Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Feb

message: The el man (talk • contribs • [/wiki/Special:Log/move?user= page moves] • block user • [/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User: block log]) adds links to:
*http://www.budster.net
**Current list of pages with this link
*http://www.ukdrifting.co.uk
**Current list of pages with this link
*http://www.addictinggames.ws/
**Current list of pages with this link
Adsense ID #: 2925204975796915
I've warned the user but have no time to clean these up today -- can the next shift handle this? Thanks!
--A. B. (talk) 18:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cleaned up for the time being. Nposs 18:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: budster.net spam

message: *
:Spammed mainly by . The website consists of a set of articles (all of which I checked are) copied and pasted from other sources.
Related, but linked only on the user page:
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Both websites using adsense pub-5658945457795453
Looks like the user also started a few BIO articles using text copied directly from his copyvio website. I'll start work. Join in if you like. Nposs 19:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  qualitygurus.com and qualitytimes.co.in 

message: Could someone please take a look into resolving the item I brought up at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Jan#Second_opinion_please?  Thanks.  -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 21:19, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: thanks for the feedback.  I guess I don't feel comfortable taking this on myself, due to my connections with the owner.  -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 15:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed 30 links leaving 24 namespace links. The ones I have left are cases where there is a stub article and the link has more information than the article does. Longer term these should not survive but short term they will be useful in helping to develop the stubs. --BozMo talk 09:48, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See User_talk:Ivan_Bajlo#Your_message when challenged by site owner. --BozMo talk 14:30, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Ian, To be honest, I would have started by talking to you if I had known you were the site owner. I went through the first five or six links and although you had added one there were several other people who had added them so I gave up on trying to identify the WP site of the owner and took the links out. As I said on your talk page, this was not done "blind": I did check each page linked to although in a couple of cases there may have been more relevant info under sub-links. I also noted  that most of the links I took out had been added in when the articles were stubs and they were appropriate at the time. I do not think there was any bad faith at all with these links, just getting outdated. I am also aware and musing about a degree of hypocrisy on the part of WP since the articles on your site clearly are a source of a lot of the info on WP but aren't citable because of WP:RS as personal sites are generally not allowed as sources. You are right to feel a bit upset  about this. I have been digging around (unsuccessfully) to try reviews to get your site past WP:RS but it is proving tricky. Anyway, thanks for being understanding we are just trying to do our job! --BozMo talk 15:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reminder from unresolved Archived request 

message: This is one that may require some evaluation of many of the links. It is similar to several other websites that consolidate information from numerous government and other sources. For the few cities that I looked at, their webpages were much less informative (but also less cluttered), because the pages were mostly links to other pages which may, or may not, have the information that you were looking for. On the other hand, their webpages on ancestries actually looked informative. 
Still, many of the 225 links  look like they should be deleted. Also, all of the images that have been scrapped from the website (I counted six) will need to have their copyrights changed to  and then deleted. BlankVerse 04:51, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I generally remove these in the Oregon articles unless for some reason there is no better information out there. I'll take care of the Oregon links in your search. Thanks for bringing it up. I think people add epodunk as an external link because it comes up on the top of many google searches and looks semi-official. Katr67 19:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  epodunk.com 

message: Howdy! Can some one check out the rest of these links... I cleaned through the obvious ones. *.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf, is the link. Thanks! —— Eagle 101 (Need help?) 17:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lyrics links 

message: A user by the name of Sh3llsh0ck has been posting links in game articles to this site's articles (which are related, though nothing terribly important). Posting these links is the only thing he has done (and he corrected one link four times), so I would file that under spam and self-promotion. However, I'm still fuzzy on the standards as to what qualifies as link spam. Since the external articles are related to the Wikipedia articles and feature some extra content (pictures, soundfiles), an argument could be made that they are worthwhile. Could someone check these out and possibly remove them if deemed unfit? Check out Gargoyle's Quest and Phelios for examples. -Jacquismo 00:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dealt with and removed. That was clear cut linkspam. Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 01:39, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible spam from blamethecontrolpad.com 

message: I have been running a script on this one. Its about 20% done, so I went ahead and posted those results at User:Eagle_101/Spam/Viagra. Feel free to start removing some of them, if you do though, please at least update the status (on the table). Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 18:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links that have something to do with viagra according to wikiseek 

message: Hi, Eagle 101.  It seems the user GreysAnatomy is going around to all the law firm pages adding links to a site called averyindex.com.  GreysAnatomy might be connected with another user Dirkjavery, who assumably is connected with averyindex.com and whose edits stop about the time that GreysAnatomy's edits begin.  I'm relatively new to wikipedia so don't know the spam policy very well but it looked like you warned GreysAnatomy on November 30 about his behavior so you might know best what to do.  Thanks!  Pygora123 20:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The following was posted to my talk page, I thought this might be bettter suited here. What do you guys think of averyindex? Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 20:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On a google search I saw a couple of references to Averyindex that indicate it might be fairly prominent within the US legal field, at least informally (for instance a relatively big chicago law firm mention on their site that they were ranked highly by the site).  It might be best to ask this question on the talk page of an article that gets significant edits from lawyers.  GreysAnatomy's reasons for liking the site (it helped him/her get a job) aren't really indicative of what would make a good link generally, and I could find no provenance on the site itself (which is typical of many spam sites).  But there's no advertising on it, and a site that is well respected in legal circles but doesn't have commercial interests affecting things like rankings could be a very interesting link for a number of articles.  It's whether or not it's well respected and whether it's directly appropriate to the article that would sway me.  -- Siobhan Hansa 03:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It’s seems pretty spammy to me. First of all, as a practicing attorney in the U.S., I’ve never heard of the site (although I will say that I haven't had to find a new job for a very long time).  Second, it does have at least some advertising. Check the hyperlink in the middle to barristerbooks.com with helpful tips like “Buy your law books online and save. Fast shipment.” and “Largest selection of law books and study aids. Best prices, fast shipment.” (Hit refresh to see the different advertising messages.) Third, the site does not qualify as a reliable source. Much of the data it provides is unsourced and unverifiable, and if we need to use the limited data that is sourced, we should obviously cite to that original source. Finally, it was added by an editor who's made few or no other contributions to the project. So, where it's listed under "External links", I say delete, and where it's provided as an inline cite, we need to find a real source and replace it. -- Satori Son 06:58, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam policy question 

message: Special:Contributions/70.118.21.205 has just had a run of external links. I'll come back to it if no one else does. --BozMo talk 22:55, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and reverted the one ontop link. I left a  template on the talk page. Thanks for posting :D —— Eagle101 Need help? 23:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I had a browse through these. Ferret is a horrific linkfarm. I don't have time to assess/cleanup all those links at the moment, but I'll probably come back to it tomorrow if nobody else does. CiaranG 23:16, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, so much for not having time, I've removed all the mealwormfarm.com links posted by 70.118.21.205 - as well as being spammy, they appeared to be copyvios. CiaranG 23:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks and good job! —— Eagle101 Need help? 23:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  minor spam: worm farm links 

message: there is a crap load of links to amazon from various countries. 
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like , entries need to be cleaned for not passing WP:SPAM right? if so, could someone help me out a little too, there is a lot of em! also if someone knows a lot of popular country suffixes, that would also be good. JoeSmack Talk 16:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've cut down this sneaky template spam  which should be a start. Femto 16:54, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, thats a mean-ol spammer tactic! Does someone have the means to search stub templates for anything http:// ? External links should never be on a stubs temp. JoeSmack Talk 17:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: JS was looking at this a couple of weeks ago? --BozMo talk 19:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

text: This method here  kinda works, although not very well. JoeSmack Talk 19:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Caught another sneaky stub linkspammer: , and again here ...and again,  ! JoeSmack Talk 19:19, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've indef blocked the two where they used accounts. The IPs may be worth a deeper check at WP:OP too, 69.108.163.144 appears in various open proxy lists. Femto 11:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You should let the Stub-sorting WikiProject know about this spammer tactic. Since many of the stubs are not watchlisted, more of them probably should be protected or semi-protected. I can see no real reason for stubs to be edited by IPs, so maybe they should all be semi-protected. BlankVerse 13:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Last time was amazon too: see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Jan#Amazon_affiliate_spam. What happened about JS and the bot request? --BozMo talk 14:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  amazon links 

message: is a lyrics website, and linked many times over. i know the stance on lyrics sites this project has gone through before, so i thought this would be the place to talk on it. JoeSmack Talk 18:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  *.diggiloo.net 

message: Based on a posting here, I looked into links for *.myscreensavers.net and found several recent hits; notably at Computer wallpaper and Screensaver.  The spammer has persisted in posting the link there and at the aforementioned Waterfall.  The site is simply a 'free' screensaver site that asks you to agree to accept a program that pushes ads to your desktop before you can use the screensaver.  Clearly promotional and commercial.  Could use a few more eyes - or should I drop this to the blacklist? Kuru talk 22:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screensaver Spam 

message: Can someone please take a look at the edit history for Google Pack and the talk page? I feel like things are out of hand and need a third party to add his/her opinion. --sigmafactor 23:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi sigmafactor.  You seemed to have managed to get it under control.  The page protection was a good idea, if the editor comes back we can consider seeing if meta will blacklist the site.  It clearly adds no additional information.  Sorry you had to put up with that situation - thanks for keeping the article in decent shape.  -- Siobhan Hansa 01:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And don't hesitate to ask for help here again.  I'm a big believer in DefendEachOther, and Siobhan Hansa is right: you shouldn't have to put up with this stuff for doing what's right for the project. -- Satori Son 02:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Pack 

message: The article on Paceville has a very long list of venues, most of which doesn't seem to be notable. There are no external links to any of them, but it has been growing since October 7 and most of the contributors are IPs or one-edit members.
As there are no external links, I'm not sure if it does qualify as spam or not, so I would like to ask you all: shall I leave it, trim them down as per WP:CORP or kill the list entirely? ~  ► Wykebjs ◄  (userpage | talk) 18:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I took the initutive and killed the list completely.  WP:NOT has something to say about such lists... wikipedia isn't the yellow pages. :) ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 19:21, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Paceville]]: growing spam problem? 

message: Nothing like a little archive blanking to jog the memory.
Thanks, 59.93.83.166 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search). It's time to take another look at some January friends.
The section deleted covered 3 different, unrelated spammers. One was in the Philippines as is the IP above:
*e-infanta.com:
**Account:
***58.69.122.203 (talk • contribs • [/wiki/Special:Log/move?user= page moves] • block user • [/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User: block log])
**Domains spammed:
***http://e-infanta.blogspot.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
**Other domains owned:
***http://articlegear.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
***http://www.articlewheel.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
***http://ezineprime.hubprime.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
***http://myspace-layouts.linkchannels.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
***http://www.beezymouse.com/
****Current list of articles with this link
I don't see any articles with those links, but perhaps the guy has some new domains. --A. B. (talk) 21:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like 59.93.83.166 is at it again. e-infanta.com () seems to be the website.  I cleared out the one link (fails WP:EL anyway). ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 05:05, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Do you mean this talk-page? ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 15:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: C'est exact. --BozMo talk 16:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  section blanked in January archive 

message: In an attempt to make the todo list easier to edit, I've changed the headings from  to === and I've added a link to the page.  I think it helps, a bit.  If you follow the link then you can edit individual sections.  Otherwise, you still need to edit the whole thing.  (Because of the way it gets template expanded.)  Thoughts?  Ben Aveling 21:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool! —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The todo list 

message: Unfortunately, there is no "easy" way to discover them. However, if an Amazon link looks like amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007145506X/xxx, the xxx part is the referral code (that is, the guy who will get some money if a user buys the item through his link). Old links have ref=xxx inside the url parameters. Two things:
* I noticed some externISBN javascript function in some monobooks, which is not that bad. However, User:Lunchboxhero/monobook.js apparently adds a referral wikipedia08-20, and you can notice several other users using it (, , , , etc). Have they all been tricked, or...?
* Also, note that in Civilization Fanatics Center they provide an Amazon link with, apparently, their own referral: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000IU1PQA/civilizationfana (and I guess this is just one example).
I think it is time to begin purging these referrals from Wikipedia, don't you think? -- ReyBrujo 03:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really, other than in Amazon-related articles. I am worried about that javascript too, because it converts valid ISBN into external links to Amazon; removing the Amazon links would remove the original valid information (in this case, ISBN). -- ReyBrujo 03:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It needs to be remembered amazon links are often used as a form of verification. They are used to check that a product such as a book exists, a track-listing is accurate, or that album artwork is properly sourced. There is however no reason to have affiliate links, ever. -- zzuuzz(talk) 13:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: As far as I can tell from here: User_talk:Niteowlneils/Archive1#Amazon_links this referrer agent is actually registered to Wikipedia. Presumably some old deal ? --BozMo talk 13:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. Nevertheless, I still think we should not allow any referral, including Wikipedia one, unless it is clarified for the casual users about this referral. I will post something at the village pump later. -- ReyBrujo 13:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My view is "no link to a book sale URL" . --BozMo talk 14:33, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Funny, just looking at that. I spotted with amazon.com the image page invariably links to the jpg of the image which has been lifted (so no click through to a sale) but with .co.uk it is often to an affiliated sale page for the book. --BozMo talk 14:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the contributors are varied. This is one: User:Wikiman who is heading for an indef block because I've just been through his last 50 edits and they are all spam or vandalism. AB has already warned him once. --BozMo talk 14:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there anyway that we can tell there is a referral code just from the link? If so I will set it up so that LinkWatcher will highlight those. Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: It used to be easier but now there are several forms (so tends to be a manual spot but yes from the URL). I'll try to think of an algo. --BozMo talk 22:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest red listing amazon.com/.+/(ASIN|ISBN) or similar to catch some of these referrals, but many others will pass without problem due Amazon's flexibility. I will ask in their technical forum to see what kind of help they can give us. -- ReyBrujo 04:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amazon referrals 

message: Going through the javascript history... particularly User_talk:Lunchboxhero/monobook.js#Adapt_to_make_.24wgBookstoreListEn_serve_an_Amazon.com_affiliate_bookstore where someone asked how to do the affiliate mod, this one came up: 
This site appears to be run by one and written by Christopher Bassford who has not only written a lot of his own page (as Cbassford1) but also put in a large proportion of the links. There are a few WP:SPAs around as well which look a bit sockish. Anyone else fancy an opinion on whether there is much legitimacy here? He does look notable but I am not sure that his website qualifies aside the WP:COI? --BozMo talk 13:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The links do seem to be providing relevant information, both as links and references in the examples I looked at, though I'm not familiar with the subject matter. My only quibble was the link placement in some cases, and repeated links throughout articles where only one would have been appropriate. Probably still worth someone taking a closer look? CiaranG 00:04, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clausewitz.com

message: See this project; its charter:
:"This is a copy of m:interwiki map. These prefixes can be used to create external links. However, the list of prefixes is very long and contains many items that either are hardly ever used, or are inappropriate as external links. The purpose of this page is to analyze that list to see if parts of it can be pruned. The actual pruning will have to be done by a Meta admin. Please discuss on the talk page, and update the "status" column as needed."
In a nutshell, if you look at some of the stuff on the list, some looks pretty spammy. So if you have a spammy wiki and you set up an interwiki link shortcut, you get a sort of "we're another wiki" halo. Not only that, but many editors will mistakenly assume these are Foundation projects. --A. B. (talk) 16:23, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Mmm yeah, we should see about weeding out a few of those. —— Eagle101 Need help? 16:34, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Not to mention the proposed ones (see below) --BozMo talk 17:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: HEY, the en.wikipedia.org list is way longer than the meta one, has loads of extra entries like MySpace, isn't write protected and bypasses nofollow. Oops. --BozMo talk 17:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'live' list at meta wasn't protected for a long time either... Femto 18:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Have to go: someone needs a good look at this. Am confused --BozMo talk 17:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Sorry no panic. They were imported from an old meta list which seems to have been cleaned but isn't active yet. --BozMo talk 17:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:Interwiki map was created as an effort to cleanup the meta list. It is not a real interwiki-list... just a list setup to as a way to evaluate the links. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 10:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

text: See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Jan#External link formatting question and Wikipedia talk:External links/Archive 14#Wikipedia talk:External links#Meta "custom namespaces" on the history. I still say burn the whole damn thing down and see if anybody complains. Femto 18:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you mean burn Meta or just the interwiki links ;) ? Personally I want to keep the facility for these because it is the easiest greenlist patch to write. --BozMo talk 18:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well if a meta admin is needed, I might be getting the bit come Sunday. But best to just post proposed removals on the talk page, and the admins will deal with it from there. —— Eagle101 Need help? 18:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool. Just added my vote (different name on meta). --BozMo talk 19:40, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Interwiki map]] -- some spam on the list of interwiki links? 

message: Maybe someone can help figure this out. I noticed  add some links to (and promotional material about) . The additions seemed to be mainly in relationship to the The_Times_Higher_Education_Supplement ranking of universities (note the link at the bottom of the article to the apparently related ). From what I can tell, the website is reproducing the results from the official website (http://www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings/) which requires a subscription to access. Is this a copyvio? Is topuniversities or topgraduate a reliable website? Furthermore, links to these websites have been added in places to make them appear like "official" websites (example). Can anyone else tell what is going on? Nposs 17:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: After much digging, there appears to be a collaborative relationship between THES and the other website. I'll restore the links. Nposs 14:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  .topuniversities.com and .topgraduate.com 

message: was posted to the archive page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Oct. I think this needs to be investigated. Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:39, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Some were deleted, some were fixed. Many were for notable companies, so they were fixed up; Wikipedia has poor coverage of corporations; not even the Fortune 500 was fully covered as of a few months ago. Here's that list:
*Aarons -- notable (but AfD'd unsuccessfully)
*Aerocomp Aerospace -- deleted
*Arch Coal -- definitely notable
*Belgo British Conference -- reworked and kept as Belgo-British Conference
*Bill Knapp -- there's no record of an article by that name; there is a Bill Knapp's Restaurant article
*Chris White (dab page) -- reworked and kept as Chris White (musician)
*Cummins Inc -- definitely notable (see Cummins)
*DrumsGirlsDangerousP -- there was a book published entitled "Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie" -- no record of any article
*Feedmarker -- deleted
*FirstEnergy -- definitely notable
*Imation -- definitely notable
*Immersion Games -- deleted
*Katsuko Saruhasi -- long existing article
*Kirby Company -- notable; there's been an article here long before MyWikiBiz
*K Aslihan Yener -- see K. Aslihan Yener; long existing article
*LA Maritime -- reworked and kept as Los Angeles Maritime Museum
*National Fuel Gas -- definitely notable -- no record of an article
*Occidental Petroleum -- definitely notable
*Paris Barclay -- notable
*Public Radio Exchange -- probably notable
*Save Indian Family -- last I knew, there were big disputes over notability and POV. Lots of refs, but are they about S.I.F. or mens' rights in general. I quickly tired of that one.
*Western Refining -- definitely notable
A few additional AfDs come up on the Special:Whatlinkshere/User:MyWikiBiz page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MyWikiBiz... Again 

message: this guy Special:Contributions/64.89.250.90 has some fansite and booking agent spam going on, needs some digging, he sometimes contributes the official link along with his links. JoeSmack Talk 04:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: you mean  &? --BozMo talk 08:17, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: heh, you're right, not so hard. cleaning it now... JoeSmack Talk 04:58, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: cleaned. JoeSmack Talk 05:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  roadrules spam 

message: User:Bill Clark was a highly experienced user (dating back to 2002 under another name), who reappeared under this Bill Clark name in Fall 2006.  After making a number of legitimate edits for several months, he undertook quietly to post external links directly to commercial cable websites on dozens of small city articles, with the apparent intent of posting these external links to cable TV websites in as many city articles as he could.
When he was confronted, he agreed to stop, but then he began a series of increasingly elaborate arguments and offers - each one of his proposals always ended with his being able to post links to commercial cable TV websites, as he put it, where "appropriate."
The editors at WikiProject City disagreed with each of his increasingly elaborate proposals, and "opposed" or "strongly opposed" each of his plans. One of his plans included for example, an offer to list the name of every public utility in every city in a new section he would create.  This new section would, of course, contain the name of the cable TV provider, with a helpful direct link to the cable TV provider's website, where "appropriate."   He kept insisting that he "didn't understand" the objections to his plans.
When this user saw that the consensus had formed against his plan, he said he was "leaving Wikipedia," vandalized dozens of articles on his way out, and launched vituperative personal attacks naming me, and other editors who had not agreed with him.  
He has blanked out his user page and his talk page, but, of course, the edit history still contains his post that he had been an editor since 2002 ("under another account"), had "started over 100 'good' articles," and made "thousands of edits."  At least of couple of editors were under the impression that this user was newcomer, and felt that he had not been treated with enough patience. 
The body of discussions relating to his actions (before they were blanked by this user), as well as the log of his actions, is archived here for review and use by any editor.  Spamreporter1 06:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yikes... I hate to see someone leave like this, but what can we do? He just didn't get WP:NOT. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 10:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting dispute about Cable TV external links 

message: Someone produced a list of the most linked to sites from Wikipedia a little while back and now I cannot find it. Anyone got a bookmark?--BozMo talk 13:02, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: User:ReyBrujo/Dumps - rey and his abundant user-subpage-resources strikes again! JoeSmack Talk 13:26, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Just in case I have started drawing up a greenlist here: User:BozMo/whitelist. Anyone who really doesn't have anything better to do could help but I am not expecting it. It will be a while before it is plausible --BozMo talk 14:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh, is it a green list or a white list? ;) Anyways, you might ask Eagle 101 about the whitelist from his LinkWatcher IRC Bot. JoeSmack Talk 17:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay I'll move the page sometime. In WP the whitelist is an exclude from the blacklist whereas the greenlist is intended to be an exclude from nofollow... --BozMo talk 18:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Exclude from no-follow... this could be fun! Just wait for the spammers to be on the doorstep :P —— Eagle101 Need help? 19:08, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Did you notice them leave? At least we will see them if they have to knock on the door of a greenlist... well I reckon. I did spot them queueing up and asking for inclusion in interwiki which is excluded from nofollow though. Anyway, what's this whitelist thingy you have? --BozMo talk 19:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  quick q 

message: Going through the archives checking past spammers I found this guy Special:Contributions/68.3.28.140 had just returned after a long break to add a test link. I have indef blocked his account. --BozMo talk 14:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Careful with the terminology, it's not an account but an IP, and those should usually not get indef blocked unless in extreme cases. Though this one has a consistent pattern and no other edits since Nov 2005 you may want to reduce to 1 year. Femto 18:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the steer. Changed to 6 months. I've done a couple of these recently so I'll go back over when I have a few minutes. In general I thought the old blocks get revisited so indef did not mean forever but I agree no point making a job, --BozMo talk 18:53, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archives 

message: First of all, in response to your comment on my talk page that elliottgann.com is not a commercial site: It is a commercial site since it is monetized with Google Adsense ads. Given Wikipedia's high "search engine trust factor" and page ranking, a link from one of these articles to another site would tend to give it higher page rank, more visitors and more ad revenue. 
Putting "en.elliottgann.com/forex-trading/Main_Page" in the search box for the Site-Related function of Google Adwords' Keyword Tool reveals that Google's price to get the leading ad positions for many of the keywords associated with your site will cost several dollars per click. Google's latest financial filing indicates that Adsense site owners nowadays get about 75% of the revenue per click.
As for other inappropriate links on these pages, by all mean, delete any that fail to meet the External LInks Guideline.
In May 2006, 82.226.255.227 added elliottgann.com links to:
*Technical analysis
*Candlestick chart
This IP traceroutes to ath91-1-82-226-255-227.fbx.proxad.net. (France)
In November 2006, Paris75 added elliottgann.com links to:
*Trader (finance)
*William Eckhardt (trader)
8 January 2007, Inflector deleted an elliottgann.com link from the Richard Dennis article, leaving the explanation on the article talk page noting that that elliottgann.com was infringing someone else's copyright.
10 January 2007, 212.180.5.46 "updated" the elliottgann.com links in all 4 articles. This IP traceroutes to sextan7258-nat.clients.easynet.fr. (France)
11 January,Filmnight deleted your links with these comments:
*Trader (finance)  "no more links please, see WP:SPAM, WP:LINKS & Wikipedia:Conflict of interest"
*Technical analysis  "removed spam link with ads"
*Candlestick chart  "no more links please, see WP:SPAM, WP:LINKS & Wikipedia:Conflict of interest"
*William Eckhardt (trader)  "no more spam links"
12 January, you created the account Fillmnnight
*Note that Wikipedia:Username proscribes using creating a user name confusingly similar to that of another editor and goes on to discuss abusive user names.
*Wikipedia:Sock puppetry rules out using multiple accounts except in certain unusual situations
Using this new account you immediately added back two of the links again; 82.226.255.22 reinserted a third link 4 minutes later. 
2 February 2007, User:217.207.99.252 deleted these links. The edit summaries each read: "removed spam link."
Later that day, using the Filmnight account, you again added the links back. 
At the same time, you also deleted the complaint about elliottgann.com copyright infringements from Talk:Richard Dennis. Pleclech subsequently reverted your edit with the comment: "Best not to remove material from talk pages unless libellous, nonsense ..."
*Deleting others' article talk page comments is considered vandalism -- see Wikipedia:Vandalism.
8 February 2007, I deleted the elliottgann.com links from the Candlestick chart, Trader (finance) and Technical analysis articles with the edit summary for each: "delete elliottgann.com spam"  I put  notices on each of the 4 user pages warning that any more spam might result in editing privileges being blocked; these notices gave links to the following policies:
*Wikipedia:Spam
**This gives a very detailed explanation of what Wikipedia considers spam and has links to all the relevant other policies and guidelines:
***Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
***Wikipedia:External links (the section "Links normally to be avoided")
***Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
*Wikipedia:Blocking policy
*Spam_blacklist
*The talk page for the spam blacklist which explains the blacklist
In light of:
*The user name issue
*The use of multiple accounts
*The copyright concerns
*The talk page vandalism
*The indication that these links may have been added to other language versions of Wikipedia
I then requested the elliottgann.com link be blacklisted. I did not request any of the multiple accounts be blocked.
9 February 2007, 212.180.5.46 responded by replacing the warning with "just bullshit...". I restored the warning, then he deleted it again, 6 minutes before your post above.
 --A. B. (talk) 19:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Response to [[User:Fillmnnight|Fillmnnight]]

message: Links added:
*unitedfutures.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*brightcommoditybroker.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
Partial list of accounts adding these links
*24.115.103.134 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: gig-0-1.cmts.hzl.ptd.net. (PenTeleData, Pennsylvania)
*24.24.245.53 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: cpe-24-24-245-53.socal.res.rr.com. (Southern California)
*67.162.7.86 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: ge-0-1-ubr15.area4.il.chicago.comcast.net.
*67.162.80.174 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: ge-0-1-ubr19.area4.il.chicago.comcast.net.
*69.209.208.125 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: adsl-69-209-208-125.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net.
*69.209.214.192 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: rback6-g1-0.chcgil.sbcglobal.net.
*69.209.230.33 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: adsl-69-209-230-33.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net.
*69.217.195.64 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: dist1-g1-2.chcgil.ameritech.net.
*69.222.252.53 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroutes to: sbc-1.ar2.dca3.gblx.net.
*Berettachick (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*Bud5000 (talk • contribs • links • site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*JohnEdu (talk • contribs • links • site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*Oblonej (talk • contribs • links • site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
**Owns unitedfutures
*Patty5000 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*StockGuru (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*UFgirl (talk • contribs • links • ite=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
Articles spammed:
*Single-stock futures
*Futures contract
*Commodity markets
*Commodity broker
Spam articles created:
*United Futures
*United Futures Trading Company, Inc.
*Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bright Commodity Broker
Often describes his edits as "tidying up".
--A. B. (talk) 21:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eww, list that on meta please. —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:43, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blacklisting requested. --A. B. (talk) 21:49, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Now blacklisted. --A. B. (talk) 14:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  unitedfutures.com (the tidy guy) 

message: Came accross this one today hxxp://www.consultant-news.com/?Wiki  note the /?Wiki  on the end of the url. Any thing after the ? is for back tracking hits or visitors, not a functional part of the address. Good chance its a webmaster or owner in violation WP:COI and Advertising and conflicts of interest. I think MSN's bot does read it as a part of the URL, so it may have SEO weight as a keyword. A little more subtle than affiliate spam, but spam it is.--Hu12 11:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  URL tracking givaways 

message: I have just given this guy a one month block : Special:Contributions/216.70.148.253. He is redirecting links to his own site, and has been warned. There are about 30 of his links left  and I don't have more wiki time before tomorrow. Be good if someone could pick them up but it isn't just a delete job since I think they are all diverts from legit links which might need restoring? --BozMo talk 20:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think Special:Contributions/Studentofknowledge was also a source of some of the links remaining if it helps to find if they were drop in or redirect. --BozMo talk 20:56, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Another studentofknowledge.com spam IP . Interestingly, this one is registered to a company, Life Technologies, Inc. Femto 16:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Remember EinsteinEdits (talk • contribs • [/wiki/Special:Log/move?user= page moves] • block user • [/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User: block log])? I seem to recall he edited for a while under the name "Professor of Life" -- any chance they're the same? --A. B. (talk) 17:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  One month block 

message: Per WikiProject Spam guidelines, I set up a "do not add undiscussed links" note on Portland, Oregon, and a discussion section on the talk page. There is consensus that portlandneighborhood.com doesn't belong in the Portland article proper, but as I said, there are about 50 PDX neighborhoods with the link, I think these are a legit use of the link, but I'd like to get all y'all's opinion. Please don't do anything drastic, like mass deletion, before I consult with my WikiProject Oregon pals. Now, along comes a user who wants to put her neighborhood link in, and she mentions portlandneighborhood.com. Now aside from her photo being the first thing you see when you click on the link, anyone else care to explain to her why her link is inappropriate? She's using the usual strawmen. I've already sent her  and I just replied to her post. Thanks bunches. Katr67 07:01, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to me this is exactly the reason why we have WP:COI. No one can see objectively about their own link so they shouldn't be in on the argument. --BozMo talk 07:11, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your input. And BTW, it looks like portlandneighborhood.com *is* adding their own links. They even attempted to add it to a category page, which is a sin in my book. Katr67 07:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: She is an established user. Established users get very upset when EL/Spam/COI policies get applied to them just like every other IP and new user. My advice is to talk it out before removing the 50 inappropriate links to avoid needlessly high temperatures. JoeSmack Talk 16:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portland neighborhood links 

message: This came up in the dsicussion at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hu12:
See the MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist administrator backlog: there are requests dating back to October. Probably 1/3 are legit, 1/3 are spammers with new accounts making disingenuous appeals and the other 1/3 -- who knows? 
Note that I am not suggesting anyone go through them, making snap decisions just to clear the list. It takes some time to go through each of these.
Most cases will be documented either in the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam or m:Talk:Spam blacklist archives. Occasionally stuff goes straight to the blacklist without documentation except on the m:Spam blacklist itself. If all else fails, just Google "wikipedia.org OR wikimedia.org + spamdomain.com" (Google search is better for this than our own). A few requests I've already annotated with comments if that's any help, but only an admin is allowed to make a final decision. --A. B. (talk) 17:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: An admin at meta, yeah? (as in not an .en admin) /wangi 17:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Meta administers the blacklist, which is Foundation-wide. Each project then has a whitelist where they can make exceptions (whitelisting) for individual domains. That is done by admins on those projects.--A. B. (talk) 18:34, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist]] backlog -- calling all admins 

message: The following was deleted today from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Jan#.in spam by Northlake (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status):
:More .in spam for the record (pub-5012027703930414):
:*68.217.109.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
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:Nposs 18:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Went through it all. There were two links that needed to be removed, and they were removed. Thanks for lettings us know. JoeSmack Talk 19:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mice nibbling away at our archives 

message: # Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Jan & Feb#everything2.com -- this section was deleted last May by 213.179.39.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
# Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Oct#eyeorbit.org --this section was deleted in November by 66.67.15.16 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
It may be worth going back and checking the associated domains out again -- clearly these spammers were not willing to go away.
As noted a few days ago, we had still another raid a few days ago by 59.93.83.166, also reverted and spam cleaned up.
I've added all the archives to my watchlist.--A. B. (talk) 19:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Went through it all. There were two links that needed to be removed, and they were removed. Thanks for lettings us know. JoeSmack Talk 19:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Two other, unrelateds earlier raids, both reverted

message: 15 minute block on Special:Contributions/62.117.94.124 because he wouldn't stop when warned mid link campaign. A couple of the links were arguable but I am getting fed up with "only link only to one site" users and some were far fetched. I am about to go to bed so someone in a different time zone could just have a look in an hour or so.--BozMo talk 22:04, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This IP Special:Contributions/195.128.58.78 did the same thing for the same site a bit early. I left one which was vaguely arguable but I think we need to watch the site since they are switching IPs. --BozMo talk 22:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just to log 

message: Links added by one or more of the related accounts below (or affiliated with the same domains):
*AutoInsuranceCarInsurance.net 
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*auto-insurance-rate.biz
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*badcredit-mortgagerefinance.info
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*car-insurance-comparison.net
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
* CheapCarInsuranceQuote.biz
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*clipboardgenie.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*FreewareCity.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*freewaretown.com
**Previously blacklisted -- I could find no record of when or why 
*insureme.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*lynxtrack.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*sharewareisland.com
**Previously blacklisted -- I could find no record of when or why
*uiopq.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*vsisoftware.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
*vsisystems.com
**Current [ list] of articles with this link
Articles spammed by these accounts
*Barcode
*Car dealerships in the USA
*Clipboard (software)
*Credit score (United States)
*Debt
*Envelope
*Freeware
*Jigsaw puzzle
*Keyboard shortcut
*Macro
*Mortgage
*Mouse (computing)
*Picture puzzle
*Shareware
*Soft reboot
*Vehicle insurance
*Xerox
Accounts adding one or more of these links
*24.24.244.158 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*24.24.244.214 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*24.24.245.53 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*24.24.245.177 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*66.27.196.70 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*66.27.215.130 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.11.165.210 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.11.165.210 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.11.165.235 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.11.166.186 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.11.166.45 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.33.14.80 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.36.52.174 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.42.162.123 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.49.46.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*76.211.117.92 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Jan# Additional insurance spammers -- help needed
Time to blacklist. --A. B. (talk) 22:14, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done the blacklisting on meta for these. —— Eagle101 Need help? 00:45, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! --A. B. (talk) 14:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  insureme.com and vsisystems.com spam 

message: The Men from the Ministère will be requiring that commercial spammers toe the line and refrain from posing as a consumer in sockpuppetry and fake bloggery stunts
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2007/02/11/eu_makes_sock_p....html#comments
Bwithh Join Up! See the World! 21:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spam fake customer sockpuppeteering to become ''criminal offence'' in Europe in 2008

message: *
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Just adding it here for the record (I have a feeling it will return - although it appears to be quiet for the time being.) Systematically added by multiple IPs - usually inserted in front the link to the station's own website. Seems like an ad-free "service" to listen to streaming radio, but the site is actually pushing new technologies that use their service (and other related tie-ins). Nposs 06:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Added one more.--Hu12 08:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio station spam - radiotime.com 

message: See Special:Contributions/193.239.211.134 . There are squillions of links to hometown.aol.com see  . Should there be any at all? --BozMo talk 13:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Fashioned spammer 

message: Removed External link directory (including the Foreign-language links) on Trailer (book) per WP:NOT and Links normally to be avoided, explained kindly to this user why. doesn't seem to care and replace them all. might also need to be reminded of WP:OWN. Someone want to have a second look at the article? --Hu12 22:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's a bit harsh to remove them all, since a few are actually required to reference the article. An explanation of how to do that properly might be an idea. I removed some as a starting point, but between us, we seem to have managed to look like the heavy mob. ;) CiaranG 22:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, fair point, although they are a bit deaf. I was puzzled that I didn't get an edit conflict as I thought we were simultaneous. The article only has one author so I was wondering about AfDing it aswell but decided not to. The guardian and a couple of others could go back. --BozMo talk 22:34, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I thought WP:OR at first, until I looked at some of the better links. I'll stick and appropriate one back as a properly formatted reference and see what happens if nobody else gets there first. CiaranG 22:37, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry I reverted some I had deleted back in already. I really am going to bed now goodnight. --BozMo talk 22:39, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Doh. A hot potato. CiaranG 23:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like a good-faith effort in creating a decent new article, he just jumped off the external link cliff.  Like you were saying, most of the articles he linked to need to be converted to inline references.  The blogs and "examples" don't really seem to be needed and will set off the spam radar every time.  He's responding through the talk page now, so it should work out. Kuru talk 23:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: (from bed). This article is his only contribution. At least of the links are his. www.vidlit.com for example looks linked to a user called vidlit, doesn't it? He started ten days ago with a short article on this [], with his website in it and since has evolved. Also please bear in mind that although book trailers exist a lot of the text is hype. Try googling for "booker trailer genre" http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rls=RNFA%2CRNFA%3A1970--2%2CRNFA%3Aen&q=%22book+trailer+genre%22&btnG=Search I strongly suspect advertising and linkbait thinly disguised as art? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BozMo (talk • contribs) 23:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good points. However, go to sleep now, and try not to dream of linkspam. CiaranG 23:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  'Wiking' from bed is a danger sign.  :)  I agree - while I'd love to AGF and just assume this is something he is passionate about, I do so hate it when the username is the same as one of the link domains.  The text of the article has quite a bit of WP:OR in it, and will need to have anything he can't reference removed (especially the first person sentence) .  I'm fine with waiting a day to see how it develops, if an irrational attachment to the links develops it would be fairly telling.  Kuru talk 00:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hooooookay.  He's just responded; please ignore my above message. Kuru talk 02:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

text: This article seems to be attracting pov and spam in the same way that a tin of rotting spam attracts flies. (I assume it would anyway, I've not tried it myself). If it goes on much longer, I'm just going to replace the whole thing with a well-referenced stub. CiaranG 22:23, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Trailer (book)]]

message: I apologize if this has been mentioned before, but are geocities.com links allowed? Cheers. Yuser31415 23:03, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just make sure they are reliable sources, and meet external link criteria. Cheers! ---- Eagle101 Need help? 03:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

text: As a general rule, I tend to remove links to them. However, if they quote their sources (and quote them right!) and are actually valuable, I let them. Veinor (talk to me) 23:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Okay, I won't remove every single link as I was going to :). Yuser31415 00:31, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geocities 

message: Here is a full list of additions of this site up to 2 days old. 
* en:Girls Aloud diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&new_cat=6&file=article&sid=108
* en:David Gray (musician) diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=features&name=News&new_cat=12&file=article&am
* en:Queen (band) diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&file=article&sid=414
* en:Robyn Hitchcock diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=features&name=News&new_cat=10&file=article&am
* en:David Gray (musician) diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=features&name=News&new_cat=12&file=article&am
* en:Tunng diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?story_id=1101&menu_tab=reviews&backissue=1&name=News&a
* en:The Shins diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&file=article&sid=1100
* en:Girls Aloud diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&new_cat=6&file=article&sid=108
* en:CocoRosie diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&new_cat=1&file=article&sid=560
* en:Scritti Politti diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=957
* en:Edwyn Collins diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=244
* en:Duke Special diff en:Lancashire Fusileer www.incendiarymag.com/modules.php?menu_tab=&name=News&new_cat=1&file=article&sid=109
Hope this list helps. —— Eagle101 Need help? 20:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  data 

message: Sadly, I feel it is my duty to report that this person (www.efn.org/~hkrieger and www.efn.org/~fotozone) is a spammer. I have already removed all but one of his links from the wiki--the one that remains is, I think, relevant to the article. User name and IPs include:
*User:Hkrieger
*User:63.224.200.79
*User:71.32.127.109 (most recently used)
*User:71.34.247.189
This is a gentleman with a bit of local notability (he appeared on a public TV program about arts in the state) as a photographer and a penchant for self-promotion. He was warned for spamming under his Hkrieger username. Feel free to edit the links in this post to make it more useful for the anti-spam squad. Thanks! Katr67 21:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: --Hu12 21:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment FYI, efn.org is a Eugene, Oregon ISP (it's a freenet in fact)--this is much like the geocities links above--some are links to organizations, some are personal webpages, relevance and reliability of links may vary. Katr67 22:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Fixed the linksearch above to reflect /~fotozone and /~hkrieger's particular url's presence. Good job on cleanup!--Hu12 00:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo essay spammer 

message: I would like to see a List of articles that are easily converted into spam inside this WikiProject. In example, Pet sitting degenerated into this in only one month. It would also allow participants to have a watchlist of only those articles. -- ReyBrujo 05:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I started to create a page titled Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/High-risk articles but I can't figure out what the inclusion criteria would be. How do we limit the list? ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 13:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Articles that are transformed into spam 

message: This is probably a newbie question, but could wiki not limit all external links to the end of the article?-Vynbos 08:25, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally, editorial concerns take precedence over spam fighting. References are needed in the text but one of the several agreed style of doing this does put the external link at the end. In practice it makes controlling them no easier. --BozMo talk 08:51, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Agreed (with all the above). I don't like to see anything other than the <ref> or  style of referencing either, but I suppose consensus says otherwise. Rather the embedded link style than none at all though! CiaranG 23:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why have external links in the body?

message: Can someone please look into Victoria2007's contributions?  Nearly all of them seem to be additions of material from NewsMax.com.  I'm certain that some, many, or perhaps all of these additions are good but it might raise some eyebrows and some questions (perhaps conflict of interest?) as this person does seem to be adding only material from one source.  If one were suspicious one might even suspect that such additions are being done to promote this one source.  There is also an issue where Associated Press stories are not given credit for the news items republished by NewsMax.  --ElKevbo 16:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Further: it seems that most of the edits performed by this person as insertions of material from the news wire (Associated Press or Reuters).  The information is inserted with the phrase "According to NewsMax.com, ..." and no attribution is given to the appropriate news wire from which the information really came.  Further, it seems that this person doesn't pay too much attention to his or her edits as I am finding errors that one could easily catch if one were to glance at the article after editing it.  I know we all make mistakes when editing but taken as a part of the whole I am very suspicious of this editor's activities and motives.  --ElKevbo 17:03, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

text: I've examined all of this editor's contributions from February 9 until today and made substantial edits to most of them.  I'd appreciate some help if others have time and energy - I've got to get back to (real) work.  --ElKevbo 17:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have had a look and agree most of these are rubbishy and need to come out. Won't be me today but perhaps tomorrow.,--BozMo talk 22:10, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

text: For the record my take on newsmax is they are mainly an aggregator (so quote source not them) but have some ultra-right editorials (all subscription only AFAICT). I cannot see much sign of editing themselves. So to my mind links to them should be rare and specific. There are currently about 600 of them. --BozMo talk 20:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NewsMax & [[User:Victoria2007|Victoria2007]]

message: ===Domains===
These domains are known to have been spammed to Wikipedia. Some are owned by Maximus and some seem to be Maximus SEO clients. (35 domains):
*www.asiairas.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.berjayahotels-resorts.com
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*www.chinese.net.my
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*www.directb2b.biz
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*www.e-my.net.my
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*www.eplace21.com.sg
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*www.furnituremanufacturer.biz
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*www.howtofrenchkiss.net
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*www.kopitiammalaysia.com
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*www.ksuria.com
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*www.lycosasia.com
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*www.magicwin.com.my 
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*www.malaysiaseo.net
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*www.malaysia-supplier.com
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*www.malaysia-webdesign.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.manufacturer-supplier.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.maximus.com.my
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*www.micci.com.my
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*www.mipe.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.modularfurn.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.mydotmobi.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.myhydro1.com
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*www.newmalaysia.com.my
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*www.nstpi.com.my/ client
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.onlinefloristmalaysia.com 
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*www.personalimagegrooming.com
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*www.pestcontrol-malaysia.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.plasticproductmanufacturer.net
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*www.sgbroadband.com.sg
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*www.stainlesssteelblh.com
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*www.supplier-manufacturer.com
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*www.travelhotelmalaysia.com
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*www.webhosting-malaysia.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.welfordmedical.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*www.worldsites.net.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
Additional known sites owned by Maximus but not seen currently on Wikipedia (6 more domains):
*http://erpmalaysia.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://erpsoftware.bloghi.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.issconcept.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.registrar.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.singaporeseo.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.yi-hosting.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
===Articles===
Articles spammed (61 identified so far):
*.cc
*.mobi
*Active fire protection
*Bedroom set (group)
*Caning (furniture)
*:Category:Hotels in Malaysia
*:Category:Tourism in Malaysia
*:Category:Visitor attractions in Malaysia
*Computer Integrated Manufacturing
*Conduit
*Conduit (electrical)
*Cuisine of Malaysia
*Customer relationship management
*Domain name registrar
*Economy of Malaysia
*Economy of Singapore
*Enclosure (electrical)
*Endotracheal tube
*Enterprise resource planning
*Ergonomics
*Filter (water)
*Fire extinguisher
*Fire protection
*French kiss
*Furniture
*Health insurance
*Holidays in Malaysia (redirect)
*Industrial
*Intravenous therapy
*LASIK
*Langkawi
*Life insurance
*Light manufacturing (redirect)
*List of Malaysian companies
*List of production topics
*List of Singapore companies
*Malaysia
*Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering
*Malaysian
*Manufacturing
*Office
*Office chair
*Personal branding
*Photorefractive keratectomy
*Plastic Pressure Pipe Systems
*Polyvinyl chloride]
*Portal:Singapore/Did you know
*Rice vermicelli
*Second Malaysia Plan
*Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
*Singapore
*Stadium buddy
*Swimming pool
*:Template:Economy of Malaysia table
*:Template:Malaysia-company-stub
*Tourism Malaysia
*Toyota Vios
*Tracheotomy
*Wonderland
*Yellow Pages
===Accounts===
Accounts used (60 identified so far):
*218.111.219.104 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.25.223 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.48.127 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.48.2 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.50.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.50.97  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*218.111.51.156 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.51.199 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.253.25 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.253.49 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.176.151 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.176.53 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.177.210  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.48.177.230 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.178.161 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.178.209 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.107 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.116 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.20 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.200 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.250 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.49 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.79 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.8 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.180.179 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.180.249  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.48.180.88 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.181.158 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.120 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.96 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.183.128 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.20.233 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.251.95 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.252.167 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.254.211 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.32.124 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.36.25 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.38.3  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.49.104.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.109.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.113.137 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.213.165 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.240.67 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.240.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.242.62 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.244.54 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.248.33 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.254.249 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.106.175 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.106.91 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.124.253 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.74.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.221 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.68  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.51.77.111 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.77.231 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.78.2 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.79.109 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*Jamestcs (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*Jameschong (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
--A. B. (talk) 02:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this was about my 7,500th edit. It took about 8 hours to track down and figure out. The other 7,499 edits were easier. --A. B. (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Most of these IP addresses have been used for only one session and only a handful were used for two consecutive days so it seems pointless to waste time giving warnings that will never be read. The two named accounts appear to be real people from their user pages but those accounts haven't been used since last summer. It would be impossible to block these IP ranges without blocking much of Malaysia's access to editing Wikipedia. I don't think it's appropriate to semi-protect 60 or so articles. I don't like to blacklisting without warning, but I'm not sure there's much choice. I intend to request blacklisting unless someone here suggests something better (I'm open to suggestions). --A. B. (talk) 13:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I spot-checked about a dozen of those websites and I don't really see any redeeming value in any of them. I don't think we lose anything if we blacklist the site. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 13:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blacklisting requested ... (permanent link). --A. B. (talk) 15:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All cleaned up. I did not bother giving warnings except to the two named user accounts and today's IP account; nobody would ever see the other 57 warnings. They're probably dynamically assigned, shared addresses anyway. --A. B. (talk) 15:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have blacklisted the domains that were actually used on wikipedia. —— Eagle101 Need help? 16:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maximus System Solutions spam on Wikipedia 

message: Accounts used (60 identified so far):
*218.111.219.104 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.25.223 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.48.127 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.48.2 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.50.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.50.97  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*218.111.51.156 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*218.111.51.199 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.253.25 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.253.49 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.176.151 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.176.53 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.177.210  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.48.177.230 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.178.161 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.178.209 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.107 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.116 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.20 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.200 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.250 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.49 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.79 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.179.8 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.180.179 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.180.249  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.48.180.88 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.181.158 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.120 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.182.96 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.183.128 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.20.233 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.251.95 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.252.167 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.254.211 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.32.124 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.36.25 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.38.3  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.49.104.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.109.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.113.137 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.213.165 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.240.67 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.240.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.242.62 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.244.54 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.248.33 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.254.249 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.106.175 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.106.91 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.124.253 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.74.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.221 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.75.68  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*60.51.77.111 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.77.231 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.78.2 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.51.79.109 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*Jamestcs (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
*Jameschong (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
--A. B. (talk) 02:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Accounts

message: Maximus promotes other clients' sites elsewhere on the web but I have not listed them above. Some of them are likely to show up in the future, but I am reluctant to blacklist now them given the potential off-Wikipedia ramifications of blacklisting for their sites. Here are the domains to watch for:
These sites are probably owned by Maximus but I cannot be sure. I  haven't seen them spammed here (yet) -- 2 domains:
*http://www.malaysiatravelinfo.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.youtubevideosdownload.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
These sites appear to be Maximus SEO clients but I haven't seen their links on Wikipedia (13 domains):
*http://www.benzworld.com.sg
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.distribution.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://focobfortunecookies.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.hmescorts.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.hoteltropicaville.net
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.legendst.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.naturalrubberproducts.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.petalbees.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.pvclink.com.my
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://singaporecartrader.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.singaporeusedcarauction.com
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
*http://www.swisswish.net
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
--A. B. (talk) 14:18, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Other domains to watch for

message: Wow... good job finding that AB.  They sure are persistant! ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 13:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this was about my 7,500th edit. It took about 8 hours to track down and figure out. The other 7,499 edits were easier. --A. B. (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Most of these IP addresses have been used for only one session and only a handful were used for two consecutive days so it seems pointless to waste time giving warnings that will never be read. The two named accounts appear to be real people from their user pages but those accounts haven't been used since last summer. It would be impossible to block these IP ranges without blocking much of Malaysia's access to editing Wikipedia. I don't think it's appropriate to semi-protect 60 or so articles. I don't like to blacklisting without warning, but I'm not sure there's much choice. I intend to request blacklisting unless someone here suggests something better (I'm open to suggestions). --A. B. (talk) 13:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I spot-checked about a dozen of those websites and I don't really see any redeeming value in any of them. I don't think we lose anything if we blacklist the site. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 13:38, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blacklisting requested ... (permanent link). --A. B. (talk) 15:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All cleaned up. I did not bother giving warnings except to the two named user accounts and today's IP account; nobody would ever see the other 57 warnings. They're probably dynamically assigned, shared addresses anyway. --A. B. (talk) 15:34, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have blacklisted the domains that were actually used on wikipedia. —— Eagle101 Need help? 16:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Pown89 just deleted the spam3 warning I left him a while back. That's his prerogative, but I'd like to make sure we don't lose track of his previous efforts, so I'm making a note for the record here:
*http://www.spiderbiteinfo.com
**Current list of articles with these links
***Backlinks
Affliated site (not known to have been linked to Wikipedia yet):
*http://thelawyerinfo.com/
**Current list of articles with these links
***Backlinks
Adsense #:2764541479400875
Accounts adding these links:
*80.177.112.236 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Traceroute: anchor-hg-3-g3-0-0-s154.access.demon.net (U.K.)
*Pown89 (talk • contribs • [/wiki/Special:Log/move?user= page moves] • block user • [/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User: block log])
--A. B. (talk) 00:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Gave the user a warning about the removal.--Hu12 00:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just a note guys, try not to leave hyperlinks on this page to sites that have any potential to be blacklisted. —— Eagle101 Need help? 03:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spiderbiteinfo.com links 

message: Some are potentially good faith edits. More are links to the blog-like entries that feature trailers, photos, and news which is available from more reliable primary/official sources. The site is so crammed with ads and scripts that it makes my Firefox want to curl up and die. Removing them will take some time because they should probably be replaced by the official sites from which the content emanated (example). Nposs 07:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Movie trailer spam - http://www.slashfilm.com  

message: Sorry if my participation has been lacking, my WP:POP went haywire after Lupin's update yesterday and have been tied up with Requests for adminship this past week. I expect to get back in the swing shortly.--Hu12 21:18, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries! We are volunteers after all. —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:31, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Participation 

message: ...should things remain on the "to do" list after they've been moved to "Recently cleaned" or users that have been blocked? 68.39.174.238 01:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Dunno. Just use your judgement. —— Eagle101 Need help? 18:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How long... 

message: I was going through recent blacklist additions checking to see if any freshly blacklisted domains needed links removed on Wikipedia, deleting 3 here, 5 there, etc.
Then I hit langmaker.com:
*m:Talk:Spam blacklist#langmaker.com (permanent link)
**Current list of pages with this link -- currently 154
***Langmaker article (Langmaker is a Wiki)
It was spammed on the French Wikipedia but many of the links here don't look spammed.
I'd expect some whitelist requests. 
I have to sign off for now, but can someone start breaking or deleting these links so these pages can get edited? Alternately, temporarily whitelist it on en:wikipedia until we figure out what we've got.
WP:EL allows linking to wikis if they're sufficiently active and big. This one gets about 80 edits/day: www.langmaker.com/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&limit=500
I don't know if this site fully meets WP:RS, but it sure looks more useful than many non-spam links. It also doesn't seem very commercial. --A. B. (talk) 03:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is in 45 articles, if it needs to be whitelisted, someone please list on the WP:WHITELIST. Thanks. —— Eagle101 Need help? 15:01, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Any admin on en.wikipedia can add this to the whitelist -- I suggest just adding the whole domain until we know what we've got and proceed more judiciously. --A. B. (talk) 17:46, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and did that ()_ though I will note one thing, looks like someone deleted the article on Langmaker. Thoughts on notability are welcome. —— Eagle101 Need help? 18:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you.  Langmaker.com is a tremendously useful resource for constructed languages, and should NOT be blacklisted.  It's one of the largest, oldest, and best known conlang sites.  I'm also very surprised that Langmaker was speedy deleted.  With the number of links out there I'd think it at least deserves an AfD. PubliusFL 06:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help needed: 154 now-blacklisted langmaker.com links need cleanup ASAP so pages can be edited 

message: Adsense pub-0572508637482056
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 02:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Both links added to Shadowbot's spam blacklist. Shadow1 (talk) 13:23, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  one more for the archives  

message: :Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 13:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: is this a legit news site at all? For now I've added to shadowbot, so that will take care of any ongoing spam problems for the time being. We can always take it off if it is legit. —— Eagle101 Need help? 17:03, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  coanews.org 

message: I've been reverting a mass addition of tavelblog.org links from . Checking on Linksearch, there are actually quite a few of these and I was wondering what others thought of these links. Pascal.Tesson 22:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second opinion on Travelblog.org 

message: looks to be in the early stage of spamming. Take a look at this users contribs, only adds references from science.enotes.com, hmmm...
Adsense pub-3828571351104846
Linksearch --Hu12 23:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As of this post, there have been no other additions of that website (in the last 1 1/2 days). —— Eagle101 Need help? 02:18, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation / reference spam 

message: did a spam run for publicroutes.com last night. Most of links have been deleted, but not all. BlankVerse 13:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There were 18 links added in the last 2 days, so I think we got all of this. ;) —— Eagle101 Need help? 16:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a spam-only account that was already warned once for a previous spam run in December, I think the account needs to be permanently banned, or, at least, given a long-term block (six months), instead of just given another warning. BlankVerse 08:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He's been given a warning... to block now would be inconsistant with that warning. (Blocking after a user stops a behavor is very unwikilike).  However, the moment he spams again, I'll block him myself. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 09:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Just a pro forma warning, hadn't given any further thought to it. Reconsidered and blocked as spam-only account. Femto 11:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  publicroutes.com & User:Publicroutes 

message: :Spam sock accounts
All have been removed, ony spammed from this one account. targets adult porn star articles--Hu12 20:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah seems like it is this account only (minus about a 6 hour gap). —— Eagle101 Need help? 01:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  pornonewsnetwork.com spaming references 

message: The latest domain to get spammed:
*autoinsurancequoteonline.us
It's so cheesy you'd think they'd get embarrassed after a while.
autoinsurancequoteonline.us turns out to be another insureme.com site spammed from the same San Diego SBC/AT&T IP ranges that have so persistently spammed both VsiSoftware.com, Inc. and Insureme.com links in the past. (VsiSoftware.com, Inc. is in the San Diego area). These other links have been blacklisted as we've identified them. 
Accounts spamming the latest links:
*75.55.167.108 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.33.204.30 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*75.55.177.2 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*76.211.118.109 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
See also:
*Wikipedia:
**Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Jan#Additional insurance spammers -- help needed 
*Meta-Wiki:
**m:Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2007/02#insureme.com and vsisystems.com spam
**m:Talk:Spam blacklist#instant-car-insurance-quote.net (permanent link)
--A. B. (talk) 21:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Still more'' spam on Wikipedia from VsiSoftware.com, Inc. and Insureme.com

message: Been a "bit ill" in hospital with Pulmonary Emboli so not really around at present. Just rolled back an SEO comp link by Special:Contributions/212.178.97.99 so perhaps someone could check the target URL and blacklist if needed. --BozMo talk 08:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sorry 

message: has been visiting all of the lighting projects this company has done and inserted promotional material including external links to the website . I gave the user a couple of warnings but the editing has continued unabated. Is this promotional spam or am I overreacting? Nposs 16:09, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Promotional, you did the right thing. I've removed the links that are leftover; it he continues remind him of WP:EL, WP:NOT and WP:SPAM, as well as WP:COI if it seems like he is an owner/designer for the company. JoeSmack Talk 17:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://www.focuslighting.com/ 

message: I'm doing an essay on spam here for the next Virtual Classroom assignment. I thought it would be better off as a community project, so anyone who feels like contributing is welcome to. Now, off to find some spam ... Yuser31415 19:57, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  VC essay 

message: eMailman, LLC http://www.atstarr.com 
*http://www.figureskating.net
*http://www.newsreaders.com
*http://www.emailman.com
--Hu12 10:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: eMailman, LLC

message: Adsense pub-3246365195631840
*http://www.car-catalog.com 
*http://www.military-today.com
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 12:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  car-catalog.com military-today.com

message: Wasn't this on the black list a while back??--Hu12 16:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This indeed was on the blacklist a while back, see this. I'm looking for why it was removed. —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Have a look at what turned up in one of the archives. Looks like the original blacklisting may have been in error. Check this out. Regards —— Eagle101 Need help? 21:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  squidoo.com 

message: I'd just like to suggest that folks take a look at :Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup.  There are about 300 articles listed there.  I've worked on a few today and will get to some more soon.  I know everyone is busy fighting spam, but these are articles that other editors have identified as being likely to have a significant amount of spam links.  It would probably be best for this project to try to keep down the number of articles in this category. Thanks all.  Deli nk 19:34, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, a good many   tags were added by me. When I am cleaning up after a particular spammer, I'm going after all 30 of his spam links spread across many articles. (See my next entry below). I don't stop to investigate every other link in each of these articles or else I'd have no life at all. So if I see other spammy looking links, I slap a tag on the article, delete my targetted link and move on to the next. I figure the regular editors of some of these articles understand what's useful better than I do. --A. B. (talk) 22:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting.  I kind of thought it would be more the other way around - "regular editors" adding the tag so that people more familiar with Wikipedia's external links policy could take a look.  From my perspective it seems that most spammy links tend to be added by editors that have a particular interest in the topic; and an "outsider" is more likely to look at the link more objectively in terms of WP:EL.  Anyway, thanks for the explanation.  Deli nk 14:10, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam cleanup article 

message: has had four last warning for adding  links. The user returns about once a week to reinsert them into various articles, which is too slow to interest the blocking admins at AIV. This is the only activity from this IP. What now? ✤ JonHarder talk 01:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blocked her/him for a month. Seems to be single user IP.--Hu12 01:54, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: JH, if you notice this spammer repearing under new socks, repost here.thanks--Hu12 02:22, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! ✤ JonHarder talk 02:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  premierbiosoft.com 

message: :Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 14:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  888.com 

message: Partial list of links spammed (39):
*40weekspregnancystages.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*aboutbodybuilding.net
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*about-credit-card.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Domain inactive?
*about-credit-report.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*acneskincareinfo.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*air-purifier-and-filter.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*all-soccer-info.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*asbestos-mesothelioma-cancer-info.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*atkindietplan.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*atkins-diet.cc
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7505437796731158
*the-atkins-diet.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*benefit-green-tea.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0024659945364026
*breast-augmentation-and-enlargement.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*breast-augmentation-implants.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*cabbage-soup-diet-plan.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*carpetsearch.org
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*cell-phone-blog.net
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*credit-cards-n-debt.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7505437796731158 -- no ads displaying now but this site is referenced by atkins-diet.cc
*diabetes-diabetic-diet.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*dietpills-information.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*digital-camera-technology.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*dsl-broadband-isp.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*dsl-link.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*edi-guide.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*fitness-health-plan.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*grapefruit-diet.org
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*hdtv-lcd-plasma.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*lasiklasereyesurgeries.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*lasik-surgery-info.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 5358351038710773
*lowcarb.ca
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 4035311058407784
*satellite-service-providers.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*skincaresinformation.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*south-beach-diet-information.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*southbeachdietprogram.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*tech-guide.org
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*teleconferencing-technology.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*the-atkins-diet.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 0540338099227977
*vpn-info.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
*zonedietinformation.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense: 7439893174659993
Who knows how many additional domains are out there that we don't know about.
Partial list of accounts spamming one or more of these links (80):
*60.48.201.113 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.202.160 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.205.122 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.48.207.54 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.112.18 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.145 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.149 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.180 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.27 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.30 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.124.85 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.125.125 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.125.138 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.125.248 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.125.46 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.125.77 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.126.160 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.126.202 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.126.24 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.126.95 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.127.131 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.127.190 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.127.226 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.127.227 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.73.88 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.74.19 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.74.46 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.75.207 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.76.65 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.79.117 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.79.237 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.79.243 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.139 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.148 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.176 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.225 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.227 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.234 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.96.78 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.97.122 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.97.142 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.97.43 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.97.61 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.98.234 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.99.235 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.49.99.54 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.130.19 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.131.62 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.134.144 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.137.7 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.138.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.141.26 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.208.246 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.208.3 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.209.57 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.210.248 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.210.52 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.210.67 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.211.175 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.212.147 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.212.218 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.213.15 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.214.27 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.215.154 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.215.23 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.215.25 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.216.199 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.216.251 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.217.135 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.217.16 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.218.56 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.220.97 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.221.15 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.221.92 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.222.180 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.222.55 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.223.121 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.223.250 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.52.70.73 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.52.71.26 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
Almost all of these IP addresses were used for one session only and are dynamically assigned addresses in Malaysia.
Partial list of articles spammed with one or more of these links (68):
*2006 FIFA World Cup
*Adverse credit history
*Air purifier
*Anti-obesity drug
*Antivirus software
*Atkins Nutritional Approach
*Bluetooth
*Bodybuilding
*Breast implant
*Cabbage soup diet
*Carbohydrate
*Carpet
*Computer networking
*Credit card
*Debt consolidation
*Debt
*Diabetes in cats and dogs
*Diabetes insipidus
*Diabetes management
*Diabetes mellitus
*Diabetic foot
*Diabetic neuropathy
*Digital camera
*Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
*Digital subscriber line
*Digital television
*Digital Visual Interface
*Electronic Data Interchange
*Ethernet
*Eye surgery
*Firewall (networking)
*Foot care
*Football (soccer)
*Gestational diabetes
*Glycemic index
*Grapefruit diet
*Grapefruit
*Herb
*High-definition television
*Home cinema
*Hyperglycemia
*Insulin
*Integrated Services Digital Network
*IntraLASIK
*LASIK
*Light therapy
*Low-carbohydrate diet
*Mobile phone
*MP3
*Natural skin care
*Physical exercise
*Pregnancy
*Respirator
*Satellite
*Satellite Internet access
*Satellite phone
*Satellite radio
*Satellite television
*Skin
*South Beach diet
*:Template:Phenethylamines
*Ultra Density Optical
*USB flash drive
*Virtual private network
*Web conferencing
*WiMAX
*Wireless network
*Zone diet
--A. B. (talk) 22:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated with additional data. --A. B. (talk) 19:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Adsense pub-7439893174659993--Hu12 00:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If at any time you guys feel this mess needs blacklisted, put up a short descriptive summary of this on the meta blacklist. Cheers! —— Eagle101 Need help? 00:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will request blacklisting. --A. B. (talk) 20:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  39 domains, 80 accounts, 68 articles 

message: – This user has been continually adding links to his own webcast/blog site, flgnews.com, to the Media section of the Flagstaff, Arizona article. He has been warned once on his talk page by Nebular110, and twice by myself. I expect further reverts by him as he continues to use Wikipedia to promote his site. Dr. Cash 20:09, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: On the basis of one edit per several weeks only an indef block would do much good. I guess we could do this but it may be simpler to leave the account so you can see these edits easily. --BozMo talk 21:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: flgnews.com

message: See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Feb#"Suspicious spamming" (Indian soccer sites)
So much for last warnings; another German IP just added another indianfootball.com link to India national football team:
*84.136.78.22 (talk • contribs • [/wiki/Special:Log/move?user= page moves] • block user • [/wiki/Special:Log/block?page=User: block log])
*www.indianfootball.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
His competitor, soccernetindia.com, has not added any more links:
*http://www.soccernetindia.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
This site needs blacklisting but I don't have time today for that plus cleanup. --A. B. (talk) 21:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Two other sites www.iloveindia.com and www.indiaenews.com might need a quick look. I am leaving this note to remind myself if no one else does it. --BozMo talk 21:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  indianfootball.com spam is back 

message: Adsense pub-7802864225094823 
*http://www.illuminatiarchives.org
Adsense pub-7802864225094823 
*http://www.opioq.com
Adsense pub-7802864225094823 
*http://www.manlyphall.org
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 01:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  illuminatiarchives.org 

message: I'm just confused by this one - not really sure if it is spam or not.  appears to be alphabetically going through articles, copying and pasting text from the  site into articles. The user adds links to the site as a reference and the links do check out (in terms of providing seemingly reliable information without a lot of ads) - although users are encouraged to buy a pass so they can see even more content. Maybe this is better posted in the external links forum, but I was hoping for a second opinion here. The additions are substantive (although at the moment, most are copyvios - this could be remedied with an easy rewrite) but the linkspam aspect gives me the willies. Nposs 02:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Tricky one isn't it. I agree with you copyvio needs fixing. I have tried several content checks and am pretty sure enotes is an original content site. It is corporate/educational, but does not seem to give references for its own content. The ones I know about (science) are reasonable quality but simplistic aimed at say a 12 year old. My gut feel is that if the additions are worthwhile just about counts as a secondary source. So, not quite spam but COI and EL needs to be thought through I guess. --BozMo talk 09:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A little digging uncovers a little weirdness. All of the links to enotes.com point to the /how-products.../ subdomain. The material from this section of the website is actually all derived from "How products are made" by the Gale Group. This material has been published online in other versions ( and ), but it remains for sale on the company website. So the content isn't original to enotes (although you have to click the citation button to get the reference to Gale), but the content does appear to be reputable. The user did copy-and-paste content into WP in every article edited, but some are just EL. There 300+ entries in the "How products ..." source - it could be that the user is going to try to link every one. Nposs 14:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://www.enotes.com/ 

message: Adsense pub-0474092677826427 
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 03:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  writing-business-letters.com 

message: Accounts known to have added these links (6):
*60.50.52.35 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.48.227 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.56.62 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.54.46 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.49.242 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*Tech2blog (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
The IP addresses are dynamically assigned and were only used for one session. I came across the Adfunk spam while researching other spam received from this very large IP range (see the section above, "39 domains, 80 accounts, 68 articles").
Link added to one or more articles (10):
*adfunk.blog-city.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*f1rezone.tblog.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*fiucer.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.wtslink.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*mylink.tblog.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*tech2.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*yellowpages1.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*health1011.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense ID# 0812458323009305
*ekhye.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*internumber.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Affiliated sites (11):
*http://evo.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://engine.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://adfunk.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://ms1.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.gnharrod.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.gangstarz.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://tech.shoutpost.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://mytaxi.blog-city.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://myl6.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*blog.myspace.com/adfunk 
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***All blog.myspace.com domains are already blacklisted
*http://prdeal.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
From http:// tech.shoutpost.com/525/pr6-article-posting-for-sale-on-high-pr-traffic-blog:
:"Sales representative:"
:"Mas Dini Bin Muzammal"
:"YM:Abg_hensem1 at yahoo.com"
:"Gtalk: Adfunk"
:"MSN: reckno6 at hotmail.com"
:"Email: adfunk at gmail.com"
:"Phone: 60136679137"
:"URL: http:// www.prdeal.com"
Except as noted, if a site carries Google ads, the Adsense ID is 1379315801959297
Articles known to have been spammed with one or more of these links (47):
*Advance fee fraud
*Advanced Micro Devices
*Audi
*Backup
*Battery electric vehicle
*BlackBerry
*Boise, Idaho
*Blog
*Car accident
*Child abuse
*Cocaine
*Domain name
*Entrepreneur
*Fight Club
*Hardwood
*Health effects of tobacco smoking
*Health
*Identity theft
*Internal Revenue Service
*Internet phone
*Internet
*Laptop
*Lenovo Group
*Mario
*Meteor
*Microsoft Office
*Microsoft Windows
*Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
*Motor vehicle theft
*Napster
*National Football League
*Oil price increases of 2004-2006
*Pay per click
*Physical fitness
*Real estate
*SanDisk
*Scholarship
*Social network
*The New York Times
*Tobacco
*Windows 98
*Windows Live Messenger
*Windows Vista
*X Games
*Xbox 360
*Yahoo! Messenger
*Yellow Pages
--A. B. (talk) 14:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: - I blacklisted the sites that have been actively spammed. —— Eagle101 Need help? 17:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adfunk spam on Wikipedia 

message: Unrelated, don't have the time @ the moment--Hu12 16:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cleaned up most of Korotkov's links and left various messages for him. He has started an article about himself. I cannot really work out what a proper para-thingy is and therefore whether he counts, so I am just watching it for now. --BozMo talk 19:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Heres two

message: The non-sequiturial punctuater.
Found while tracking down the unrelated "39 domains, 80 accounts, 68 articles" batch (see the section above).
Domains known to have been spammed to Wikipedia (6):
*www.affiliatedirectorysite.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.furniture-asian.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.netbizasia.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.netbizsolutions.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*sixco.ws  (similar to tinyurl.com)
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.templatesnew.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Affiliated domains (5):
*http://www.activehits4u.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.fluxservices.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.hostnetbiz.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.impotenceherbsextract.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.impotenceherbs4impotency.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Frequently, links were added as punctuation. Example:
*Frequently , they were added as punctuation.
Sneaky, huhh?
The links added had absolutely nothing to do with the article topic in many cases -- total non-sequiturs.
Adsense ID# 2007465121373386
Somewhat out of character, the same spammer added what appears to be a relevant link to this domain within a minute of adding spam to the same Tim Kent dab page:
*http://www.timkent.co.uk
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
***I wonder what his angle was since the link doesn't appear spammy (even if added in the wrong place).
Accounts known to have spammed one or more of these links (15):
*60.49.110.206 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.243.0 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.247.16 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.247.63 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.62.126 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP and possible open proxy
*60.51.127.67 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*61.6.59.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.153.252 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.172.24 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP
*219.95.172.75 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.248.205 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.249.15 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Listed in dsbl as abusive and in ahbl as having an insecure proxy or being an infected zombie computer.
*219.95.249.71 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP
*219.95.250.72  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*219.95.31.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
Articles known to have been spammed with one or more of these links (38):
*1,2-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
*1992 Paralympics
*376 Geometria
*Athens Laboratory of Business Administration
*Attic Entertainment Software
*Beneški Fantje
*Bethel, Ohio
*Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings
*Cem Akas
*Clio, Iowa
*Code Black
*Das Bohnenspiel
*Diocese of Newcastle
*Duke of Portsmouth
*E. R. Hooton
*Henri Poole
*Hicetas
*Kilgore, Nebraska
*Lalor Park, New South Wales
*Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
*Longest increasing subsequence problem
*M11 link road protest
*Maurice Nadon
*Museum of London Archaeology Service
*Neighborhood Records
*No. 118 Squadron RAF
*OpenHistory
*Osaki, Kagoshima
*Paul Halford
*Prince of Chu
*Robert Graham (New Zealand)
*SECR P Class
*Semantic analysis (linguistics)
*Tim Kent
*URL redirection
*Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
*Woodsdale, Ohio
*Zsuzsanna Jánosi
--A. B. (talk) 16:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This guy is like our amazon.de spammer who dropped the link onto periods in stub templates. Cheeky move it is! JoeSmack Talk 16:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And now its on the blacklist. (only those that were actively spammed) —— Eagle101 Need help? 17:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Netbizsolutions.com spam on Wikipedia using punctuation 

message: User page states he's a search engine optimizer and web directory consultant. already created Shipping directory. Previous history bellow.
:Spam sock accounts
associated with the following.
*http://www.dailymaritime.com
*http://www.daily-maritime.com
*http://www.livemaritime.com
*http://www.live-maritime.com
*http://www.maritimenewsletter.com
*http://www.maritime-newsletter.com
*http://www.shippingnewsletter.com
*http://www.shipping-newsletter.com
--Hu12 12:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is continuing from the earlier sockfest Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Dec#Spam only accounts. Both dailymaritime.com and the previous virtualmaritime.com are registered to Tassos Papakonstantinou.  With the exception of the master account User:Papakonstantinou, I fully endorse blocking any accounts on sight (don't hesitate checking account creation blocked, and IP autoblock enabled if the edits are recent). Femto 13:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: SEO to watch

message: :Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 00:24, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: mmm, I thought I saw that somewhere... Needless to say, someone needs to take this to the meta blacklist (m:Spam blacklist). —— Eagle101 Need help? 02:46, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh! thats why, it was just up in another section... for ease of navigating I'm changing the title to squidoo.com (2nd), so that any links, will go to this section. —— Eagle101 Need help? 02:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  squidoo.com (2nd) 

message: *
:Spam sock accounts
Articles created; Aussie Phone Brokers 
aussiephonebrokers.com.au
*
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 03:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  aussiephonebrokers.com.au bandwidthseek.net 

message: Apologies if this has been raised previously, but could some give an opinion on 1300 odd links to  (has Google advertising).  —Moondyne 07:17, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone? —Moondyne 00:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked over various of these links and I guess I don't have a big problem with them with respect to spam. They are on-topic with respect to the article from which they are linked. (Contrast this with  discussed here earlier, which has been linked to numerous articles of tangential relationship to the topic.)  From an WP:EL standpoint, there is some room for improvement. It would be better to have something like "X at Catholic hierarchy" rather than just "Catholic hierarchy" as the link text, so as not to highlight the site itself so much. It would be better if the site listed its sources on each page, rather than one or two clicks away and then leaving us guessing which source was used. It is clearly the project of one individual, which raises a reliability question (but the work appears solid and indication of the sources is a plus). The information is typically brief and in the long run the same material could easily be incorporated into the Wikipedia article, leaving no reason for the link. So, even though I have some minor issues with the site, my advice is that it is more helpful than harmful and I wouldn't make an issue of it. I didn't check to see who is adding the links, but in this case I would not be concerned even if it was the site owner. My two cents. ✤ JonHarder talk 01:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Jon. —Moondyne 14:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: catholic-hierarchy.org

message: Accounts known to have added these links (6):
*60.50.52.35 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.48.227 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.56.62 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.54.46 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.49.242 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*Tech2blog (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] •  status)
The IP addresses are dynamically assigned and were only used for one session. I came across the Adfunk spam while researching other spam received from this very large IP range (see the section above, "39 domains, 80 accounts, 68 articles").
Link added to one or more articles (10):
*adfunk.blog-city.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*f1rezone.tblog.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*fiucer.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.wtslink.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*mylink.tblog.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*tech2.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*yellowpages1.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*health1011.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***Adsense ID# 0812458323009305
*ekhye.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*internumber.blogspot.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Affiliated sites (11):
*http://evo.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://engine.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://adfunk.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://ms1.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.gnharrod.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.gangstarz.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://tech.shoutpost.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://mytaxi.blog-city.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://myl6.blogsome.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*blog.myspace.com/adfunk 
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
***All blog.myspace.com domains are already blacklisted
*http://prdeal.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
From http:// tech.shoutpost.com/525/pr6-article-posting-for-sale-on-high-pr-traffic-blog:
:"Sales representative:"
:"Mas Dini Bin Muzammal"
:"YM:Abg_hensem1 at yahoo.com"
:"Gtalk: Adfunk"
:"MSN: reckno6 at hotmail.com"
:"Email: adfunk at gmail.com"
:"Phone: 60136679137"
:"URL: http:// www.prdeal.com"
Except as noted, if a site carries Google ads, the Adsense ID is 1379315801959297
Articles known to have been spammed with one or more of these links (47):
*Advance fee fraud
*Advanced Micro Devices
*Audi
*Backup
*Battery electric vehicle
*BlackBerry
*Boise, Idaho
*Blog
*Car accident
*Child abuse
*Cocaine
*Domain name
*Entrepreneur
*Fight Club
*Hardwood
*Health effects of tobacco smoking
*Health
*Identity theft
*Internal Revenue Service
*Internet phone
*Internet
*Laptop
*Lenovo Group
*Mario
*Meteor
*Microsoft Office
*Microsoft Windows
*Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
*Motor vehicle theft
*Napster
*National Football League
*Oil price increases of 2004-2006
*Pay per click
*Physical fitness
*Real estate
*SanDisk
*Scholarship
*Social network
*The New York Times
*Tobacco
*Windows 98
*Windows Live Messenger
*Windows Vista
*X Games
*Xbox 360
*Yahoo! Messenger
*Yellow Pages
--A. B. (talk) 14:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: - I blacklisted the sites that have been actively spammed. —— Eagle101 Need help? 17:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adfunk spam on Wikipedia 

message: Unrelated, don't have the time @ the moment--Hu12 16:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cleaned up most of Korotkov's links and left various messages for him. He has started an article about himself. I cannot really work out what a proper para-thingy is and therefore whether he counts, so I am just watching it for now. --BozMo talk 19:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Heres two

message: The non-sequiturial punctuater.
Found while tracking down the unrelated "39 domains, 80 accounts, 68 articles" batch (see the section above).
Domains known to have been spammed to Wikipedia (6):
*www.affiliatedirectorysite.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.furniture-asian.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.netbizasia.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.netbizsolutions.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*sixco.ws  (similar to tinyurl.com)
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*www.templatesnew.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Affiliated domains (5):
*http://www.activehits4u.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.fluxservices.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.hostnetbiz.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.impotenceherbsextract.com
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
*http://www.impotenceherbs4impotency.info
**Current [ list] of pages with these links
Frequently, links were added as punctuation. Example:
*Frequently , they were added as punctuation.
Sneaky, huhh?
The links added had absolutely nothing to do with the article topic in many cases -- total non-sequiturs.
Adsense ID# 2007465121373386
Somewhat out of character, the same spammer added what appears to be a relevant link to this domain within a minute of adding spam to the same Tim Kent dab page:
*http://www.timkent.co.uk
**Current [ list] of pages with this link
***I wonder what his angle was since the link doesn't appear spammy (even if added in the wrong place).
Accounts known to have spammed one or more of these links (15):
*60.49.110.206 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.243.0 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.247.16 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.247.63 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*60.50.62.126 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP and possible open proxy
*60.51.127.67 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*61.6.59.42 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.153.252 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.172.24 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP
*219.95.172.75 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.248.205 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
*219.95.249.15 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Listed in dsbl as abusive and in ahbl as having an insecure proxy or being an infected zombie computer.
*219.95.249.71 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
**Lised in dsbl as an abusive IP
*219.95.250.72  (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] ||  WHOIS •  RDNS •  traceroute •  RBLs •  tor •  search)
*219.95.31.195 (talk • contribs • links • &site=en.wikipedia.org count • [/wiki/Special:Log?user= actions] • [/wiki/Special:Log/?page=User: logs] || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • RBLs • tor • search)
Articles known to have been spammed with one or more of these links (38):
*1,2-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
*1992 Paralympics
*376 Geometria
*Athens Laboratory of Business Administration
*Attic Entertainment Software
*Beneški Fantje
*Bethel, Ohio
*Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings
*Cem Akas
*Clio, Iowa
*Code Black
*Das Bohnenspiel
*Diocese of Newcastle
*Duke of Portsmouth
*E. R. Hooton
*Henri Poole
*Hicetas
*Kilgore, Nebraska
*Lalor Park, New South Wales
*Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
*Longest increasing subsequence problem
*M11 link road protest
*Maurice Nadon
*Museum of London Archaeology Service
*Neighborhood Records
*No. 118 Squadron RAF
*OpenHistory
*Osaki, Kagoshima
*Paul Halford
*Prince of Chu
*Robert Graham (New Zealand)
*SECR P Class
*Semantic analysis (linguistics)
*Tim Kent
*URL redirection
*Whipsnade Tree Cathedral
*Woodsdale, Ohio
*Zsuzsanna Jánosi
--A. B. (talk) 16:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This guy is like our amazon.de spammer who dropped the link onto periods in stub templates. Cheeky move it is! JoeSmack Talk 16:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And now its on the blacklist. (only those that were actively spammed) —— Eagle101 Need help? 17:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Netbizsolutions.com spam on Wikipedia using punctuation 

message: User page states he's a search engine optimizer and web directory consultant. already created Shipping directory. Previous history bellow.
:Spam sock accounts
associated with the following.
*http://www.dailymaritime.com
*http://www.daily-maritime.com
*http://www.livemaritime.com
*http://www.live-maritime.com
*http://www.maritimenewsletter.com
*http://www.maritime-newsletter.com
*http://www.shippingnewsletter.com
*http://www.shipping-newsletter.com
--Hu12 12:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is continuing from the earlier sockfest Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2006 Archive Dec#Spam only accounts. Both dailymaritime.com and the previous virtualmaritime.com are registered to Tassos Papakonstantinou.  With the exception of the master account User:Papakonstantinou, I fully endorse blocking any accounts on sight (don't hesitate checking account creation blocked, and IP autoblock enabled if the edits are recent). Femto 13:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: SEO to watch

message: *
:Spam sock accounts
Articles created; Aussie Phone Brokers 
aussiephonebrokers.com.au
*
:Spam sock accounts
--Hu12 03:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  aussiephonebrokers.com.au bandwidthseek.net 

message: On the Spartanburg, South Carolina page, User:Friday identified a link to "Slobot" as a vanity link and I concur. Furthermore, though the link is clever, I don't see it as encyclopedic. However, it's been reinserted several times by User:Darklight1138, and a couple of anon editors, and by User:Uterinefury - one of only two edits by the latter user, so I suspect a sockpuppet.
Darklight1138 has placed some strong comments on  my own page and also on  his/her own talk page. Rather than take any action myself (which could get personal), I'd rather have some other admins look at it. Thanks Pollinator 02:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Slobot