I adapted this from my own template,
User:A. B./IPwhois, which I developed mostly for working with
WikiProject Spam. As with User:A. B./IPwhois, since so much inappropriate linking is done in good faith and therefore not necessarily spamming, I did not want use a template incorporating a perjorative name such as vandal or spam.
Link labels explained:
"talk" -- User talk page
"contribs" -- User contributions
"deleted contribs" -- accessible to admins only
"what links to user page" -- Wikipedia pages linking to user's userpage
"count" -- edit count (Interiot's tool)
"COIBot" -- links to the COIBot user-report (if generated)
"noticeboards" -- search selected noticeboards such as
WP:ANI; still requires you add user name on search page
Any smart template-writers know a way to fix this?
"noticeboards" -- searches selected noticeboard entries such as
WP:ANI
Note: this tools works intermittently and may sometimes miss contributions on entire projects. For the sake of brevity, it lists no more than 20 contributions per project.
"status" -- Is the user an admin, bureaucrat, etc.
"Linkwatcher search"-- searches for all external links added to en.wikipedia from early June 2007 onwards
My version here doesn't properly handle queries with a space in them
The Linkwatcher tool is temporarily off-line as of 10 October 2007
Note: This tool sometimes misses link additions
This tool also picks up link additions that are reversions of page blanking by vandalism patrollers and anti-vandalism bots, so not every link addition you turn up with this is spamming!
"Google" searches user name
My template here doesn't properly handle queries with a space in them
Spammers frequently use the same user name both on Wikipedia and on other sites. Especially if they've posted in
SEO-related forums, looking at their contributions elsewhere may uncover additional domains that need to be checked for spamming here.
Would it be useful to add a "block this user" feature for the benefit of admins?
I adapted this from my own template,
User:A. B./IPwhois, which I developed mostly for working with
WikiProject Spam. As with User:A. B./IPwhois, since so much inappropriate linking is done in good faith and therefore not necessarily spamming, I did not want use a template incorporating a perjorative name such as vandal or spam.
Link labels explained:
"talk" -- User talk page
"contribs" -- User contributions
"deleted contribs" -- accessible to admins only
"what links to user page" -- Wikipedia pages linking to user's userpage
"count" -- edit count (Interiot's tool)
"COIBot" -- links to the COIBot user-report (if generated)
"noticeboards" -- search selected noticeboards such as
WP:ANI; still requires you add user name on search page
Any smart template-writers know a way to fix this?
"noticeboards" -- searches selected noticeboard entries such as
WP:ANI
Note: this tools works intermittently and may sometimes miss contributions on entire projects. For the sake of brevity, it lists no more than 20 contributions per project.
"status" -- Is the user an admin, bureaucrat, etc.
"Linkwatcher search"-- searches for all external links added to en.wikipedia from early June 2007 onwards
My version here doesn't properly handle queries with a space in them
The Linkwatcher tool is temporarily off-line as of 10 October 2007
Note: This tool sometimes misses link additions
This tool also picks up link additions that are reversions of page blanking by vandalism patrollers and anti-vandalism bots, so not every link addition you turn up with this is spamming!
"Google" searches user name
My template here doesn't properly handle queries with a space in them
Spammers frequently use the same user name both on Wikipedia and on other sites. Especially if they've posted in
SEO-related forums, looking at their contributions elsewhere may uncover additional domains that need to be checked for spamming here.
Would it be useful to add a "block this user" feature for the benefit of admins?