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Suspicious new articles[edit]
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Suspicious new articles (2024-03-02)[edit]
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Account doing self-promotion / spam[edit]
Special:Contributions/Lilbolo23 recent account adding non-anchored references to some paper in multiple articles. Solstag (talk) 11:18, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- An instance also occured on eswiki, already reverted. For enwiki, I feel like spam is of the same origin, but I'll pass the call to revert to someone else. A09|(talk) 16:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Could be good faith. I left a warning. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- I've reverted the addition in Topic model (bc paper is just another application, not particularly meaningful or central to the subject, and has just been published). I noticed it had already been reverted before and the same account then reinserted it (with an intermediary step possibly in order to trick filters). Solstag (talk) 13:31, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- Could be good faith. I left a warning. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
User Xeyikmn[edit]
Xeyikmn (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
No activity except repeated link spamming (mainly rugby-related), sometimes vandalizing existing references in the process. Seems to be related to
103.162.244.70 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
Gamapamani (talk) 04:16, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
User Metty10001[edit]
Metty10001 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
I can't believe I'm saying this, but there has been a bizarre influx of editors putting spam in articles on deep-sea king crabs. This includes Michael2176, who was recently blocked indefinitely for this. Everything about this editor shows the exact same pattern. It's gotten to a point where I'm considering getting some of these articles semi-protected. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 13:23, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
User Bnurs[edit]
Bnurs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) This account appears to be primarily used for adding references to publications by Kaiguang Zhao across various articles. It reads to me as WP:REFSPAM. 73.68.208.57 (talk) 14:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
IP address range 112.198.112.X[edit]
This range of IP addresses in the Philippines has been extensively spamming articles about crabs in the family Lithodidae (king crabs). This specifically includes e.g. 112.198.112.226, 112.198.112.167, 112.198.112.172, and 112.198.98.123 (the latter being in the 98.X range, but they're predominantly coming from 112.X, and more than one Class C range seems like overkill). TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 16:44, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
User Michael10020[edit]
Michael10020 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) Clearly a block evasion account of Michael2176. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 16:46, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- Update – Editor has been blocked elsewhere for sockpuppeting. Will keep the report here since I'm unsure if I'm supposed to remove it. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 21:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)