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citypopulation.de

The user is introducing the link as a reference for area populations. I don't see the link as acceptable as a reliable source...it does not appear to be from an authoritative source but it is second sourcing census.gov. In some cases, he is replacing the .gov source, changing the numbers, and loosely citing the .gov source while introducing the link (example). I have attempted to stop him and discuss this on his talk page but he has not responded but instead continues to introduce these links which I now see as RefSpam. I reverted him a couple of times so he might take notice but he is plodding on without responding. I will notify him of this discussion.
⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 00:21, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Not the first time this has come up... MER-C 04:48, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
I agree with the removal of the link where used for raw statistical data. The statistical data appears to be scraped from multiple sources - it would be better to use those originating sources as the refs. In a few cases, the site also performs some analysis of that data to generate rankings and similar derivative information. For that purpose, the site appears to be a reliable source ... however, those few uses could easilly be white-listed if the root domain were blacklisted due to the persistent abuse.
I'll look a bit closer at all of this when I have access to my primary computer again ... my current access is somewhat limited. --- Barek (talk) - 00:16, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

netvalley.com

REFSPAM for this self-published website. The material added, example here in Innovation, is often (I have not checked every one) taken word-for-word from the cited netvalley.com article.

Knff took exception here at Talk:Hewlett-Packard to my reversion of an edit by Brigclark composed partly of a lengthy passage lifted directly from the New York Times, and partly of editorial opinion cited to netvalley.com. He is lobbying in that section and on his talk page here for netvalley.com to be considered a reliable source for Wikipedia, due to its use as a reference elsewhere on the web. --CliffC (talk) 15:48, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Dear CliffC, you wrote: "He is lobbying in that section and on his talk page here for netvalley.com to be considered a reliable source for Wikipedia, due to its use as a reference elsewhere on the web."
The last word - Web - looks like a typo. I provided you with a List of more then 100 printed books (the printed Encyclopedias including) that more then 12 years use netvalley as a reputable source. You've read the long list of these printed books and wrote in your complain that I tried to convince you that "netvalley.com to be considered a reliable source for Wikipedia, due to its use as a reference elsewhere on the web." .
I guess it was a typo, because ... printed books vs. Web references ... both of us understand the difference. Am I correct?--Knff (talk) 15:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

--Knff (talk) 15:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Also, CliffC wrote: "lengthy passage lifted directly from the New York Times". What he called a "lengthy passage" is the following 3 short phrases:

On September 7, 2010 H.P. filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against former CEO Mark Hurd. The suit accused Mr. Hurd of violating his severance agreement to protect H.P.’s confidential information by taking a job as co-president of Oracle, an H.P. rival and partner. H.P. filed its complaint less than a day after Mr. Hurd joined Oracle and gained a seat on the board.

This quotation was supported by references to the author, the link and detailed description of the source. I also provided CliffC -- see the discussion page of HP article -- with detailed clarification that this kind of short quotation can be consider as a Fair use and he again do not mention this part of our discussion in his complain... --Knff (talk) 15:49, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Also,

--CliffC (talk) 16:03, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

And

Betty1995's one edit, to Stanford University, is a cut-and-paste quotebox cited to netvalley.com that was also added to High tech, Startup company and Innovation. The boxed material consists of several sentences lifted verbatim from the copyrighted netvalley.com article. --CliffC (talk) 18:45, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Knff continues to add REFSPAM sourced to self-published website netvalley.com. I have removed the latest few and left a note on his talk page advising him of this discussion. --CliffC (talk) 04:16, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

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Dear CliffC, if you prefer we can continue our discussion here. I still am not sure why you think that a couple of phrases from NY Times article needs to be rewritten to be included to the HP article. After all I doubt that many people can write better than NY Times authors. I also would like to bring to your attention that, unlike you, Enciclopedia Britanica and other reputable science and educational organizations consider netvalley.com a reputable source.

As I've wrote to you 18 February 2011 at the HP page discussion, Google's book section provides long List of more then 100 books that were printed during recent 14 years and used netvalley.com as one of the most reliable source.

For your convenience below please find a couple of the tittles of List of these books:

  • Encyclopedia of new media: an essential reference to communication ...
  • Encyclopedia of computer science and technology
  • Sergey Brin and Larry Page: the founders of Google
  • Statistics: the art and science of learning from data
  • Information resources management: global challenges
  • Roles and perspectives in the law: essays in honour of Sir Ivor ...
  • Innovation and the communications revolution: from the Victorian ...
  • Law, economics and cyberspace: the effects of cyberspace on the ...
  • Financing economic development in the 21st century
  • Politics on the Internet: a student guide
  • The Internet: a historical encyclopedia
  • Dictionary of media and communications
  • Science and Society

. . . . . . . . . .

You can get your own version of this List (that include the citation's page # and it's screen shot), if you will type "netvalley.com" at the Google search's book section.

If you don't rely on traditionally printed book and prefer online sources only, you can take a look for instance to the Encyclopedia Britannica that provide link to the "The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History" section of netvalley.com from the following page: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/291494/Internet

Let me remind to you again. that HURD part of HP history valuable one and concealing it would be a mistake and disservice to wikipedia users.

I guess you understand that just crying "spam" could not be consider as an answer to my question: why do you prefer to hide one of the most important fact of computer industry history?

Thanks, --Knff (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

PS. As I can see it now, you also removed my contribution to the Browser wars article. It was a quotation from Jim Barksdale, President and CEO of Netscape Communications. The quotation was removed because it can be found - on the Web - at the netvalley.com only. So. now you consider the eBook "The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History" as a spam too ... Did you try at least to open the the page http://www.netvalley.com/cgi-bin/intval/net_history.pl?chapter=4 that you decided to call a spam?

What else do you intend to do in order to hide the "Hurd Saga" at the HP page? I asked Google about it and now I can help you. There is a long quotation from netvalley.com at the Bill Clinton article -- Section "First term, 1993–1997" -- too. Not enough? Go to Al Gore page and search for key-phrase "S 2594 Supercomputer Network Study Act of 1986". Please remove them first and I will provide you with some more tips ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knff (talk • contribs) 13:48, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

PPS. I hope that respective team of wikipedia Editors will finally clarify you the difference between high quality content and spam. Perhaps someone even remind you the basic rule: 'every time when you block someone from an opportunity to contribute the high quality content, you rise the level of spam'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knff (talk • contribs) 14:17, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

--Knff (talk) 14:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I am not seeing the harm of using some of the netvalley pages to support facts. Binksternet (talk) 17:28, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Netvalley is a self-published source, Knff says so himself on his talk page. Second, the users listed above seem to take a casual view of copyright, that is, they think it's acceptable to use reporting from someone else's copyrighted material so long as it's put in a quote box and attributed. I don't think Wikipedia should be an collection of quotes taken directly from someone else's work.
I took exception to Knff's Brigclark's addition here to Hewlett-Packard because in discussing former CEO Mark Hurd it included editorial opinion about California employment law. Knff defended Brigclark's edit, in what became an extended discussion at Talk:Hewlett-Packard. That section deserves a full reading by anyone interested in this subject. Summing it up, I question whether netvalley is a reliable source, and why an editor would want to use a long string of reportage from the NY Times instead of simply paraphrasing it. I see that as a copyright violation. Knff says he wants to get material about what he calls the "Hurd Saga" into the HP article; I suggested a way to do it. He didn't answer my question "Is your goal at Wikipedia to improve the HP article by expanding on Hurd's career, or to get a link to netvalley.com installed?". Looking at the edits of the users listed above, it looks like the goal is to add links.
As to my reverting this recent Knff edit to Browser wars, I considered it WP:REFSPAM, inserted to promote a site. Taking a second look at the text today, it doesn't seem like a Barksdale "quote" at all - the language seems clumsy and I can't find this quote or anything like it on the web, except at netvalley. --CliffC (talk) 20:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)


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Thank you Binksternet. Unfortunately our opinions have no effect on CliffC position. He does not want or just can’t understand that netvalley.com that originally, in 1995, was a "self published site", since then has been evaluated and checked hundreds of times by dozens of leading world publishers and now is considered by educational and scientific publications as one of the most reliable sources of information.

On a number of occasions CliffC looked at the long list of printed books and magazines regularly quoting netvalley.com, but still he keeps repeating that it is a self published source and therefore he would continue removing it from articles. The arguments he uses to additionally justify his position are really impressive:

1) CliffC deleleted my contribution to HP related aricle in part because: 'there are probably few "important facts" (not opinions) about Hurd available at netvalley.com that have not already been published by mainstream media...'. --CliffC 14:29, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
2) CliffC deleleted my contribution to the "Browsers Wars" aricle in part because as he wrote, 'I can't find this quote or anything like it on the web, except at netvalley.' --CliffC 20:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

When there are other sources, CliffC insists that the source that I offered should not be used. In situations when he can’t find sources other than the ones I propose, CliffC suggest that using my sources is a bad idea because he found none.

Some of recent CliffC arguments became even more impressive: 'As to my reverting this recent Knff edit to Browser wars, ... it doesn't seem like a Barksdale "quote" at all - the language seems clumsy...' --CliffC 20:03, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

You might be sure that if somebody will bring an original transcript of the interview with Barksdale that contain the netvalley.com "quote", nothing will be changed for CliffC, because it looks like this is not about the facts at all...
-- Knff (talk) 07:52, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
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Okay, I will concede that a search of the Google books section for netvalley.com shows that your online magazine has been mentioned as a reference on the Internet by scores of books, from Encyclopedia of computer science and technology, to Textbook of bladder cancer, to Demonology Revealed.
Moving on to reference spam, the subject of this report, the editors listed above (whose writing style seems distinctly similar to your own) all cite netvalley.com, or they simply defend a netvalley link whose removal has been threatened. There seems to be a conflict of interest, defined as "contributing to Wikipedia in order to promote your own interests or those of other individuals, companies, or groups", in the edits these editors, including yourself, have made.
I have made a concession. Will you concede that you have a conflict of interest when adding netvalley links to Wikipedia? Acknowledging a conflict of interest would mean that in future you would suggest updates on article talk pages rather than editing the articles directly. --CliffC (talk) 19:23, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

starstube.narod2.ru

starstube.narod2.ru: 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

Aggressive, address-changing link spammer not above making legal threats. Adding domain to Erotica as 95.158.193.191 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 95.158.206.78 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), 95.158.198.134 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) and Fairest-Bot (talk · contribs). Possible similar activity in DE (which I cannot read). Warned on all three IP addresses—the named account looks like a one-shot. Contrib history is entirely spamming. Multiple warnings, no discussion except assertions in edit summary that these links are just fine. / edg ☺ ☭ 13:20, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Add spam phone number

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Theborgs (talk • contribs)

Timestamp. MER-C 07:21, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

healthsystemcanada.com

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 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 07:18, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Ariveinthan Mageswaran?

At the bottom of the wiki page for Khoa Do, Australian of the Year, there seems to be spam at the bottom about "Ariveinthan Mageswaran". A quick google search confirms that he seems to have spammed his way onto multiple pages which he is not related to. I tried to edit but it doesn't seem to show up - any solutions guys? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.120.16.131 (talk) 06:19, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Nuked. It was in Template:Asia-actor-stub. MER-C 06:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Turkish porn/escort spam

In case it isn't obvious from the title, all domains are NSFW.

Sites spammed
Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [1]

 Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 03:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Qipaosale

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers
$ whois automaticfillingmachines.net
Registrant:
    eric fu

Someone's been pretty busy. MER-C 13:07, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

marvelousessays.com

I just got through removing about 15 external links to marvelousessays.com. Using the names of Hey2man, Jenny2jen and So2so, someone appeared to be going alphabetically through the list a university articles insert spam links to this site. For example, see here, here, here or here. Isn't there a way to globally block external links to a site such as this? Justin W Smith talk/stalk 16:06, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Additional spammers:
 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 10:19, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Parents Via Egg Donation

Parents Via Egg Donation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Parents via egg donation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Parents Via Egg Donation Organization (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Desktop Inc (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)
Marnad1963 (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) owner
76.115.76.171 (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)
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COI--Hu12 (talk) 18:59, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Bime

Multiple IPs have been adding promotional links and refspam to domains related to BIME over the last year. Promotional article was created at We Are Cloud and later userfied after an AFD. Links have been added to dozens of articles, centered on Data visualization, Business intelligence, and Cloud computing. Kuru (talk) 19:03, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

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Continued Long term image/diagram Spamming

Previous Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Jan_1#http:.2F.2Fspam.iagram.com
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Shawnmackey11 (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)
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198.53.181.225 (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)
209.89.185.181 (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)
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75.158.228.177 (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)
198.53.180.198 (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)
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74.198.150.223 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:01, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

www.rollothecoach.com

The website rollothecoach is a blog and is repeatedly inserted into various articles by User823.--Razionale (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Added for reference:
account
link
--- Barek (talk) - 18:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

forex adfarm spam

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182.178.215.19 (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)
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182.178.185.252 (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)
182.178.189.51 (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)
182.178.235.14 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:26, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

domain related spam

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Rubybarett (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:45, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

aboriginalartresource.com

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Cooeeart (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)

Moving ones own link "UP" is never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 19:17, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

dvdrare.com

Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [3]
  • Citation spammer, see [5]
  • Citation spammer, see [7]

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 07:34, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

3gmobilesphone.com

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Spammers

MER-C 13:10, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

splat.tv

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  • [8]: "Splat's Chief Technology Officer Stephen Fishburn"

MER-C 02:24, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Tobymcleod

Tobymcleod (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'm not sure whether this one falls in the category spamming, but this user has added links to this website to a number of articles in the last few days. Looking at the website, it is operated by a Christopher McLeod, which seems to me, that there is a possible conflict of interesst and a political agenda. Calistemon (talk) 03:08, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Added template to aid investigation. MER-C 03:41, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Regulatory compliance

IPs

This lot needs some cleanup and a closer look to see how deep it goes. -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:16, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

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213.254.223.164 (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)
213.254.202.75 (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)
213.254.223.97 (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)
62.221.51.225 (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)
195.189.57.89 (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)
213.170.214.207 (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)
213.254.223.129 (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)
213.254.225.182 (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)
213.254.202.189 (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)
213.254.223.249 (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)
213.254.223.232 (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)
213.254.202.70 (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)
213.254.202.154 (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)
213.254.225.247 (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)
"Compliance LLC" owns these Cert. sales/pay/scam sites. Clearly SPAM. Should consider blacklisting--Hu12 (talk) 17:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
These have all been added to the blacklist, however I'd expect more to come from this IP rangeplus Added--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 38.0

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"has focused on commercial of best quality & cheap & discount"

generic blacklisting rule:

domains already blacklisted:

"We can nearly ship all the packages to all over the world"

"If you have ordered more than" X "products, we will add" Y% "discount more since your"

domains already blacklisted:

"if the item is temporary out of stock or the quality issue involved"

Spammers

Long time no spam. MER-C 08:52, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

SiteVisibility spam on Wikipedia

  • redirects to sitevisibility.co.uk
Sites spammed
Spammers
$ nslookup 84.12.230.122
122.230.12.84.in-addr.arpa	name = ai-digital.com.

IP needs a nice long block. MER-C 06:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

primewritings.com

This looks very familiar. -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:53, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Users
Also:
Related domains
MER-C 04:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
 Defer to Global blacklist. MER-C 09:38, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

bestcustompapers.com

Timings indicate this may be related to #primewritings.com. -- zzuuzz (talk) 16:25, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

bestwritingservice.com

-- zzuuzz (talk) 16:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

oxfordgynaecology.com

Besides the spamming behavior, the pages linked seem commercial in touting their "consultant surgeons" and "interdisciplinary team", as well as selling anatomy courses. --CliffC (talk) 21:36, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Also, this looks like a bit of link-hijacking. --CliffC (talk) 21:42, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Continued:
Now they're vandalizing citations. MER-C 09:18, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

zapom.com

Google Analytics UA-17778564-1

Spam pages
  • declined 3 times
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 11:37, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

soundsnaughty.com

Caution: NSFW

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers
  • Inline spammer, see [9]

MER-C 12:42, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Please investigate.

Mayonehr (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 noticed that the only edit they have made is to their user page. The edit seems solely to promote their business. Cliff (talk) 08:59, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Nothing else as far as I can tell. MER-C 09:02, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

No action required

This edit leaves me a little wary as to the unending list of signs I've seen in airports the last couple of days of "such and such company runs such and such software." The edit in question isn't really a concern, the user that added it is obviously not a SPA, but it still leaves me wary. SDY (talk) 15:11, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

01fun.net

Spammers

MER-C 09:56, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

muzland.(ru|info|es)

Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [11]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [12]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [13]

 Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 12:33, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

thesilo.ca

Article Spam

The Silo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nicholas Taplin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Accounts

Siloreader (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)
Thesiloeditor (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)
Scoopdog (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)
Mindbreathe (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)
70.28.23.113 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:46, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

69.63.58.126 (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)
Now adding links which host/promote thesilo.ca links and info, never a sign of good faith.--Hu12 (talk) 16:34, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

spam.YoutubeTrafficMarketing.com

Domain
Related domains
IPs

Diffs: [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20]. --bonadea contributions talk 19:16, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

94.58.96.48 (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)
Escol / Jawad Ashraf related
94.201.228.68 (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)diff
--Hu12 (talk) 17:15, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Paulzubrinich

Paulzubrinich (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)

  • Today's edits by this user have been almost entirely citation spam adding the website www.pv-magazine.com.
  • The other major edit was making the request Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/pv magazine. This was declined, but the user subsequently showed bad faith by changing the decline message to a "Review pending" message with this edit.
  • The user's apparent linkedin page suggests the user is an online marketing specialist who works for pv magazine, so has COI issues: "I am currently living in Berlin and work in pv magazine, a monthly trade journal for the photovoltaics (PV) industry. I also run a small business with a partner that specialises in web design and online marketing".

Please consider reverting the rest of this user's edits made today, and possibly earlier. Does the user merit blocking? I have already hand reverted some changes that add implausible content citing www.pv-magazine.com, as it is not a WP:RS. Not all edits are clearly implausible though. Thanks. Rwendland (talk) 18:50, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

pv-magazine.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
Spam pages
  • declined 4 times
Related domains:
Additional spammers:
  • [21]: "Becky Stuart - Online Editor at PV Magazine"
This is clearly WP:REFSPAM and a concerted effort to abuse Wikipedia for promotion. MER-C 04:47, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Either a strange coincidence or they have decided to mix in citations of pv-magazine.com with innocuous edits. Paulzubrinich also seems to have a special dislike for pv-tech, removing links to their site and even non-link references to papers written by them. - MrOllie (talk) 19:46, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
I would regard that as abusive sockpuppetry to evade scrutiny. I spam4im'ed the three other spammers two days ago, naturally they register another account on the same day. MER-C 09:21, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Yawn.  Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 12:30, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Two more. - MrOllie (talk) 12:26, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 39.0

Similar domains

"Powered by Asics Running Shoes"

"The main point is we don't accept" $SOMETHING "are used and even worn"

generic blacklisting rule:

"please take care of our company's retail Web site specify"

generic blacklisting rule:

domains already blacklisted:

Spammers

MER-C 11:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Xilisoft Corporation spam on Wikipedia

Previous incidents
Spam pages
  • deleted 4 times
Sites spammed
Spammers

More video related spam. MER-C 12:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Updated. MER-C 07:12, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Biggestleaf Internet Marketing spam on Wikipedia

Previous incidents
Sites spammed
  • Not listed on biggestleaf.com/clients , not blacklisting for now

Previously spammed:

Other client domains
Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [22]

Missed spammers:

  • Citation spammer, see [23]

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 13:31, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

definedriving.com

  • revertlisted since April 2010
Spammers

MER-C 07:09, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Blacklisted by Beetstra. MER-C 13:05, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Balearic Pedro

Template:User's edits seem to consist entirely of adding ELs. I'd appreciate a second set of eyes on them, rather than wiping the lot myself. Andy Dingley (talk) 22:09, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1905464928514045
Related domains
Same adsense ID => it's spam. MER-C 03:34, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

IP adding refs to www.peoplestar.co.uk

Template:IPSummary Appears to be an SPA used for adding links [24] to www.peoplestar.co.uk, an online tabloid. The Interior (Talk) 02:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-9680379763532318
  • Blacklisted on fr.wp
  • Blacklisted on fr.wp
Additional spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [26]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [27]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [28]
  • This is probably a sign of bad faith
Agreed that this is WP:REFSPAM. MER-C 03:18, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Meh. I can't be bothered listing all the spammers here. In addition to the above, the 70.xxx IP addresses are probably all spammers. Template:Defermetablack MER-C 06:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup effort! (and for making the meta report - I didn't know the right way to do it) The Interior (Talk) 19:54, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Adsense pub-1897115873330951

Google Analytics UA-10136510

Sites spammed
Related domains
Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [29]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [30]

Better resurrect my all wiki spamsearch tool. Template:Defermetablack MER-C 14:12, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Contacted checkusers. MER-C 10:57, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Sleepers

PhilKnight (talk) 23:04, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. MER-C 02:42, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Dimace Pty Ltd spam on Wikipedia

Caution: NSFW

Sites spammed
  • revertlisted since March 2010
Related domains
Spammers

Template:Deferblack MER-C 09:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Template:IPSummary
Recycled. MER-C 10:31, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

alternative-electronics.com

Adsense pub-0976183021248559

Accounts

Template:UserSummary
--Hu12 (talk) 17:26, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Skintreatment

Spammers
  • Inline spammer, see [31]
  • Inline spammer, see [32]

MER-C 08:51, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

writemypapers.org

Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [33]
  • Inline spammer, see [34]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [35]

Template:Defermetablack MER-C 12:12, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Assorted cross-wiki spam

Previous incidents
Sites spammed
  • redirects to:
  • redirects to:
  • redirects to
  • revertlisted since April 2010
  • redirects to youtubedownloader.org
  • redirects to youtubedownloader.org
  • redirects to:
  • redirects to movietrailersonline.net
  • redirects to youtubedownloader.org
Accounts
  • Seems to be a genuine contributor on the Farsi Wikipedia, but there's this.

The simplest explanation for this would be malware. Template:Defermetablack MER-C 12:12, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Apnakharian

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 09:35, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

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