Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Jan 1

message: It appears that Hu12 found some of these on the 18th, only the top IP is from today. 
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replies: text: The newest of the IP's has been blocked temporarily, however note the additiond with the deceptive edit summary.."rm spam"....--Hu12 (talk) 06:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.tvforpc.com 

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thread_title: deluxecruises.com

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thread_title:  nedcruise.info 

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replies: text: Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Potential_Sneaky_spam.3F--Hu12 (talk) 04:42, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.cruisecritic.com 

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thread_title:  Mark A Silverman Lawyer spam 

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thread_title:  Additions of http://spam.eye-tours.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.cybercrimes.us 

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--Hu12 (talk) 05:45, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.techny.com 

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--Hu12 (talk) 06:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Julia Toivonen spam 

message: These are political poll articles comprised of external polling links. This may be of interest to some, both parties are represented in the AFD. see. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008 --Hu12 (talk) 07:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Large Linkfarms at AFD 

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-- Ehheh (talk) 19:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yet another:--Hu12 (talk) 23:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 23:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  trutnee.com 

message: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~eagle/spamArchiveSearch.php. Seems it has been not retrieving results in the archives. has something changed in the last week?--Hu12 (talk) 19:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Guess I'm bumping this. Our archives are not returning search results...--Hu12 (talk) 14:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spam Archive Search 

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thread_title:  tekrevolution 

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--Hu12 (talk) 20:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vuze, Inc 

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thread_title:  http://spam.bluerockstation.com 

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thread_title:  awesomeengines 

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thread_title:  http://spam.extremeturbosystems.com 

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--Hu12 (talk) 04:31, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spamming of http://spam.cyburbia.org 

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The two distinct ranges and the link consistently being added to the top despite  gives this away as spam. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 13:35, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: this one vandalized MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist--Hu12 (talk) 17:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long term sneaky spamming of spam.searchindia.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.triporia.com 

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This site appears to be just a sports wiki.  It's linked from a lot of our sports articles and I don't see any good reason to have it.  Any thoughts? --B (talk) 23:33, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  armchairgm.com 

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thread_title:  Australian Leadership Development Centre 

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thread_title:  http://spam.summitmemory.org 

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--Hu12 (talk) 21:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.pdma.org 

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  President of SiteTuners.com--Hu12 (talk) 21:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  sitetuners.com Spam 

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thread_title:  http://spam.thesportscritics.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.thestudiotour.com 

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 states he is an admin on several sites--Hu12 (talk) 07:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.insideuniversal.net 

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thread_title:  http://spam.milaviapress.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.churchofthephilippines.com 

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thread_title:  Northeast India Online Market Spamming

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thread_title:  hardwax.net 

message: OK. I have been weeding through these but with 75 more to go I thought I would get assistance. This is a personal website with loads of ads and various other commercial links. There is no real content from this website and all the links have been added by anon user(s). 4.225.5.115, 4.224.219.12, etc. IrishGuy talk 20:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  morethings.com 

message: Spammed to web services and web traffic related articles.. 
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thread_title:  myfavoriteblank.com and trafficattitude.com 

message: User:Transitguru appears to have only joined Widipedia in order to generate spam about his own website .  He is not very active, restricting himself to a limited number of travel related sites, but it has all been spam;
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Spinningspark (talk) 01:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blocked indefinitely by The undertow for violation of Wikipedia user name policy (promotional company user name) just as I was about to block for spamming. --MCB (talk) 02:24, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transitguru 

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thread_title:  related blog spam 

message: Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists 
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thread_title:  Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists 

message: ONE Campaign 
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thread_title:  http://spam.one.org II 

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thread_title:  http://spam.chandamama.com 

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 User promoting her own book. ccwaters (talk) 12:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.victorianpride.com 

message: 67.173.204.223 Talk:Knol 
71.226.158.141 Talk:Knol Igor Berger (talk) 02:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Both ips registered to Comcast. Can't tell whether it's Google or not. MER-C 03:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Continious atempt to social engineer Talk:Knol by undermining authority of User:Igorberger as a Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam patrolman on User_talk:Igorberger#71.226.158.14 Igor Berger (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism and social engineering of Wikipedia Knol article 

message: Apparently timesofindia.indiatimes.com links (used on a large number of articles) has been reported as spam (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/timesofindia.indiatimes.com). As far as I know, The Times of India is major Indian daily, and India Times hosts space for a number of Indian dailies including The Times of India, The Economic Times, Navbharat Times and Maharashtra Times. It is apparently managed by the The Times Group, owner of the dailies mentioned and a major newspaper group in India. The only reason I can see is the existence *.cms suffixes in the links. But, I don't think we are here to question an external sites use of technology, as reliability and notability of the source is quite evident. Is there any way this mistake can be addressed? Aditya(talk • contribs) 05:02, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The same goes for airlinequality.com links (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/airlinequality.com). This site is managed by Skytrax, an airline consultation agency with fair reputations, and is the most verifiable source on Skytrax ratings used on quite a few aviation articles. Okay, one bright idea - can some of the links be bounced of appropriate Wikiprojects? Like, like for instance, checking the two links mentioned here with Wikipedia:WikiProject India and Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation respectively. Aditya(talk • contribs) 05:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The linkreports are created by a bot. The existance of a report doesn't mean that any spamming or COI has taken place. The reports are reviewed by humans (as time permits). In the case of the indiatimes.com site, there was a bad regular expression in the bot's database that caused a match - the regular expression has since been removed. It is possible that other reports may be generated based on other criteria in the future. There is a rather long paragraph at the top of the reports that explains a bit more about the bot. In the case of the airlinequality.com site, it was being monitored because a spam-dal (spammer-vandal) kept replacing that link with another site.. (both of those domains are still being monitored). --Versageek 06:43, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Tell the bot, I have forgiven it. :P Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake? 

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thread_title:  http://spam.ghanasoccernet.com 

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thread_title:  smilelikeumeanit.com 

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replies: text: Still spamming. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 02:35, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been blacklisted and I removed links from half a dozen pages where they were prior to the spamming (these links were broken anyway, they went to an index page rather than individual pages as intended). --Versageek 03:45, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  spam.travelphotobase.com 

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MER-C 12:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.attocknews.com http://spam.attockpolice.gov.pk http://spam.geocities.com/scn_pk 

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thread_title:  spam.comedybox.tv 

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thread_title:  reglo.co.uk 

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thread_title:  http://spam.deployo.com 

message: I've reverted this series of edits. I'm not sure what is going on here, but it seems like changes to the front page should be based on consensus of the project. See also: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Dec 1#PHSDL recommendations to WikiPedia Spam Project. (Section originally titled "Comments moved from front page".) Katr67 (talk) 20:22, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Reverting before we come to consensus is destructive to the cause of WikiPedia and the problem that we all face of social engineering malware. Igor Berger (talk) 01:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am trying to be proactive and not reactive in fighting Spam. This is not a historical article that we can take time and come up with a consensus before implimenting a change. Igor Berger (talk) 01:59, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: that is not approperate for WPSPAM. βcommand 02:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: So you are saying there is no social enginerring malware on wikipedia? Reverting, please do not revert! Igor Berger (talk) 02:06, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: so write a userspace essay. βcommand 02:25, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

text: WikiPedia is under attack by social engineering malware and Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit member User:Betacommand does not aknowledge it! Igor Berger (talk) 02:51, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Please wait until there is consensus before adding this information again. However, as betacommand said, if you feel strongly about this issue, you can create an essay about it in your userspace.--Werdan7T @ 03:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: After asking User:Betacommand on User talk:Betacommand not to Wikipedia:Bite his reply is Remove BS Igor Berger (talk) 05:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: yeah you template me with  for telling you the same thing several other editors have said, dont add that to WP:WPSPAM. I suggested that instead you write it up in a userspace essay. For trying to help I got a unfounded off-base  for giving you advice. βcommand 05:36, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You want to reduce Social engineering malware to a user essay?!? Have you paid attention to what I said, "Dave Marcus at McAfee on how destructive and dangeous social engineering is to Internet and society; hence, coining the term Social engineering malware," "We've come to understand that almost any high impact media event is going to be used as a social engineering tool for malware," said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee. "It's such a horrible event, but at the end of the day, it's a very good social engineering tactic."Malware Sites Exploit Bhutto Assassination. Igor Berger (talk) 05:55, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, write a userspace essay, as other users have said dont add it to WP:WPSPAM. βcommand 05:58, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I second Betacommand; this does not belong on the front page of a WikiProject. Try writing a draft first in User:Igorberger/Sandbox and see how it goes from there. Patience, and time, are virtues in these situations. Regards.--12 Noon 2¢ 06:10, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

text: *Don't template the regulars, it's considered offensive. Igor, I'm not sure where you're going with the whole Social engineering and Malware thing.  Popular topics and media events have been used to draw unsuspecting users to bad sites, or to open/install bad software for many, many years, this is nothing new. Just because one security researcher decided to publish his opinion about it doesn't make it a crisis. While I appreciate your efforts, you really need to relax a bit. Wikipedia isn't a battlefield, it's not Us vs. Them. If you feel strongly about the issue, a userspace essay is best. -- Versageek 06:15, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Versageek can you explain to me what is a regular user and why should he or she be treated differently than other users? Do regular users have cenrtain set of privileges than non regular users? Should we not abide by the same policy? I mean I am not talking about anon IPs, sleepers, or sockpuppets! How about the nublets? Igor Berger (talk) 11:52, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: For Wikipedia purposes, a regular  is someone who has been around a while & has a significant number decent quality edits. Most warning templates are written in a way that explains the relevant rule to new editors. Since regulars  probably know these rules, applying a template isn't useful. This doesn't mean you don't warn them if a warning is called for, just do it by leaving a short personal message.. such as "Please avoid biting the nublets, as you did <insert relevant diff here>" , rather than using a template. --Versageek 21:44, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a few of you here, have to practise what you preach, and I am not trying to be disrespectful in saying that. I know how difficult of a jab it is to fight Spam. Do you think User talk:Betacommand page is user friendly? "If you are here to register a complaint regarding my edits, before doing so please note:" Join that with the Hand signal Stop! Igor Berger (talk) 23:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
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thread_title:  http://spam.wzaponline.com 

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thread_title:  solegy.com 

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thread_title:  teavuihuang.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.deepikapadukon.com http://spam.ranbir.in http://spam.gemmanude.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.entheweb.co.uk 

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thread_title:  http://spam.Jofemar.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.macoem.com 

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thread_title:  metals spamming 

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thread_title:  RE / MAX spamming 

message: *Here is an example of social engineering malware Imagine the owner of this domain comes to WikiPedia as anon IP and Soapbox his or her WP:User talk page. Later linking to that page from his or her Website claiming authority. Google indexes the user talk page.
*It is very destructive for the victim; hence, Social engineering malware Igor Berger (talk) 09:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Social engineering malware 

message: A spammer or group of spammers has been introducing self-promotional information into articles on popular black musicians (similar to, but more insidious than, the officially-recognized-as-spam practice of writing entire articles on self-promotional topics). This spam usually includes descriptions of the supposed accomplishments of "2 Krayze," a young black musician affiliated with the Disney Channel, and his alleged father, "George Smith."  "George Smith" claims to have managed Bobby Brown, Perri "Pebbles" Reid, Loose Ends (band)‎ and Bobby Brown. "2 Krayze" also claims to know all four of these people. None of the material added by this spammer/these spammers is ever cited. I'm a new user, so I'm not sure what to do about this. So far, I've reverted the spam edits, put the pages on my watchlist and left warnings on the following talk pages:
User talk:71.105.104.206‎
User talk:67.182.72.212
Please let me know how to deal with this spammer. (Note: A Google search for "2 krayze" reveals a concerted spam campaign on behalf of this artist on other websites, such as blogs on black culture.)
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:User talk:76.167.227.23 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huntthetroll (talk • contribs) 21:46, 5 January 2008  (UTC)
::: This guy is really persistent. This self-promotion vandalism have gone as far back July 2007. I don't think this is a case for WikiProject Spam though. Try Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism or Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. kollision (talk) 00:11, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, thanks. I will. Huntthetroll (talk) 01:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "George Smith" and "2 Krayze" spammer 

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thread_title:  Another Adsense spammer 

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thread_title:  Spamming of lynchhummer.com 

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replies: text: Mass crosswiki activity, requested Meta BL--Hu12 (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connexia S.r.l. Spam 

message:   (replacing '0' with the correct oldid shown here). 
This should aid in requests originating from here and for use with the entry log on the MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist.--Hu12 (talk) 14:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hu12, I'm not quite following you here. What is "correct oldid"? Thanks, --A. B. (talk)  13:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! --A. B. (talk)  15:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Can also be used anywhere on en.wikipedia.org where needed ;)--Hu12 (talk) 15:53, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blacklist logging 

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replies: text: One's a physics software company, the other a polling company -- I'm not sure I see a connection other than in name. --A. B. (talk)  13:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: this shows there is a connection. "A well-known activity of Field Research Corporation is The Field Poll"--Hu12 (talk) 14:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes: "Field Research Corporation" is the polling company and they own field.com. Their "research" is political, demographic and sociological. Field Precision LLC is the physics software company and they own fieldp.com. --A. B. (talk)  18:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: DeletedContributions of Humphries or Wikipedia:Vanispamcruftisement --Hu12 (talk) 18:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  FIELD PRECISION, LLC 

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:*Traceroutes to te-3-1-ur02.mtprospect.il.chicago.comcast.net.
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::JP NetQuest, Inc.
::P.O. Box 811
::Mount Prospect, IL 60056
;Reference:
*Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive346#Static IP - 100% link spam
--A. B. (talk)  22:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 7 of these domains are now blacklisted --A. B. (talk)  22:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  blanking IP...--Hu12 (talk) 16:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  JP NetQuest, Inc. spam 

message: :Articles
Microfinance Gateway 
microfinancegateway.org
microinsurancefocus.org redirects to microfinancegateway.org
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::Accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 13:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Microfinance Gateway 

message: Adsense pub-4547357587573977 
*frankingmachines.org
*howtobuydiamonds.co.uk
*vids-uk.info
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::Accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 15:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: see Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_from_Spammer --Hu12 (talk) 15:27, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: BL'd per An/I --Hu12 (talk) 17:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related Spamming 

message: These are all links that I've identified as potential spam that I haven't gotten around to investigating thoroughly, or forgot to scratch off my list when I was done investigating: 
* yourseoconsulting.com
* neostrada.pl
* humanics-es.com
* isixsigma.com
* spcpress.com
* infinitee-designs.com
* mitpress.mit.edu
* laseeb.org
* alfa.ist.utl.pt
* swarmanoid.org
* tasteofhome.com
* rd.com
* secondlife.com
* rense.com
* world-mysteries.com
* spine-health.com
* spineuniverse.com
* listsergeant.com
* edwdebono.com
* marketsegmentation.com
* windley.com
* casewise.com
* iterating.com
* extremitygames.com
* sweetwater.com
* wfs.org
* directivecommunication.com
* alistapart.com
* closelinks.com
* joshuaproject.net
* christianbook.com
* workingclassfilms.net
* dhushara.com
: --Ronz (talk) 17:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential spam links 

message: I'm having a bit of a debate about one user's addition of what he calls: "a photographic essay".  I removed it because the website was clearly the editor's own, and because to me the website seemed nothing more than a slideshow of photographs of Bethlehem Steel.  It included a small paragraph of text, and without more of an essay accompanying the photos I didn't see the value in adding it to the external links section.  I also saw that this user had added his website to other articles and they had been removed.  Now I am being attacked (quite harshly, I should add) for "underestimating the importance of those images" and for being "weak", "unintelligent", etc. by another user (who claims his photographic work is on the permanent collection at MOMA..).  I really could use some guidance here.  The article is Bethlehem Steel, and the website is http://www.oboylephoto.com/steel/.  Thanks.  NcSchu(Talk) 18:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: They are rather fine photos and I think a worthwhile EL, but that's not up to the photographer to decide: it's up to other editors. I've posted on your talk page and Talk:Bethlehem Steel. Tyrenius (talk) 19:29, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Art Contribution or Spam? 

message: :Articles
Monitor Group 
*http://spam.monitor.com
*http://spam.monitorgroup.com
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::Accounts
 works for Monitor Group as the VP On-Line Solutions for eMonitor. MONITOR GROUP MONITOR GROUP MONITOR GROUP Network of MONITOR GROUP Network of Monitor Company Group--Hu12 (talk) 21:18, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  monitor.com 

message: ;Links
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* definitely spamming and edit-warring over spammed links
* minor spamming - no real evidence of coi - appears mostly to just be edit-warring
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* edit-warring, spamming, and coi edits
:I'm trying to pry apart the coi issues (discussion started in Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Naveen_Jain) from the spam issues for the same set of articles and editors.  There's also edit-warring going on that includes some spammed links.  Can someone help with identifying the links/articles/editors, as well as with giving further warnings as necessary and with the cleanup? --Ronz (talk) 18:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There's only minor spamming from 12.104.234.193, and this ip has actually been edit-warring over the spam added by some of the others. --Ronz (talk) 16:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Expert3007 is definitely spamming, but it's difficult to categorize his edits as he often edit-wars over content that includes spammed links.  I'm not sure which links to classify as spam from him, as opposed to just part of the content that he's (often repeatedly) reverted. --Ronz (talk) 19:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this can be closed. The spamming doesn't appear to go beyond these editors and articles.  All editors have been notified, and none has responded or made further edits. --Ronz (talk) 15:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with [[Naveen Jain]]-related spam? 

message: Mentioning this just to keep an eye out: two competing commercial galleries  and  have for months persisted in creating multiple links to California impressionists they represent, sometimes deleting each other's contributions (!) as part of the rivalry. Etacar11 happened upon them months ago; I just discovered their work today. Thanks, JNW (talk) 02:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Does anything useful come out of this, or is there any reason why they shouldn't both be indef blocked? Tyrenius (talk) 07:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems pretty useless to me. Etacar11 and JNW have done a heads up job.  Modernist (talk) 12:00, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It might be they don't think anyone has noticed, & a block would just make them harder to spot next time. Well done both! Johnbod (talk) 12:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Under one guise or another, they are apt to try again in a few months. It's not unexpected; the last half year has been a relatively slow time in the business, and it is not easy to pass up a little free promotion. The residual matter is that some of the artists' bios are duplicates of those on one of the gallery's sites--it's as if the gallery (or an interested party) created the articles using their own text, took credit by adding 'courtesy of...', introduced three or four links to their site, and assumed ownership. The question is, do we now tag each such article with a copyright vio? JNW (talk) 14:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That can be a useful way of losing Spam. "Courtesy of" is no good. Johnbod (talk) 15:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

text: It's a good idea to let the Spam project deal with them: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam -  Modernist (talk) 22:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Copied from Visual Arts talk page  JNW (talk) 22:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I will blacklist the californiapaintings.com domain locally and request blacklisting of the others at Meta. --A. B. (talk)  04:56, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam wars 

message: ;Spam domains:
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:*Already blacklisted
::*Note the irregular spelling -- "amatuer", not "amateur"
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:*Will blacklist
*http://www.alphaomegatheta.com
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Public registration data:
:Alpha Services
:53 Tyler St
:Freeport, NY 11520
;Spam article:
AmatuerOasis
;Accounts:
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--A. B. (talk)  01:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alpha Services (Freeport, NY) porn and fraternity spam 

message: ;Domains spammed:
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;Related domain:
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This is just a small sample; if spam continues, a full search should be made for more
*http://www.explosivecommunications.com
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*http://www.scforensics.com
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*http://www.carrolboyes.com
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*http://www.globalfundingllc.com
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*http://www.patel-india.com
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*http://www.patel-roadways.com
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*http://www.alloutsecurity.com
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*http://www.register.com
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*http://www.ghis.us
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*http://www.ecn911.com
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*http://www.oleklejbzon.com
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*http://www.submitexpress.com
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*http://www.itpreneurs.com
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::*Itpreneurs spam article added by:
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*http://whynotbackup.com
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*http://www.syndicatedleasing.com
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*http://www.prestigeconstructions.com
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;Spam article:
*Vinove
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--A. B. (talk)  02:27, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have locally blacklisted the domains listed under "Domains spammed" and "Related domain". I did not blacklist the SEO clients' domains. --A. B. (talk)  03:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vinove and Kneoteric spam on Wikipedia 

message: Hi all, I'm a relative newbie so I thought I would post my concerns here before doing anything drastic.
Anyway, I bumped into this article Disney's Davy Crockett Ranch and it reads like an advertisement. I was considering removing all but the intro section (as that section does contain all factual info), but did not want to be overly zealous. I'm curious as to what others with more experience than I think, i.e. is it appropriate for me to remove the text? Lazulilasher (talk) 14:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was mostly material copied from a Disney website. I have reverted that article to a non-copyvio version. ✤ JonHarder talk 00:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suspected Spam--Question 

message: Would someone kindly offer a third opinion with regards to the link to http://Spam.baseballbattingcages.com from Batting cage? I don't wish to edit war over this, but the other party ( appears unwilling to engage in discussion. Feezo <FONT SIZE="-2">(Talk)</FONT> 20:10, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Purly commercial link. I have removed it with an explaination, and will warn the user. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 20:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Batting cage 

message: ;Links
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* a Random House, Inc ip address
:I just warned 170.171.1.5 earlier today and cleaned up after him, and now I see Meliyap making speciously similar edits.  I gave Meliyap a welcome and a coi notice, but don't presently have time to do more. --Ronz (talk) 00:51, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: All the spamming by Meliyap has been removed. --Ronz (talk) 15:49, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There are so many of these inappropriate book publisher links that I can't tell if there are more editors involved in this specific situation.  --Ronz (talk) 19:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Meliyap is back at it and has been warned again.  He may not have noticed his talk page yet. --Ronz (talk) 20:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 170.171.1.5 is back too.  I've given him a uw-s4 now. --Ronz (talk) 21:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Another editor has given Meliyap two further warnings for his continued editing. --Ronz (talk) 02:43, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random house + 

message: :Articles
Options Industry Council 
*http://spam.888options.com
*http://spam.optionseducation.org
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:Accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 01:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Options Industry Council spamming 

message: ;Spammers
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thread_title:  http://spam.kopenhagen.dk 

message: The users are replacing all links in pages related to Esham, his albums and acid rap with links to landofthebanned.com, as well as replacing random text in those articles with "land of the banned".
'Spammers'
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--Somno (talk) 00:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  landofthebanned.com 

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thread_title:  debt /credit related spam 

message: Adsense pub-0834097340042908 
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--Hu12 (talk) 16:12, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://Adsense-pub-0834097340042908.progress411.com 

message: Adsense pub-8580952291424433 
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--Hu12 (talk) 17:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: COIBot reports will be ready in a couple of minutes, maybe that helps (for as far the linkwatchers already picked it up).  --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Good. Meta BL requested--Hu12 (talk) 17:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  guidetocissp.com 

message: :Articles
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. 
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--Hu12 (talk) 18:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc 

message: *
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--Hu12 (talk) 19:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://Adsense-pub-5068491247710355.soupesdumonde.chez-alice.fr 

message: Adsense pub-6812938711372039 
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:Accounts
 Owner --Hu12 (talk) 19:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.iagram.com 

message: *http://spam. gelib.com
*http://spam. fox-fam.com
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--Hu12 (talk) 19:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long term map COI 

message: *
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--Hu12 (talk) 23:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.itvt.com 

message: I've run into strong opposition over domains I recently blacklisted. I'd appreciate outside opinions as to whether this was an appropriate action and whether these domains should be removed from the blacklist.
*MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#SmartCard Consultancy (Pound Ridge, NY) spam on Wikipedia (permanent link)
**original discussion
*Talk:Westchester County, New York#External links deleted
**current discussion
Please leave any comments, positive or negative, on the Westchester County talk page. Any other advice would also be helpful.
Thanks! --A. B. (talk)  00:10, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outside opinions and advice wanted 

message: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Imperial_March&action=history - Looks like I could use some backup here. 84.129.134.121 (talk) 21:36, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The Imperial March]] 

message: :Articles
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 
Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety 
*http://spam. surgery.org
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*http://spam. plasticsurgery.org
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:Accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 17:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) 

message: ;Spam domains:
*http://www.grannymed.com
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:**Google Adsense ID: 0534067944860259
*http://www.noviway.com
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*http://www.plastic-surgery-information.org
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:**Google Adsense ID: 3250871578499211
*http://www.natural-home-remedies.com
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;Accounts:
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--A. B. (talk)  18:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spam summary: grannymed.com and noviway.com 

message: *
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--Hu12 (talk) 13:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.smape.com 

message: *
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--Hu12 (talk) 13:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.colombianplasticsurgery.com 

message: *
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--Hu12 (talk) 13:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.columbianeurosurgery.org 

message: Adsense pub-3688257698813447 
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thread_title:  coursework4you.co.uk