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ctn-music.com

Spammers

MER-C 12:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


Still spamming as of 10 April:
Others:
Related domains:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
At it again today as well as vandalizing this page:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:23, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

85.98.31.158 (talk) on Rappelz

85.98.31.158 (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)

This user keep adding their own (Turkish) forum to the 'popular fan sites' section of the page. I've removed it several times so far, but I haven't used reverts for that (mainly because his adding them involved more than one edit), so I'm not sure if this is in violation of the 3RR rule, but it starts to get annoying. Zyppora (talk) 14:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

From what I can see, there's no comments about it on the article's talk page, and no posts on the user's talk page. As a first step, I would suggest starting a discussion on the article's talk page about it. If the user continues, post on their talk page to get involved with the discussion.
As a general rule, any fansite that is nothing more than a discussion forum should probably not be listed per
WP:NOT#REPOSITORY. Better still, if the game developer maintains a list of "recognized" or "official" fansites, just link to that list rather than debating which fansites to include here. --- Barek (talk • contribs
) - 14:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.rappelz.gen.tr

MER-C 01:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-110161879664202

Adsense pub-1101618796642025

Accounts

65.118.190.226 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.sinusinfectionhelp.com

Adsense pub-9737714712070661

Accounts

Omnipotentsg (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
220.255.132.72 (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)
165.21.154.69 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 06:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

casestudyexcellence.com

Accounts

JohnDavies12  (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
128.135.190.167  (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)
128.135.208.131  (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

128.135.17.114 (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)
continued--Hu12 (talk) 04:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domain:
Deleted article:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.mychurch.org

Hi, guys. Not sure what all to put here... I just reverted (for good or ill) a whole mess of external links from an IP editor.

I'm pretty sure I can't keep up with this. -- Swerdnaneb 06:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

mychurch.org: 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

Also:

All reverted. MER-C 07:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Still spamming.
 Defer to Local blacklist. MER-C 03:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Otopsi.gen.tr and Darkjuva.com

User with bare-IP number is persistently and knowingly adding his Turkish-based link, which has no connection to the subject, to the Ogrish.com article.

Update, since the above was posted:

Quatloo (talk) 22:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 1548915527227873
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:59, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 Defer to Global blacklist


Now blacklisted on meta:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:36, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Pet article spammer

76.222.252.160 (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)

  • Almost every edit by this user has been an endorsement of allpetsbid.com. Examples: [16] [17] [18] --ErgoSum88 (talk) 06:21, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


Domain


Accounts
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

58.152.163.218 (talk) on Ragnarok Online

58.152.163.218 (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)

On the topic:

MMORPG), run on multiple localized servers world wide by a Korean company named Gravity, its subsidiaries, or other companies who acquired a license from the mentioned company. The game is also known for its enourmous community surrounding illegal private servers (usually run on emulated or stolen server software). There are literally hundreds or thousands of these servers. The official servers are listed on ragnarokonline.com
.

This IP keeps advertising one of these private servers - most likely one that he runs, plays on, or is otherwise related with.

Didn't revert his edit to not break

WP:3RR. User has been warned twice. ~ | twsx | talkcont
 | ~ 15:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

PS: Does this constitute vandalism? ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 15:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Though not technically vandalism, edits made to remove spam are not subject to the 3RR rule. - Ehheh (talk) 15:47, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
That is good to know, thank you. ~ | twsx | talkcont | ~ 15:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
Still spamming today. I've blocked him for 24 hours. One more incident and we should blacklist that domain.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Adding website to multiple articles

68.48.86.40 (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) I added a warning to the talk page, but there are many many many links to clean up. TheRedPenOfDoom (talk) 04:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Appears to be taken care of - thanks!TheRedPenOfDoom (talk) 04:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


Accounts

68.48.86.40 (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)
68.48.86.240 (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)
Seem to all be owned by Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D. (freemaninstitute.com). Moving ones link "UP" is rarely a sign of good faith. I've added an additional warning on the talk page. --Hu12 (talk) 05:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Also:


Related domains
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:39, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

neapolitanworld.com

Accounts

NeapolitanWorld (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
IIColosseo (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
Lisa.Cinciripini (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
66.123.149.122 (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)
76.167.47.149 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 10:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Continued, Bl'd --Hu12 (talk) 08:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Adsense pub-9977923384588165

Sites spammed

http://spam.lyricshunt.com

http://spam.lyrics.name

Related sites

http://spam.lyricsnet.net

http://spam.songlyrics.name

Spammers

MER-C 13:19, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

algebra.com

See the links listed here. --Bfigura (talk) 00:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

algebra.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

spam.pamparam.md

pamparam.md: 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

Spammers

 Defer to Global blacklist. MER-C 04:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

medlibrary.org

It appears it might be a live copy of wikipedia.

βcommand 2
21:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

I asked at the VPT some time ago, I think they cache files on the fly. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 21:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Tracking link:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:00, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Response:
  1. Do we have any evidence that these links were spammed?
  2. I looked at their "About Us" page. They do mirror Wikipedia but they also include other information.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 12:39, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Tang23

single site as references to a bunch of pages. Also edits Justin Hartfield, who is related to the site. The references and added content aren't necessarily bad, per se, but the way the links are described is POV. The edits to the site of Hartfield haven't really been vanity, but I think the fact that the editing is centered around a certain site should be noted. --68.161.153.211 (talk
) 05:18, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Scratch that, some of it is just downright spammy. --68.161.153.211 (talk) 05:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Articles

Prometheus Institute

Justin Hartfield

Accounts

Tang23 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
70.181.120.174 (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)
Wfbredux (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 12:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


Ayn Rand meets Reefer Madness and Hugh Hefner -- an eclectic mix of libertarian, marijuana and how-to-pick-up-women sites.
More accounts
Collectively the 5 accounts listed here and above had already been asked 3 times to stop; I repeated the request. If they won't stop after that, then I'd say all of these domains will just need to be blacklisted.


More articles
All the articles listed here and above have notability issues -- please look and see what you think:


More domains inappropriately linked


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 2800511746606128
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prometheus Institute --A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:40, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.projectfanboy.com

Articles

Project Fanboy

Projectfanboy

Accounts

ProjectFanboy (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
Millennium Cowboy (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Cowboy Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
Gary McFeely (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • McFeely Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
Thunderstrike123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
143.79.143.10 (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)
24.108.78.175 (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)
90.194.235.35 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 18:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Channelopathies

A new Swiss firm is being added to external links for all channelopathies listed in the article. The changes are from a SwissSwiss IP:
84.226.111.103 (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).
The edits were picked up by
Gastonia (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam • .
No diffs are currently provided as all edits promote
genionics.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 . Novangelis (talk) 20:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts


Domain


The company is not
notable; a Google web search turns up just 41 hits
.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
One more spam link and this domain should be blacklisted. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:12, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
FWIW, they have just been founded in January 2008, and are apparently using us to get publicity. There is nothing much at their website worth linking to at this point. DGG (talk) 00:05, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.celsiuspro.com

celsiuspro.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

Spammers

MER-C 12:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

iasa.ir

iasa.ir: 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'm not sure what to do with it, as it keeps being added through anonymous account, and we have already warned them in previous rounds. --Nate (talk) 13:52, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

example diff 1 | example diff 2 | older example diff | even older diff

IP at Geometric abstraction

Domain:
peterhugomcclure.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. B. (talk • contribs) 17:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Link placed on
Rickroll

rickrolling.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

It was used as an "external link" on the article for

Talk : Contrib
) 17:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Now blacklisted across all
Wikimedia
projects:
 Defer to Global blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:20, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

ferret-facts.com

Domains

Google Adsense ID: 7907736550961791


Account

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

myspace.com/thecocaineknights

Accounts


Domain

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:49, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

usafestival.net

Domain

Google Adsense ID: 5033030654266354


Related domains
Google Adsense ID: 9352177062534910


Possibly related


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

 Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

lanoint.com

Domain
Account

 Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC) --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.horizonpress.com

horizonpress.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

Accounts

Touchstone42 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •

Your comments are appreciated at

the ANI thread. MER-C
13:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 Defer to Local blacklist, now blacklisted. MER-C 10:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
See my comments at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#horizonpress.com about the urgency of resolving the issue of >200 articles with now-blacklisted links. To minimize disruption for our regular editors, they either need to be removed ASAP or else the domain needs to be temporarily removed from the blacklist. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 13:15, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

adsense pub-5201582459875388

Adsense pub-5201582459875388

Accounts

69.95.133.195 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 20:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


http://spam.4futureenergy.com

Accounts

Swisspongesd (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 05:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.crimestart.com

crimestart.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

Spammers

MER-C 12:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

82.72.163.85 (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) vandalized
--Hu12 (talk) 15:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate ARES Travel and Chefrob links on Wikipedia

Accounts


Deleted articles


Registration data

Blue Orchid Holdings, Inc

1350 E Flamingo Rd
Las Vegas

Advanced Reservation Systems

1059 First Ave
San Diego, CA 92101


Spam domains


Related domains

Google Adsense ID: 0799904761896309 --A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

 Defer to XLinkBot Spammer(s) did not receive enough warnings to justify blacklisting. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 13:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

More Linex Legal spam

Domain


Related domains


Spammers


Previous report

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:53, 17 April 2008 (UTC)


 Defer to Local blacklist -- now blacklisted locally. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:10, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

travelXYZ.com related sites

Links
Accounts
--- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domains
All of these sites are registered to the Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:26, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Revellation Limited spam on Wikipedia

Domain


Related domains


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:17, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Simonbezel (talk · contribs)

Simonbezel (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam • - this user's contribs are pretty much adding spam links to street gangs-related articles. By just taking a look to his contribs you can tell the account was only created to add this "similar" web sites. I've warned the user about this in his talk page and mine (he contacted me).
I stopped reverting his edits because I don't want to violate the 3RR. Just a few diffs from the user: [20], [21], [22].

It's a zero!
23:56, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

freerepublic.com

This isn't exactly aspam report as I don't believe there is a concerted effort to get links to this site onto Wikipedia, but rather a number of good faith editors adding sources and using this site out of convenience, rather it's a plea for assistance in cleaning the mess up.

Free Republic is a non-Reliable Source, because it is a self-published websource that frequently includes fringe views and various blogs and forums. However, it also includes an "article archiving" section in which copyrighted news articles are generally copied wholesale onto the source and then members of the site comment upon the article. Linking to this site is a violation of

lawsuit with the LA Times and Washington Post over their reprinting. --Bobblehead (rants)
15:20, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

63.145.29.12 spamming links

63.145.29.12 (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) This has been spamming links to the same website across multiple pages. For example here and here. The account does not look productive. Looks like someone trying to advertise. I think the spamming has been reverted but a block might be warranted. John Smith's (talk) 19:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Mostly done, don’t think it warrants a block though. --Van helsing (talk) 20:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
At the very least needs a formal warning from an admin. John Smith's (talk) 21:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Formal warning from an admin?... think I lost you there a bit. Please don’t hesitate to do that yourself. --Van helsing (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Because people tend to take notice more from admins. John Smith's (talk) 21:55, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Now I’m surprised; you’ve been around here for a while, a question you should maybe ponder on is... are they & should they? --Van helsing (talk) 22:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

spam.webplatez.com

Links
Accounts
User is adding sites within domain to multiple articles. In September, same user has multiple spam warning messages for adding similarly titled articles to the same sets of articles (the sites on the other domain are now off-line). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:51, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

offbeatink.com and other Khalidwa spam on Wikipedia

Spammed domains


Related domains


Accounts

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 22:22, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

biosites.org

Adsense pub-3047927949898464

Accounts

Thkim75 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
210.95.179.139 (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)
210.95.179.142 (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)
59.27.126.229 (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)
210.95.179.141 (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)
210.95.179.143 (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)
bl'd--Hu12 (talk) 06:29, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Donor Offspring Health Corp. Registry

Article spam

Donor Offspring Health

Accounts

Donoroffspringhealth (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
DCHealth (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
216.87.207.1 (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)
moving his link "up" is never a sign of good faith.;)--Hu12 (talk) 19:54, 5 March 2008

Tauseefriaz

User
Link


—Preceding unsigned comment added by CanadianLinuxUser (talk • contribs) 17:39, April 17, 2008

Possible rename

There is an increasing issue with sites that are justly blacklisted due to abuse, but which complain to

OTRS that when searching for their site the link abuse pages we generate score very highly. We have already discussed several times the possibility of renaming the MediaWiki spam blacklist pages to link blacklist, and that may or may not be done, but we could lessen the complaints and be seen to do the Right Thing by renaming this project to something like "WikiProject external links" or "WikiProject link management". I submit this for your consideration. Guy (Help!
) 15:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

If they abuse wikipedia they deserve to have our pages show up in the results. Spam is spam there is no need to create some weird new term that means the same thing. Call a spade a spade.
βcommand 2
16:06, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I do feel for OTRS, as I'm sure the majority of the spam complaints recieved are just another avenue for these spammers to attempt to exploit Wikipedia. Ive asked this Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Mar_2#When_does_a_Wikiproject.2C_become_a_noticeboard previously, without response. WikiProject Spam should remain, however "MediaWiki spam blacklist" might be better suited without the term "spam", as it has potential for other non-spam applications. Ironicly the spammers did use wikipedia in order to score "high" in google, let them enjoy the spoils of their efforts. ;)--Hu12 (talk) 16:39, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Plus, in a lot of cases, it isn't actually provably them, just J. Random Editor. And sites may be blacklisted as massively inappropriate, rather than simple spam. Guy (Help!) 18:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I am still saying, if the edits were in good faith, and they stopped directly when warned, then go forward and delete the reports, drop me (or another operator of COIBot, here is also a good venue) a line to remove the rule(s) from the bot, and get on. If the edits were persistent, and warnings and discussions have not helped, then the reports are an on-wiki proof of why the link was blacklisted/added to a revertlist, or is in other way of concern. The wikipedia system gives handful of warnings when they edit (even I as an admin see "Content that violates any copyright will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. You agree to license your contributions under the GFDL.", "If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly or redistributed for profit by others, do not submit it.", "See our policies and guidelines for more information on editing." around this edit window; when creating a new article I see "Before creating an article, please read Wikipedia:Your first article, or search for an existing article to which you can redirect this title." (with a link to
    Wikipedia:Your first article, saying "Please don't create pages about yourself or your friends, pages that advertise, or personal essays.", and there is a section on advertising; when adding links you run into captchas, etc. etc. I know, we don't have to punish people for their actions, but also don't have to help in obfuscating their negative tracks, we are not an advertising service. Getting the reports out of the top ten can also be done by making sure your company is known in a positive way. --Dirk Beetstra T C
    17:10, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


My 2 pence:
  1. Our goal is to maintain the encyclopedia's integrity, not maintain a linkspam-identification project for the rest of the world.
  2. If we can reduce the load on OTRS volunteers while still meeting our goal, I'm all for it.
  3. Not every domain reported here is found to be spam
  4. Yes, some side of me enjoys watching spammers squirm, but I have to remind myself this is all about an encyclopaedia, not indulging my childish feelings of schadenfreude (and they can be very strong some days!). It's probably in our encyclopaedia's best interests to do our job in a quiet, low-profile, efficient way with as little drama as possible.
  5. I especially would like to see us rename some of the bot-generated subpages of this project such as:
    By their very nature, these valuable reports generate a lot of false positives which then create consternation for innocent editors and domain-owners that appear on these pages.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, false positives and marginal cases, and links added by some other person, and the occasional joe job.
WP:AGF and all that: we should deal with the problem (excessive link abuse) while remaining neutral on the motives. Guy (Help!
) 18:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I support changing the project names. While we shouldn't be concerned too much with how the names are used off-wiki, I do agree that if the naming is causing unnecesary extra work for another group of Wikipedia volunteers, then I have no objection to changing it. It would still accomplishes the project's goals while reducing issues for other Wikipedia groups.
This goes for both the project, and the bot report page names. As A.B. pointed out, the term spam isn't 100% accurate description of what's reported, so a less controversial name would be appropriate. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

LinkReports

Apparently there is a lot of controversy due to the place for the linkreports. I have therefore rewritten the bot so that it now reports in its own userspace. See

User:COIBot/UserReports and User:COIBot/PageReports
. Those patrollers who are not on IRC may want to watchlist the new pages.

To make the job complete all subpages of Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/PageReports/Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports should be moved to COIBot's userspace, the redirects deleted and all links everywhere to be repaired (as they are sometimes the blacklist-proof). I am quite busy now, feel free to perform that on individual tasks where necessery/when complaints arise. I will see if a bot can perform these actions.

The LinkSummary/User summary/light templates have been adapted, they need a second adaptation when the reports have been moved.

Hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, this actually does not help. I have therefor reverted my edits to the bot and reinstated the old reporting place. Can we add the pages to the robots.txt, I guess that is the best solution. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:02, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Dirk, first up, thanks for the bot :-) Moving the pages would seem to me to be helpful, in that the titles do not include the word "spam", whether they are Googled or not. Guy (Help!) 11:13, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

storage Spam

Adsense pub-2154740882335336

Accounts

Storagelaws (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 00:59, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.rtoonline.com

See also - Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_23#Rent_to_own
Articles

RTO Online

Accounts

Griffaw (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
68.189.203.46 (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)
24.182.146.232 (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)
71.127.168.127 (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)
71.127.170.30 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 02:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Charlesmarshall65 spam report

Domains


Accounts
  • 85.3.144.76
  • 85.1.111.108
  • 85.1.96.70
  • 85.2.90.218
  • 85.2.121.138
  • 85.1.102.82


Related domain


Reference

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:01, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

I have no real doubts that this link placement has been done with the intention of promoting websites given the cross wiki nature of the links. Equally on that basis I believe it should be listed at Meta for consideration for global blocking. Obviously I would not take the decision myself having been involved with this case, thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
See also
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 Defer to Global blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
See:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:02, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:hollywoodnorthreport

User Hollywoodnorthreport appears to be spamming his website (hollywoodnorthreport.com), band (left spine down), himself (mark sommer), and promotion company (synthetic entertainment). He claims to be just a fan that checks hollywoodnorthreport.com, but he is listed as staff by the name mark sommer, and the forums do not appear to have the activity he claims. By looking at the contribs, he has added his band and company to every page related to music. His band page also claims that his company is "the leading promotions company". He appears to have been nominated for deletion previously, but escaped.

Note the discussion previously:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DarkSaber2k/Archive_3#HOLLYWOOD_NORTH_page

"This is your only warning. The next time you insert a spam link, as you did to Hollywood North, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing their websites from appearing on Wikipedia and other sites that use the MediaWiki spam blacklist at all. DarkSaber2k 08:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


hello I got this warning. This was not a spam link. When this page was recreated or combined or changed a while go......the external link for HollywoodNorthReport.com was taken out. Which is odd as the website offers daily news on the CANADIAN FILM AND TV industry. I am a heavy user of the site and use the MESSAGE BOARDS of the site hourly for updates on filming, etc.

Thoughts? 

   OK, ignore the warning, I was doing a couple of thing at once, just saw your name and that you had added the link to that article and jumped to the wrong conclusion. No harm meant! DarkSaber2k 09:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


OK thanks I re-edited that page!

Cheers!--Hollywoodnorthreport 08:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)"

He is not a "heavy user" as claimed, and his name is listed on the staff page. The whois entry for the domain also shows it as registered to a "mark mark" of "synthetic entertainment".


hollywoodnorthreport (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam • hollywoodnorthreport.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 Peekachu (talk) 07:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.patnys .com

patnys.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

Spammers

MER-C 09:55, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.destinationrct.co.uk http://spam.visitrct.co.uk

Spammers

MER-C 10:14, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Suhanasoft

Suhanasoft (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •

User:Suhanasoft has been repeatedly inseting spam links in various articles. See Special:Contributions/Suhanasoft. Despite warnings this user has continued with his/her/ behaviour and is intent upon plugging for their webisites in various articles. Has tried to contact me via e-mail to plead his/her case after I issued a warning. Deserves an outright ban --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 13:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Link

http://spam.shoppingsurat.com - Adsense pub-7148725903019491

Added relevant link summary. Site claims to be "Surat's largest Yellow Pages and Shopping centers website." --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 13:50, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
More links

http://spam.mumbaishopping.biz

Added another, similar site that was linked by the user. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 13:54, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Related domains

http://spam.suhanasoft.com

http://spam.suratwebdesigning.com

Added some tracking urls and adsense pubs. MER-C 14:04, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

vzugadi.googlepages.com

Netaa (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam • , Netaa2 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam • , 41.221.178.12 (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) , 196.200.92.241 (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), all trying to insert identical spam for vzugadi.googlepages.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 into article Bambara_language. See [24] [25] [26] [27]. T L Miles (talk) 14:12, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

See:
 Defer to Global blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:18, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Cryellow

Has added spam promoting a replica Princess Diana engagment ring [28], moth repellent [29], and a calendar commerating the 2003 California recall election [30]. All links inserted direct to the same website. My reversion of their spamming has now decended into acrimony, with the user insulting me.

talk
) 16:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Two google searches suggest this may be a
WP:COI issue (circumstantial, but suggests a link). The "recall election" dif (above) references the name name redacted. By first googling "cryellow" turns up a personal homepage: http://members.cox.net/cryellow/ which shows at the bottom three company links under "My Favorite Places". A second google search for "name redacted
" turns up all thee companies listing that person as founder or CEO of all three companies.
URLs
two links redacted
-rather than strike out, I redacted the mention of the two links which have not been spammed on this site, and which have not been shown to be related to this issue. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
It's not solid proof, and I will not pursue it further myself - but it is suggestive of a COI issue related to self-promotion and attempting to use Wikipedia for marketing/advertising purposes. --12.193.27.158 (talk) 18:12, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
One last comment: while the user insists on his talk page that he's not associated with the company, he has twice edited out the last name from where the OP asked him if he's "name redacted". Odd behavior to be trying to hide the last name if it's not really you - especially when Cryellow posted the full name in an article himself earlier. --12.193.27.158 (talk) 18:47, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
My thoughts exactly! I fear I may have to rely on others to get rid of the spam lest I fall foul of 3RR :)
talk
) 19:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Accounts
Related domains:
See also: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard#External links added by User:Cryellow
It really makes no difference if the editor persistently adding these links is name redacted,
Wikipedia is not a soapbox for promoting products and if this spamming continues, these domains will be blacklisted, regardless of the person's identity off-Wikipedia. Any accompanying acrimony on the spammer's part will just accelerate that outcome.
--A. B. (talk • contribs
) 05:30, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment: Looking at the edits by those involved, I see no posts of the names redacted links. The association to this thread appears to be solely on their inclusion on a homepage of someone off Wikipedia who has the name "Cryellow", who we have no verification is the person with that username on the wiki. If/when action needs to be taken, I recommend leaving out those two links for now. In fact, I'm tempted to just remove them from this report entirely as they haven't been used on the wiki from what I can see. Opinions? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
I've now been threatened with legal action by the said User [31]. This has gone far too far. They've been adding spam to Wikipedia, I've deleted it, and now we are at this stage. Gawd 'elp us!
talk
) 11:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the disputed name above and I have stricken through the two URLs we are uncertain of. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
No objection to removing the name, although I will say the user's post is pushing AGF to its limit in his statement that there's no COI.
I did add {{
that he not to restore edits to the involved talk page a few days ago, so there should be no further reason for that particular dispute. --- Barek (talk • contribs
) - 15:10, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Taking Barek's advice I haven't edited his page since then.
talk
) 15:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Update: added an SPA user account who added a word-for-word copy of Cryellow's text - the only difference being that Cryellow also modified the preceding paragraph as well as adding the text, while this edit left the prior paragraph unchanged. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 Defer to Local blacklist -- this was blacklisted several days ago. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Richard Hourigan

67.175.164.227 (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)

This user has added his company website http://www.richardhouriganinc.com/ to several articles discussing US special operation forces. He also claims to be a former US Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel.

>4 warnings/requests ignored
richardhouriganinc.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
 Defer to Local blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Skins Compression Garments

Looks like a spam article, with continuous removal of speedy deletion tag. JNW (talk) 04:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Accounts

Ausdiplomad (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
211.26.139.202 (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)
g11'd it twice. If recreated again (4th) time, I'll salt it. Thanks JNW--Hu12 (talk) 05:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

New sock account Gbskins (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 07:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Did you actually check the content this (last) time before deleting it? The final revision that was there before it got (to use your term) 'salted' established the notability of the entry (secondary source recognition in medical journals), provided references to the studies underlying the information on the page, was written in NPOV and took out basically every bit of content that'd make it into 'advertising'. What wasn't stated on the page in terms of notability is that the company is larger in the industry they trade in than Under Armor outside the United States, so comparing the two pages and the referenced studies on the Skins page, it's hard to not to interpret the aversion to allowing the page as a bias against a smaller, non-US entity. I'd argue that the contribution of the page through the referenced material, if allowed, far outweighs the burden created by the single, external link in the Company section of the page. I respectfully challenge the characterisation of the content as a spam article and would ask that the final revision of it be reinstated. Gbskins (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Questions (by JNW (talk) 12:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)):
  • Is this [32] a sock account?

If you're implying that it's deceptive, then no. But having a banned IP and an indefinitely blocked account does tend to dampen ones ability to actually edit an article into shape such that it complies with the relevant policies. Quoting from

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Template/Cheatsheet
in relation to blocks: "It normally does not last long, and an indef-blocked user can return productively under another account if they choose.". I so chose to return productively under another account.

  • Is it appropriate to have an article which has been deleted up on a talk page?

Is a user sub-page not an appropriate place to sandbox a more appropriate version of a page? Quoting Wikipedia:Sandbox: "For a sandbox of your own, create a user subpage." Given the fact that the original location was 'salted', there weren't too many options other than this for editing a more appropriate version.

  • Does the article now satisfy encyclopedic standards?

I believe the version on my user sandbox page does, yes. It's certainly no less so than other pages of similar garment manufacturing companies (eg

Under Armor, Canterbury of New Zealand
) and provides external links to published papers containing material that is relevant to the subject at hand (compression garments and the claims of their benefit).

Answers provided 'in line' by Gbskins (talk) 13:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

JNW or Hu12, are you going to reply or review the situation above? Gbskins (talk) 07:49, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Still waiting for additional response from JNW or Hu12. Gbskins (talk) 02:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

..Does User talk:Gbskins/Skins
  • Have
    WP:NOTABILITY
  • Pass
    WP:CORP
  • Meet Wikipedia's core content policies:
  • ”Verifiability”
    • "Verifiable Reliable Sources"
  • ”Reliable sources”
    • ”Self-published sources”
--Hu12 (talk) 05:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Er.... no. Gbskins blocked for block evasion and spamming, and I left a note on the talk page of user:Ausdiplomad about how to appeal a block. I predict that any appeal will fail, but you never know. Guy (Help!) 12:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

compete.com

siteanalytics.compete.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

Spammer

Anwar saadat (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • saadat Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •

Comment

While some of the usages are legitimate references, most of them are simply spam on unrelated websites. (i.e. an one-liner comment about hit count of Ford's website when article is about Ford Motor Company.)--Voidvector (talk) 15:16, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

deluxecruises.com

Accounts
Related sites
Note: Following the links above, each provides a large list of similar related sites that all have the same "Deluxe Cruise Com" graphic and same contact phone number. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Prior report
See prior report of one of the links and three of the IPs at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Jan 1#deluxecruises.com. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:50, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
Still spamming.
Cross-wiki:
 Defer to Global blacklist --A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

OOOPs -- I just realized there were a number of related domains; I'll list them at meta also:

--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:00, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

 Defer to Global blacklist -- additional domains are now blacklisted on meta. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.zombiestrippers.net

Account

Fansite repeatedly added to film article. Kelly hi! 03:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)


Still spamming:
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:26, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

prison-break.org.ua

prison-break.org.ua: 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

Spammers

MER-C 13:47, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

 Defer to Global blacklist, now blacklisted. MER-C 06:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.interviewlistings.com

Adsense pub-0608581204196300

Accounts

Radstopper (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
96.227.122.146 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 21:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com

Accounts

Blm0303 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 23:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.forexratestoday.com

Adsense pub-6723422124167244

Accounts

88.231.74.121 (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)
88.252.173.150 (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)
--Hu12 (talk) 00:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Jan 1 problem

I can't get this page to load -- it's as if there's no code or html on the page.

Anyone else experience this?

I'm in the process of blacklisting the deluxecruises.com links (see above) and I need to disable live links on that page.
--A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

http://spam.acappellahosting.com

Accounts

Acappellahosting (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • count • COIBot • user page logs • x-wiki • status • Edit filter search • Google • StopForumSpam •
--Hu12 (talk) 05:17, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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