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12.72.32.84 ( 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)
These are basically the same person adding a massive amount of spam links to dozens upon dozens of different articles in rapid succession. JBsupreme ( talk) 07:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Two users keep adding links to certain FLV player sites, and moving them to the top of the list multiple times in Flash Video.
91.189.141.202 ( 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)
flv-player.web-anatomy.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 .
Same ISP; the proprietary player has freeware and commercial versions. All edits from the IP are related to the player.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by AVRS ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 August 2008; 20:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC); 11:22, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Another IP adding this:
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
While the main IP is blocked, the link has been added yesterday and corrected today by 217.145.197.118 ( 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). -- AVRS ( talk) 10:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Now that the IP is blocked for 3 months, and the domain blacklisted on Meta, dynamic IPs in 83.0.0.0/13 or /11 have posted a URL redirect link twice:
[13],
[14].
The redirect site is: tnij.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
See m:Talk:Spam_blacklist#A_Polish_redirect_site.
-- AVRS ( talk) 16:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
88.162.31.228 ( 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)
Loucasss ( 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)
rich-media-project.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
Different ISPs, same country. These commercial-only players may actually be notable, but the user has been moving them to the top of the list, too.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by AVRS ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 August 2008; AVRS ( talk) 20:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Other users who have been adding this:
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
www.hitasoft.com/freeflvplayer.php: 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
Hosted in Canada.
-- AVRS ( talk) 13:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Moderator, This is John From Hitasoft to apology for my mistake... I have gone through the complete rules of Wiki and I wont misuse anything from here after.. Now, I have created a login and post my own wiki... So, i wont misuse any other's wiki from today onwards... My Apologies... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.165.229 ( talk) 16:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
uknationalparks.webs.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
MER-C 10:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
boi-mela.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
MER-C 12:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
relianceinsider.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 IP was spamming when I blocked him for 31 hours. Then, suddenly, his previously established user account began spamming too - apparently he's been spamming this link for some time. The username is indef blocked but the IP, as I said, is not. Krakatoa Katie 20:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 19:41, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Repeated re-addition of commercial link that does not meet criteria of WP:ELNO and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. It's a blog and forum site, and appears to be getting added for self-promotion of the site. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 23:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Galaxtur, S.A.
Esmeralda Calpe, S.A.
Unitursa Calpe S.L.
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 16:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
MiszaBot appears to have stopped working again - I think possibly because we had a blacklisted link (now moved and disabled) on the page so it wouldn't have been able to save. Does anyone know if we have to do anything to prod it back to work for us?
If the blacklisted link is why it stopped I think we should either be more careful about checking we disable links here once they've been blacklisted or we need to stop putting them in all together (which would be a shame because then old discussions don't show up when you search on a link). -- SiobhanHansa 20:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Google Adsense ID: 1349757567489797
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 00:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Google Adsense ID: 3239128903599293
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thailanddaddy.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
MER-C 11:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
This site is not spam - thailanddaddy.com - thats the reason this section was blanked out. Above needs deleting. I'll leave it for you to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A2ztech ( talk • contribs) 16:45, August 15, 2008
mca-agency.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
MER-C 11:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
twocircles.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 has been systematically adding links to this website. see [30]for an example of promo insertion. I have removed some of the more recent ones. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 06:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
76.108.217.213 ( 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)
Links to site have been added to multiple articles at least as far back as May 2007. Per the self description of the blog it fails WP:ELNO: "All opinions are mine and are subject to change without noticing. I guess its a kinda photo - travel - ranty - sports blog. Enjoy!" It appears to also be a COI issue with the user adding links to the blog to any article related to their personal travels. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 22:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
iskconmedia.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
MER-C 11:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Does the spreading of his own website's link in interwiki projects as well, we are already on the verge of banning him at huwiki. -- Timish ¤ Gül Bahçesi 12:10, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Defer to
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13:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Spam on Symposium by 117.193.163.0 ( 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) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.155.108 ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 18 August 2008
-- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 07:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
[1] chinaassistor.com/html/copyright/aboutus.htm [2] chinaassistor.com/html/copyright/contactus.htm
sermonaudio.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
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12:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
jdkatz.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
MER-C 12:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Alas, the warnings just aren't cutting it. I even tried in Spanish.
Spammers:
Montco ( talk) 18:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Kchase2 ( 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)
Legit link and a reliable source, but this user is spamming it. Katr67 ( talk) 19:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The spam filter now appears to block spam addresses in edit summaries even if the domain is not in the page text. I just learned this the hard way. It's probably a response to all the shock site spam recently left in edit summaries by vandals; some will crash browsers. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 22:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
guitarstatic.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
MER-C 12:35, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Please check external links being added by 64.62.108.202. Thanks. — Alan ✉ 20:22, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Added related links for user making request. Appears to be SPAM to me. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Account solely created to link spam. Michellecrisp ( talk) 00:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
User has been on Wikipedia since 2003, editing once in a while. The home page of the external site states that "The founder of wikiz.info is Amr Aboelela", which matches the userID here. I've left him a "welcomespam" message. -- Versa geek 01:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
there is lots of spam pn google.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.33.125 ( talk) 04:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
200.198.99.98 ( 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)
Adding external links to the above articles. Has been asked not to, I've suggested that the editor should create an article about their framework instead of posting external links, however editor has chosen to ignore their talk page and revert instead.
Cheers, This flag once was red 19:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Adsense pub-8611235936327815
basketboltr.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
It's used in a few (just under 10) articles as references. The question is, XLinkBot or blacklist? MER-C 12:07, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
In following up on the editing of IP 202.83.41.107 I came across edits by:
Who's contributions are to start brief bios all using this URL as a ref. The Bios look like they could be minor but interesting additions assuming the summaries are correct. But I'm suspicious of the editing pattern and wonder about the appropriateness of the source.
There are other uses of the site that appear to have been added in good faith. -- SiobhanHansa 12:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Current ongoing " travesti" porn site linkspam of a number of domains from a number of IP addresses.
travesti.bz: 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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There are probably more, but that's all I found. - kotra ( talk) 01:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi are there any spam removal tools?
I use the following regexes in AWB to get rid of it
<ref>\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)</ref> \[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*\s\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*(.*?)\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*(.*?) http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\s \*\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\s
I would appreciate it, if anyone can help me with a tool or help me rewrite the above regexes into one or reduce their number. Cheers ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 08:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
love007.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
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MER-C 10:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
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MER-C 12:01, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Ronz,
Here to clarify I have been posting several articles in wiki before. There are 2 type of knowledge links I try to post here. Sorry for I didn't know there is administrator for Wiki as I know it work for public to update.
My intention for updating the links here is because just trying to help others as I was working as researcher before and I know researchers are hungry for good resources. My concern is to place knowledge about ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK and GENETIC ALGORITHM stuff. A working SIMULATION implemented in C#. Please read and understand carefully for these 2 articles: Genetic Algorithm (GA) In Solving Vehicle Routing Problem and ADALINE TDL Neural Network Simulation In CSharp (C#). There are tremendous works has been carried out for these topics as they are research title for a master level.
Please email me at ahyeek@gmail.com for future clarification. I am please to provide you more resources and discuss with you where is the suitable place in wiki to be placed in order to benifit more people as I understand, a good resource is pretty benefit to a idea-hungry researchers.
Regards, Ahyeek —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahyeek ( talk • contribs) 14:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
estar solutions (pvt) ltd
Subsequently deleted or blanked
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
fictioncircus.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
Spammers:
User is on Wikipedia with the singular purpose to raise the profile of the said website, spamming them in the "External link" section of articles or creating a standalone "Reviews" section ( WP:SPAMMER). Although WP:EL's 1st and 4th recommendation allow for professional or expert reviews, user has not been able to justify the expertise or professionalism of the authors, instead relying on sentiments (paraphrased) such as "The community (I) think they are experts, so they are." and "Instead of those money-grabbing sites, this site deserves to be promoted." (Refer to User talk:CorsairSanglot#Please stop adding links to The Fiction Circus in other articles' external links for the warning and ensuing discussion.)
In short, user is insistently adding links to a site with suspect expertise and professionalism to promote the site. Jappalang ( talk) 22:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
legalmenu.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
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MER-C
12:53, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
asiadeathpenalty.blogspot.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
Ignores XLinkBot. MER-C 12:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
User has added links to multiple articles over the past year, although most additions have been done in the last 1-2 months. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 22:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 13:02, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
-- Versa geek 05:33, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
onelifeboard.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
MER-C 12:48, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Lots of recent spam. User was warned 4 times. -- Damiens.rf 21:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
dullesmarketplace.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
Carpar201 ( 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:Carpar201 seems to be spamming; inserting a link to DullesMarketplace.com wherever possible. -- Spud Gun ( talk) 16:00, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
User has been posting links to multiple External Link sections. While the site involved appears to meet the requirements for a WP:RS, the spamming of these links appears to be getting done just to add the link - in the ones I've reviewed so far, the links are not expanding on the content of the article, nor providing insight to the subject. Some links to the site have been used as refs by other editors in the past; those links appear much more appropriate.
Also, given the username involved, this appears to also be a WP:COI issue. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 17:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Spellcast ( talk) 03:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
User:Regional123 seems to be here merely to ask people to join up to Wikipedia's "rival", Conservapedia. Their contributions to date are nothing but that. Thought I'd let someone know, I hope this is the right place to do so. Alastairward ( talk) 08:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
An independant consultant attempting to fool people by making the oriflame official website link, link to his website. His attempts are constantly reversed however IP 82.7.0.227 constantly switches the official website link to link to his website, please may an admin take immediate action. Maxwhr ( talk) 16:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
This user added a stealth link to her fan site after being warned that it is against Wikipedia policy. She admitted such on another forum, and in my personal knowledge has been known to spam other fourms with links to her site. DocWatson42 ( talk) 19:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
mtcmedia.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
http://spam.lindaremedical.co.uk
http://spam.autogasscotland.com
See [63].
MER-C 12:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Hijacks links to legitimate sites. Bears watching; not enough warnings yet to justify blocking.--
A. B. (
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contribs)
21:15, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 01:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Not enough warnings to justify blacklisting. Bears watching.
--
A. B. (
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contribs)
15:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
The site itself provides summaries of news from other sites. The other sites may be appropriate, but news/search aggregators are not per WP:ELNO "Links normally to be avoided ... 9. Links to the results pages of search engines, search aggregators, or RSS feeds."
Also, in multiple cases the anon redirected a valid link in favor of his link ... keeping the original description in what appears to be an attempt to redirect page hits. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 17:03, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I received a question [64] about the tracking data I add to spammers' user talk pages; after answering it, [65] I thought it might be useful to repeat it here and see what comments and suggestions others may have:
Comments? Suggestions? --
A. B. (
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contribs)
17:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Could you take a look and tell me what you think?
The first three links all share the same Google ad-sense account. The primary edits of this user appear to be to add the above external links - but there are some good additions mixed in as well. I'm very suspicious due to three of the sites being closely related, but the mixed-in good edits make me wonder if it could somehow be a well-intentioned user who is making questionable additions of links. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 20:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Is my name listed here because I linked to a no-no website, or something? I added the link because it's a news website that verified my information. Is there a problem with it? Blue Danube ( talk) 02:36, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
percorch.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
MER-C 12:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I warned this user about spamming and rolled back all the links without contacting y'all. Today he's reverted all my edits. (See my talk page and his/hers for more info.) I haven't had time for more than a quick reply but I think this needs a sterner warning and an admin to roll back the links again. Gotta run, thanks. Katr67 ( talk) 15:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Millionstars alerted me on my talk page to some related spam/spammers:
I haven't done any cleanup, but note that link in Utah article isn't broken just misformatted. Katr67 ( talk) 17:45, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Agiletax ( 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)
salesandusetax.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
floridahealthinsuranceweb.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
Vast majority of edits are addition of a "reference" that is really just a link-aggregator ad-farm. Primary sources should be referenced instead in all cases. 128.138.120.79 ( talk) 19:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Template:IPSummary has added links to Template:LinkSummary to more than 40 articles, with only a couple of other edits. I reverted all such links made by the IP and left this warning. Another editor has questioned here whether the links are spam. The editor at 216.228.170.126 has questioned my actions here. I welcome review and any feedback on my actions. -- Donald Albury 15:33, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely spam, as they ignored your warning. Also:
MER-C 02:03, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I am the author of the material in question. I believe the material fits the Wiki guidelines for adding external links. It is directly relevant, free, and not meant to promote any product or website. If it were possible to add it directly to Wiki without an external website, I would gladly do so. These are complex animations of battles showing the background and movement of forces during battles - each takes about 200-250 hours to build in Flash. Take a look at Gettysburg and decide for yourself: http://www.historyanimated.com/GettysburgAnimation.html
Donald Asbury (above) deleted some links and received this response from one of the authors "Hi, Donald. I'm not sure why you think the animated history links are spam, but I restored the one on General Forrest after checking the link. I think it's an excellent link for anyone interested in Forrest's military history. JD Lambert"
And the only time I am aware I was warned about adding links the actual author of the material repsonded to the warning person "I came here to thank Jcagney for adding the "Animated History of The Siege of Petersburg and Surrender at Appomattox" external link to the Battle of Sayler's Creek article which i was watching because i recently created the Sayler's Creek Battlefield article. I found it really interesting and played it all the way through. I could see it being questioned for its direct relevance to any one article like the Battle of Sayler's Creek article, which is covered in only one page of the animation. The animation would be most relevant for a wikipedia article about the entire siege-to-surrender period, if there is one. However, for the Sayler's Creek article, having the link there still helps to place that battle in a larger context. I think this is an unusual thing, we should try to figure out how to incorporate links to this, rather than block it off because it is different. Anyhow, thanks again because i enjoyed it! doncram (talk) 22:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)"
I asked the owner of the Gettysburg Battle page to take a look at the material on the external link and asked it would be OK to list the link on the page. He is also the author of all the maps on most of the Civil War battle pages and heavily involved in all the sites. His response: "It is not possible to give "permission" in Wikipedia because people can always edit away things others find satisfactory. I have no objection to this link (other than that I don't like the word The capitalized). There are people and robots around, however, who object to mass additions of links, so you need to be judicious. For example, adding links to all the generals' bio pages was rather over the I top. One link per battle or campaign seems fine to me. But that's just my opinion. ..... Hal Jespersen (talk) 17:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I stand chastised and agree to not violate what Hal Jespersen has suggested. Given that, does anyone have any objection to my restablishing the external links as suggested? One per campaign/battle? Thank you
Please advise, Thanks, James Cagney— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcagney ( talk • contribs)
My apology for being a bad typist. I did not mean to overwrite - I tried to correct. I had a further clarification from Hal Jespersen - who appears to be the main force behind the Wiki Civil War project. He states "I think your animations are well done and don't object to judicious inclusion as External links. My concept of judicious would be to select only the most important or relevant places to link. For instance, Gettysburg has dozens of articles about the campaign and battle and literally hundreds of articles about men, women, and units who fought there. I'd recommend linking only from Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Campaign (assuming you also animate the campaign as a whole). By the way, 'reliable sources' is a concept only relevant if someone were to put your animation into References or Notes, using them as a cited source of info for writing the article. In most of the important ACW articles that are well-cited, we tend to avoid website References unless they have very notable owners, such as government agencies, universities, historical societies, etc. Hal Jespersen (talk) 15:05, 10 September 2008 (UTC)"
As far as the Reliable Sources go, all the animations religiously follow the best historical sources and attempt to add nothing to them. When an opinion is given, it is the opinion of a noted historical writer and quoted as such. They follow the same pattern as all Wiki material that is in text or maps - they draw on the work of the best historians without attempting to add any interpretation to the material. The animations are highlighted on the websites of Dakota State University (the key site for history education links), TeacherOz (the key site for primary and secondary history teachers), University of Victoria, are on the curriculum of dozens of primary/secondary/colleges in the US and abroad. They are also used extensively within the Unites States military (army, navy, and marines) for historical training of US forces. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcagney Jcagney ( talk) 20:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC))( talk • contribs) 20:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Looks like a spam-only account, but the link appears "
useful". I haven't done any investigation or cleanup.
Katr67 (
talk)
14:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Reported by Kelly hi! 03:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Please pitch in and help whittle this down. We have editors who've been waiting several months.
Thanks, -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
This started as a content dispute so I would really appreciate other editors taking a look at this for me.
Template:UserSummary added references on the 529 plan article to Template:LinkSummary. I removed them stating it wasn't a reliable source but the other editor reverted with reasoning on [ talk page]. While building the case that this was not a reliable source I discovered the domain name had been registered only two days before My man manny added it to the article. I looked back through past contributions and found links added to similar sites also registered to the same user and in one case also added only shortly after the site had been registered:
This looks like an attempt to get adsense sites into Wikipedia to me, but especially since this started out as a content dispute, I would appreciate other comments.
-- SiobhanHansa 20:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Not knowing much about Wikipedia, doing some more reading I see that I have been editing in violation of the TOS. (Not all of my edits, mind, but some.) I will not be editing Wikipedia further. I would delete my account, but that does not seem to be possible. (Ah. I just changed my password to something I will never remember. That will do the trick.) -- My man manny ( talk) 23:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 12:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Template:IPSummary Has repeatedly spammed Dragon Ball related articles with links to blogspot.com. Has been warned mutiple times, but contained to re-add the links without discussing their volidity. [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] -- Farix ( Talk) 12:44, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
User spamming link to multiple oral healthcare related articles. The link is essentially a commercial website, although the specific pages linked are somewhat informative - still, better links already exist in the related articles, so these links are redundant at best. Also, note that the user name of the contributor is the same as the company mentioned on the website, so a likely COI issue here as well. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 20:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 12:45, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 11:40, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
The user Masparasol had a very sparse and otherwise unremarkable editing history until last month. Since August 15 the user has added links to healthaliciousness.com to 26 articles, but made no other edits. There are currently 39 links to healthaliciousness.com from en-WP. Ordinarily I would just revert these links, but Masparasol may be acting in good faith, and I would like some opinions on this before I start chopping. -- Donald Albury 08:13, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
Isabellaklump ( 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)
12.72.32.84 ( 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)
These are basically the same person adding a massive amount of spam links to dozens upon dozens of different articles in rapid succession. JBsupreme ( talk) 07:02, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Two users keep adding links to certain FLV player sites, and moving them to the top of the list multiple times in Flash Video.
91.189.141.202 ( 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)
flv-player.web-anatomy.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 .
Same ISP; the proprietary player has freeware and commercial versions. All edits from the IP are related to the player.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by AVRS ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 August 2008; 20:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC); 11:22, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Another IP adding this:
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
While the main IP is blocked, the link has been added yesterday and corrected today by 217.145.197.118 ( 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). -- AVRS ( talk) 10:12, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Now that the IP is blocked for 3 months, and the domain blacklisted on Meta, dynamic IPs in 83.0.0.0/13 or /11 have posted a URL redirect link twice:
[13],
[14].
The redirect site is: tnij.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
See m:Talk:Spam_blacklist#A_Polish_redirect_site.
-- AVRS ( talk) 16:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
88.162.31.228 ( 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)
Loucasss ( 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)
rich-media-project.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
Different ISPs, same country. These commercial-only players may actually be notable, but the user has been moving them to the top of the list, too.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by AVRS ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 August 2008; AVRS ( talk) 20:06, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Other users who have been adding this:
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
www.hitasoft.com/freeflvplayer.php: 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
Hosted in Canada.
-- AVRS ( talk) 13:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello Moderator, This is John From Hitasoft to apology for my mistake... I have gone through the complete rules of Wiki and I wont misuse anything from here after.. Now, I have created a login and post my own wiki... So, i wont misuse any other's wiki from today onwards... My Apologies... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.165.229 ( talk) 16:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
uknationalparks.webs.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
MER-C 10:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
boi-mela.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
MER-C 12:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
relianceinsider.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 IP was spamming when I blocked him for 31 hours. Then, suddenly, his previously established user account began spamming too - apparently he's been spamming this link for some time. The username is indef blocked but the IP, as I said, is not. Krakatoa Katie 20:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 19:41, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Repeated re-addition of commercial link that does not meet criteria of WP:ELNO and WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. It's a blog and forum site, and appears to be getting added for self-promotion of the site. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 23:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Galaxtur, S.A.
Esmeralda Calpe, S.A.
Unitursa Calpe S.L.
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 16:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
MiszaBot appears to have stopped working again - I think possibly because we had a blacklisted link (now moved and disabled) on the page so it wouldn't have been able to save. Does anyone know if we have to do anything to prod it back to work for us?
If the blacklisted link is why it stopped I think we should either be more careful about checking we disable links here once they've been blacklisted or we need to stop putting them in all together (which would be a shame because then old discussions don't show up when you search on a link). -- SiobhanHansa 20:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Google Adsense ID: 1349757567489797
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 00:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Google Adsense ID: 3239128903599293
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 02:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thailanddaddy.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
MER-C 11:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
This site is not spam - thailanddaddy.com - thats the reason this section was blanked out. Above needs deleting. I'll leave it for you to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A2ztech ( talk • contribs) 16:45, August 15, 2008
mca-agency.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
MER-C 11:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
twocircles.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 has been systematically adding links to this website. see [30]for an example of promo insertion. I have removed some of the more recent ones. ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 06:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
76.108.217.213 ( 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)
Links to site have been added to multiple articles at least as far back as May 2007. Per the self description of the blog it fails WP:ELNO: "All opinions are mine and are subject to change without noticing. I guess its a kinda photo - travel - ranty - sports blog. Enjoy!" It appears to also be a COI issue with the user adding links to the blog to any article related to their personal travels. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 22:44, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
iskconmedia.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
MER-C 11:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Does the spreading of his own website's link in interwiki projects as well, we are already on the verge of banning him at huwiki. -- Timish ¤ Gül Bahçesi 12:10, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Defer to
Global blacklist
MER-C
13:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Spam on Symposium by 117.193.163.0 ( 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) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.155.108 ( talk • contribs) 18:23, 18 August 2008
-- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 07:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
[1] chinaassistor.com/html/copyright/aboutus.htm [2] chinaassistor.com/html/copyright/contactus.htm
sermonaudio.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
Defer to
XLinkBot
MER-C
12:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
jdkatz.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
MER-C 12:23, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Alas, the warnings just aren't cutting it. I even tried in Spanish.
Spammers:
Montco ( talk) 18:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Kchase2 ( 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)
Legit link and a reliable source, but this user is spamming it. Katr67 ( talk) 19:30, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
The spam filter now appears to block spam addresses in edit summaries even if the domain is not in the page text. I just learned this the hard way. It's probably a response to all the shock site spam recently left in edit summaries by vandals; some will crash browsers. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 22:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 06:41, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
guitarstatic.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
MER-C 12:35, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Please check external links being added by 64.62.108.202. Thanks. — Alan ✉ 20:22, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Added related links for user making request. Appears to be SPAM to me. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Account solely created to link spam. Michellecrisp ( talk) 00:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
User has been on Wikipedia since 2003, editing once in a while. The home page of the external site states that "The founder of wikiz.info is Amr Aboelela", which matches the userID here. I've left him a "welcomespam" message. -- Versa geek 01:03, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
there is lots of spam pn google.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.33.125 ( talk) 04:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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Adding external links to the above articles. Has been asked not to, I've suggested that the editor should create an article about their framework instead of posting external links, however editor has chosen to ignore their talk page and revert instead.
Cheers, This flag once was red 19:56, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
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It's used in a few (just under 10) articles as references. The question is, XLinkBot or blacklist? MER-C 12:07, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
In following up on the editing of IP 202.83.41.107 I came across edits by:
Who's contributions are to start brief bios all using this URL as a ref. The Bios look like they could be minor but interesting additions assuming the summaries are correct. But I'm suspicious of the editing pattern and wonder about the appropriateness of the source.
There are other uses of the site that appear to have been added in good faith. -- SiobhanHansa 12:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Current ongoing " travesti" porn site linkspam of a number of domains from a number of IP addresses.
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There are probably more, but that's all I found. - kotra ( talk) 01:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi are there any spam removal tools?
I use the following regexes in AWB to get rid of it
<ref>\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)</ref> \[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*\s\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*(.*?)\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] \*(.*?) http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\s \*\[http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\] http\://www\.xyz\.com/(.*?)\s
I would appreciate it, if anyone can help me with a tool or help me rewrite the above regexes into one or reduce their number. Cheers ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 08:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
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MER-C 12:01, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Ronz,
Here to clarify I have been posting several articles in wiki before. There are 2 type of knowledge links I try to post here. Sorry for I didn't know there is administrator for Wiki as I know it work for public to update.
My intention for updating the links here is because just trying to help others as I was working as researcher before and I know researchers are hungry for good resources. My concern is to place knowledge about ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK and GENETIC ALGORITHM stuff. A working SIMULATION implemented in C#. Please read and understand carefully for these 2 articles: Genetic Algorithm (GA) In Solving Vehicle Routing Problem and ADALINE TDL Neural Network Simulation In CSharp (C#). There are tremendous works has been carried out for these topics as they are research title for a master level.
Please email me at ahyeek@gmail.com for future clarification. I am please to provide you more resources and discuss with you where is the suitable place in wiki to be placed in order to benifit more people as I understand, a good resource is pretty benefit to a idea-hungry researchers.
Regards, Ahyeek —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahyeek ( talk • contribs) 14:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
estar solutions (pvt) ltd
Subsequently deleted or blanked
-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
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Spammers:
User is on Wikipedia with the singular purpose to raise the profile of the said website, spamming them in the "External link" section of articles or creating a standalone "Reviews" section ( WP:SPAMMER). Although WP:EL's 1st and 4th recommendation allow for professional or expert reviews, user has not been able to justify the expertise or professionalism of the authors, instead relying on sentiments (paraphrased) such as "The community (I) think they are experts, so they are." and "Instead of those money-grabbing sites, this site deserves to be promoted." (Refer to User talk:CorsairSanglot#Please stop adding links to The Fiction Circus in other articles' external links for the warning and ensuing discussion.)
In short, user is insistently adding links to a site with suspect expertise and professionalism to promote the site. Jappalang ( talk) 22:28, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
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Defer to
Global blacklist
MER-C
12:53, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
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Ignores XLinkBot. MER-C 12:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
User has added links to multiple articles over the past year, although most additions have been done in the last 1-2 months. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 22:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 13:02, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
-- Versa geek 05:33, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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MER-C 12:48, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Lots of recent spam. User was warned 4 times. -- Damiens.rf 21:06, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
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Carpar201 ( 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:Carpar201 seems to be spamming; inserting a link to DullesMarketplace.com wherever possible. -- Spud Gun ( talk) 16:00, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
User has been posting links to multiple External Link sections. While the site involved appears to meet the requirements for a WP:RS, the spamming of these links appears to be getting done just to add the link - in the ones I've reviewed so far, the links are not expanding on the content of the article, nor providing insight to the subject. Some links to the site have been used as refs by other editors in the past; those links appear much more appropriate.
Also, given the username involved, this appears to also be a WP:COI issue. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 17:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Spellcast ( talk) 03:09, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
User:Regional123 seems to be here merely to ask people to join up to Wikipedia's "rival", Conservapedia. Their contributions to date are nothing but that. Thought I'd let someone know, I hope this is the right place to do so. Alastairward ( talk) 08:08, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
An independant consultant attempting to fool people by making the oriflame official website link, link to his website. His attempts are constantly reversed however IP 82.7.0.227 constantly switches the official website link to link to his website, please may an admin take immediate action. Maxwhr ( talk) 16:17, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
This user added a stealth link to her fan site after being warned that it is against Wikipedia policy. She admitted such on another forum, and in my personal knowledge has been known to spam other fourms with links to her site. DocWatson42 ( talk) 19:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
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http://spam.lindaremedical.co.uk
http://spam.autogasscotland.com
See [63].
MER-C 12:57, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Hijacks links to legitimate sites. Bears watching; not enough warnings yet to justify blocking.--
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-- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 01:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Not enough warnings to justify blacklisting. Bears watching.
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The site itself provides summaries of news from other sites. The other sites may be appropriate, but news/search aggregators are not per WP:ELNO "Links normally to be avoided ... 9. Links to the results pages of search engines, search aggregators, or RSS feeds."
Also, in multiple cases the anon redirected a valid link in favor of his link ... keeping the original description in what appears to be an attempt to redirect page hits. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 17:03, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
I received a question [64] about the tracking data I add to spammers' user talk pages; after answering it, [65] I thought it might be useful to repeat it here and see what comments and suggestions others may have:
Comments? Suggestions? --
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Could you take a look and tell me what you think?
The first three links all share the same Google ad-sense account. The primary edits of this user appear to be to add the above external links - but there are some good additions mixed in as well. I'm very suspicious due to three of the sites being closely related, but the mixed-in good edits make me wonder if it could somehow be a well-intentioned user who is making questionable additions of links. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 20:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Is my name listed here because I linked to a no-no website, or something? I added the link because it's a news website that verified my information. Is there a problem with it? Blue Danube ( talk) 02:36, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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MER-C 12:50, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I warned this user about spamming and rolled back all the links without contacting y'all. Today he's reverted all my edits. (See my talk page and his/hers for more info.) I haven't had time for more than a quick reply but I think this needs a sterner warning and an admin to roll back the links again. Gotta run, thanks. Katr67 ( talk) 15:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Millionstars alerted me on my talk page to some related spam/spammers:
I haven't done any cleanup, but note that link in Utah article isn't broken just misformatted. Katr67 ( talk) 17:45, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
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Vast majority of edits are addition of a "reference" that is really just a link-aggregator ad-farm. Primary sources should be referenced instead in all cases. 128.138.120.79 ( talk) 19:11, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Template:IPSummary has added links to Template:LinkSummary to more than 40 articles, with only a couple of other edits. I reverted all such links made by the IP and left this warning. Another editor has questioned here whether the links are spam. The editor at 216.228.170.126 has questioned my actions here. I welcome review and any feedback on my actions. -- Donald Albury 15:33, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
It's definitely spam, as they ignored your warning. Also:
MER-C 02:03, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I am the author of the material in question. I believe the material fits the Wiki guidelines for adding external links. It is directly relevant, free, and not meant to promote any product or website. If it were possible to add it directly to Wiki without an external website, I would gladly do so. These are complex animations of battles showing the background and movement of forces during battles - each takes about 200-250 hours to build in Flash. Take a look at Gettysburg and decide for yourself: http://www.historyanimated.com/GettysburgAnimation.html
Donald Asbury (above) deleted some links and received this response from one of the authors "Hi, Donald. I'm not sure why you think the animated history links are spam, but I restored the one on General Forrest after checking the link. I think it's an excellent link for anyone interested in Forrest's military history. JD Lambert"
And the only time I am aware I was warned about adding links the actual author of the material repsonded to the warning person "I came here to thank Jcagney for adding the "Animated History of The Siege of Petersburg and Surrender at Appomattox" external link to the Battle of Sayler's Creek article which i was watching because i recently created the Sayler's Creek Battlefield article. I found it really interesting and played it all the way through. I could see it being questioned for its direct relevance to any one article like the Battle of Sayler's Creek article, which is covered in only one page of the animation. The animation would be most relevant for a wikipedia article about the entire siege-to-surrender period, if there is one. However, for the Sayler's Creek article, having the link there still helps to place that battle in a larger context. I think this is an unusual thing, we should try to figure out how to incorporate links to this, rather than block it off because it is different. Anyhow, thanks again because i enjoyed it! doncram (talk) 22:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)"
I asked the owner of the Gettysburg Battle page to take a look at the material on the external link and asked it would be OK to list the link on the page. He is also the author of all the maps on most of the Civil War battle pages and heavily involved in all the sites. His response: "It is not possible to give "permission" in Wikipedia because people can always edit away things others find satisfactory. I have no objection to this link (other than that I don't like the word The capitalized). There are people and robots around, however, who object to mass additions of links, so you need to be judicious. For example, adding links to all the generals' bio pages was rather over the I top. One link per battle or campaign seems fine to me. But that's just my opinion. ..... Hal Jespersen (talk) 17:01, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I stand chastised and agree to not violate what Hal Jespersen has suggested. Given that, does anyone have any objection to my restablishing the external links as suggested? One per campaign/battle? Thank you
Please advise, Thanks, James Cagney— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcagney ( talk • contribs)
My apology for being a bad typist. I did not mean to overwrite - I tried to correct. I had a further clarification from Hal Jespersen - who appears to be the main force behind the Wiki Civil War project. He states "I think your animations are well done and don't object to judicious inclusion as External links. My concept of judicious would be to select only the most important or relevant places to link. For instance, Gettysburg has dozens of articles about the campaign and battle and literally hundreds of articles about men, women, and units who fought there. I'd recommend linking only from Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Campaign (assuming you also animate the campaign as a whole). By the way, 'reliable sources' is a concept only relevant if someone were to put your animation into References or Notes, using them as a cited source of info for writing the article. In most of the important ACW articles that are well-cited, we tend to avoid website References unless they have very notable owners, such as government agencies, universities, historical societies, etc. Hal Jespersen (talk) 15:05, 10 September 2008 (UTC)"
As far as the Reliable Sources go, all the animations religiously follow the best historical sources and attempt to add nothing to them. When an opinion is given, it is the opinion of a noted historical writer and quoted as such. They follow the same pattern as all Wiki material that is in text or maps - they draw on the work of the best historians without attempting to add any interpretation to the material. The animations are highlighted on the websites of Dakota State University (the key site for history education links), TeacherOz (the key site for primary and secondary history teachers), University of Victoria, are on the curriculum of dozens of primary/secondary/colleges in the US and abroad. They are also used extensively within the Unites States military (army, navy, and marines) for historical training of US forces. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jcagney Jcagney ( talk) 20:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC))( talk • contribs) 20:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Looks like a spam-only account, but the link appears "
useful". I haven't done any investigation or cleanup.
Katr67 (
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Reported by Kelly hi! 03:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Please pitch in and help whittle this down. We have editors who've been waiting several months.
Thanks, -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 15:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
This started as a content dispute so I would really appreciate other editors taking a look at this for me.
Template:UserSummary added references on the 529 plan article to Template:LinkSummary. I removed them stating it wasn't a reliable source but the other editor reverted with reasoning on [ talk page]. While building the case that this was not a reliable source I discovered the domain name had been registered only two days before My man manny added it to the article. I looked back through past contributions and found links added to similar sites also registered to the same user and in one case also added only shortly after the site had been registered:
This looks like an attempt to get adsense sites into Wikipedia to me, but especially since this started out as a content dispute, I would appreciate other comments.
-- SiobhanHansa 20:51, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Not knowing much about Wikipedia, doing some more reading I see that I have been editing in violation of the TOS. (Not all of my edits, mind, but some.) I will not be editing Wikipedia further. I would delete my account, but that does not seem to be possible. (Ah. I just changed my password to something I will never remember. That will do the trick.) -- My man manny ( talk) 23:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 12:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
Template:IPSummary Has repeatedly spammed Dragon Ball related articles with links to blogspot.com. Has been warned mutiple times, but contained to re-add the links without discussing their volidity. [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] -- Farix ( Talk) 12:44, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
User spamming link to multiple oral healthcare related articles. The link is essentially a commercial website, although the specific pages linked are somewhat informative - still, better links already exist in the related articles, so these links are redundant at best. Also, note that the user name of the contributor is the same as the company mentioned on the website, so a likely COI issue here as well. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 20:11, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 12:45, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
MER-C 11:40, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
The user Masparasol had a very sparse and otherwise unremarkable editing history until last month. Since August 15 the user has added links to healthaliciousness.com to 26 articles, but made no other edits. There are currently 39 links to healthaliciousness.com from en-WP. Ordinarily I would just revert these links, but Masparasol may be acting in good faith, and I would like some opinions on this before I start chopping. -- Donald Albury 08:13, 11 September 2008 (UTC)