MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December 2007

message: Multiple anon IP linkspamming of common mesothelioma targets. --Mdwyer 15:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, warnings have been issued and it appears to have stopped.  I'd block next, cheers --Herby talk thyme 09:37, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It escalated! Now done on Meta --Herby talk thyme 09:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  mesothelioma.pl 

message: Links added from multiple IPs and single- or low-edit accounts.
*  at Eva Mendes
*  at Halle Berry
*  at Lightspeed Media corporation
*  at Joss Stone
*  at Jessica Biel
*  at Giada De Laurentiis
and many more. Gimmetrow 21:05, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed that this one is an issue.  Was it all on the 21st?  I'm inclined to see if they try again, in which case I'd list it straight away I think but it is possible that they have got the message?  Cheers --Herby talk thyme 12:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  thenettimes.com 

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Persistent dynamic IP spam (latest two incidents:  ). Continuing to spam despite warnings. See also WT:WPSPAM#spam.sikhzone.net spam.dhangurunanak.com spam.cyarena.com. MER-C 12:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: thanks --Herby talk thyme 12:09, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: sikhzone.net dhangurunanak.com cyarena.com

message: This persistant spammer seems to go around claiming to have false album/video game links as an attempt to scam people. Previous incarnations of the page included instructions to dload a google program and click the ad banners on his site. Zopwx2 22:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#blogspot.com below. -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 04:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah - good catch & , thanks --Herby talk thyme 09:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: itsleaked.blogspot.com/

message: Repeatedly spammed on Age of Empires related articles by Special:Contributions/Playturks. Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 07:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: SQLQuery me! 07:44, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: playturks.com/

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Persistent spamming to Graduate Record Examination and similar subjects from multiple IPs.
*, , ,, OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep,  & thanks --Herby talk thyme 19:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  They're at it again, this time using a free webhost: maxtest.webng.com  OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: maxmytest.com

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Multiply reposted vanispamcruftisement. See WT:WPSPAM#Indian poetry spam. MER-C 06:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Indian poetry spam

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Returning spammer. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Nov 1#http://spam.videopopcorn.com and WT:WPSPAM#spam.videopopcorn.com. MER-C 08:46, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: videopopcorn.com

message: Dutarmuzik.com.tr: Sales website with no English content is continuously being added in disruptive fashion (e.g., ) by anonymous user(s) on the 85.106.x.x domain.
;Articles affected include:
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:* Saz, Dutar and Bağlama are items that the website apparently sells.
*, either pasted over an unrelated source () or added in its own section (). 
;Previous actions:
The various IP addresses have been warned and/or blocked:
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-- Gyrofrog  (talk) 11:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, not relevant and the multiple IPs used make this one a good one for listing,  thanks --Herby talk thyme 11:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you! -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 16:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: dutarmuzik.com.tr

message: Added to many articles by User:Whynotthestars, and continued to this day by various anons.
Diffs (most recent edits, in most cases):
* Whynotthestars
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diaphoresis&diff=prev&oldid=174569099
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ionotophoresis&diff=prev&oldid=174569353
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perspiration&diff=prev&oldid=174569236
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Endoscopic_thoracic_sympathectomy&diff=prev&oldid=174569530
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleep_hyperhidrosis&diff=prev&oldid=174569608
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deodorant&diff=prev&oldid=174569830
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Compensatory_hyperhidrosis&diff=next&oldid=174407499
* Anons
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyperhidrosis&diff=174573353&oldid=174522114
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyperhidrosis&diff=174652191&oldid=174629140
** http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyperhidrosis&diff=174839223&oldid=174828998
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Voyagerfan5761 (talk • contribs) 16:30, 30 Nov 2007
:I think we should watch this one.  The anons and the user have had final spam warnings and seemed to have stopped.  I'd probably try a block next - thanks --Herby talk thyme 09:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  megadry.com, excessivesweating-treatment.com 

message: cpu-galaxy.at: User:Peter1912 and a whole bunch of his sockpuppet anonymous IP addresses based in Austria repeatedly add links to his personal hobby site to any and all articles about Intel processors. Peter1912 and associated IPs were warned, but warnings are ignored (possibly because the IPs are different each time, but Peter1912 has logged in a few times so must have certainly seen the warnings).  Every few days the user comes back from a different IP and re-adds the link with identical descriptive text.
Evidence is compiled at :Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Peter1912. Clicking on any IP address in the top section of that page will show the contributions (the bottom section contains IPs that have received a sockpuppet tag plus a warning).
Observations:
*Each contribution shows essentially identical spam (link plus description), indicating the same person is doing it each time. Peter1912 is the only named account in the group that has added this external link to articles.
*Peter1912 and anonymous IP addresses appear to be spam-only accounts, used solely for the purpose of adding this link.
*At no time has any explanation or edit summary been offered to justify the inclusion of this site.
Why other methods of control won't be effective:
*Warnings are ignored or not noticed.
*Blocking Peter1912 (which as occurred) and anonymous IP addresses seems pointless because the user never notices the block. The editor comes back with a different IP address each time, or the block expires before he returns.
*The editor obviously notices reversions of his edits, but persists in re-adding the links, so having a bot perform the reversions seems pointless as well.
Admittedly the site might be marginally appropriate for the articles spammed; however, I'm not the only person deleting this link, other more "official" sites exist that serve the same purpose (pictures of Intel chips), and this hobby site is being added by a user with a clear conflict of interest in violation of WP:EL. -Amatulic (talk) 23:40, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree blacklisting is the best way to deal with this sort of external link placement.  Thanks for the work &  --Herby talk thyme 08:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: www.cpu-galaxy.at

message: This link keeps turning up in Visa (document) despite settled consensus on the article talk page that it is inappropriate and spammy. I must have been removing this for a year now and I'm getting fed up. Please can someone add it to the list? Thanks Spartaz Humbug! 12:42, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes - I would call it a major problem but teh fact that it admits it may not be "entirely accurate" seems to suggest it has no business being on en wp.   & thanks --Herby talk thyme 12:58, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  www.projectvisa.com 

message: This link has been repeatedly added to the Rave article by many different IPs and users. Its history goes back as far as the beginning of November, when I first became involved in the article. All diffs are taken from the first two 50-change pages of the history. Tuvok[T@lk/Improve me] 04:58, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: --Hu12 (talk) 05:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ravehaven.com 

message: :Accounts
--Hu12 (talk) 06:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spine-health.com 

message: These sites keep being added to Death of Emily Sander and are tribute sites, but are completely unencyclopedic.
Diffs:  
--Strothra (talk) 18:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The best approach for this would be to seek semi protection of the page.  If the linking is solely there blacklisting may be a bit heavy handed?  Thanks --Herby talk thyme 11:55, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is, however, that protection didn't do anything.  It was protected for about a week, but once the article was unprotected the link was reinserted immediately.--Strothra (talk) 14:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I do see what you mean.  However this looks to me like a content dispute which really should be resolved by agreement between contributors.  I see registered users placing those links and - personally - I feel it would be inappropriate for me list these sites and so "take sides" as it were.  Thanks --Herby talk thyme 14:30, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That makes sense actually, thanks. --Strothra (talk) 14:36, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  p2pnet.net and loveshade.org 

message: I'd like freelancer.com.ar to be removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.127.47.3 (talk) 17:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? -Jéské (Blah v^_^v) 23:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nothing more heard so closed as  --Herby talk thyme 13:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  freelancer 

message: Hello. This (non comercial) website allow users to create on-line maps and graphics. And I think it's important to wikipedia users see it on external links of a few articles related to that subjects. Can it be removed from the blacklist, please? It is not spam nor promotion of any service or products. Thanks in advance.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.63.65.214 (talk) 09:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The request for blacklisting is here.  It seems that the links were added by multiple IPs which will be looked on as "spamming" behaviour.  Others will comment I'm sure. --Herby talk thyme 09:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:   It appears this request comes from the same IP range as the offending IP's.--Hu12 (talk) 20:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Accounts
fr.wikipedia.orgpt.wikipedia.orgen.wiktionary.org, de.wikipedia.org requested unblock en, meta.wikimedia.orgfr.wikipedia.org, pt.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.orgja.wikipedia.org, it.wikipedia.org, pt.wikipedia.org, nl.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org--Hu12 (talk) 21:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: requesting Global BL. all links have been cleaned. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 21:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  www.statisticum.org 

message: I'm placing this here so that there is some form of on wiki record for the removal of this website from the blacklist.  User:Mercury removed the site with this edit citing OTRS ticket number 2007120510014806.  It appear that the community will have to make do with that.  I imagine that there is some promise not to place future links or removing the listing would be very odd - I would suggest that we watch for any new links carefully.  I will use this section as the edit summary for removing the item from the log so it can be seen for future reference & will inform Mercury of this.
 by Mercury --Herby talk thyme 19:56, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  brighthub.com 

message: == Blacklisting email addresses ==
Does anyone know why this addition didn't work?  E-mail address don't work?  I added to the wrong place?  I flubbed the regex somehow?  None of the above?  —Wknight94 (talk) 15:38, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: mw:Extension:SpamBlacklist#Performance states it'll only work with links starting with http:. —Cryptic 17:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So it does.  Unfortunate.  Do you know if the meta blacklist has the same restriction?  There are e-mail addresses in the list there so maybe they're using a different mechanism?  —Wknight94 (talk) 18:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are only two listed and I don't think that would work either way (unless possibly it was a "Clickable" mailto: type link --Herby talk thyme 18:30, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh so you don't think those are working anyway.  Oh well, I guess we'll just have to keep reverting (or try out one of the anti-spam bots - although I haven't great luck with those in the past).  Thanks.  —Wknight94 (talk) 18:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Troubleshooting and problems 

message: Does anyone know why this addition didn't work?  E-mail address don't work?  I added to the wrong place?  I flubbed the regex somehow?  None of the above?  —Wknight94 (talk) 15:38, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: mw:Extension:SpamBlacklist#Performance states it'll only work with links starting with http:. —Cryptic 17:12, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So it does.  Unfortunate.  Do you know if the meta blacklist has the same restriction?  There are e-mail addresses in the list there so maybe they're using a different mechanism?  —Wknight94 (talk) 18:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are only two listed and I don't think that would work either way (unless possibly it was a "Clickable" mailto: type link --Herby talk thyme 18:30, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh so you don't think those are working anyway.  Oh well, I guess we'll just have to keep reverting (or try out one of the anti-spam bots - although I haven't great luck with those in the past).  Thanks.  —Wknight94 (talk) 18:39, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blacklisting email addresses 

message: Why is this blacklisted? It stops me from editing User:Lupin/alltalk, which is irritating. It appears to be a reasonably harmless reference website. Lupin|talk|popups 08:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Previous discussion was here thanks --Herby talk thyme 08:10, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  mapsofworld dot com