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Multiple SPA users blindly adding the link into college/university articles - frequently adding it multiple times into the same article in their spamming of the link. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:45, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Marcos.alejandro (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 re-created deleted spam article in user sandbox. Not sure how long such an article should be allowed to sit before being deleted. TreacherousWays (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, TreacherousWays, it was not my intention to insult you or avoid a "speedy delete". I'm a first time Wikipedia user, not really sure what I am doing. I'm trying to figure it out; I thought that creating a draft in the user sandbox before submitting it for review by the Wiki community was the was to do it. Can you help me out? Marcos.alejandro (talk) 21:15, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-8523705932903605 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Clear violations of WP:NOT, WP:COI, WP:SPAM and WP:CIVIL [1].--Hu12 (talk) 20:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:40, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-6687095943431616 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 07:41, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
For the ongoing Commission Breakthrough spam case above, we needed ways to quickly identify ClickBank IDs of the spammers. The bots are now gradually adapted to be able to handle that, and therefore I we have worked on two new templates, working in the same line as the well known ((LinkSummary)), ((UserSummary)) and ((IPSummary)):
The templates create a redlinks to a non-existing ID report (which I may start making some day, but that is not planned), but more importantly, they have 'track' button. That track button shows which locations link to that non-existing ID report, so that the report can be found. If multiple domains have been spammed with the same AdSense, and COIBot has created reports for all of them (and has detected the AdSense ID), then all those reports will be found using the track-link.
LiWa3 detects the additions, and tells COIBot to save LinkReports for links which have a ClickBank or Adsense ID. COIBot does now save the reports with detection of those IDs as well. Further parts of the bots that need to be adapted are still waiting, but they have less priority than this.
We have not tested it, but XLinkBot can revert on the basis of ClickBank ID or AdSense ID. The line in the revertlist is respectively:
clickbank <id>
adsense <id>
(where '<id>' is to be replaced with the id of the link). Please use it with care while testing (we need real spammers to test, so please add rules), remove the rule when the bot is not handling it correctly, and poke me when the bot apparently does not see the additions, I will then try to go through the logs and see where it fails.
Based on these principles, other similar systems could also be detected when that is deemed interesting (it is heavy on the machines to do so .. but we do have the outside pages loaded anyway). Other suggestions, and additions and upgrades to the tracking templates are welcome. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:48, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 23:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Jude Calvert-Toulmin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
--Hu12 (talk) 01:05, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
A handful of accounts whose primary edits have been to add the url into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 09:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
Google Analytics ID: UA-1987560 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 12:47, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 15:23, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
90.170.97.10 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) ibrujula.net: 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
Interestingly at MediaWiki talk:Abusefilter-warning-AFC. Regards, mabdul 12:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 13:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 13:21, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Google Analytics ID: UA-4535973 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
--Hu12 (talk) 13:13, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Blacklisting--Hu12 (talk) 02:44, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-8593514738061150 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
--Hu12 (talk) 22:13, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
Tvkcyadav (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Spam from yesterday. Kobac (talk) 13:55, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Account
Website
I have noticed a lot of links to this website being added into articles for "Urban" music articles, primarily pertaining to music videos for singles. I haven't given it a full investigation due to lack of time, but it looks like the aforementioned IP is the main source for these links. One of the biggest issues is that in looking through their edit history, I've found several cases where they replace a more established source (such as MTV) with their own links. It also seems common that what was previously referenced (such as the director) isn't even mentioned on the "new source." Looking at the talk page for this IP, I see 'warnings' about adding links to "Adwiin" (though at the time, a blogspot link) dating back to 2009. It looks as though the vast majority of edits done on this IP have been to add a link to this website.
Due to my lack of time to fully invest in this issue, and honestly, due to my lack of full understanding of the "process"... can someone else more experienced and with the time run this issue down? – Mizery Made (talk · contribs) 02:37, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Infection Details
URL: http://adwiin-music.com/2010/04/28/video...
Process: file://C:\Program Files (x86)......
Infection: js:Redirector-MR [Trj
Google Analytics ID: UA-28509934 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 06:20, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-4199830769381843 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-1890273 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 13:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 05:09, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 13:31, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
70.66.17.81 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) Very likely works for Think Tank (software). Added promotional message to the talk page of the article about the company, and added a link to an unrelated article. In my opinion, should be blocked. --Agent 78787 (Talk) 23:17, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-0113917178445006 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
MER-C 11:28, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 16:39, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 17:30, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
torontotenantsassociations.ca: 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
Attack site which has persistently been added to the article on Federation of Metro Tenants Associations, apparently for several years. Most recently spammer has been substituting this link for the organization's own web page. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 01:45, 8 February 2012 (UTC) Adding more IPs spamming the link. Vale of Glamorgan (talk) 16:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
"Publish articles, videos, reviews and how to guides and share them with the world...Generate revenue from your articles, and begin building a long term passive income stream...Share Info Barrel with your family and friends and generate even more money when they publish content."[infobarrel.com/signup.php]
--Hu12 (talk) 13:59, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-977417802249188 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-8906098 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-5169663 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
This user "Piero79" has been adding an external (spam) link to Wikipedia, on multiple articles, in a seeming ad hoc fashion, for the last few months. I've just found it. And I've been trying to delete them. But there are too many for me to find and delete. Help ! OldSquiffyBat (talk) 13:12, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2012 (UTC) Site owner; Mattias Engdahl{sites.google.com/site/thescotspeerage/system/app/pages/recentChanges}{sites.google.com/site/thescotspeerage/system/app/pages/recentChanges}
Related remark: geocities has been on the revertlist of XLinkBot for a long time. While there certainly is (was) good information on geocities, a lot of it was added with COI and/or SPAM problems, and the sites often (but not always) suffered from WP:NOT/WP:RS/WP:OR type of problems - they are personal websites, anyone can make a site there, and the rate of something suitable is not that big. Same goes for e.g. webs.com.
In that respect, I think it is a good plan to revertlist any of that type of sites - it will remind (new) editors early on that external linking is subject to rules on Wikipedia, while allowing them to re-insert the links, and allowing established editors to use it normally. Exceptions can be whitelisted on XLinkBot, persistent editors can be blocked and their links be blacklisted if unsuitable - they have been warned early on. In that light, MER-C has already revertlisted 'sites.google.com' recently - I would suggest that similar free webhosts simply get blanked revertlisted. For admins: the revertlist is the first door at the left. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:40, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
KristineValdheima (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)
95.68.112.149 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
109.110.10.210 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
These accounts have recently created and edited an article about the forthcoming book, Encyclopedia of Conifers. As of right now, the article reads like an advertisement, even including a foreword from the book.
The accounts have also added external links to the book's website on several conifer-related Wikipedia articles and uploaded pictures from the book that do not appear to have a free license. Miguel.v (talk) 05:05, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-5340712280903832 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Google Analytics ID: UA-6532551 - (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • Meta: Track - Report)
Defer to Local blacklist (all). MER-C 12:22, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
Pkedits (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)Theroadislong (talk) 21:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
218.233.250.153 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) Not sure this is spam as such as the links are to other Wikipedia pages, but this user seems to be habitually inserting irrelevant/tenuously connected links into a variety of pages (for example, Gap link on Chanel), and a few minutes ago reinstated links on at least one page (Ferrari) after their first edit was reversed. Mabalu (talk) 12:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Kirtap92 (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)
1,744 links Seems way too fast for ordinary WP:REFSPAM...--Hu12 (talk) 01:41, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Dapper56 (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) -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
Referred from AIV - seems like a pretty sizeable refspam campaign to me. 7 09:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
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86.161.59.57 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 (talk) 05:55, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
Adsense google_ad_client = pub-3845661189639054 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)
Defer to Local blacklist, revertlisted adsense id. MER-C 11:48, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 16:40, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
Is this a SPAM account? This user keeps adding (sometimes multiple) links to this website to various articles: The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
Tixienixie (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) -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:01, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
--Hu12 (talk) 06:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
This site is not spam. I recently visited the country and found it very useful. I did not understand the posting guidelines and I do not own this site. Please do not penalize the site or it's owner do to my posting. (Dc19792004 (talk) 01:34, 27 February 2012 (UTC))
I am a new user and now understand all posting guidelines after reading them on the site. This site was already listed, I was simply trying to share it with more users. (Dc19792004 (talk) 01:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC))
No you are wrong, I did not spam wikipedia. These websites are not my clients and this is the only wikipedia user id I have. The page that you keep editing was already up there and has been up there for who knows how long and yes I did recently visit the Country. I never originally added the website to wikipedia it was already here. (Dc19792004 (talk) 19:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC))
News scraping site that attempts to rank public opinion based on tweets and other social media postings - being rapidly added to multiple articles. Fails multiple criteria of WP:ELNO. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:20, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for all you do....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Herer_(cannabis)
Jack Herer (cannabis)
http://www.leafly.com/sativa/jack-herer
http://sensiseeds.com/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/jack-herer
All of these sites are selling marijuana seeds and or dispensary listings, as such are SPAM and not references
I don't think I did this right but I can't tell... hard to decipher what you want?
--~MontereyHighMontereyHigh (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:51, 29 February 2012 (UTC).