Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam

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Suspicious new articles (14 December)

Second last can of spam for the year. How time flies... MER-C 18:03, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Bump for four weeks. MER-C 18:03, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Suspicious new articles (29 December 2019)

This can of spam is 20% smaller due to the holidays. MER-C 06:07, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Bump for six weeks. MER-C 18:03, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Suspicious new articles (12 January)

I'm sure the spammers wish us a happy new year. MER-C 03:18, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Bump for six weeks. MER-C 03:18, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

growupconference.com

• growupconference.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• Growupconference (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

skardu.pk

• skardu.pk: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• Janvakhan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

The domain was added as the official website of Skardu and several other pages back in 2015, but it's just an unofficial blog. — Newslinger talk 11:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

Newslinger, villages all over the world tend to be a problem there - they attract local websites, blogs, fora etc. Many villages do not have 'an official website' at all. I do however see that this has been used extensively throughout our projects. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 06:23, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

asiamattersforamerica.org

• asiamattersforamerica.org: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• 50.239.116.194 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1027#50.239.116.194

Recently this domain has been extensively added by the IP. Looking at link search there are many more additions. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 15:34, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

1997kB, seems like a typical case for mass rollback. None of the references by this editor is specific. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:46, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

1997kB, this needs cleanup. All the links that are not to the specific data have to go. I am really considering to blacklist this stuff to enforce discussion. Editor is now on their second block, and it does not seem to get the message through. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 18:08, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Hey, I found an archived version] which is working and have specific data. Should we still remove it or replace the broken link with archived one? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:48, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

1997kB I would consider to remove them all and blacklist the stuff .... we're not getting through with our warnings (and blocks). Sister-city information is likely best sourced primary to both of the two city's official websites. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: I am removing them manually, since there are almost 250 pages, is there a faster way to do that? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:04, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

1997kB, not really, as you’ll have to check on all what to do. Sorry. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 23:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Removed all of them. Given the abuse we should blacklist them. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 13:19, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

thrillophilia.com

• thrillophilia.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
  • 103.82.80.189 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
  • Nadiya Chauhan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Aakaashsharma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • DrTarunT (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Maqsood0997 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • RahulKShrivastav (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • MeKaranSharma (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • DrGirdharSingh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Veronicasen (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Karan131 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Aditivijay (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Swarabhaskar001 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Kratiarora (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Wadhwanipulkit (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Pridasassy99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Nimhalpri33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • "hemrekhajayaaursushma hema69priya" (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Palak Baid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Swarabhaskar5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Jom58894 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Sj316799 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Kritikasharma19952 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Jimmychopra5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Bohravini662 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Bajaj991rahul (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
  • Deepalijaimini (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

Dating back to at least 2018, this link has been spammed by mostly throwaway accounts. They seem to be related to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Iamskindia as a few of these accounts have been blocked as socks in the investigation. Apparition^{11 Complaints}/Mistakes 08:57, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

@Apparition11: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 09:30, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Noting that there are several accounts more, dating back to 2015. It also has an appreciable cross-wiki aspect to this so maybe this needs to be taken to global level (i.e. consider Defer to Global blacklist). --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 09:37, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Apparition11, It just got requested on meta .. blacklisting there. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:06, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Nice. I was going to investigate deeper once I got a chance, but looks like I was beat to it. Thanks! Cheers! Apparition^{11 Complaints}/Mistakes 15:31, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

I blocked the remaining accounts. MER-C 21:04, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Suspicious new articles (25 January)

Back to business as usual. And yes, there seems to be more than usual. SIGH. MER-C 20:46, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

@MER-C: Astaghfirullah. Do you really think that members of the Sulaymanids dynasty (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) paid @Idriss265: to write a COI article about themselves? They have been dead for over 1100 years. You are practically saying that there is now UPE from the grave. I see a zombie movie in the making. Abubakar1919 (talk) 10:34, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Detecting spam automatically is very imprecise and I use a relatively unsophisticated approach. False positives do happen. MER-C 19:09, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Would someone mind trying to copyvio-search Outsourcing_in_Ukraine (one of the articles on the above list)? Earwig's detector is down and I can't do a good manual search right now, but the article is setting off my copyvio spidey-sense. ^creffpublic _{a creffett franchise} (talk to the boss) 19:58, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Earwig returns nothing. I wouldn't be surprised the article was SEO spam - the references need close scrutiny. MER-C 14:06, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Credit and VPNs

• hostgators.ml: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• nordvpn.ga: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• hmavpn.ml: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• freeecreditscore.co: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• creditkarma.cf: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com

This morning I reverted replacements on creditkarma by

• 49.206.125.57 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

now I encounter

• Rrsrajeev (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

replacing another link there, but they reverted an edit by

• 49.207.131.150 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

whose other edits resemble that of the first one (and anyway doesn't seem to be 'far away' form the first one). Lets see some reports. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:57, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

• 49.207.136.162 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 183.83.154.88 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 49.207.141.83 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Instant success. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 13:59, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

• 3.132.35.54: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com

There are no coincidences. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:56, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

• creditskarma.us: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com

On the same server, guess we are done here. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:09, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:11, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Globe Elections UN spam

211.221.114.249 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

As per the discussion here and this. The main website has been already blacklisted, but the issue is that they keep adding links from their own YouTube account. Impru20^talk 09:16, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

• Regex requested to be blacklisted: \byoutube\.com\b(?:m6zldPYJU)

@Impru20: We can blacklist individual youtube videos .... --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:12, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Spam is persisting under these other IP accounts:

• 218.155.136.167 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 210.90.248.9 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

I have updated the ANI thread with the relevant info on this, as well as further IP accounts which could "awake" at any time. Note that these are now referencing the website as plain text in order to skip the blacklist. Impru20^talk 15:20, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Impru20, might be a case for an edit filter if they're sneaking it in as plain text. ^creffpublic _{a creffett franchise} (talk to the boss) 15:22, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

bill-of-rights.angelfire.com spam

• bill-of-rights.angelfire.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com

After Cyrusep (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) reverted the removal of an external link s/he added to 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates I went to his/her talk page to add a friendly spam warning only to discover two other serious spam warnings (from 2016 and 2018) already present. Glancing through Cyrusep's contribs they seem largely geared toward promoting the website bill-of-rights.angelfire.com, possibly in conjunction with other usernames (given the solitary edit to Mike Pompeo merely corrects a url that was evidently already present). I think I'm supposed to report the matter here, but I don't know what if any next steps are appropriate (or, for that matter, if I've over-escalated).Gambling8nt (talk) 04:40, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Cloud mining spam

• genesis-mining.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• fliphash.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com
• hashflare.io: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Yahoo: backlinks • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • DomainsDB.net • Alexa • WhosOnMyServer.com

Pushed to cloud mining. —Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:18, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 08:49, 31 January 2020 (UTC)