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:: Another Related Domain - selling books as well..
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:: In addition, it has been confirmed by ], that the three named accounts (Cedarkey1, Pputter, Damslerset) on the WP:AN thread above, as well as a fourth account {{userlinks|Solknats}} are related. If you look at ] he clearly identifies himself by first & last name, although the last name has been removed from the current version of his userpage. --]] 21:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


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ifood.tv

I've noticed links to ifood.tv popping up here and there. In most cases, by spot checking, I found the links added by IP users mapping to India. (Look for 122. IPs). I'm not entirely convinced that this is spam ... well ... it's spam, but it's borderline useful content as opposed to merely being a link aggregator or trying to push a commercial product. Maybe I'll be more dogmatic tomorrow, but I thought I would post it here first to see if anyone has a strong opinion one way or the other on removing the links. --B 02:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Let's monitor how it gets used. --Dirk Beetstra 13:00, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Dirk - did this get monitored? There doesn't seem to be a COIBot report, but a link was added on October 24 2007 (). -- SiobhanHansa 16:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Curious, the bot missed that one. Maybe the bot was down at the moment...
Let's try again. --Dirk Beetstra 17:14, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

tao-te-king.org

"tips" spam

Domains:

UserID's:

Indian poetry spam

Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

See also Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Obaid Azam Azmi. MER-C 12:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Still spamming. MER-C 11:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Spamming and article recreation continuing soon after AfD closed and three articles deleted. ~Matticus C 11:18, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
If they return, it's blacklist material. Azmi was salted, so we won't be seeing vanispamcruftisement there again. MER-C 12:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Agreed --Herby 12:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Obaid Azam Azmi was reposted again today (and got salted). Requesting blacklisting. MER-C 06:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done--Hu12 (talk) 06:30, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

spam.sikhzone.net spam.dhangurunanak.com spam.cyarena.com

Spammers

MER-C 11:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Still spamming. MER-C 08:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Blacklisting requested. MER-C 12:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Sikh zone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
--Hu12 20:14, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Google Adsense:
  • 9239965765639474
  • 2666503127901786
Bidvertiser: 48633424
See also:
  • note: this is a subdomain of a large hosting service
  • related to cyarena.com
  • related to sikhzone.net
I'm not sure if the two Sikh sites related to each other or if they are associated with the other set of sites. All three sets of domains have been spammed:
This move of cyrena.com and dhangurunanak.com within an article's link list may be what caused the confusion; I think the editor was trying to increase the prominence of sikhzone.net by moving links higher on the list to the bottom.
--A. B. 00:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Enough cross wiki to consider Meta? --Herby 08:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, but only these 3 domains spammed from Taiwan: intaichung.com, cyarena.com, cyarena.hi5.com
--A. B. 17:51, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
P.S. You'll want to blacklist only that one subdomain of Hi5.com, a large hosting service. --A. B. 17:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.netglimse.com

netglimse.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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

Returning spammer. MER-C 09:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

At it again. MER-C 11:41, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

And blocked, BL if they come back, cheers --Herby 11:59, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Time for blacklisting blogspot.com, with whitelisting of specific domains?

The rule \bblogspot\.com is (currently) not on COIBot's monitorlist. Some of the sub-domains have been added via WT:WPSPAM, or have been caught by the automonitoring of COIBot (mainly because the name of the editor is the same as the name of the subdomain on blogspot.com).

Still, a linksearch on the resolved IP of blogspot.com (72.14.207.191) results in a mere 118 results (all COIBot linkreports)! Often the multiple use of the single subdomains is not a cause for blacklisting, as they may only have been used once or twice. Also, I suspect there are tens of thousands of blogspot sub-domains out there, but these are only the links that are caught because the wiki username overlaps with the domainname of the subdomain (or have been reported here). Would this cumulative behaviour warrant blacklisting of \bblogspot\.com .. here, or even on meta? --Dirk Beetstra 12:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

And see here as well --Herby 13:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Technically a cross-post. Relevant discussion for total blogspot.com monitoring, now this discussion appears in the COIBot linkreports.

--Dirk Beetstra 10:28, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

skin-disease-pictures.blogspot.com

Spamming from multiple IP addresses:

Articles

Herpes zoster, Athlete's foot, Mange, Candida (genus), genital wart, hemorrhoid, meningitis

Sites

Accounts

Han-Kwang (t) 07:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

More IPs (4 Dec 2007):

More IPs (6 Dec 2007)

note, adsense pub-2443190406311786 --Hu12 11:40, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
It does tend to strengthen the idea of blacklisting blogspot maybe --Herby 13:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Pre-emptive strike:
As COIBot only picks up the ones reported here, and the ones which get added with an (apparent) conflict of interest, let's monitor them all, as I expect that most are inappropriate. --Dirk Beetstra 10:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Added a couple more IPs. It seems to be large /16 blocks; IP blocking is not feasible. Semiprotecting these articles is probably best. Han-Kwang (t) 12:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Enough I think, blacklisted & will come back & log shortly, thanks --Herby 13:08, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Seems to make a difference, but I forgot one: http://spam. wartpictures.blogspot.com/ - can you add that one too? These articles are on my watchlist, but I wonder how many other articles they spammed. If he didn't use the same IP to spam multiple articles he might stay under the radar. Han-Kwang (t) 09:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

famousamericans.net, Act II - Scene 3

These are all domains related to famousamericans.net, adding them here so they get monitored by lwcoibot. There have been ongoing issues concerning verbatim copying of data from this source, and the addition of links to many articles. (original report is here.


Ok, this is getting old - it's looking more and more like COI.. and there is a new sock in town: Pputter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) --Versageek 04:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
See our article on the site's owner: Stanley L. Klos as well as the talk page discussion
Also see this list of 241 related domains. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:18, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Well this is interesting: over 400 articles are internally linked to the Stanley L. Klos article. --A. B. 17:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Pputter sure has been busy today..ugh--Hu12 (talk) 17:34, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Yes, plus these are often added to references - or to completely the wrong guy . I hope all these are getting zapped. Johnbod (talk) 17:54, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

See this discussion:

--A. B. 18:31, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Another Related Domain - selling books as well..
In addition, it has been confirmed by CheckUser, that the three named accounts (Cedarkey1, Pputter, Damslerset) on the WP:AN thread above, as well as a fourth account Solknats (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) are related. If you look at Special:Contributions/Solknats he clearly identifies himself by first & last name, although the last name has been removed from the current version of his userpage. --Versageek 21:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

spam disguised as refs in citeweb templates

he was using old access dates (~2000, 2005, etc.. ), and putting them directly under the References heading. I reverted & gave him a welcomespam.

Frivvy89 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) --Versageek 20:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.webdirectory.gr

Adsense pub-8986750992665343

Accounts

Beachlizard (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)
88.218.167.153 (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)
--Hu12 01:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.sharpbrains.com

Adsense pub-8833878034725833

Accounts
Two accounts obviously used by the same person, obviously with a WP:COI, plus eight WP:SPA ip addresses (probably a dynamic ip). --Ronz 04:00, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Tamil celebrity spam

http://spam.sherin-online.com

http://spam.actorvijay.com

http://spam.ilayathalapathyvijay.com

http://spam.gauthammenon.com

http://spam.directorbalumahendra.com

http://spam.actresspooja.com

http://spam.actorsuriya.com

http://spam.actorarya.com

Spammers

MER-C 11:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Returning spammer (yes, it's SplogSpot again)

Previous incidents
Sites spammed

http://spam.green-pc.iyogi.net

http://spam.green-pc.blogspot.com

http://spam.folkmusicindia.com

Spammers

MER-C 12:04, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Article Inheritance

In my view, user:Vafiii is in breach of WP:COI over external links that he has added to Inheritance. Am I being too harsh? Or am I right in saying that he is spamvertising? His defence is on my talk page. --John Maynard Friedman 14:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Additions from pub-7865546952023728

Adsense pub-7865546952023728

Accounts

209.82.14.131 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 17:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Dovetail Partners Inc

Accounts

75.146.45.167 (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)
IP resolves to 528 Hennepin Avenue MN, same building of DOVETAIL PARTNERS, INC--Hu12 17:58, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

variety pack o spam

Accounts

82.109.239.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 18:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.balkantravellers.com

balkantravellers.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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 10:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


More blogspot spam

Simple paragraphs of basic information coated with google ads, spammed to multiple articles (Credit score, Credit derivative, Credit card fraud‎, Credit default swap, Credit freeze‎,Security Freeze) from rotating IP. Added to blacklist preventively. Kuru 13:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC) credit-free-report.blogspot.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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Template help

Could someone with a little time and knowledge of templates work out why all the IP pages for deletion are being listed at a PR7 page here Category:Wikipedia_administration and get rid of them. There is a nasty little play here but WP:Beans --BozMo talk 10:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.intellectbooks.co.uk

intellectbooks.co.uk: 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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 10:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)\

FYI

Thought a few here would be interested in Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/A. B.. --Hu12 15:31, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.tetcos.com

Tetcos

See also - Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Tetcos
Accounts

Haffner (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)
Waldstein (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)
Pranav v (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)
59.92.146.210 (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)
--Hu12 15:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

megadry.com

I have spotted some spamming activity on behalf of megadry.com where user Whynotthestars has been adding links to this site, as has Hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis has also removed a link to a non profit organisation that works in the same field.

Accounts

Hyperhidrosis (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)
Whynotthestars (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)
--Matt Beard 16:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Add to monitorlist of COIBot. --Dirk Beetstra 16:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
On the verge of BL here, probably should go on if they are still at it --Herby 16:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The link is, for as far as the bots have picked it up, only be used by the above accounts, and by an IP:
--Dirk Beetstra 17:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The following IP address also seems to be involved:
--Matt Beard (talk) 11:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

carmun.com

See also - Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Carmun.com

Carmun.com

Accounts

Teeveegal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
DarbyShaw123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Aweissny (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
207.172.220.46 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Coreyj749 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
--Hu12 18:03, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Continued spamming and Carmun is not a reliable or useful source, BL'd--Hu12 (talk) 19:41, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Public-access television

This may be a bit off-topic here. The last half of the public-access television article is a large directory of external links to various stations. It ends with about a screenfull of what appears to be indiscriminate links. The page "owner" seems to want to protect things as they are (and is a founder of one or more of the stations listed), but I haven't pushed too hard. How do other editors perceive this article with respect to various linking policies? Burlywood 21:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

From taking a quick look, that last half of the article seems to clearly fall under WP:NOT#REPOSITORY and WP:NOT#DIRECTORY per official policy. If the individual is connected with the stations then there may be a conflict of interest, and certainly WP:OWN, if there are claims of ownership being made. I think your concerns are quite valid. Seems there is much work to be done to make it more encyclopedic.--Hu12 (talk) 22:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I have followed up on Hu12's tagging, I have removed all external links, mainly per the two cited parts of the WP:NOT policy, I removed all because all seem to fail WP:EL. Any attempt at reversion is a clear policy violation, and deserves a firm (final?) warning. --Dirk Beetstra 22:56, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
A classic Spam Event Horizon--Hu12 (talk) 00:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I notice the article in its present state is unreferenced, and one or two of the deleted links might possibly be useful as references. I'm not sure about the list of stations; if we deleted that, we should at least link to a suitable external source for such a list. DGG (talk) 04:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
External links != references. If they are needed, they can be pulled from the article history. There is no need to link directly to the radio/tv stations, or they could e.g. be included in a ] (or a category), where wiki-links to the articles of the radio stations are collected. We are not a directory. --Dirk Beetstra 10:27, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does the wikilink not work? --Dirk Beetstra 10:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Dirk, I am not disagreeing, except that a usable ref can sometimes be found in something originally presented as an external link. DGG (talk) 22:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Interesting:

This IP added one external link to the document (using two edits; diff). The page linked to:

contains the complete list of deleted links as it was in the wikipedia article a couple of days ago. Above the page the text:

Submitted by wccatv on December 6, 2007 - 9:31am.

Please e-mail us with updates to this page. Information originally appeared at Misplaced Pages.

User reverted, and I left a spam4im. If this persists, maybe semi-protect the page? --Dirk Beetstra 14:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Adsense SEO Spamming

Adsense pub-9758089254015021

Accounts

Shekharsuman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
121.247.90.57 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
Obvious long term Self promotion for his/her Adsense sites. Excessive ads on pages. All contribution except a few are linking addditions to one or more of his sites. Cute, moving Url to the top for better positioning..--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Need additional opinions for spam/coi case

Adsense pub-7967368692755879

Accounts
This was just a simple spam/coi case. I removed the links and gave the editor a uw-coi notice along with links to to WP:EL, WP:SPAM, and WP:NOT#LINK. Then another editor got involved, reverting my link removals, questioning if they are actually spam. I started a discussion Talk:Qualitative_research#Stustu12.27s_external_links, which has only escalated, as has my initial notice User_talk:Stustu12#Conflict_of_interest. See also User_talk:Stustu12#.22Controversy.22 and Misplaced Pages:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:Stustu12. --Ronz (talk) 00:22, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Some editors wanted me to list the times I explained what I meant by spam:
--Ronz (talk) 02:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I've left a comment at Qualitative research. . I consider the link to be spam. DGG (talk) 20:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

FERMISH CLINICAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD and related

Accounts

122.162.157.143 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
122.162.132.6 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 (talk) 06:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

http://www.lulu.com

Lulu (publisher)

Publish, sell, connect...Any reason for these links?--Hu12 (talk) 07:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Already for a long time on COIBot' list. Just a few users:

...

--Dirk Beetstra 08:02, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Two more Sps2007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), South pole santa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). All the links that exist are selling product or fail WP:RS being self published..yuck--Hu12 (talk) 08:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

spam.videopopcorn.com

Previous incidents
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Still spamming. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 08:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.arc.org.uk

Arthritis Research Campaign

Accounts

Arcinfo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
213.83.109.90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) →Arthritis Research Campaign IP
Registered Charity No. 207711--Hu12 (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I consider these links acceptable links to informative pages on the web site of a major non-profit, s an uninvolveded ed. who sometimes works on medical articles, I will reinsert them if they are removed. A good modest job of providing information appropriately to the encyclopedia. The user block is about to expire, so there is no point in contesting it. I consider it very ill-advised. DGG (talk) 06:17, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

http://www.pokerbot-pro.com

99.231.18.247 has added the external link pokerbot-pro.com in the Computer poker players article time and again. And argues that because similar pokerbot programs are listed in the article that he/she should be able to add the spam on my talk page I'm not about to get into that type of argument or engage in a revert-war. I have informed the user of this listing.

Sites spammed
Spammer

▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡ 18:24, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Spamming of http://spam.artchestra.com

Artchestra LLC

Accounts

76.211.225.165 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
76.192.50.223 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
76.211.224.251 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
--Hu12 (talk) 07:49, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Posting this here to have a permanent record of watching the links:

One of the pages on this site, h1.ripway.com/gaiaoline/Login.html contains a phishing site which has been added a couple of times to Gaia Online (to catch the login process).

  1. 2007-12-07 05:26:32: User en:89.114.112.124 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/gaiaoline/Login.html.
  2. 2007-12-07 04:51:08: User en:75.165.126.211 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
  3. 2007-12-07 00:32:08: User en:75.165.126.211 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
  4. 2007-12-05 14:50:43: User en:164.116.250.39 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.
  5. 2007-12-03 15:22:10: User en:164.116.246.128 (talk - contribs) to en:Gaia Online (diff). Links: h1.ripway.com/kingme/Login.html.

--Dirk Beetstra 10:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Gift spam

Sites spammed

http://spam.best-german-gifts.com

http://spam.best-italian-gifts.com

http://spam.successful-diet-cabbage-soup.com

http://spam.all-slovenia-holidays.com

Spammers

MER-C 11:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Worldwide Business Research (WBR)

See also - Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Worldwide Business Research
See also - Misplaced Pages:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Worldwide_Business_Research

Worldwide Business Research
TradeTech

Accounts

Brittenstreet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
208.49.200.24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
38.112.44.252 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Performance Systems International Inc.
--Hu12 (talk) 19:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I am a little confused here, as i can not see any substantial number of articles the accounts listed have tried to spam. DGG (talk) 06:27, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Juicy spam

Hi, all. If this isn't the right place for this... I'd be happy to take it where it belongs. I have been removing some spam (and leaving some spam that I wasn't sure about) from the external links section of Juicer. Now I have a user with one edit asking me why I deleted his links and left other spammy links in there (on my talk page). Could someone please check out the external links section of Juicer and give me an honest take on the links there? I'm not sure which (if any) are salvageable. If you go through the history, you should see pretty quick what has been going on. Thanks. -- Swerdnaneb 22:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed the links and left a note at the talk page of the IP-address. /SvNH 06:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help. Nice to have a second set of eyes sometimes. -- Swerdnaneb 18:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)