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bollypedia.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 - Morya raj has gone out of their way to add multiple links to this site to various articles, often in inappropriate places like in the lede to confirm the name of a film, or at the top of a section. Seems like clear promotion to me. Here they are adding inline external links to various soundtrack titles, ostensibly to drive traffic to that site. Here are some other examples: [1] [2] [3]. Based on this link, the site looks like a meaningless blog with a fancy color scheme instead of a clear editorial policy. As of this note, the link was only found in a handful of articles, and appear to mostly have been added by Morya raj. Katti Batti, Talvar (film), Jazbaa, Shaandaar, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Singh Is Bliing. I'll remove the links. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Biotechparadise ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
This user's activity is mainly adding citations. The same citation is added to multiple articles. Furthermore, the citations linked are to recently published scientific papers (primary sources). The papers have a few common authors. Examples:
The following 3 have the same citation:
The following 5 have the same citation:
A previous incident involving articles related to epilepsy is recorded here. -- 92.30.33.234 ( talk) 16:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
This user keeps adding unvalid sources of governments — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.99.125.117 ( talk) 14:37, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
A highly promotional website being used as a ref, fails WP:RS. Possible WP:COI and promotional username (now soft-blocked). --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 15:49, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
I believe that this is linked to this incident. Can someone take a closer look? - KH-1 ( talk) 12:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
punjabipollywood.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Noticed this edit where IP 124.253.193.153 (geolocates to Ludhiana, India, in the Punjab state; ISP: Quadrant Televentures) stuffs a link to this site at the bottom of the article. Started poking around, found this edit at another article, by 124.253.70.191, which also geolocates to the Punjab state, and which is also from Quadrant Televentures. This was followed up by three more links to poorly-written articles at the same site. Found this addition by 124.253.195.173 (Quadrant, Punjab state). More link spam here by 124.253.70.191 and another by the same IP. Then this by 124.253.89.167 (Same geolocation and ISP) In this edit 124.253.232.37 (same person) replaces other bad external links with his bad external links. This edit by 124.253.99.125 replaces PunjabiGrooves with punjabipollywood.com. Geolocates to a different state, Chandigarh, but same ISP, Quadrant.
This edit by user Deepcruze could just be an innocent use of a crappy reference. Article creation by Deepcruze with punjabipollywood.com reference. I've left one link at Rishita Monga because the article would otherwise be unsourced, but flagged it as needing a better ref. There are also two draft articles Draft:Jattan Dian Dildariyan and User:Prabhjot.coldfire/sandbox that contain links to this site. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:44, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Mp3Songs49.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
I've indeffed user Ptlakt who was spamming articles with this site (note his own user page in this version. He was clearly here to promote his sites, so it may be worth adding to the blacklist. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:50, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
64.233.243.71 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
To a book:
Samples: [13], [14], [15], [16] and just about every other edit made by this IP.
He has been warned by other users. Per this the author is from Indiana and so is the IP. Richard-of-Earth ( talk) 08:20, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
This looks spammy, a perhaps two-person review team and lots of affiliate links to sellers. Came across it as an EL at Sidin Vadukut.Would appreciate a second opinion. Brianhe ( talk) 14:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
flashesandflames.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Long-term WP:CITESPAM, several IPs whose contributions are almost entirely adding links or material cited to this self-published blog. I have warned the latest IP.
Recent IPs:
Older IPs:
January ( talk) 12:49, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Fangirl143 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) spamming unrelated articles with links to some youtube guy's article Aecho6Ee ( talk) 23:58, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Looks like spamming from a dynamic ip. Recommending blacklisting given that this has been going on since late last year. -- Ronz ( talk) 23:16, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Needs block - SEO-spamming account, several warnings, no useful contributions.
Just wondering (with dozens of admin-boards), is that the best place to report such accounts? GermanJoe ( talk) 12:07, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
On meta, there is a script available (admins there only) to help adding links to and removing links from the global blacklist. I have some time ago advertised to some that I was working to get this script available here as well (I asked first to have it ported). I have now finished porting it (first to WT:SBL; later to others), and adapting it to the greatly different environment available here on en.wikipedia. Here is serves multiple source pages (discussions here, spam blacklist, XLinkBot's revertlist and the local COIBot reports), and 2 target pages (the blacklist and the revertlist).
The script can be found
here. The easiest way of activating it on your admin account on en.wikipedia (it should refuse to work on non-admin accounts) is by including importScript('User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler.js');
as a line in your vector.js (user:<yourusername>/vector.js).
The script adds buttons next to the respective edit-section-buttons for the specific sections on:
Upon clicking the add/remove buttons, the respective section is opened for editing (and text can be added to both the section text as well as the summary), and the code extracts the domain(s) from the '{{ LinkSummary}}' template(s) in the respective sections on WT:WPSPAM, MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist and User talk:XLinkBot/RevertList, or the domain from the pagename for the /Local reports. And after pressing 'save and ..' the domain(s) is/are converted to (a) regex(es), and is/are added to the respective target list. After confirming (whether the addition is processed correctly) it will also automatically create a log-item in the log for the page which includes your username, the source discussion for the decision, and a link to the addition/removal diff (removals are logged as a new log item, it does not remove the old addition from the log).
Please let me know if there are still things that don't function properly, bugs or considerations. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC) cross-posted to WT:SBL; User:JzG is acknowledged for inadvertently showing me bugs and errors while using the script.
There are lots of lovely instructions for what to do with the spammers but there is nothing here nor on any of the report pages on how to resolve false positive reports... Gnan garra 14:26, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=User:WendyVinca/SlimWare_Utilities It's under wiki/User: so I don't know if that counts. If not feel free to disregard.
It's clear cut + pasted marketing bumpf for dubious software. I know it's cut and pasted because there's multiple copies of sections. 172.9.158.213 ( talk) 04:39, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Cals.eoa ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) spamming external links to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Previously warned by a template on talkpage. Geogene ( talk) 19:29, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I went through some of the links yesterday, and found indeed a mix. There are some where the external link does add (significant) to the page, but also many where there is hardly a significant link between the subject of a page and the content of the article (I recall a page where our subject was a woman, and the woman was only mentioned in the linked article about a completely different subject). Other links indeed do not add anything to the article, they are misplaced (in front of other 'more important' external links), etc.
The account itself seems to have a strong conflict of interest, both 'cals' and 'eoa' suggest a link to the organisation itself, and hence editing like this would be also a violation of our Terms of use. Moreover, this may be a group or company account. Pushing to make contact may be the only way forward for now. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:48, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
A highly promotional website being used as a ref, fails WP:RS. The original user adding the link was softblocked two weeks ago due to a promotional username. The more recent user to add the link shares the same name as someone holding the position "Webmaster & Technical Writer at Countryside Amish Furniture", so appears to be a continued WP:COI issue in attempting to promote links to their site. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Inserting linkspam to multiple articles and talk pages, disguised as refs. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 03:37, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
gettinggeek.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 Jonhmackirise ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Inept and transparent scheme to blast Wikipedia with throwaway accounts after the pioneer spammer, User:Jonhmackirise, received a final warning. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
filmybase.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Should be a quicky. Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kulvir97. Three accounts have been created to promote this site. One draft article has been prepped, live articles have been submitted on two occasions. Two of the accounts have attempted to add it to articles. All three accounts have been blocked. SPI report up. This site is absolutely nothing special. A cookie-cutter blog that looks like a basic content-scraping site. Not useful here. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 05:42, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
User:Tnemcek Thomas Nemcek is currently the Brand Manager for Fulton Innovation.
His edits mostly concern 2 pages: > /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Tnemcek
These 2 pages are advertising masquerading as articles and should be speedily deleted: > /info/en/?search=ECoupled (eCoupled is proprietary technology developed by Fulton Innovation) > /info/en/?search=Splashpower (Splashpower was acquired by Fulton Innovation)
Also relevant is this piece of history: /info/en/?search=User_talk:Tnemcek
Lanchon ( talk) 16:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Ronalditos58815738 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) - spamming very short new articles. — Skyllfully ( talk | contribs) 06:09, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 provide no useful content for articles what with most of the prose being written in gibberish. Site provides access to and links to what are almost certainly copyright violations. As of this note the links could be found in these versions of a few articles:
I have removed the links. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 19:58, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 week or so ago I reported downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.in. A new .com off-shoot also exists, having has sprung up here. Also found it at Mitti Na Pharol Jogiya. I have removed both. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
bollypedia.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 - Morya raj has gone out of their way to add multiple links to this site to various articles, often in inappropriate places like in the lede to confirm the name of a film, or at the top of a section. Seems like clear promotion to me. Here they are adding inline external links to various soundtrack titles, ostensibly to drive traffic to that site. Here are some other examples: [28] [29] [30]. Based on this link, the site looks like a meaningless blog with a fancy color scheme instead of a clear editorial policy. As of this note, the link was only found in a handful of articles, and appear to mostly have been added by Morya raj. Katti Batti, Talvar (film), Jazbaa, Shaandaar, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Singh Is Bliing. I'll remove the links. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Repost - Hi all, sorry to bug. This request was archived without response, and another instance has popped up. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 05:18, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
SPA account adding hundreds of video links to PBS- and PBS-hosted videos, often in batches of several articles, adding 1 video to as many vaguely related articles as possible. Some users already voiced their concern about those additions, but a more detailed discussion never started. Looking through the account's edit history, the user seems to be adding those links to raise publicity for those videos and their producers - such additions are against WP:LINKSPAM. Most of the additions are either not directly related to the article topic, or they are "documentaries" and "video stories" of questionable encyclopedic value. Whatever the exact background, those additions show strong evidence for a conflict of interest. GermanJoe ( talk) 21:15, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Deadlink spamming. - KH-1 ( talk) 22:23, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
nazeerkhosa.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Hi all, I've indeffed Khosa786 who was the chief contributor of these links and who really went crazy today with the self-promotion: [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]. Site looks like a cookie-cutter blog. The first link I clicked on here was mostly gibberish. Of no value here. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:52, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
persistent ongoing spamming of
The account should be blocked as promo-only account. Both sites have an oddly similar layout, have apparently been recently created and are completely unusable for encyclopedic referencing. GermanJoe ( talk) 02:51, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
Deadlink spamming. - KH-1 ( talk) 12:29, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Swatisharma3193 ( talk) 12:45, 27 October 2015 (UTC) we were Replacing Deadlinks we did not wish alter any working url so please have a look at it and then mark it as spam. And am new to wikipedia so i could not see Previous warning. All the Articles edited by me or filmymantra.com are Relevant to the Content if it is irrelevant then you can Report it as Spam. Please check all my Edits and tell me where i have Replaced a working Authoritive url with Filmymantra.com. I have Only Replaced Dead Links with Proper Source of Bollywood. And Filmymantra is one of the Most Authentic Bollywood Website.
Addition of commercial advert linkspam into multiple articles by drive-by SPA IP addresses. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 05:41, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
bollypedia.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 - Morya raj has gone out of their way to add multiple links to this site to various articles, often in inappropriate places like in the lede to confirm the name of a film, or at the top of a section. Seems like clear promotion to me. Here they are adding inline external links to various soundtrack titles, ostensibly to drive traffic to that site. Here are some other examples: [1] [2] [3]. Based on this link, the site looks like a meaningless blog with a fancy color scheme instead of a clear editorial policy. As of this note, the link was only found in a handful of articles, and appear to mostly have been added by Morya raj. Katti Batti, Talvar (film), Jazbaa, Shaandaar, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Singh Is Bliing. I'll remove the links. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Biotechparadise ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
This user's activity is mainly adding citations. The same citation is added to multiple articles. Furthermore, the citations linked are to recently published scientific papers (primary sources). The papers have a few common authors. Examples:
The following 3 have the same citation:
The following 5 have the same citation:
A previous incident involving articles related to epilepsy is recorded here. -- 92.30.33.234 ( talk) 16:48, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
This user keeps adding unvalid sources of governments — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.99.125.117 ( talk) 14:37, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
A highly promotional website being used as a ref, fails WP:RS. Possible WP:COI and promotional username (now soft-blocked). --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 15:49, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
I believe that this is linked to this incident. Can someone take a closer look? - KH-1 ( talk) 12:36, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
punjabipollywood.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Noticed this edit where IP 124.253.193.153 (geolocates to Ludhiana, India, in the Punjab state; ISP: Quadrant Televentures) stuffs a link to this site at the bottom of the article. Started poking around, found this edit at another article, by 124.253.70.191, which also geolocates to the Punjab state, and which is also from Quadrant Televentures. This was followed up by three more links to poorly-written articles at the same site. Found this addition by 124.253.195.173 (Quadrant, Punjab state). More link spam here by 124.253.70.191 and another by the same IP. Then this by 124.253.89.167 (Same geolocation and ISP) In this edit 124.253.232.37 (same person) replaces other bad external links with his bad external links. This edit by 124.253.99.125 replaces PunjabiGrooves with punjabipollywood.com. Geolocates to a different state, Chandigarh, but same ISP, Quadrant.
This edit by user Deepcruze could just be an innocent use of a crappy reference. Article creation by Deepcruze with punjabipollywood.com reference. I've left one link at Rishita Monga because the article would otherwise be unsourced, but flagged it as needing a better ref. There are also two draft articles Draft:Jattan Dian Dildariyan and User:Prabhjot.coldfire/sandbox that contain links to this site. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:44, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Mp3Songs49.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
I've indeffed user Ptlakt who was spamming articles with this site (note his own user page in this version. He was clearly here to promote his sites, so it may be worth adding to the blacklist. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:50, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
64.233.243.71 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
To a book:
Samples: [13], [14], [15], [16] and just about every other edit made by this IP.
He has been warned by other users. Per this the author is from Indiana and so is the IP. Richard-of-Earth ( talk) 08:20, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
This looks spammy, a perhaps two-person review team and lots of affiliate links to sellers. Came across it as an EL at Sidin Vadukut.Would appreciate a second opinion. Brianhe ( talk) 14:12, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
flashesandflames.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Long-term WP:CITESPAM, several IPs whose contributions are almost entirely adding links or material cited to this self-published blog. I have warned the latest IP.
Recent IPs:
Older IPs:
January ( talk) 12:49, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
Fangirl143 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) spamming unrelated articles with links to some youtube guy's article Aecho6Ee ( talk) 23:58, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Looks like spamming from a dynamic ip. Recommending blacklisting given that this has been going on since late last year. -- Ronz ( talk) 23:16, 6 October 2015 (UTC)
Needs block - SEO-spamming account, several warnings, no useful contributions.
Just wondering (with dozens of admin-boards), is that the best place to report such accounts? GermanJoe ( talk) 12:07, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
On meta, there is a script available (admins there only) to help adding links to and removing links from the global blacklist. I have some time ago advertised to some that I was working to get this script available here as well (I asked first to have it ported). I have now finished porting it (first to WT:SBL; later to others), and adapting it to the greatly different environment available here on en.wikipedia. Here is serves multiple source pages (discussions here, spam blacklist, XLinkBot's revertlist and the local COIBot reports), and 2 target pages (the blacklist and the revertlist).
The script can be found
here. The easiest way of activating it on your admin account on en.wikipedia (it should refuse to work on non-admin accounts) is by including importScript('User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler.js');
as a line in your vector.js (user:<yourusername>/vector.js).
The script adds buttons next to the respective edit-section-buttons for the specific sections on:
Upon clicking the add/remove buttons, the respective section is opened for editing (and text can be added to both the section text as well as the summary), and the code extracts the domain(s) from the '{{ LinkSummary}}' template(s) in the respective sections on WT:WPSPAM, MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist and User talk:XLinkBot/RevertList, or the domain from the pagename for the /Local reports. And after pressing 'save and ..' the domain(s) is/are converted to (a) regex(es), and is/are added to the respective target list. After confirming (whether the addition is processed correctly) it will also automatically create a log-item in the log for the page which includes your username, the source discussion for the decision, and a link to the addition/removal diff (removals are logged as a new log item, it does not remove the old addition from the log).
Please let me know if there are still things that don't function properly, bugs or considerations. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:20, 7 October 2015 (UTC) cross-posted to WT:SBL; User:JzG is acknowledged for inadvertently showing me bugs and errors while using the script.
There are lots of lovely instructions for what to do with the spammers but there is nothing here nor on any of the report pages on how to resolve false positive reports... Gnan garra 14:26, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=User:WendyVinca/SlimWare_Utilities It's under wiki/User: so I don't know if that counts. If not feel free to disregard.
It's clear cut + pasted marketing bumpf for dubious software. I know it's cut and pasted because there's multiple copies of sections. 172.9.158.213 ( talk) 04:39, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Cals.eoa ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) spamming external links to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Previously warned by a template on talkpage. Geogene ( talk) 19:29, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
I went through some of the links yesterday, and found indeed a mix. There are some where the external link does add (significant) to the page, but also many where there is hardly a significant link between the subject of a page and the content of the article (I recall a page where our subject was a woman, and the woman was only mentioned in the linked article about a completely different subject). Other links indeed do not add anything to the article, they are misplaced (in front of other 'more important' external links), etc.
The account itself seems to have a strong conflict of interest, both 'cals' and 'eoa' suggest a link to the organisation itself, and hence editing like this would be also a violation of our Terms of use. Moreover, this may be a group or company account. Pushing to make contact may be the only way forward for now. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:48, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
A highly promotional website being used as a ref, fails WP:RS. The original user adding the link was softblocked two weeks ago due to a promotional username. The more recent user to add the link shares the same name as someone holding the position "Webmaster & Technical Writer at Countryside Amish Furniture", so appears to be a continued WP:COI issue in attempting to promote links to their site. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 21:22, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Inserting linkspam to multiple articles and talk pages, disguised as refs. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 03:37, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
gettinggeek.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 Jonhmackirise ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Inept and transparent scheme to blast Wikipedia with throwaway accounts after the pioneer spammer, User:Jonhmackirise, received a final warning. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
filmybase.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Should be a quicky. Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kulvir97. Three accounts have been created to promote this site. One draft article has been prepped, live articles have been submitted on two occasions. Two of the accounts have attempted to add it to articles. All three accounts have been blocked. SPI report up. This site is absolutely nothing special. A cookie-cutter blog that looks like a basic content-scraping site. Not useful here. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 05:42, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
User:Tnemcek Thomas Nemcek is currently the Brand Manager for Fulton Innovation.
His edits mostly concern 2 pages: > /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/Tnemcek
These 2 pages are advertising masquerading as articles and should be speedily deleted: > /info/en/?search=ECoupled (eCoupled is proprietary technology developed by Fulton Innovation) > /info/en/?search=Splashpower (Splashpower was acquired by Fulton Innovation)
Also relevant is this piece of history: /info/en/?search=User_talk:Tnemcek
Lanchon ( talk) 16:32, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
Ronalditos58815738 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) - spamming very short new articles. — Skyllfully ( talk | contribs) 06:09, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 provide no useful content for articles what with most of the prose being written in gibberish. Site provides access to and links to what are almost certainly copyright violations. As of this note the links could be found in these versions of a few articles:
I have removed the links. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 19:58, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 week or so ago I reported downloadsfreemovies.blogspot.in. A new .com off-shoot also exists, having has sprung up here. Also found it at Mitti Na Pharol Jogiya. I have removed both. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 21:42, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
bollypedia.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 - Morya raj has gone out of their way to add multiple links to this site to various articles, often in inappropriate places like in the lede to confirm the name of a film, or at the top of a section. Seems like clear promotion to me. Here they are adding inline external links to various soundtrack titles, ostensibly to drive traffic to that site. Here are some other examples: [28] [29] [30]. Based on this link, the site looks like a meaningless blog with a fancy color scheme instead of a clear editorial policy. As of this note, the link was only found in a handful of articles, and appear to mostly have been added by Morya raj. Katti Batti, Talvar (film), Jazbaa, Shaandaar, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Singh Is Bliing. I'll remove the links. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:52, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Repost - Hi all, sorry to bug. This request was archived without response, and another instance has popped up. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 05:18, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
SPA account adding hundreds of video links to PBS- and PBS-hosted videos, often in batches of several articles, adding 1 video to as many vaguely related articles as possible. Some users already voiced their concern about those additions, but a more detailed discussion never started. Looking through the account's edit history, the user seems to be adding those links to raise publicity for those videos and their producers - such additions are against WP:LINKSPAM. Most of the additions are either not directly related to the article topic, or they are "documentaries" and "video stories" of questionable encyclopedic value. Whatever the exact background, those additions show strong evidence for a conflict of interest. GermanJoe ( talk) 21:15, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Deadlink spamming. - KH-1 ( talk) 22:23, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
nazeerkhosa.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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
Hi all, I've indeffed Khosa786 who was the chief contributor of these links and who really went crazy today with the self-promotion: [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]. Site looks like a cookie-cutter blog. The first link I clicked on here was mostly gibberish. Of no value here. Thank you! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:52, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
persistent ongoing spamming of
The account should be blocked as promo-only account. Both sites have an oddly similar layout, have apparently been recently created and are completely unusable for encyclopedic referencing. GermanJoe ( talk) 02:51, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
Deadlink spamming. - KH-1 ( talk) 12:29, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Swatisharma3193 ( talk) 12:45, 27 October 2015 (UTC) we were Replacing Deadlinks we did not wish alter any working url so please have a look at it and then mark it as spam. And am new to wikipedia so i could not see Previous warning. All the Articles edited by me or filmymantra.com are Relevant to the Content if it is irrelevant then you can Report it as Spam. Please check all my Edits and tell me where i have Replaced a working Authoritive url with Filmymantra.com. I have Only Replaced Dead Links with Proper Source of Bollywood. And Filmymantra is one of the Most Authentic Bollywood Website.
Addition of commercial advert linkspam into multiple articles by drive-by SPA IP addresses. --- Barek ( talk • contribs) - 05:41, 30 October 2015 (UTC)