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IndiaMART InterMESH Limited spam on Wikipedia 2

This user 220.227.154.11 (talk · contribs) has already been warned for spamming various websites developed by "IndiaMART InterMESH Limited" and the obvious suspicion is of a COI related to that web shop.

They've also added a link to a trade show / conference centre aggregator site to a number of articles on such conference centres, e.g.

and others (I count 5).

Is this EL spam? The content is valuable and appears to meet WP:EL, but the host is through a 3rd party aggregator rather than the conference centre's own official site (which in this context is likely to be present, useful and already linked). Clearly there's also a spam issue.

Valid EL or spam? Andy Dingley (talk) 12:22, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Previous incidents
Spam pages
Sites spammed
Related domains
  • reported malware site
Spammers
Yay, more IndiaMART InterMESH domains. Reverted, it's clearly spam -- Intermesh "also undertake the task of web promotion and ensure online visibility". MER-C 13:41, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Updated. And that's just three of 60(!) pages of a google search for "Developed and Managed by IndiaMART InterMESH Limited". I'm going to be here for a while. What a waste of time. MER-C 03:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
COIBot found nothing for the first 30 domains, so I'll leave it there. Sorry, but thanks for the report. MER-C 06:34, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

alresim.com

Adsense pub-0143021832202688
Google Analytics UA-5101939-X

  • Parked domain but same registrant
  • Parked domain but same registrant phone number and address
  • Completely dead domain
Spammers

No!  Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 07:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

hydrobyte.com.br

Spammers

MER-C 03:01, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Updated. MER-C 06:48, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

reporting Oliveoilplank for possible initiative petition promotion in multiple articles

Oliveoilplank (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) User's edits consist exclusively of dozens of additions to California initiative articles of the form "Petition management firm Bader & Associates, Inc. (owned by Tom Bader and Joy Bader) conducted the signature-gathering effort".  — [Unsigned comment added by AV3000 (talk • contribs) 03:09, 26 April 2010.]

The additions appear unsourced and do read as advertisements as currently worded. Even if an argument can be made that listing the firm hired to gather the signatures is somehow notable information, mentioning who owns the firm in an article about the petitions is off subject and clearly non-relevant to the petition articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:29, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

maxabout.com

Adsense ca-pub-5043633385254821
Google Analytics UA-307450-X

Spam pages
  • created solely to house links to maxabout.com
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 09:36, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Updated,  Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 01:24, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

simplycharly.com

17 or so extlinks to this marginally relevant site, whose pages have an unusually large amount of privacy-invading web-tracking crap on them. I think I might remove them all. 66.127.53.162 (talk) 10:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-2457940-XX
MER-C 05:16, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

valuesuit.com

Spammers

MER-C 02:37, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Updated. MER-C 04:50, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

serbia-hotel.org

Adsense pub-0848570307658199
Google Analytics UA-7129647-X

Spammers

MER-C 09:37, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Updated. MER-C 09:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-2798613-XX

  • domain is dead
Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [3]

MER-C 09:16, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

xat.com

links
accounts

Spamming, link-hijacking, adding promotional advert content, etc. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:25, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Also, a related site that automatically forwards to xat.com:
--- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:40, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Just the tip of the iceberg here:

Spam pages
Spammers

Plus a number of users who can't tell the difference between an encyclopedia and a social networking site:

MER-C 05:10, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

See also deleted article xat.com (deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xat.com). --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 22:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Chinese costume spam

Related domains
Spammers

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 09:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

4yousoft.com ilifesoft.com

Spammers

Interesting spam elsewhere.  Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 08:23, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Recycled. MER-C 03:21, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
Updated. MER-C 04:05, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

nfldraftdepot.com

Related domains
  • Redirects to nbadraftdepot.com
Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [4]
  • Citation spammer, see [5]
  • Citation spammer, see [6]
  • Citation spammer, see [7]
  • Citation spammer, see [8]
  • Citation spammer, see [9]
  • Citation spammer, see [10]
  • Citation spammer, see [11]
  • Citation spammer, see [12]
  • Citation spammer, see [13]
  • Citation spammer, see [14]
  • Citation spammer, see [15]
  • Citation spammer, see [16]
  • Citation spammer, see [17]
  • Citation spammer, see [18]
  • Citation spammer, see [19]
  • Citation spammer, see [20]
  • Citation spammer, see [21]
  • Citation spammer, see [22]
  • Citation spammer, see [23]
  • Citation spammer, see [24]
See also

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 09:18, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, my goodness! This is crazy. Thank you for unveiling this mess. And please make sure that website will be banned. --bender235 (talk) 13:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Google Analytics UA-7140044-X

  • Citation spammer, see [25]
  • Citation spammer, see [26]
  • Citation spammer, see [27]
  • Citation spammer, see [28]
  • Citation spammer, see [29]
  • Citation spammer, see [30]
  • Citation spammer, see [31]

Recycled to complete records. MER-C 08:53, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

softwaretop100.org and refspamming

Not outright spam, it's been found to be a reliable source. But it was added enmasse to the lede of articles today (examples: [32], [33], [34]). I could use some assistance reviewing the inclusion in the lede and in the discussion on the user's talkpage, whether you agree with me or not. tedder (talk) 19:52, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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