icax.co.uk: 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 Appears to be keyword spammed link farm designed for SEO positioning. It's a low value link and scattered around numerous articles related to alternative energy Cantaloupe2 ( talk) 12:48, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
sgs.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 Sockpuppet SPIs have been adding links to SGS press releases to numerous articles. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Schmetterling5/Archive. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 15:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
angellis.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 Various editors, mostly anonymous IPs have been using this website as a reference on several articles about prehistoric animals, but, the site is not a reputable source by any stretch, being a fanmade site filled with original research of very little value.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 16:54, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
IP range adding a dubious link to the German website of a "Mosler Safe Company" to various safe-related articles, including Mosler Safe Company, a historically famous American safe manufacturer that went bankrupt in 2001. -- McGeddon ( talk) 09:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
VQuakr ( talk) 04:18, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
IP has been adding the same link since 2012 -- Glaisher [talk] 16:22, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
lawrenceindia.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
First it was through the user name Royaltrains ( 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) which was bloked from editing. After that another username
maharajasexpresstrains.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
thepalaceonwheels.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
spywareloop.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
Sourov0000 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
[1] [2] ... etc. User has been spamming this on dozens of articles today. -- Mesoderm ( talk) 22:25, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thealternativepress.com
This is nothing more than sites like the Examiner and Associated.As I am checking the WP refs, the links are copied press releases and things plagiarized from other sources.Maybe not all but it looks like it so far. I noticed it popping-up today in a seriously overlinked article Teresa Giudice, and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. I read the linked reference and it was nothing more than reconstituted info. that had already been published by news organizations.(edited to add: it was actually word-forword copied from The Star-Ledger!) Housewifehader ( talk) 22:39, 31 July 2013 (UTC) There is no need for this site to be used as a reference here unless it contains original or exclusive content.I hope that I have formatted this correctly;). Here is the example of where the ref. goes as used in these articles : http://thealternativepress.com/towns/west-essex/sections/law-and-justice/articles/nj-housewives-star-theresa-guidice-and-husband-i Housewifehader ( talk) 21:51, 31 July 2013 (UTC) Housewifehader ( talk) 21:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
This has been ongoing for some time from different IP adresses, the latest bout of spammers are: 195.144.63.18 ( 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) 212.203.111.210 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) 85.3.200.64 ( 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) (see the diffs from July 30 to August 3).
Really disruptive spamming since it replaces valid links and information with links to this company. Sjö ( talk) 07:38, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Google Analytics ID: UA-38591310 - ( Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 11:53, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
investmentunderground.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 This "source" is only used by the Morning277 a.k.a. Wiki-pr.com spammers. Examples found in a big box of junk:
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
As I write, there are 20 of these links in the article space of the English Wikipedia, and 30 elsewhere. This outfit has multiple people working on insertion of new articles, restoration of deleted articles, and maintenance of their preferred content in articles. I understand that the links are normally removed before blacklisting. If this is approved, I'm willing to remove the links from the English Wikipedia afterward.
— rybec 00:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
( edit conflict)In the past, the Morning277 editors always became autoconfirmed before posting their articles. Recently, they've stopped doing that, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind going back to their previous behavior. If I understand correctly, XLinkBot does not affect autoconfirmed editors. Below, I contend that good-faith use of this URL occurs in at most one article on the English Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia search says there are 13 results, but only shows 12 articles on the results page. I assume it's because one article contains two Investment Underground citations.
User:Sublimeharmony/sandbox11 contains 75 distinct articles; of those, 17 linked to this site (22.6%). Of the 4,306,170 articles on the English Wikipedia, only 12 link to Investment Underground (0.00027%). Arithmetically, there's not much ambiguity, even if all 12 articles were unrelated to the spamming PR firm. However, I believe that all or nearly all were placed on Wikipedia by that PR firm. If the relationship between Investment Underground and the company placing these Wikipedia is what I suspect it is, it should be obvious why they would choose not to disclose that. For further evidence, look at the timing of when stories appear on investmentunderground.com and vatalyst.com, and the first appearance of the Wikipedia article.
Here are the 12 articles which cite Investment Underground, and some of the reasons why I think they're all products of the same company:
To belabor a point, there are 4.3 million articles on the wiki, of which 12 cite Investment Underground and 8 cite Vatalyst, with an overlap of 3 articles that cite both! For that to happen by chance is like having three people in your city who each won a lottery grand prize, got struck by lightning and were bitten by sharks. Also, for two of them, there were stories by Andrew Moran in Digital Journal (he's not their only writer). It's as though the same shark came back and gave two of those people a second bite. It would make sense if the three subjects had a great deal in common, or if Investment Underground, Vatalyst, and Andrew Moran all produced a huge volume of stories—but they don't. The assumption that they all have the same publicist, who has an "in" with the ostensible journalists, is the only reasonable explanation.
Another thing I notice is that the domains wiki-pr.com, vatalyst.com, investmentunderground.com and cabusinessjournal.org are all registered with Godaddy and the whois information is private. While Godaddy is a very popular registrar, this is suspicious by itself.
The only article where I see this site used that isn't very obviously a Morning277 write-up is the EFans article, and I think I've shown it's reasonable to have suspicion about that one. I just don't see this site used by non-spammers. Morning277 is hardly likely to send in a signed affidavit disclosing its relationship with Investment Underground, Vatalyst, and the California Business Journal. — rybec 02:50, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
vatalyst.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 The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com above.
This site was referenced in 22 Sublimeharmony articles: [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
This is currently used as a reference in 8 articles on the English Wikipedia:
— rybec 07:48, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
dividendkings.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 The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com and vatalyst.com above.
This site was referenced in Sublimeharmony articles:
It is not currently used in articles on the English Wikipedia, although there are three sandboxes which refer to it:
Jvn mht ( talk · contribs) has been blocked. The draft cites Vatalyst, Dividend Kings and Yahoo Voices as its only sources.
Besides the pameladeter blog, all the sources for these three sandboxes come from the short list I posted at Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Morning277. — rybec 15:51, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
cabusinessjournal.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com, vatalyst.com and dividendkings.com above.
This site was referenced in Sublimeharmony articles:
The uses on the English Wikipedia [62] include many of the same articles I mentioned in regard to investmentunderground.com, vatalyst.com and dividendkings.com. You'll see those sites cited along with this one. All the uses look like Morning277's work, or discussion of it. Right now it's in only six main-space articles:
— rybec 19:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
celebritiesheight.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
This website is currently being spammed by numerous hit 'n run accounts. So far I have caught:
Looking at the search results when searching for the domain, there are probably at least 30 more accounts spamming the website. Nymf ( talk) 17:06, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
SPI filed. MER-C 04:06, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
fncy.it: 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
is a 302 redirect to bitly.com
— rybec 07:01, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
See WikiProject Spam report. Of the 30 or so links I have removed, all of them were added by that /17. MER-C 08:09, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Google Analytics ID: UA-23731192 - ( Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 06:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
42.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 Site redirects to malware, per Norton, added to Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( diff). - Pointillist ( talk) 20:37, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
obitree.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
A minor 'obituary' website which is being spammed into external links sections of articles on recently-deceased as a link to a 'memorial' or similar. There is no indication whatsoever that the site is operating in any way on behalf of relatives of the deceased. Furthermore, material on the website is frequently copied from our own article - without attribution (see for example Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt[http:// obitree.com/PrincessFawzia.Fuad], James Gandolfini,[http:// obitree.com/James.Joseph.Gandolfini], Jim Kelly (martial artist)[http:// www.obitree.com/Jim.Kelly] etc.). Thus not only is this clear spam, but linking it might encourage circular referencing (it is also incidentally a breach of copyright..). Note that after I warned an initial contributor regarding spamming (see User talk:Ikristin), new accounts have been created for each instance. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 13:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
adelaide-classifieds.info: 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
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cuttinglet.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
The only edits by Ndixit92 ( talk · contribs) have been to spam links to this questionable, unreliable blog through citations. ViperSnake151 Talk 18:40, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
kuaiyilicai.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 : Potential scam website purported to be a money exchange website currently being spammed by Fanxin92 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam). User has been making URL additions in a bait-and-switch manner (e.g. replacing official government website URLs with this spam URL). Diffs: [64] [65] [66]. -- benlisquare T• C• E 06:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
freewebtown.com/ Just need it because I can only access it if I make a link to it in the sandbox (most sites are blocked on my computer). Why was it blocked? Pubserv ( talk) 19:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
freewebtown.com/ Pubserv ( talk) 19:34, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
This site was added to the blacklist for some reason. I can't see why. The site provides information of products so I reckon it could used as a valuable resource. Thanks LumCel1 ( talk) 17:10, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add some additional references to the Yuri Arcurs page and this domain seems to be blacklisted. Yuri has been posting in various threads on this site and it would be useful to use some of his posts as the source of the information. Specifically I was trying to use this link microstockgroup.com/14213/14213/msg218934/#msg218934 where me mentions a decline in earnings.
Could you please remove this valuable resource site from the Wikipedia blacklist? The site started more than 10 years ago, it is a valuable source of information, for several years was #1 in Google search for “power supplies” words, never used link exchange to boost page ranking, does not send email to sell unsolicited products. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.115 ( talk • contribs) 17:02, 30 July 2013
I'm not sure why it was blacklisted, possible spamming at one point in the past? It's wiki entry is valid so I'm wondering if it can be delisted from the spamlist as there are some pages I'd like to use? Josh769 ( talk) 08:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
It took me forever to find the log in the mess of words and links on this page and the warning notice when I tried to use a link from here. When I finally did find the block log, it has no record of why it was blocked or by whom. It looks like the site is fine to me, so it should be unblocked.-- Metallurgist ( talk) 23:11, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
icax.co.uk: 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 Appears to be keyword spammed link farm designed for SEO positioning. It's a low value link and scattered around numerous articles related to alternative energy Cantaloupe2 ( talk) 12:48, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
sgs.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 Sockpuppet SPIs have been adding links to SGS press releases to numerous articles. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Schmetterling5/Archive. -- Dennis Bratland ( talk) 15:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
angellis.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 Various editors, mostly anonymous IPs have been using this website as a reference on several articles about prehistoric animals, but, the site is not a reputable source by any stretch, being a fanmade site filled with original research of very little value.-- Mr Fink ( talk) 16:54, 11 July 2013 (UTC)
IP range adding a dubious link to the German website of a "Mosler Safe Company" to various safe-related articles, including Mosler Safe Company, a historically famous American safe manufacturer that went bankrupt in 2001. -- McGeddon ( talk) 09:25, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
VQuakr ( talk) 04:18, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
IP has been adding the same link since 2012 -- Glaisher [talk] 16:22, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
lawrenceindia.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
First it was through the user name Royaltrains ( 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) which was bloked from editing. After that another username
maharajasexpresstrains.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
thepalaceonwheels.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
spywareloop.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
Sourov0000 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
[1] [2] ... etc. User has been spamming this on dozens of articles today. -- Mesoderm ( talk) 22:25, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thealternativepress.com
This is nothing more than sites like the Examiner and Associated.As I am checking the WP refs, the links are copied press releases and things plagiarized from other sources.Maybe not all but it looks like it so far. I noticed it popping-up today in a seriously overlinked article Teresa Giudice, and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. I read the linked reference and it was nothing more than reconstituted info. that had already been published by news organizations.(edited to add: it was actually word-forword copied from The Star-Ledger!) Housewifehader ( talk) 22:39, 31 July 2013 (UTC) There is no need for this site to be used as a reference here unless it contains original or exclusive content.I hope that I have formatted this correctly;). Here is the example of where the ref. goes as used in these articles : http://thealternativepress.com/towns/west-essex/sections/law-and-justice/articles/nj-housewives-star-theresa-guidice-and-husband-i Housewifehader ( talk) 21:51, 31 July 2013 (UTC) Housewifehader ( talk) 21:45, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
This has been ongoing for some time from different IP adresses, the latest bout of spammers are: 195.144.63.18 ( 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) 212.203.111.210 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) 85.3.200.64 ( 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) (see the diffs from July 30 to August 3).
Really disruptive spamming since it replaces valid links and information with links to this company. Sjö ( talk) 07:38, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Google Analytics ID: UA-38591310 - ( Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 11:53, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
investmentunderground.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 This "source" is only used by the Morning277 a.k.a. Wiki-pr.com spammers. Examples found in a big box of junk:
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
As I write, there are 20 of these links in the article space of the English Wikipedia, and 30 elsewhere. This outfit has multiple people working on insertion of new articles, restoration of deleted articles, and maintenance of their preferred content in articles. I understand that the links are normally removed before blacklisting. If this is approved, I'm willing to remove the links from the English Wikipedia afterward.
— rybec 00:36, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
( edit conflict)In the past, the Morning277 editors always became autoconfirmed before posting their articles. Recently, they've stopped doing that, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind going back to their previous behavior. If I understand correctly, XLinkBot does not affect autoconfirmed editors. Below, I contend that good-faith use of this URL occurs in at most one article on the English Wikipedia.
The Wikipedia search says there are 13 results, but only shows 12 articles on the results page. I assume it's because one article contains two Investment Underground citations.
User:Sublimeharmony/sandbox11 contains 75 distinct articles; of those, 17 linked to this site (22.6%). Of the 4,306,170 articles on the English Wikipedia, only 12 link to Investment Underground (0.00027%). Arithmetically, there's not much ambiguity, even if all 12 articles were unrelated to the spamming PR firm. However, I believe that all or nearly all were placed on Wikipedia by that PR firm. If the relationship between Investment Underground and the company placing these Wikipedia is what I suspect it is, it should be obvious why they would choose not to disclose that. For further evidence, look at the timing of when stories appear on investmentunderground.com and vatalyst.com, and the first appearance of the Wikipedia article.
Here are the 12 articles which cite Investment Underground, and some of the reasons why I think they're all products of the same company:
To belabor a point, there are 4.3 million articles on the wiki, of which 12 cite Investment Underground and 8 cite Vatalyst, with an overlap of 3 articles that cite both! For that to happen by chance is like having three people in your city who each won a lottery grand prize, got struck by lightning and were bitten by sharks. Also, for two of them, there were stories by Andrew Moran in Digital Journal (he's not their only writer). It's as though the same shark came back and gave two of those people a second bite. It would make sense if the three subjects had a great deal in common, or if Investment Underground, Vatalyst, and Andrew Moran all produced a huge volume of stories—but they don't. The assumption that they all have the same publicist, who has an "in" with the ostensible journalists, is the only reasonable explanation.
Another thing I notice is that the domains wiki-pr.com, vatalyst.com, investmentunderground.com and cabusinessjournal.org are all registered with Godaddy and the whois information is private. While Godaddy is a very popular registrar, this is suspicious by itself.
The only article where I see this site used that isn't very obviously a Morning277 write-up is the EFans article, and I think I've shown it's reasonable to have suspicion about that one. I just don't see this site used by non-spammers. Morning277 is hardly likely to send in a signed affidavit disclosing its relationship with Investment Underground, Vatalyst, and the California Business Journal. — rybec 02:50, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
vatalyst.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 The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com above.
This site was referenced in 22 Sublimeharmony articles: [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
This is currently used as a reference in 8 articles on the English Wikipedia:
— rybec 07:48, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
dividendkings.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 The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com and vatalyst.com above.
This site was referenced in Sublimeharmony articles:
It is not currently used in articles on the English Wikipedia, although there are three sandboxes which refer to it:
Jvn mht ( talk · contribs) has been blocked. The draft cites Vatalyst, Dividend Kings and Yahoo Voices as its only sources.
Besides the pameladeter blog, all the sources for these three sandboxes come from the short list I posted at Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Morning277. — rybec 15:51, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
cabusinessjournal.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com The rationale is the same as for investmentunderground.com, vatalyst.com and dividendkings.com above.
This site was referenced in Sublimeharmony articles:
The uses on the English Wikipedia [62] include many of the same articles I mentioned in regard to investmentunderground.com, vatalyst.com and dividendkings.com. You'll see those sites cited along with this one. All the uses look like Morning277's work, or discussion of it. Right now it's in only six main-space articles:
— rybec 19:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
celebritiesheight.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
This website is currently being spammed by numerous hit 'n run accounts. So far I have caught:
Looking at the search results when searching for the domain, there are probably at least 30 more accounts spamming the website. Nymf ( talk) 17:06, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
SPI filed. MER-C 04:06, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
fncy.it: 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
is a 302 redirect to bitly.com
— rybec 07:01, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
See WikiProject Spam report. Of the 30 or so links I have removed, all of them were added by that /17. MER-C 08:09, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
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See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 06:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
42.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 Site redirects to malware, per Norton, added to Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( diff). - Pointillist ( talk) 20:37, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
obitree.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
A minor 'obituary' website which is being spammed into external links sections of articles on recently-deceased as a link to a 'memorial' or similar. There is no indication whatsoever that the site is operating in any way on behalf of relatives of the deceased. Furthermore, material on the website is frequently copied from our own article - without attribution (see for example Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt[http:// obitree.com/PrincessFawzia.Fuad], James Gandolfini,[http:// obitree.com/James.Joseph.Gandolfini], Jim Kelly (martial artist)[http:// www.obitree.com/Jim.Kelly] etc.). Thus not only is this clear spam, but linking it might encourage circular referencing (it is also incidentally a breach of copyright..). Note that after I warned an initial contributor regarding spamming (see User talk:Ikristin), new accounts have been created for each instance. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 13:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
adelaide-classifieds.info: 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
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MER-C 10:48, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
cuttinglet.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
The only edits by Ndixit92 ( talk · contribs) have been to spam links to this questionable, unreliable blog through citations. ViperSnake151 Talk 18:40, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
kuaiyilicai.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 : Potential scam website purported to be a money exchange website currently being spammed by Fanxin92 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam). User has been making URL additions in a bait-and-switch manner (e.g. replacing official government website URLs with this spam URL). Diffs: [64] [65] [66]. -- benlisquare T• C• E 06:09, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
freewebtown.com/ Just need it because I can only access it if I make a link to it in the sandbox (most sites are blocked on my computer). Why was it blocked? Pubserv ( talk) 19:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
freewebtown.com/ Pubserv ( talk) 19:34, 29 July 2013 (UTC)
This site was added to the blacklist for some reason. I can't see why. The site provides information of products so I reckon it could used as a valuable resource. Thanks LumCel1 ( talk) 17:10, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
I am trying to add some additional references to the Yuri Arcurs page and this domain seems to be blacklisted. Yuri has been posting in various threads on this site and it would be useful to use some of his posts as the source of the information. Specifically I was trying to use this link microstockgroup.com/14213/14213/msg218934/#msg218934 where me mentions a decline in earnings.
Could you please remove this valuable resource site from the Wikipedia blacklist? The site started more than 10 years ago, it is a valuable source of information, for several years was #1 in Google search for “power supplies” words, never used link exchange to boost page ranking, does not send email to sell unsolicited products. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.115 ( talk • contribs) 17:02, 30 July 2013
I'm not sure why it was blacklisted, possible spamming at one point in the past? It's wiki entry is valid so I'm wondering if it can be delisted from the spamlist as there are some pages I'd like to use? Josh769 ( talk) 08:27, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
It took me forever to find the log in the mess of words and links on this page and the warning notice when I tried to use a link from here. When I finally did find the block log, it has no record of why it was blocked or by whom. It looks like the site is fine to me, so it should be unblocked.-- Metallurgist ( talk) 23:11, 14 September 2013 (UTC)