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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by MER-C (talk | contribs) at 12:13, 19 August 2008 (→‎http://spam.sermonaudio.com: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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    FLV Players

    Two users keep adding links to certain FLV player sites, and moving them to the top of the list multiple times in Flash Video.

    Web-anatomy

    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)[reply]

    Another IP adding this:

    --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Looked a bit further:
    • (flv-player.)web-anatomy.com resolves to 91.189.136.50, not too far from the IP of the top editor.
    I am not sure if the latter IP (79.) is related, it is only one edit in which a whole set of links were added/moved. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    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)[reply]

    Two blocks, multiple warnings:  Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Rich Media Project

    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)[reply]

    Other users who have been adding this:

    --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:23, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    uknationalparks.webs.com

    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

    Spammers

    MER-C 10:44, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Block next time for sure. Thanks for picking that one up. Cheers --Herby talk thyme 11:28, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It came back. Another IP here. Blacklisted ( Done). --Herby talk thyme 09:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    http://spam.boi-mela.com

    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

    Spammers

    MER-C 12:26, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    spam.relianceinsider.com

    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

    Spammers

    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. KrakatoaKatie 20:39, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Thaks, Katie.
    Related domains
    Google Adsense ID: 2213215412374142
    Google Adsense ID: 0761072420661746


    Additional account
    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 13:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Websites of Journal Communications Inc.

    Accounts
    Accounts adding similar links in addition to others that appear unrelated
    Looks like some people are making efforts to spam websites of Journal Communications Inc. --
    talk) 21:17, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    I created a different accounts section for an account that's also been spamming links, but only some of the links appear to be sites of Journal Communications Inc. --
    talk) 21:37, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    64.221.243.34 has added another set of links after being warned. There's no indication that the user is aware of the warning though. --
    talk) 16:03, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    64.221.243.34 has continued. I think a block is in order at this point. --
    talk) 16:55, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    Agreed & blocked. They should noticed that I hope. Cheers --Herby talk thyme 16:59, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! It looks like a fixed ip address, so they should notice. --
    talk) 17:08, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]


    More spam accounts


    Related domains

    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:41, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Six requests and one e-mail to stop, followed by a block. I don't see that they've given us any choice except to blacklist their domains.[18][19][20][21] Otherwise this is just going to go on and on. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:56, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
     Defer to Local blacklist Now blacklisted. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:07, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Another comment: while these links may lead to so-called "magazines", these publications are essentially POV publications written on behalf of chambers of commerce. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:23, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    http://spam.visitrenotahoe.com/

    Links
    Accounts

    The IP has been adding this link to multiple article, including referencing info (minor issue as it shows "wikipedia" as the referencer - not sure if that's allowed under

    WP:ELNO #17), is adding emphasis to the links in the external links sections to improve visibility over other links, and is inserting the link within the body of article (including the replacement of other links, which themselves shouldn't be in the body of the article). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    http://spam.woodwardcruisecountdown.com/

    Links
    Accounts

    Repeated re-insertion of same spam link into article. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:48, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    downtownbellevue.com

    Links
    Accounts

    Repeated re-addition of commercial link that does not meet criteria of

    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)[reply
    ]

    Added a new IP that began adding the link today. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Added additional IP. Note: site has been blacklisted, see permanent link here. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:14, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    unitursa.com spam

    Spam domain


    Related domains


    Domain registration

    Galaxtur, S.A.

    AV/ Juan Carlos I, 36
    Calpe, Alicante, -
    ES

    Esmeralda Calpe, S.A.

    CL/Ponent,1
    Calpe, Alicante 03710
    ES

    Unitursa Calpe S.L.

    c/Ponent, 1
    Calpe, 03 03710
    ES


    Spam account

    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:38, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Archiving

    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)[reply]

    firme.rs spam

    Spam domains

    Google Adsense ID: 1349757567489797


    Related domain


    Spam accounts

    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    onlineseo.info

    Domains

    Google Adsense ID: 3239128903599293


    Related domains


    Accounts

    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:46, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    http://spam.thailanddaddy.com

    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

    Spammers

    MER-C 11:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    The above user blanked this section. MER-C 10:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    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

    http://spam.mca-agency.com

    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

    Spammers

    MER-C 11:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Placed some more, reverted, blocked. Maybe BL next. --Herby talk thyme 08:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    http://www.twocircles.net/

    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 [22]for an example of promo insertion. I have removed some of the more recent ones.

    talk) 06:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    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)

    http://spam.motorfamilymotorcity.blogspot.com/

    Links
    Accounts

    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)[reply
    ]

    http://spam.iskconmedia.com

    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

    Spammers

    MER-C 11:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Fanclub spammer

    Spammer

    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. --

    Gül Bahçesi 12:10, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply
    ]

     Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 13:34, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Symposium

    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)

    http://spam.olympic.chinaassistor.com/

    Links
    Accounts
    Seems to be the original account as had a deleted article about the portal site.
    Blocked as spam-only account.

    -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    I'd be inclined to list this for the next few days. It might save folk wasting their time reverting stuff? I'll pop back later & see if anyone agrees! Cheers --Herby talk thyme 08:21, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    http://spam.sermonaudio.com

    Previous incidents
    Sites spammed

    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

    Spammers

     Defer to XLinkBot MER-C 12:13, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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