Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Nov 1

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Looks like another case of an editor spamming what could be useful links.  I've not looked carefully through all this editors contributions, nor looked for similar editors. --Ronz 17:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ummm... Looks fine actually. Britannica is a reliable source. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 14:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Editors whose sole contributions to Wikipedia are nothing but the same link are spammers.  24.148.22.105 is one such editor.  The quality of the link is not in question, it is the manner in which it is being spammed across Wikipedia. --Ronz 16:14, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Rather then blindly revert why not judge the links on their merits? If the link qualifies under WP:EL it's not spam. I'm not going to revert you (as I don't really care that much either way) but I think your rather missing the point.  Linking to reliable sources = adding value to the article. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 22:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the same editor adding nothing but a long list of external links is spamming.  Editors should just revert them en masse, not look at every single one for merit.  Spam cleaning is a different process than editorial improvements.  An editor CAN leave spammed links if they are excellent ones, but there is no need for an editor cleaning blatant spam to 100% time make their own judgment as to the merit of every spammed link.  2005 23:24, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I removed the site from the monitorlist of COIBot, and whitelisted it against automonitoring.  Please let me know if there are more accounts, I will blacklist the seperate editors (like this one).  COIBot will of course still report authors with large overlaps or in close IP proximity.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:08, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Editors spamming http://spam.britannica.com 

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Cross-posted from the local blacklist. So that's what happens when you spend the night programming instead of spam patrolling. MER-C 09:26, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spam.france-photos.site.voila.fr 

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thread_title:  http://spam.whototake.com 

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MER-C 13:11, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.vernissage.tv 

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MER-C 13:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.reveillemag.com 

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Could possibly have some value, so remaining links might have been added in good faith. MER-C 13:19, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.socialistreview.org.uk 

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MER-C 13:23, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.pinoychess.informe.com 

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MER-C 13:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.aufeminin.com 

message: This is primarily on articles Public Insurance Adjusting & Public adjuster (which should probably be merged). There have been a few other companies added as well, but this is the only one that keeps coming back. 
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thread_title:  unitedstatesadjusters.com 

message: Another suite101 type of site - authors can pretty much write what they like and they get a share of the revenue generated by the advertising on their article pages.  Little apparent editorial control in terms of fact checking and writers do not need to be subject experts - most seem to cover broad ranges of subjects and use screen names.  This makes it inappropriate as a reliable source and unlikely to be appropriate as an external link.  It's not that big an issue yet, but a couple of authors appear to have just started trying to get their articles on Wikipedia so it may be the beginning of a push.
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thread_title:  socyberty.com 

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See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Strategy Myopia. MER-C 09:12, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.hyperwage.googlepages.com 

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MER-C 10:18, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.sexy-actress-video.com 

message: I just discovered that Shadowbot3 lost one of the sections when archiving earliear this month (see  and ) I think this was because there were links in the section that had been blacklisted.  We should try to be more careful about this (and I'm sure I'm as forgetful as anyone else).  Losing details on why a URL was blacklisted makes it much harder to make an informed decision if there is a request to remove or locally whtelist.
This got me thinking - I was wondering if we could try appending a set marker instead of prepending - we could use http://www.evilurl.com.wps  instead of http://spam.evilurl.com and amend the  template to search for *.evilurl.com.wps as well as the actual link - that way we could leave the appended blacklisted urls in spam discussions and use the link search feature to find them easily.  -- SiobhanHansa 15:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Your idea is good, but I think those links would still trigger the blacklist. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 17:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If that's the case then it's not so good!  I thought the blacklist distinguished between top level domains (i.e. you can blacklist .com and leave .org available) so I thought this might work.  I've never looked at the mechanics of how blacklisting works - is there a page somewhere describing it?  -- SiobhanHansa 18:07, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  URLs causing problems with archiving? 

message: Hello. May I ask please why links to Google Books (books.google.com) show up in a spam report dated 28 October in "What links here" for this article? Thank you. -Susanlesch 06:41, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That report is generated by a bot that monitors external link additions and records some whose circumstances trigger rules that are sometimes indicators of spam - it in no way means that the links mentioned are spam.  The links are either simply collected or reported to the spam IRC channel so a human editor can evaluate properly.  Google.books.com is not thought to be a spam domain - but it is monitored (I believe) because people pushing a particular author (for instance) sometimes use works on the site.  -- SiobhanHansa 13:39, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Google Books

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MER-C 07:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various alumni spam 

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MER-C 08:02, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.production-power.co.uk 

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Reported by Videmus Omnia  Talk  01:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.french-pornstars.thumblogger.com 

message: Old entry: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive May
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I expect the latter to be socks of oksana160773/TVDATAOX/TVDATARU.  In these I hardly see any use where it was added in a genuine way.  The links may be of some interest, though they only get added as external links.  Blacklist material?  --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:36, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blacklistable certainly, equally on Commons or the like the rather obvious puppet accounts would be blocked very quickly? --Herby talk thyme 10:41, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have indef blocked the obvious socks (as suspected socks of TVDATARU, as that seems to be the first account), and marked the three accounts of which the names are less obvious as suspected socks (see :Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_TVDATARU.  Added two more links  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  tvdata / russianfootage 

message: Link is continuously added to chemical pages.  User ignores warnings.
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--Dirk Beetstra T C 15:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would view someone whose only contributions are links and who ignores warning as blockable? --Herby talk thyme 10:43, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: One of IPs already ran into a 31 hour block.  I hope they get the message.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  twt.mpei.ac.ru 

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The user appears to have some constructive contributions on it.wiki. It is not a coincidence that there are 98 spamlinks there. Most of his cross-wiki contribs are adding links to this website. MER-C 10:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.stazionidelmondo.it 

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--Dirk Beetstra T C 20:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Independent energy 

message: The local blacklist is backlogged by one month. Please go over there and clear the backlog. Thanks. MER-C 04:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed (& PLEASE log requests, it is set up now).  I am looking for solutions but in the mean time I am prepared to list any real problems on Meta short term.  I'm around today but away for the weekend then.  However Nick is very helpful --Herby talk thyme 09:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admin attention needed 

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thread_title: WikiPatents.com spam on Wikipedia

message: Someone should define "Spam" concisely, and add it to this page, and also to the update page that permits a person to edit a page. Adding a link to an article one has written or has an interest in that is located on another site is not normally thought of as by the casual "editor" as "spamming" Wikipedia; thus, the person doesn't know what they are doing could be considered "malicious". Please clarify and define the policy and post it!Robt.dalziel 02:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:LINKSPAM --Versageek 02:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defining "Spam"

message: Please see this post to the MediaWiki Spam-blacklist talk page (perm. link) --Versageek 14:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been locally blacklisted:  --Versageek 16:47, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referral linkspam on [[Moola (game)]] 

message: at article lampara this writer has made a bunch of spam articles.  he made one at Lampara and made many other articles for his albums.  he doesnt say that he is famous or anything with links to newspapers or anything.  also i think that they might be written by the man himself as they both have the same birthday september 28 on his personal page and on the article box.  i would delete them but i dont know how to.  thank you i love wikipedia!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.52.228.107 (talk) 22:01, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[there is a lot of spam]]

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Yet another user-created content site much like associatedcontent.com. MER-C 09:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Am I out of line if I would suggest that user-created content sites should be blacklisted on sight?  They fail almost everything here (WP:NPOV, WP:NOT, WP:RS, WP:EL, often WP:COI), and are very spam-sensitive (and for the smarter spammer it takes us time before we actually notice).  If specific documents are of interest, they can be whitelisted afterwards?  --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:44, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Given this I don't see the need to blacklist in this case. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 03:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

text: I am more concerned with the type of site, not that it actually gets spammed at the very moment.  The pages contain much self-published material/original research.  And we quite often see people link to their own pages on wikipedia.  Sometimes they even get plainly spammed.  Generally, these sites should not be here at all.  Except for some single exceptions for which the spam-whitelist is an option.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:02, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.scribd.com 

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MER-C 09:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.illestlyrics.com 

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Now blacklisted on shadowbot, though I tend to local blacklisting.  User:Comedybox got a warning and a block early on, looks to me like he is now editing using his IP.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  comedybox.tv 

message: I've seen this a couple of times before, and it's got me stumped.  In some see also pages like this one: Special:Whatlinkshere/Donorschoose.org  there is a link to a WikiProject Spam linksearch page (In this case Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkSearch/amazon.com).  But the page itself seems to be blank.  Any ideas what's happening? -- SiobhanHansa 19:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odd WikiProject Spam pages linked in "What links here pages" 

message: Adsense ID pub-8789618110439989 (though no ads currently on site).
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thread_title:  http://spam.sewing.com 

message: It appeared this particular IP editor never left in the first place. 
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MER-C 11:01, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IP should be blocked --Herby talk thyme 11:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree...now blocked.  --Ed (Edgar181) 11:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey - thanks, fast work --Herby talk thyme 13:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's back 

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MER-C 11:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various splogs 

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thread_title:  http://spam.clinicalguard.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.belfercenter.org 

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replies: text: User indefblocked.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.alavibohra.org 

message: Persistent editor, first with an account on de (where COIBot picked him up; :de:user:Bürgervereinigung).  Now here as a number of IPs.  Link may be of interest on German wiki, but is only adding external links on wikis.
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thread_title:  buergervereinigung-landsberg.de 

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thread_title: http://spam.allannoble.net and http://spam.internationalrelationstheory.googlepages.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.tauac.org 

message: ;Possible Spammer
User 201.204.15.30 posted external links to a number of articles on anatomy of female body. The link seems to have related information (even though not really much outside of the scope of wiki articles). I would leave the links untouched, if it wasn't all this user have contributed. Every single contribution from this user was an external link to illustratedvagina.com - what is the right thing to do in such instances?
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replies: text: The manner of addition does look spammish, but they also look like potentially excellent links.  When I come across a link I think may be useful but seems to have been spammed I normally move it to the talk page and ask for input.  If it's an article I work on a lot and I really like the content I might leave it on the article and still ask for other opinions on the talk page - other editors may know of a better page that hasn't been spammed. -- SiobhanHansa 12:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It does bug me when the only contribution is links, however valid they may be.  Something that says "We welcome actual content rather than merely external links however relevant they maybe" might be worth a try? --Herby talk thyme 13:08, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mixed Opinions on This One - Help! 

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This spammer's previous domains, bapua.com and becomingapua.com were blacklisted the other day on MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It looks like he registered a new domain name, which redirects to becomingapua.com, to keep external link spamming! The spam has primarily been on The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, but there have been about a dozen articles spammed previously. I'd appreciate it if some other admins could watchlist this article and revert/block/and or blacklist if warranted, as I don't have alot of time to keep up with this vandalism. dissolvetalk 08:02, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All three websites resolve to IP 66.11.114.182.  (keep an eye on special:linksearch/66.11.114.182).  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:13, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

text: COIBot is now watching that IP, if they persist we can blacklist it on AntiSpamBot, but that may also depend on collateral damage.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:15, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still being added ().  Has a request gone in to have it locally blacklisted?  I couldn't see one. -- SiobhanHansa 17:51, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Done, I also blacklisted the IP on User:AntiSpamBot.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:04, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: becomingapickupartist.com

message: I want all mention of my website, Zeprock.com, deleted from your Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports found at this url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/zeprock.com
Zeprock 16:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The edits would still be in the databases (in the edit histories of the pages e.g.).  The page is bot-created, and would be recreated when a user would insert the link again.  I am sorry, deletion would not help much.  Hope this explains.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:38, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove my website from Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports 

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replies: text: Looks spammy but most of it relates to last year? --Herby talk thyme 19:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spamming related 

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thread_title:  http://spam.herbivoracious.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.wikitude.org

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thread_title:  Adsense Spamming

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Reported by Videmus Omnia  Talk  20:43, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.bigasspornstars.com 

message: ::See also → WP:COI spam.kqed.org (Jul)
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thread_title:  Public broadcasting Spam (KQED)

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Disclaimer: It is possible that have made a mistake at some time during the process; not all of the text that I deleted is currently on chrisbosse.com. I don't know if that website has changed since then or if it was my mistake. I apparently did make a mistake when I pasted the wrong URL in the edit summary of 01:10, October 16. 
I have not added links to this discussion on the user pages since the inserter(s) use a different account each time. Maybe we should add such links on the article talk pages instead? — Sebastian 05:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persistent spam by or for Chris Bosse 

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thread_title:  Objectivity, Inc. 

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replies: text: It might be time to meta-blacklist cmsarticles.awardspace.com, coibot picked up spamming on de.wp and tr.wp recently. Not sure about the others. --Versageek 03:44, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They are localy Bl'd for now, maby Herbythyme can take care of it on meta?? :)--Hu12 04:03, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah - if it's cross wiki dump it on Meta and we'll take a look --Herby talk thyme 09:49, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long term adsense Spammer  

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thread_title: http://spam.craftform.org

message: :See also - Dennis Publishing COI Spam (may) 
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Article Dennis Media Group 
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No doubt this is huge. External links, citations and reference are being abused on a wide scale. --Hu12 04:59, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd hate to say this because of the legitimacy of the content, but I'd say the only way to deal with these spammers is to blacklist the whole lot. MER-C 05:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Well, I have chosen the bit softer approach.  This will result in all IP edits to be reverted, as for new accounts.  Please block any spam-only sock accounts (which exist a bit longer already; AntiSpamBot will not revert 'established' accounts).  This should keep much of it out, but established editors are capable of adding the links without any problem.  What are the IPs of these sites, I see that at least 4 share the IP 194.70.234.209?  We can arrange to block the IP(s) of the sites on shadowbotAntiSpamBot, if that does not result in collateral damage.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Dennis Publishing]] Spam-2 

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replies: text: I 86'd the copy vio pages.--Hu12 08:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.welcome2mongolia.com http://spam.guide-mongolia.com http://spam.agshin.mn 

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thread_title:  Indian community spam 

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thread_title:  http://spam.all-quran.com http://spam.all-quran.net http://spam.all-quran.org 

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thread_title:  http://spam.dateorflirt.com 

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It's blacklisting time, as this is the second time around. MER-C 11:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been BL'd--Hu12 12:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spam.searchthesearch.googlepages.com 

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thread_title:  http:// spam.beatbox.Be 

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thread_title: reelseo.com 

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thread_title:  http://.sandraoffthestrip.com  

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thread_title:  http://spam.thegreenhead.com 

message: → See also: Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Mercy_Corps   
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Mercy Corps 
Nancy Lindborg 
Dan O'Neill (Humanitarian) 
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 senior writer for Mercy Corps  Registered to MERCYCORPS  OREGON-11  OREGON-10  OREGON-7  This has been a long term problem. For well over a year half the sole purpose of these accounts were here editing (COI) for the sole purpose of promoting Mercy Corps--Hu12 23:32, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mercy Corps COI spam

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:I've only partially identified and cleaned up all the links. --Ronz 21:10, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! --Ronz 02:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: http://spam.alvinhuang.com

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thread_title: http://spam.portnov.com 

message: Originally adding links to multiple articles, the spammer is trying to replace an official link in a footnote with a link to their commercial website (diff). I'm out of reverts and not sure if it should be taken up with the Shadowbot blacklist. (Previous IPs have added the link to several articles). Thanks for any help. 
. Nposs 05:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see they've already gone [cross-wiki]. I also removed a link from the zh wiki. Nposs 05:36, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

text: on Meta, a request would be good for logging, thanks --Herby talk thyme 14:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help needed - small time spammer with dynamic IP 

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thread_title:  http://spam.keralapromoter.com 

message: Spamming template used to generate external links to German website (that are mostly dead anyway). I tried to prod, but template didn't work. Johnbod 11:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, thanks! Now added Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_November_13#Template:Zeno_author I would not say the links were totally useless - one was actually rather good - but we don't need these, and certainly not by template - a very bad precedent. Anyway, most don't seem to work. All are to sets of pictures by various (old) artists on a large German site. Some links to the site might well be ok. Johnbod 13:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template:Zeno author]] 

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thread_title:  pub-8337248587731616 

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thread_title:  moein.biz 

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thread_title:  http://spam.safecarecampaign.org 

message: I posted #Persistent spam by or for Chris Bosse above, and MER-C added Sites spammed, but I don't see anything like a resolution. Can I take these articles from my watchlist now? — Sebastian 01:51, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happens after an incident has been posted here? 

message: Can somebody take on to educate User:Jazzbird77 ?
Seven edits so far, all so far as I can see inappropriate, all pushing a fringe group's site "Catholics for Israel".  
Thanks, Jheald 13:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[User:Jazzbird77]] 

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Has the balls to come back after I pulled it over two days ago. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 11:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  spam.chitramala.com 

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thread_title:  spam.picshik.com 

message: The external links section of this article has well over 80 links! There are so many they've had to divide it into nine sections. The links include commercial sites, forums, foreign language sites, and spam for non-notable groups. Can someone from this project take a look at this? I usually remove linkspam when I see it but this is so excessive I think it needs an expert. Masaruemoto 20:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Reduced to .. 3.  Quite easy, most did not directly link to the subject of the page, but to specific subparts.  Maybe a  could help a bit further?  --Dirk Beetstra T C 22:27, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Historical reenactment]] has reached [[Wikipedia:Spam Event Horizon]] 

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thread_title:  thedaoculture.com 

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thread_title:  Spamming 

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replies: text: See also →Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PokerPlayer magazine --Hu12 08:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Given this spammer's history, this should be BL'ed. MER-C 08:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with that. However due to the months of my involvmet tracking this publishers spam, another admin may want to handle the Blacklisting. --Hu12 08:37, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with blacklisting - if no one does it before the 14th.... :) --Herby talk thyme 08:49, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: pokerplayermagazine.co.uk 

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thread_title:  http://spam.JumpTV.com 

message: BozMo brought up mongabay almost a year ago. Since then the number of links to this site has grown to 367. It is an adsense site, 5245765661961302, 5292544863418232 and perhaps others. I haven't looked to see if someone is consistently adding links, but I think investigation is in order if someone has time.
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replies: text: They continued, they are blocked, maybe they will notice that! --Herby talk thyme 11:23, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://spam.barrie-realestates.information-center.us http://spam.calgary-realestates.information-center.us 

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thread_title: hostadfree.org

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replies: text: BL'd to avoid rangeblock--Hu12 (talk) 04:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:   http://spam. opchost.com 

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thread_title:  John Wolfe Ford-Dodge in Vernon Texas 

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thread_title:  http://.sportscar-official.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.bollywoodzone.wetpaint.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.ilanijanovic.wg.am 

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thread_title:  ports-guides.com  

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thread_title:  http://spam.waterpillowonline.com http://spam.solidnation.com 

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thread_title:  deliciousa.com  

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thread_title:  http://spam.planeturban.com.au 

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thread_title:  http://spam.hornymatches.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.bakotopia.com 

message: ::See also - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GHG Corporation
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Self-promotion and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopaedia articles.Hu12 23:29, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: All deleted now.  — Coren (talk) 04:50, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GHG Corporation spam abuse 

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replies: text: Seems like a fair question to me. If the consensus on the talk-page is to use his website then it's dandy. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 01:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
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After examination of the coibot LinkReport on lulu.com I see quite some single purpose accounts.  The link has now been blacklisted on User:AntiSpamBot, guess it is better that the addition is examined by established editors.  --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Keeping this link bot monitored rather than actually blacklisted may be useful for editors watching for COI and promotional articles.  A very brief look through brought up several articles to self-published authors and books that appear to have had no significant impact on the world.  Could be a useful way to track down some of those articles.  -- SiobhanHansa 13:25, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Avsb spammer 

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thread_title:  http://spam.koreanmovie.com 

message: ::See also - Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/IDEA_Youth_Forum
This is a wiki-based debate website of the International Debate Education Association‎ (a reasonably well respected org).  The wiki is new and does not yet have many editors making it inappropriate as an external link.  Many of the links being added were to empty debate pages.  About a month ago I had a conversation with User:Debaterx about her promotion of the website (which she admitted to being involved with).  I assumed good faith on her part and didn't follow up, but it seems that wasn't so well founded. Since then it has been added to a bunch of articles and spammed to talk pages by Debaterx, a bunch of closely related IPs, and another single purpose account.
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replies: text: added two more--Hu12 (talk) 19:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: added three more--Hu12 (talk) 01:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems there is a concerted effort to WP:CANVASS this site.--Hu12 (talk) 01:21, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

text: See also - Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Debatepedia --Hu12 (talk) 19:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title:  http://spam. videopopcorn.com 

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thread_title:  http://spam.tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com 

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