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    nationalparksofturkey.com

    Google Analytics ID: UA-49746122 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)

    Spammers

    MER-C 13:04, 28 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    User has been spamming video game related articles

    petercapaldi.info

    links
    prior related report
    accounts

    Repeated attempts to add petercapaldi.info into multiple articles - multiple other redirect URLs have already been blacklisted via the earlier listed report (linked above). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:53, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

     Deferred - added to spam blacklist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:05, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    300mbhdmovie.com

    300mbhdmovie.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 - Noticed user Mituakter2333 changing an official link to Jurassic World to this 300mbhdmovie site in this edit. Jurassic World (as you probably know) is an upcoming Jurassic Park movie that has a lot of buzz, so the user is likely trying to capitalize on that. User has added this domain to a couple of other articles, and has even re-submitted the links after they were reverted by other users.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Site doesn't appear to do anything but regurgitate content from other sites, i.e. it doesn't generate unique content. User appears to only be here to add this site. Danke, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:46, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    SGS S.A. Group spam on Wikipedia

    Previous incidents
    Sites spammed
    Spammers

    In addition to the accounts listed at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vicky4567:

    MER-C 02:06, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    General notice

    Someone just discovered this SEO page and mentioned it at

    WP:AN; I thought people here would benefit from seeing it. No need to blacklist the URL itself. Nyttend (talk) 17:11, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    betube.eu

    links
    related articles
    accounts

    Multiple single-purpose accounts attempting to create article and links over the last few days. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    cinemaxtheater.blogspot.com/2014/12/jurassic-world-2015.html

    cinemaxtheater.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 User Sagitariusadhi has added this URL to Jurassic World, a major upcoming film, several times in the past few minutes. Site just seems to regurgitate content from other sites, like embedding a trailer form CinemaBlend. Here they add a link in the middle of a cite template. Here they add an inline external link for April 2007. Here they replace an official site with their link. Looks like they're only trying to drive traffic to their site. I reported a different spammer the other day adding jive links to Jurassic World, so this might be an article to watch. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:20, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    bestorlandovacationpackages.com

    links
    accounts

    Edits by

    WP:AN#SEO spam attack. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:47, 5 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    yahoo-download.com
    Spammers

    Dead link spamming, blacklisted. MER-C 12:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    priceburp.com

    Spammers

    Dead link spamming, blacklisted. MER-C 10:56, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Wordofsearch

    Link
    Spammers

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    talk) 22:57, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    Also this user:
    (Already blocked.) — Revi 04:06, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    User "fixing" dead links

    This user, Divine4778 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been replacing dead links with various other links. I've seen this before and have a hard time determining whether this is good faith or an attempt to spam. Could someone else please take a look at their edits? Deli nk (talk) 13:31, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    It's spam. -
    talk) 13:47, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
    Probably #General notice above. — Revi 13:52, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the replies. It looks like it is all reverted now and I have warned the user. Deli nk (talk) 14:02, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Don't bother warning. These spammers should be blocked and the domains blacklisted on sight. MER-C 02:12, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    HJ Mitchell blocked this editor already, but if you want to blacklist the links, they are listed at User talk:Divine4778. Deli nk (talk) 02:20, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Bet there's more. Keep an eye out. -
    talk) 03:18, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    cityrealty.com citespam?

    Account

    Link

    User:BonnieAClark is a single-purpose account adding citations to cityrealty.com. There is a writer/editor working at this website named Bonnie Clark: https://www.google.com/#q=cityrealty+bonnie+clark. Curious to know where this falls on the spectrum of spam, and what action, if any, would be appropriate. Vrac (talk) 17:10, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    I suspect that's a kind of spam, (probably another case of above section?) block or blacklisting? — Revi 17:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Maybe also:
    There are however a lot of these links around - not sure if this is blacklistable, these accounts may however need some .. explanation about editing and conflicts of interest. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:03, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Alluc.to

    With edits spanning from Jan - Nov.

    Link

    + others

    Spammers

    + others. -

    talk) 06:03, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]

    Special:Diff/595767527 Hmm, this one too. (COIBot said he put 4 links, but probably 2 is deleted (as I can see 2 in contribs))— Revi 06:08, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    That's a counting error. alloc.to redirects to:
    Not sure why they want to use a redirect. I have blacklisted both domains. These accounts also added links to a bunch of
    splogs for alloc.to as well, e.g. weststage.weebly.com, endangeredandthreatenedspecies.blog.com. These haven't been blacklisted yet. MER-C 08:43, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply
    ]
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