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As far as I understand, this is a single user. He is actively spam wikipedia, currently, with links that are now redirects to real webpages. Removal of his spam links could be questioned(as they appear almost legitimate unless you check the source). Please do not speedy this page under WP:DENY, as keeping track of his spam links is rather important to block his occasional sockpuppetry. Thanks. Kevin_b_er 19:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I found this very helpful in dealing with persistant linkspammers. Agathoclea 19:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Here are some other sites that were apparently victims of the same spammer. If anyone knows of others, please add to the list. -- Wmahan . 08:17, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure I agree with the recent posting of the spammer's name and contact information. Wikipedia:Harassment says, "Posting another person's personal information...is harassment.... This applies whether or not the person whose personal information is being revealed is a Wikipedia editor."
I don't want to make a big deal about this, and I realize that the spammer/vandal has gone out of his way to disrupt Wikipedia. But posting personal information seems unprofessional no matter what he has done to deserve it, and I don't see what it can accomplish aside from possibly provoking him further. Wmahan . 08:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
The phone number is clearly fake - it doesn't even fit the correct format for an Australian phone number. U-238 05:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I took the liberty of contacting this spammer's domain registrar/DNS/forwarding company about a week ago. They said they would investigate and asked for more information, and I replied with some links to diffs showing the spam.
I haven't heard from the company since then, and I haven't pursued the issue in the hope that the problem would resolve itself without the need for further escalation.
But if the spam continues, this is a route to consider. Another possibility is contacting proboards.com, which hosts the site the spam domains redirect to. Spamming may be against their Terms of Service agreement. I still hope that the spam will stop without us needing to take such steps, though. Wmahan . 14:42, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Now who up and protected this page about 16 days after the last vandalization?! Now that's annoying! 68.39.174.238 13:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
In the Sydney Morning Herald: Unauthorised Bindi site 'not unethical'. The article mentions also mentions philipruddock dot com and amandavanstone dot com as being registered by him. Andjam 17:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I love this little gem: "On other websites, such as Wikipedia and several science and space-based sites, user names linked to a Wayne Smith have been banned for cyber-vandalism and inappropriate comments." [1]. = ) -- Netsnipe ► 23:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
This is his response to the bindiirwin.com incident
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=603051&p=2#r37
Why do you implicitily assume, Wayne Smith is the real name of the guy. WHOIS rarely provides such specific information as to identify the user. For example, this Smith could be just a representative of an ISP firm and had nothing to do with this. Until someone can convincingly prove Wayne Smith is truly the guy in question, I strongly suggest any references to his identity to be removed. Raja Lon Flattery 18:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7518 If they ever fix it. Anomo 12:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Still spamming as of March 2009. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 23:57, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Note that these links have been added to many Wikimedia Foundation projects:
Wikipedia:
Commons:
Meta-Wiki:
Wikinews:
Wikiquote:
Wiktionary:
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 07:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Is this another sock? -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 20:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I suggest watching this article; there have been some unusual edits lately by Australian IPs. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 12:04, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
In these edits user Intersys added some correct information, however, the edits need fixing and action. I think it's easier to follow the history if I do not clean it up myself because I can't blacklist the URLs.
The changes were:
The changes need to be fixed: In the
Known IP addresses section, the address 124.185.79.154 was added twice: item 31 is an incorrect (missing a brace) duplicate of item 25. Item 31 should be deleted and item 25 needs to be moved so it is in the correct order. Done
Additional changes required are:
In addition, these three URLs need to be blacklisted: rodbeckstrom.info rodbeckstrom.org rodbeckstrom.net
For completeness, I'll mention that I asked here for Rodhullandemu to monitor Rod Beckstrom. Would an admin please clean up. Thanks. Johnuniq ( talk) 04:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
This is the
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Long-term abuse/Universe Daily page. |
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As far as I understand, this is a single user. He is actively spam wikipedia, currently, with links that are now redirects to real webpages. Removal of his spam links could be questioned(as they appear almost legitimate unless you check the source). Please do not speedy this page under WP:DENY, as keeping track of his spam links is rather important to block his occasional sockpuppetry. Thanks. Kevin_b_er 19:28, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I found this very helpful in dealing with persistant linkspammers. Agathoclea 19:32, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Here are some other sites that were apparently victims of the same spammer. If anyone knows of others, please add to the list. -- Wmahan . 08:17, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure I agree with the recent posting of the spammer's name and contact information. Wikipedia:Harassment says, "Posting another person's personal information...is harassment.... This applies whether or not the person whose personal information is being revealed is a Wikipedia editor."
I don't want to make a big deal about this, and I realize that the spammer/vandal has gone out of his way to disrupt Wikipedia. But posting personal information seems unprofessional no matter what he has done to deserve it, and I don't see what it can accomplish aside from possibly provoking him further. Wmahan . 08:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
The phone number is clearly fake - it doesn't even fit the correct format for an Australian phone number. U-238 05:27, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
I took the liberty of contacting this spammer's domain registrar/DNS/forwarding company about a week ago. They said they would investigate and asked for more information, and I replied with some links to diffs showing the spam.
I haven't heard from the company since then, and I haven't pursued the issue in the hope that the problem would resolve itself without the need for further escalation.
But if the spam continues, this is a route to consider. Another possibility is contacting proboards.com, which hosts the site the spam domains redirect to. Spamming may be against their Terms of Service agreement. I still hope that the spam will stop without us needing to take such steps, though. Wmahan . 14:42, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Now who up and protected this page about 16 days after the last vandalization?! Now that's annoying! 68.39.174.238 13:29, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
In the Sydney Morning Herald: Unauthorised Bindi site 'not unethical'. The article mentions also mentions philipruddock dot com and amandavanstone dot com as being registered by him. Andjam 17:17, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I love this little gem: "On other websites, such as Wikipedia and several science and space-based sites, user names linked to a Wayne Smith have been banned for cyber-vandalism and inappropriate comments." [1]. = ) -- Netsnipe ► 23:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
This is his response to the bindiirwin.com incident
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=603051&p=2#r37
Why do you implicitily assume, Wayne Smith is the real name of the guy. WHOIS rarely provides such specific information as to identify the user. For example, this Smith could be just a representative of an ISP firm and had nothing to do with this. Until someone can convincingly prove Wayne Smith is truly the guy in question, I strongly suggest any references to his identity to be removed. Raja Lon Flattery 18:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7518 If they ever fix it. Anomo 12:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Still spamming as of March 2009. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 23:57, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
Note that these links have been added to many Wikimedia Foundation projects:
Wikipedia:
Commons:
Meta-Wiki:
Wikinews:
Wikiquote:
Wiktionary:
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 07:31, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Is this another sock? -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 20:19, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
I suggest watching this article; there have been some unusual edits lately by Australian IPs. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 12:04, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
In these edits user Intersys added some correct information, however, the edits need fixing and action. I think it's easier to follow the history if I do not clean it up myself because I can't blacklist the URLs.
The changes were:
The changes need to be fixed: In the
Known IP addresses section, the address 124.185.79.154 was added twice: item 31 is an incorrect (missing a brace) duplicate of item 25. Item 31 should be deleted and item 25 needs to be moved so it is in the correct order. Done
Additional changes required are:
In addition, these three URLs need to be blacklisted: rodbeckstrom.info rodbeckstrom.org rodbeckstrom.net
For completeness, I'll mention that I asked here for Rodhullandemu to monitor Rod Beckstrom. Would an admin please clean up. Thanks. Johnuniq ( talk) 04:58, 10 July 2009 (UTC)