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Adsense 2846453156922259 spammer still active

Some of these sites, as documented by A. B. are still being added:

Now add:

And users:

All cleaned as of now. Burlywood 14:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still spamming.[1] --A. B. (talk) 03:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

caiuszip.com and sciarthistory.com

History of personal caiuszip.com/relativiting.htm and the recently created copy sciarthistory.com/relativiting.htm from ISP COMITE GESTOR DA INTERNET NO BRASIL.

201.53.33.253 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 2 warnings, 2 more entries after final warning, block, 1 more entry
189.13.60.45 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 2 warnings
201.8.194.26 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Warnings.
201.37.236.24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 2 warnings, 2 blocks
201.8.194.172 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 2 attempts
201.53.33.182 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 1 warning, 2 blocks
Profes001 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) 4 warnings, indefinite account creating block
201.53.0.244 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
201.53.42.63 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 3 warnings, 1 block

Spamlinks entered on articles Theory of relativity‎, Agatha Christie‎, Charlie Chaplin‎, Pablo Picasso‎, Cubism, Principle of relativity‎, Mass–energy equivalence‎, General relativity‎, Albert Einstein‎, Mathematics of general relativity‎, Special relativity‎, The Einstein Theory of Relativity‎, Principle of relativity‎, History of gravitational theory‎, Annus Mirabilis Papers‎.

Countless final warnings and multiple blocks, some of them indefinite. Blocking does not help.

DVdm 08:38, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adding spamlink templates. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
35 spam links (30 + 5 respectively) on interwiki spam search. Blacklist globally? MER-C 09:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, I guess that global blacklist is called for here. DVdm 11:10, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I manually removed all the Interwiki links except this one. Is it protected? Are the sites now globally blacklisted?
Thanks, DVdm 12:38, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
es:Albert Einstein is semi-protected. The links haven't been blacklisted yet. MER-C 09:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blacklisting requested. You've got some more spam to revert. MER-C 09:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but what do you mean with "some more spam to revert"? The only entry I find is the one on es:Albert Einstein, but I can't edit it, nor can I explain in Spanish on the talk-page. Cheers, DVdm 10:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Eagle's spamsearch only covers the top 57 wikipedias. A search of some of the spammers' contributions reveals other wikis were spammed. Blacklisting was successful. MER-C 08:53, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Sign, I notice that they're also using caiozip.com: 35 links on Interwiki link search:
caiozip.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
so, I'll start removing. One more for the blacklist? DVdm 09:24, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep. MER-C 09:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I monitored the IP of the URLs (200.234.196.135) on COIBot. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam. shoutwire.com

Article Shoutwire
Article Shoutwire.com
Article Tubearoo
Article PeteMate

Accounts


JohnnyStallion (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Lieutenant Clone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Jimbobzeway (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Th3perfectdrug (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Why me30 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Chivie1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Bryan8m (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Franktastic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Franktastsic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
TheRandomAvenger (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
156.34.93.167 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
71.111.153.178 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
156.34.67.55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
69.157.116.46 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
87.115.227.176 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
99.242.144.72 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Bulshoy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Pieszbob1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Persistant recreation of articles, a hand full of WP:SPA sock accounts and all the url's I removed Iframed other sites for there content--Hu12 20:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: They have a shoutwire.com/comments/103487/Wikipedia_Shows_Blatant_Bias_Deletes_ShoutWire_as_Entry thread up, which explains a lot of the SPAs.-Wafulz 21:44, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's not really spamming, just another classic example of users of a non-notable website who have no concept of notability.
Solution:
  1. Go to nearest lake
  2. Catch trout
  3. Smack SPAs with said trout
  4. ???
  5. pr0f1t!!!

Or just leave it salted and wait for them to understand the idea of protection. Shadow1 (talk) 22:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-notable website? Do some research. Shoutwire has feeds on the frontpage of torrentspy.com and countless other websites. Shoutwire also has a user base of 60,000+. This is absurd that you think shoutwire is spam. It is highly suspicious that of all the sites listed on the wiki page for the social bookmarking website list that shoutwire.com is the only one without a page. I do not know who is telling you guys to delete the shoutwire page, but it is really unprofessional. (Pieszbob1 23:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Please read WP:N. Wikipedia has notability criteria that is used to establish the notability of a web site. If the criteria is not met, the article is deemed non-notable and deleted. I'm as much of a critic of questionable deletions as you are, but I do not believe that ShoutWire is particularly notable. As I stated on the talk page, you may take the article to deletion review if you believe that the article was deleted unfairly. Creating multiple accounts and encouraging others to do so as well isn't a way to get the article back. Shadow1 (talk) 00:04, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Creating Multiple accounts? I only have one account. I'm sorry that our users are upset and remade the page, but saying that we are spam is crossing the line. I ask you to remove myself and shoutwire from the spam campaign page. (Pieszbob1 01:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Pieszbob1, you are very critical of our decision-making processes and the unpaid volunteers that have made them. Here are the standards from which we are supposed to work in this case:
  1. This is how we define spam:
  2. These are our rules for conflicts of interest:
  3. This is our notability guideline for web sites:
  4. These are our guidelines for reliable sources and external links:
  5. These are our spam blacklists used when all else fails:
    1. Spam blacklist (English Wikipedia only)
    2. Global spam blacklist
      1. Covers all 700+ Wikimedia projects (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, etc.) in all languages
      2. Used by Wikia for its hundreds of wikis.
      3. Used by a large portion of the thousands of unrelated wikis that run on the same MediaWiki software we use and elect to use our blacklist as part of their own spam filtering
      4. Indexed by Google and other big search engines


Here are the particulars of Shoutwire on Wikipedia:
  1. These are the deletion logs for your articles:
    1. Tuberoo
    2. PeteMate
    3. Shoutwire.com
    4. Shoutwire
      • It's very unusual if an article is deleted then re-created more than once.
  2. This is your internal discussion of this issue:
    • http://www. shoutwire.com/comments/103487/Wikipedia_Shows_Blatant_Bias_Deletes_ShoutWire_as_Entry
--A. B. (talk) 02:20, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


I did not create that editorial. Once again do some research. Someone has it out for shoutwire. Kinda strange how DIGG is locked from editing or deleting...

See for yourself:
zorpia.com pushed for articles and links so persistently that it was put on the global spam blacklist for quite a while:
The ball is in Shoutwire's court; you have some options:
  1. Show us that you already meet our standards as listed above, or
  2. Leave us alone for now and grow big enough to meet our standards, or
  3. Continue pushing us prematurely: spamming links and articles as before
In the meantime, I've created a user page for you to practice with until there's an article that meets our standards:
  • User:Pieszbob1/Shoutwire
    • Important: do not link to that page from any actual Wikipedia articles. We don't allow links from any article pages to any user pages.
Good day, --A. B. (talk) 14:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Additional domain to monitor:
Account adding this link:
Finally, note the following:
--A. B. (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]


I appreciate that you are taking the time to work with us. I'm sorry if you are offended by the editorial, but many users feel upset about the sudden deletion of the shoutwire page. I'll contact you when the page is finished. Once again thank you for working with us.

(Pieszbob1 15:26, 14 September 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I suggest letting each of the admins involved in deleting Shoutwire article know when you think that you have an article at User:Pieszbob1/Shoutwire that meets the Notability and Reliable Source Guidelines. You can get their names from this deletion log. They probably have that article title on their watchlists so you don't want them surprised.
Understand also that our notability requirements have as much or more to do with encyclopedic reliability as with the size and merit of the subject. If we can't use sources that meet our Reliability Guideline, then we won't have a reliable article. We really want at least one source like a media outlet that has some measure of editorial supervision.
Three core editorial policies are:
--A. B. (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, thank you so much for helping us get things straightened up. I'm working with senior editors to get the history section built up and every other section as well. Please ignore any editorials that are posted by people on shoutwire regarding wiki. They are misinformed and do not represent us as a whole. Thank you!

(Pieszbob1 23:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC))[reply]

User:HarryPotterWatchDog and subpages

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=100&target=HarryPotterWatchDog

any thoughts?--Hu12 21:06, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's odd but it's not clear what's going on. I don't really see it as spam. Blatant copyvio though - copy and pasted without the editor histories attached.... -- SiobhanHansa 15:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.listentorecords.org

Three warnings, not stopping. Pull 'im over. Katr67 20:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like s/he stopped. Katr67 20:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.pornstars-search.com

Accounts

I may be jumping the gun on this (so far the above accounts only hit the Nikki Benz article) but the site doesn't look like it could ever be a legitimate link, and is apparently expanding to include more porn stars. Worth highlighting in the linkwatcher, I believe. Videmus Omnia Talk 22:10, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

mundoceleste.ch

mundoceleste.ch: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers
Cross-wiki edits
Cross-wiki edits

MER-C 10:02, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spammed cross-wiki with 21 interwiki links. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 10:50, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blacklisted. MER-C 13:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.beerdrinkingclub.com

beerdrinkingclub.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 13:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

video.olympus.ru

Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia Talk 03:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spammed cross-wiki, see this. Looks like meta blacklist candidate, what do you think? Videmus Omnia Talk 03:41, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, added a request at Meta (my first!) Videmus Omnia Talk 03:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blacklisting successful. MER-C 13:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
They requested un-blacklisting here. I found it amusing they promised to limit spamming to ru Wikipedia. Videmus Omnia Talk 23:43, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

pragyasagar.com

pragyasagar.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 11:03, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added another link.[2] --A. B. (talk) 18:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This editor has also added content; it would be too bad to lose him but he can't keep doing this. I left him a note[3] asking him to join this discussion.

spamlink template

For those here that report links for meta blacklisting, there is a copy of the spamlink template there as well (updated to include A. B.'s functionality as well). The linklist from the discussion here can now easily be copied to meta, and it gives the admins there also a more complete overview of the evidence available. Hope this helps. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:00, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dirk, these en.wikipedia and meta templates are great and far beyond anything I've ever done, both functionally and aesthetically (important when you're crowding in so much info).
I've gone ahead and copied over your stuff over to my own template, User:A. B./spam, which I guess you could call "deprecated" now. I did this so that any unsubstituted occurrences of my old template in archives will now display the same functionality.
By the way, you might take a look at coming up with some sort of spam-oriented templates for IPs and user accounts. I came up with:
I'm a plagiarist that cuts and pastes, not a real template-writer or tool developer, so that second tool's got a problem -- some functions (Linkwatcher and Google searches) don't properly handle spaces in user names:
Also, neither template provides an input to the English wiki Noticeboard Archive Search Tool:
The link labeled "noticeboards" just takes you to the tool -- you still have to enter the IP or user name.
I like these two tools because they show me x-wiki contributions. The IP tools are handy, too, especially since CompleteWhois, robtex.com and ippages.com each seem to be off-line at different times.
I'm sure both these tools can be improved on. It would be good to have something more general for everyone than just a user page tool. --A. B. (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did some work on the UserSummary, I guess IPwhois can be adapted similarly. Indeed the space->underscore is a bit of a problem (or you just have to use the underscore in the report ..). Would it be feasable to create {{UserSummary}} and {{IPSummary}} for these (or something similar, I thought of UserReport and IPReport ... but that sounds too harsh, maybe). --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:44, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Linksearcher tool offline

Hello all,

I have temporarily disabled the "LinkWatcher search" tool that I host on the Toolserver. It was generating too many queries and impacting performance for other users' tools. The tool will now display an error message instead of its normal interface until I can optimize its operation, hopefully within the next week. Shadow1 (talk) 00:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.mvremix.com

mvremix.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

Not sure how hard to push on the remaining links as content may be worthwhile. MER-C 12:15, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

under construction additions

Adsense pub-4593315599699805

Accounts

61.5.149.66 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
61.5.149.100 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Usmanshahzada (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
61.5.149.130 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
61.5.149.61 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 17:10, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Linkfarm at Service Employees International Union

I'm thinking all the links to the locals need to be removed, since Wikipedia is not a directory. Any additional thoughts before I go about doing this? I have a feeling the link removal will be contested. (As a member of that union myself, I know they're a scrappy bunch.) Katr67 17:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It would make sense to just link to the main website... or to it's "Find a Local" page. In cases where a group has a bunch of websites it's common to just link to the main-page and let the reader navigate from there. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 17:42, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adsense related Prosper Marketplace, Inc

Adsense pub-7594990058509251

Accounts

66.54.196.172 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Prosper Marketplace, Inc
68.83.219.40 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 22:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

http://spam.ezxinc.com

Accounts

Skapate (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
72.90.221.32 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
72.85.199.66 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 22:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

parental-alienation.info rgardner.com

Spam sock accounts

80.100.149.125 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Sextant (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

BL'd --Hu12 08:04, 18 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

http://spam.xcalia.com

Accounts

Cantonnier (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
62.240.242.88 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 08:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

modifiedcars.com topcruisesites.net

Adsense pub-7682544872702261

Accounts

84.43.91.89 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 08:44, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.fminow.com

fminow.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 13:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.designcelebrity.com

Accounts

Arabarch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Earchi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
--Hu12 18:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

http://spam.pianosociety.com

Article Piano Society

Accounts

Stahlbrand (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
80.126.199.181 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
83.189.172.155 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 20:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

savingkitcat.com.au and ecashloans.com.au

Google ad-sense pub-9704780881063106

IPs adding:

-- SiobhanHansa 12:35, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More findings. These sites appear to be owned by Steve Szasz "an Australian renowned SEO" according to his ezine article sign off at ezinearticles.com/?&id=65533 (He's also an author on squidoo squidoo.com/creditcardcompany I think this is just more evidence tht these are not good content articles sites....).
Other websites of his:
All found at his stumblupon page (webseo.stumbleupon.com) -- SiobhanHansa 13:12, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
3 more Szasz domains to watch out for:
--A. B. (talk) 05:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.porterhardwoodflooring.com

Accounts

Myoldcamera (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
69.247.3.122 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 18:16, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also:
--A. B. (talk) 02:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fan Spam

Adsense pub-9028940943097516

Accounts

76.19.230.119 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 20:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Host IPs:

MER-C 13:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Parenting/hydroponics spam

An interesting combination...

Spam pages
Sites spammed

http://spam.greatdad.com

greatdad.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

http://spam.hydrohuts.com

hydrohuts.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

http://spam.hydroasis.com

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http://spam.indiaparenting.com

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Spammers

MER-C 12:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Website IP resolving tool

See User:MER-C/ResolveWebsite.java. Requires a properly set-up Java compiler and runtime, running instructions in the source file itself. MER-C 13:41, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.bondagefreunde.de

Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia Talk 15:15, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also added at de Wikipedia here, but that seems to have been done by a regular contributor. Videmus Omnia Talk 15:22, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another set of related "fan sites"

Account
Sites

Additional sites apparently owned by same spammer

This guy's defining characteristic is that he labels his links "Fan Resource". He showed no sign of slowing down despite warnings, right up until he was blocked by Riana. I'm going to look for more sites, but any chance of resolving his IP so that the bots can possibly get these sites? Videmus Omnia Talk 23:36, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here we go...

IP is the same for all sites except for meagan-good.com which is 209.40.202.21. At least it's fairly easy to programatically resolve websites (requires a Java Development Kit). MER-C 13:34, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(COIBot reads the spamlink templates on this page and puts the reported links on the monitorlist, when finding a common IP for the sites, these can be added via this functionality as well (and please do), as COIBot will also resolve the IPs of added links and see if they are on the monitorlist. Although the links in these templates will not result in any results (though the on wiki google search might give a link to the reports when they exist; I will modify the reports so the linksearch also works). ). --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wait a moment with that, should prepare COIBot for it (as it goes wrong at the moment :-D). --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:59, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is working now, please use this with some care, as some IPs are hosting many many sites. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.oldwestdvd.com

User's blocked now for 31 hours, was adding links to this site massively.... May want to keep an eye out SQL(Query Me!) 00:46, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.artistshousemusic.org

Account

The site itself seems OK (the interviews, etc. are legit), but given the uploader's contribs this looks like COI spamming, looking for a second opinion whether anything should be done here. Videmus Omnia Talk 02:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://spam.thepersiancourtesan.com

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Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia Talk 20:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

associatedcontent.com

This website, Associated Content, hosts topical articles submitted by the public. Authors are paid by how many page views they get. Obviously, that gives authors a major incentive to link to their articles. See this editor's history, for example.[4] We now have 481 links to the site, perhaps half are in articles, and they've been added by many different editors. The AC articles themselves are not professionally written, don't have sources, and aren't really suitable as reliable sources, IMO. Do folks have an opinion about links to this site? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 20:37, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've been evaluating links to this site on a case-to-case basis, and almost always end up removing them.. IMHO, they should probably be blocked in the same way that squidoo.com is blocked.. the method of operation - and the resulting low-quality links on Wikipedia are very much the same.. --Versageek 20:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

my-island-penang.com

Added to several pages by several IPs.

Link:

Users:

All cleaned. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did not even realize I just reported these this morning. COIBot found a maze of IPs and users adding a set of links, if you see the edits per IP alone, it is hard to see that they are related (follow the LinkReports and UserReports from COIBot).
Users:
Voila: m:Talk:Spam_blacklist#bicycle-adventures.com_.28and_affiliated.29. --Beetstra (public) (Dirk BeetstraT C on public computers) 20:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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