Talk:Penton (company)

message: This company has been advertising heavily on Wikipedia since early 2006. See User_talk:65.166.218.250 for extensive details. [text moved from article to talk page] - Jvhertum 12:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

message: Penton Media has been subversively adding a large number of external links into Wikipedia since August 2005. By conducting cross-referencing and viewing user contribution logs unusual external link addition activity can be discovered. The is a list of suspected Prism / Penton Media link spammers:
*  - 56 link spams, 3 August 2005 - 29 January 2007, Prism
*  - 1 link spam, 25 January 2007, Prism
*  - 3 link spams, 26 January 2007, Prism
*  - 12 link spams, 24 January 2007, Prism
*  - 1 link spam, 6 February 2007, Prism
*  - 12 link spams, 27 April 2006 - 11 April 2007, Penton
*  - 14 link spams, 4 August 2006 - 22 August 2006
*  - 39 link spams, 14 July 2006 - 13 February 2007
*  - 11 link spams, 15 November 2006 - 7 February 2007 
*  - 5 link spams, 22 January 2005 - 25 April 2007
*  - 3 link spams, 21 August 2006 - 23 January 2007
*  - 7 link spams, 12 September 2006 - 12 April 2007
*  - 14 link spams, 19 June 2006 - 15 February 2007
*  - 7 link spams, 25 January 2007 - 30 January 2007
*  - 14 link spams, 22 February 2007 - 5 June 2007, Prism
*  - 10 link spams, 15 February 2007 - 4 April 2007
*  - 12 link spams, 14 June 2006 - 7 February 2007
A whois query on the first five IP addresses reports an owner of "Prism Business Media".  The last IP address is owned by "Penton Media." Traceroutes on the IP address reveals three geographically distinct networks that are at unidentified locations. The link spam counts represent the number of link spam additions by that user. The begin and end dates represent the chronological range of active spam activity. The trailing name for IP users represents whois domain ownership.
How many more Prism / Penton Media agents are still waiting to be discovered on Wikipedia? If you find any please add them to the above list. (Requestion 19:32, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Prism / Penton Media link spammers 

message: The following is a list of domains that have been extensively spammed by Prism agents. The purpose of the wiki special:linksearch tag is to be a tool to aid in the finding of hidden Prism / Penton spam agents. A whois query on the following list all report an owner of "PRISM Business Media Inc.":
* Special:Linksearch/*.americanprinter.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.asumag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.beradio.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.broadcastengineering.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.bulktransporter.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.catalogagemag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.clymer.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.concreteproducts.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.digitalcontentproducer.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.directmag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.ecmweb.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.emusician.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.ewweb.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.firechief.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.fleetowner.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.industryclick.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.homecaremag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.livedesignonline.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.meetingsnet.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.millimeter.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.mixonline.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.mrtmag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.multichannelmerchant.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.nreionline.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.powerelectronics.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.prismb2b.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.promomagazine.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.refrigeratedtrans.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.registeredrep.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.remixmag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.retailtrafficmag.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.rfdesign.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.rockproducts.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.securitysolutions.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.smallbusinessreview.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.specialevents.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.svconline.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.tdworld.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.telephonyonline.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.trailer-bodybuilders.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.trustsandestates.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.wardsautoelectronics.com
Since Prism has merged into Penton the whois queries are expected to change ownership names when the domains expire. Please feel free to add newly discovered Prism / Penton spam domains to the above list. (Requestion 19:43, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Prism Media domains 

message: The following is a list of domains that have been extensively spammed by Penton agents. The purpose of the wiki special:linksearch tag is to be a tool to aid in the finding of hidden Prism / Penton spam agents. A whois query on the following list all report an owner of "Penton Media, Inc.":
* Special:Linksearch/*.bakery-net.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.buypenton.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.food-management.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.industryweek.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.penton.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.restaurant-hospitality.com
* Special:Linksearch/*.weldingdesign.com
Prism Media and Penton Media are the same company so these two lists will merge in the future. (Requestion 04:25, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Penton Media domains 

message: I count 5 sock puppet spamming agents, 131 external spam link additions, and 11 spam tag warnings. Prism Business Media has had sufficient warnings and they have blatantly defied requests to stop their spamming activity.  In fact they have become covert in their spamming exploits by utilizing different temporary user names. This has made policing their Wikipedia spam activity difficult. I feel the only action left is a complete black listing. 
 This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted as well, preventing anyone from linking to them from any site that uses the MediaWiki spam blacklist, which includes all of Wikimedia and Wikipedia.  (Requestion 21:20, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated count: 11 sock puppet spamming agents, 161 external spam link additions, and 16 spam tag warnings. When does this qualify as a mass spamming? (Requestion 02:22, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 12 sock puppet spamming agents, 174 external spam link additions, and 17 spam tag warnings. (Requestion 01:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 14 sock puppet spamming agents, 181 external spam link additions, and 17 spam tag warnings. (Requestion 18:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 17 sock puppet spamming agents, 205 external spam link additions. (Requestion 03:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 17 sock puppet spamming agents, 211 external spam link additions. (Requestion 00:52, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 17 sock puppet spamming agents, 213 external spam link additions. (Requestion 20:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 17 sock puppet spamming agents, 217 external spam link additions. I find this recent Prism Media exploitation  of the Virginia Tech massacre to be extremely shameful. (Requestion 20:59, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Updated count: 17 sock puppet spamming agents, 221 external spam link additions. (Requestion 20:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black List Recommendation