.com/about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Cure tribute albums Not article space Ignore
17 http://cdbaby.com/about Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 July 8 Not article space Ignore
18 http://cdbaby.com/all/cellarscape User:Spankybumchunks/Sandbox Not article space Ignore
19 http://CDBaby.com/all/cherubimmusikgroup User:Cceinc Not article space Ignore
20 http://cdbaby.com/all/jibmachine Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jib Machine Records Not article space Ignore
21 http://cdbaby.com/all/jibmachine Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 November 24 Not article space Ignore
22 http://cdbaby.com/all/russek Wikipedia:Requested articles/music/Performers, bands and songwriters Not article space Ignore
23 http://cdbaby.com/all/stephaniewinters User:Betongmandarin/Stephanie Winters Not article space Ignore
24 http://cdbaby.com/all/unscandal Unscandal Promotional Remove
25 http://cdbaby.com/all/waydecooper Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2007-10-12 Not article space Ignore
26 http://cdbaby.com/allmp3/slavdehren.m3u Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2006-08-07 Not article space Ignore
27 http://cdbaby.com/aribenyam Protest song Reference Keep
28 http://cdbaby.com/aribenyam Music of Israel Reference Keep
29 http://cdbaby.com/artist/Lunic/ User:Estrogenic/Lunic Not article space Ignore
30 http://cdbaby.com/artist/Lunic/ Lunic Promotional Remove
31 http://cdbaby.com/artist/royzuarets Roy Zu-Arets Promotional Remove
32 http://cdbaby.com/bobhate2 Bob Hate Promotional Remove
33 http://cdbaby.com/cd/ JFC (reggae band) Promotional Remove
34 http://cdbaby.com/cd/247spyz Face the Day Reference Keep
35 http://cdbaby.com/cd/28days Vince Jukic Reference Keep
36 http://cdbaby.com/cd/28daysmusic Stealing Chairs Promotional Remove
37 http://cdbaby.com/cd/5thprojekt 5th Projekt Reference Keep
38 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 60x60 Reference Keep
39 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 Robert Voisey Reference Keep
40 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 Eldad Tsabary Reference Keep
41 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 David Gunn (composer) Reference Keep
42 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 Dennis Báthory-Kitsz Reference Keep
43 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 George Brunner (composer) Reference Keep
44 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 Maggi Payne Reference Keep
45 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60 Liana Alexandra Reference Keep
46 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2 60x60 Reference Keep
47 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2 Robert Voisey Reference Keep
48 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2 David Morneau Reference Keep
49 http://cdbaby.com/cd/60x60music2 Liana Alexandra Reference Keep
50 http://cdbaby.com/cd/7k Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/7k Not article space Ignore
51 http://cdbaby.com/cd/7k Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 April 2 Not article space Ignore
52 http://cdbaby.com/cd/7profitz Wikipedia:Articles for creation/2008-06-28 Not article space Ignore
53 http://cdbaby.com/cd/9lies User:Ninelies Not article space Ignore
54 http://cdbaby.com/cd/Billywest Billy West Reference Keep
55 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aaronwilkinson Colm Wilkinson Reference Keep
56 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aas User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2007.09 Not article space Ignore
57 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aas2 User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2007.09 Not article space Ignore
58 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aas3 User talk:King of Hearts/Archive/2007.09 Not article space Ignore
59 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abatcjo Alex Budman Reference Keep
60 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abbottwilliams1 List of classical piano duos (performers) Reference Keep
61 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abbytravis Talk:Dark cabaret/Archive 1 Not article space Ignore
62 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abbytravis2 Talk:Dark cabaret/Archive 1 Not article space Ignore
63 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abdallahhelmey1 User talk:Badagnani/Archive 13 Not article space Ignore
64 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abdallahhelmey2 User talk:Badagnani/Archive 13 Not article space Ignore
65 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abrahamsalman Music of Israel Reference Keep
66 http://cdbaby.com/cd/abrasivemethod User talk:Eddieirish Not article space Ignore
67 http://cdbaby.com/cd/acoldvein Jesse Sprinkle Reference Keep
68 http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamklein User talk:Walton One/Archive 2 Not article space Ignore
69 http://cdbaby.com/cd/adammerrin Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2008 December 31 Not article space Ignore
70 http://cdbaby.com/cd/adammerrin Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2009 January 5 Not article space Ignore
71 http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamsolomon4 Adam Solomon Reference Keep
72 http://cdbaby.com/cd/admonish2 Insnärjd Reference Keep
73 http://cdbaby.com/cd/adrenalin User:Beanpole136/DCDrive Not article space Ignore
74 http://cdbaby.com/cd/agboolashadare Agboola Shadare Promotional Remove
75 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aie User talk:Sarodplayer Not article space Ignore
76 http://cdbaby.com/cd/airsupply Making Love Out of Nothing at All Reference Keep
77 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alacartoona Talk:Dark cabaret/Archive 1 Not article space Ignore
78 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alacartoona2 Talk:Dark cabaret/Archive 1 Not article space Ignore
79 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alanbanks User:Artdecade Not article space Ignore
80 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alanbanks Alan Banks (musician) Promotional Remove
81 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alandalus4 User:CorkenutPorter Not article space Ignore
82 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alecoleary Alec O'Leary Reference Keep
83 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alesana Talk:Alesana Not article space Ignore
84 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alexhughes User:Britboy1976/Ted Carfrae Not article space Ignore
85 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aliciadine Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2006 November 23/Articles Not article space Ignore
86 http://cdbaby.com/cd/aliciadine Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2006 November 23 Not article space Ignore
87 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alifeofscience A Life of Science Reference Keep
88 http://cdbaby.com/cd/allenstrange Allen Strange Reference Keep
89 http://cdbaby.com/cd/almusic User talk:Tyrone1972 Not article space Ignore
90 http://cdbaby.com/cd/alyseblack Talk:Alyse Black Not article space Ignore
91 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amadaproject List of breast cancer patients by occupation Reference Keep
92 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amadaproject List of breast cancer patients by survival status Reference Keep
93 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amberlight The Amber Light Reference Keep
94 http://cdbaby.com/cd/ambiatica User:Cec1030 Not article space Ignore
95 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amgazette Alan Munde Promotional Remove
96 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amnion Aaron Embry Reference Keep
97 http://cdbaby.com/cd/amtunes Andrew Moore (musician) Link farm Remove
98 http://cdbaby.com/cd/anaya16 Anaya Music Reference Keep
99 http://cdbaby.com/cd/anaya8 Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Anaya Not article space Ignore
100 http://cdbaby.com/cd/andreatierra/ User:Luzenmiventana/AndreaTierra Not article space Ignore

ElKevbo (talk) 22:40, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Re Brian Patneaude: a good editor added cdbaby in March 2009, but the reference does not in any way verify the text (it points to the current cdbaby main page, while the text refers to its state in March 2009). A link in a reference can still be unhelpful or unduly promotional (although that was not the intention in this case). Johnuniq (talk) 23:47, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Nice to have some other eyes on this. Thanks everyone!
Yes, the "reference" links to the main page are inappropriate. Perhaps the verifying information is still available elsewhere on their site?
From what I see, it's a website that might be a useful reference when no others are available, but it has definitely been abused, especially in past copyvio cases. --Ronz (talk) 01:57, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, it's definitely ripe for abuse and misuse. I think it would be a good idea to give it to XLinkBot so we can all watch it. I just think that outright banning it is going too far. ElKevbo (talk) 02:28, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
As far as I can tell from that list above, all the ones marked "keep" are refspam. They don't belong, they don't enhance the project, they don't meet WP:EL. They are links to avoid. All those links are "buy it here" pages. There is no valid purpose to having them.
Now, that doesn't mean they weren't added in good faith. Let's wait and see what the COIbot report says. I have filed a request to generate a report.
I agree that a pattern of good-faith additions does not warrant blacklisting, but it would warrant listing at XLinkBot. XLinkBot simply reverts attempts to add such links, but does not revert repeated attempts. ~Amatulić (talk) 04:06, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Just to note, this is already listed on the revertlist of XLinkBot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:00, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

mcbub.com

I've seen a surge in anonymous users and registered users tying to get this url in a few different articles for the past few weeks. The website has no place on WP at all and it's been fairly manageable to remove the edits, but this one may be eligible for blacklisting. The two main articles that are being targeted with this link are Tablet personal computer and PC Card, but it has also made its way onto Mobile operating system.

The link has been added mainly by IP users. Here's some of them:

Dawnseeker2000 02:44, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

71.56.240.67

71.56.240.67 is a spam-only account, adding links mostly to vsavagellc.com on music pages but also to a couple other sites. I've reverted everything so far.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Danhash (talk • contribs) Timestamp. MER-C 13:24, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

forsalebydevelopers.net

forsalebydevelopers.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 Moondyne (talk) 05:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

user account
Over 100 links, that all appeared to be added by the same user into about a dozen articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:44, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Richardsng is now blocked indefinitely as a spam-only account. There are no links to forsalebydevelopers.com remaining. ~Amatulić (talk) 14:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

User:Elenapezzini

Elenapezzini (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 created five new pages today in their userspace, all promoting the website YouGotThePower.org. None of them have even the faintest hope of making it into article space, and seem to serve only to promote the website within Wikipedia. Yunshui (talk) 10:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

All the relevant pages have now been deleted, and there has been no further account activity. This can probably be closed. Yunshui (talk) 13:32, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

wallawalla.com

links
accounts

A business directory site being re-added by IP. The single purpose account involved has been adding url's into multiple articles. All URLs added are tagged Powered by Sygnifi Networks. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 05:58, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital still spamming Wikipedia

Previous incidents
Spam pages
  • deleted 2 times
Sites spammed

Sites previously blacklisted:

New spam domains:

Spammers
See also

MER-C 12:29, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Updated. MER-C 03:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Domainscot

links added
related sites
user account(s)

A user who has a self-confessed conflict-of-interest with the URLs being added[1][2] has been acting with the single-purpose of adding URLs for the geodomain sites with which they are associated into multiple articles. This has been ongoing at least as far back as July 2006[3]. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:13, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

uttarakhandstate.com

Google Analytics UA-24758804

  • redirects to uttarakhandstate.com
Spammers

MER-C 07:54, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

bhojaldham.org

links
accounts

SPA accounts adding link to a site that fails WP:EL. Additions have been to multiple articles over the past week - all links to the URL were added by the users listed above. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:41, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

additional user accounts
Additional user began adding link after Bhojaldham (talk · contribs) was blocked. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:18, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
new account Oct 17
Another newly created account arrives to add the same link to the same set of articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 04:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
more IPs starting to add the link
also spammed - related link
Following the block of the prior user account, three IPs have begun adding the link to the same sets of articles. Also began adding a blogspot front-end that directs users to the URL. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 Deferred to WP:SBL - see See WikiProject Spam report --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:43, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

189.13.209.217 with xifle.com

189.13.209.217 (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) He appears to just redirect to the intended site through his (xifle.com), perhaps in a hope to increase his viewcount or search rank. Either way, its not a good way of linking. I took the liberty of putting a final warning on his talk, but I am fairly new to this, so I apologise if I did this the wrong way. cheezychicken 20:01, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

links
Added {{LinkSummary}} for easier reference. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:32, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

weathersafewa.com.au

weathersafewa.com.au: 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

Accounts

Sock farm with computer-generated account names spamming links to off-topic articles. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

CU results reveal more socks. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 08:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

(ec - I had most of the second list as well) - Maybe blacklist would be good? I'll XLinkBot it anyways. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:04, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Links
Users
Pages

More .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Moar:
Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers
Blacklisting is the only option when confronted with a cross-wiki sock farm this size. MER-C 08:16, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Above domains all blacklisted on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:19, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

a minor issue but still...

It is a minor issue compare with others around here, but still...The same unregistered user 188.87.84.168 (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) is adding once or twice a month a link to the same website diangelino.com: 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 sometimes just in the EL section, sometime in the text AND under EL together. It has been warned three times so far to no avail.--Dia^ (talk) 17:35, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

The static IP address and consistent editing history pretty much prove it's the same person. Now blocked for 6 months as a spam-only account. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:28, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Newswise

Craigsjones (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) Not the worst case of spam, but User:Craigsjones appears to be connected to news site Newswise.com [4] and he's spent his time here almost exclusively making additions with Newswise as a source. The account hasn't been in use for a while now but thought it might be worth being aware that the site spams Wikipedia and reviewing some of the additions if editors have time as they do appear to be rather "levered" into the articles in some cases. Thanks.--Shakehandsman (talk) 03:39, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

referencethailand.com

Adsense pub-7844278074408213

Spammers

MER-C 11:54, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Blacklisting requested. MER-C 12:11, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

onlinefootage.tv

Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [5]

MER-C 10:05, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Saudi Arabia Blatant Spam

sorry but i don not know how to create a formal spam report (as highlighted in green) but the saudi arabia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia#From_the_foundation_of_the_State_to_the_present has been obviously spammed 24.154.36.112 (talk) 00:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC) 24.154.36.112

I'm not seeing it. I guess it has already been reverted. MER-C 06:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Sneaky SEO spamming

Sites spammed
Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [6]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [7]

Spammers attempting to disguise links as plain text with CSS.  Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 08:32, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

crusherplants.com

  • Blacklisted on English Wikibooks
Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [8]

MER-C 09:20, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Blacklisted globally by Beetstra. MER-C 09:46, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Can someone cleanup birlaa.com?

Looks like simple linkspam, perhaps copyright problems as well. Doesn't look suitable as an external link nor a ref. Anyone have time to look closer and cleanup? --Ronz (talk) 16:52, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

What do others think of netglimse.com?

To me it looks to ad-heavy to be an external link, nor reputable enough to be a reliable source. --Ronz (talk) 16:57, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

abercrombieandfitchstoreuk.com

Apparently some sort of Hong Kong merchandise knockoff company spamming the real Abercrombie & Fitch article. Their site looks almost real. --CliffC (talk) 13:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Check out the collapsed section at the top of this page -- 5000 domains like this blacklisted and counting. MER-C 13:16, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
Aha, interesting. I clicked on one of the ones up there and got redirected to this April 28 lawsuit by A&F. (Good luck with that.) --CliffC (talk) 13:41, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 13:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

bollywood spam

links
users

Busy removing this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:04, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

patient-reminders.com

users

User explains his actions here, but unfortunately that is still not in line with the aims of Wikipedia.

All reverted, added to XLinkBot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

lambielmuseum.org

links
accounts

Link to a museum being re-added to article about the island on which the museum is located. The museum is an art museum, and not an island history museum or any other that would provide insight about the island itself (ie: the subject is the island, not the museums or other attractions on it). Removed per WP:EL and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY, but was re-added. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:15, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

  • Response by one of the editors being "reported" for spamming: (1) Shouldn't I have been notified of this report? (2) Shouldn't the original editor adding the link have been notified of this report? (3) I can't speak for the other editor, but I know by putting the link (and readding the link) in the external links section I had no intention of intentionally spamming, let alone thinking I would be accused of it by another editor. Lhb1239 (talk) 02:41, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 48.0

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"Wish you a pleasure shopping"

"low price strategy and hence.and we are looking forward"

"We offer payment interface is official"

Spammers

MER-C 06:14, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 49.0

Spammers

MER-C 09:46, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 51.0

Spammers

Not knockoff spam per se, but splogs of knockoff spam. MER-C 06:19, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 52.0

Spammers

MER-C 06:57, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 53.0

Spammers

MER-C 09:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 54.0

Spammers

MER-C 06:47, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 55.0

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 10:24, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 56.0

Spammers

MER-C 13:13, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 57.0

Spammers

MER-C 07:39, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Bump. MER-C 09:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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metforminsideeffects.biz

A number of recent links to this site have been added. In one case (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phenformin&diff=prev&oldid=457437087) the link replaced an internal link to the Wikipedia metformin article. In other cases the link is only marginally related to the article in question. The site itself is a very advertisement-heavy site with no identification of the author (and thus violates RP:RS and probably WP:SPS in addition to WP:SPAM). --Yaush (talk) 02:39, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

108.66.48.38  (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)

99.111.184.7  (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)

secure.signup-way.com

secure.signup-way.com: 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

Accounts

Spamming streaming of sports events in user talk and talk pages. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:49, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

howflyhiphop.com

Long-term addition of links to mixtapes on various rapper articles. All linked in the same manner to howflyhiphop.com. Started a sockpuppet investigation as well. Falcon8765 (TALK) 00:24, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

howflyhiphop.com: 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.howflyhiphop.com

howiw.com

Spam accounts
Related vandal accounts
Until today there was just Crimenr1 and the dynamic ip's. Looks like he's noticed the problem given the two new accounts plus the repeated editing of the warnings for 77.28.70.79 (talk · contribs).
I recommended giving this to XLinkBot on 26 Oct. Given the continued problems, let's just blacklist it. --Ronz (talk) 02:02, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

activeplumbing.com.au

activeplumbing.com.au: 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

Accounts

Creating spam articles about plumbing service in Sydney. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:32, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Yo

I am not trying to advertise for my new movie Wake N Bake. I am simply trying to get the article on there so people know that it's being made. I apologize if it did seem spammy but the article has to be there. It's getting alot of hits. Feel free to contact me [email removed]

Do not give my email out to alot of people. I get enough spam as it is. I realize its annoying. We are trying to promote our film but the article needs to be locked. Contact me if you have any problems. My other email address is [email removed] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.209.98.240 (talk) 01:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

I am not trying to advertise for my new movie Wake N Bake

Surely not...

We are trying to promote our film

...by doing the online equivalent of going down to your local library, getting a pen and scribbling in their copy of the World Book "watch our movie now"?

[T]he article has to be there. It's getting alot of hits.

So? Isn't that a reflection of the success of your promotional campaign, as opposed to the article's (lack of) encyclopedic merit?

The article needs to be locked

We're happy to oblige.

Feel free to contact me [email removed]. Do not give my email out to alot of people.

Posting your email address on a public wiki page is doing exactly that.

I get enough spam as it is. I realize its annoying.

So do we. Next time, look in the top left corner of this page and think about what it means before posting. MER-C 07:09, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

certificationmap.com

links
accounts

Commercial advert linkspam for certification assistance service. Ongoing for over 2 years. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:38, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

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