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socyberty.com

Another suite101 type of site - authors can pretty much write what they like and they get a share of the revenue generated by the advertising on their article pages. Little apparent editorial control in terms of fact checking and writers do not need to be subject experts - most seem to cover broad ranges of subjects and use screen names. This makes it inappropriate as a reliable source and unlikely to be appropriate as an external link. It's not that big an issue yet, but a couple of authors appear to have just started trying to get their articles on Misplaced Pages so it may be the beginning of a push.

Users:

infodriveindia.com

For the record, I just locally blacklisted:

It has been pushed by (at least) three accounts to the english wikipedia (some edits are pretty blatant: diff). Users have been repeatedly warned, but ignore warnings and discussions.

Accounts:

Mainspace has been cleaned. --Dirk Beetstra 11:30, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I have blocked Vikram and Jon007. Rakesh appears to be the primary account so I have left it unblocked. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 19:51, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

(Rakesh999999 is discussing the inclusion of his links. I copied the discussion from User talk:Beetstra) Hello , I am Rakesh Saraf , Director InfodriveIndia. InfodriveIndia is a free International Trade Resource with huge statistical and database driven content of around 200,000 pages. Our website has been reported as spam. . I and my colleagues have added few links of main categories of our content in the most appropriate and related categories of wikipedia. I admit we may not be very familiar with wikipedia technical terms, but we have certainly added value to wikipedia in a ethical manner.

a) Links added meet the guidelines in http://en.wikipedia.org/WP:EL#What_should_be_linked.

b) links added don't have links on similar subject almost all the time.

c) The content we have on our website is the most comprehensive and upto date then even the Govt sources.

d) Any user with exposure in International trade is welcome to check the above.

I read in your talk about Misplaced Pages not being a linkfarm and I appreciate the idea, however our content cannot be added directly in Misplaced Pages as a article ..as it is database driven and voluminous and WP:EL point 3.1.3 mentions that such links "Should be added". Can you guide us ..? In case we have done any technical mistakes ...can you advise what we need to do ? Thanks. Rakesh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rakesh999991 (talk • contribs) 12:18, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your question. I first link here a template with some links:
If you click on the COIBot link here, you see that there were three accounts, of which 2 have a certain conflict of interest (as you acknowledge above). The way these accounts were adding links (as I linked from the spam-report on WT:WPSPAM; see this diff of an edit by you) is blatant spam, and from that example edit it certainly looks that your main intentions were to link to your site, not to improve the wikipedia. The last account adding the links ignored a final warning and still was adding the link days after that warning! Also, it was the third account in row performing mainly link additions. There is no interaction with me, or other editors who showed concerns that the links as added now may not have been appropriate. We are writing an encyclopedia here, not a linkfarm!
If your database contains good data, it could have been used as a proper reference or (some of its contents) could have been used to enhance the wikipedia. But I am afraid you will first have to convince some people that you are going to follow the policies and guidelines of the Misplaced Pages before the link will be removed from the blacklist. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra 09:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Dear Dirk , I have asked my colleagues to first go thru the rules and regulations and get themselves familiarized with Misplaced Pages. The Content of InfodriveIndia.com is very good but needs custom programming and also professional knowledge, hence cannot be added directly in wikipedia. I request you to revert back our links and also remove "black listing". Tks RakeshRakesh999991 10:00, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Are you saying that it is impossible to link to relevant content on your site directly? In that case, the link would not be suitable as a reference (as it is not attributing the data stated in the wikipedia article), and also not be suitable as an external link (per WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided point 14). And please don't try to tell me that the information you are providing is not suitable for inclusion as content in this encyclopedia, that might be true for picture sites, but not for sites which provide content themselves. The three accounts involved in this case did not discuss after being pointed to the policies and guidelines of this site, I think it is more than fair that you now first provide us with some good examples. I think the best place for that discussion will be with the people in an appropriate wikiproject (you can find a list here: Misplaced Pages:WikiProjects). For removing from the blacklist, you can make your case at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist where it can be reviewed by more people (but it would certainly help if there was support from an appropriate wikiproject first). Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra 10:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Related domain:
--A. B. 21:27, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

What I meant was "Links point to database driven content and hence such content cannot be added in Misplaced Pages directly". I invite you to visit the links. Rakesh999991 07:34, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I tried to locate a relavent WikiProject but could not find one related. ?? Now what can I do ?Rakesh999991 07:44, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I had a look on a link that was added to Balance of trade. The bottom link there, was to www dot infodriveindia dot com/India-Exports-Trade-Data.aspx. If I load that page, I get a list of "Indian Export Data from India Customs , Indian Exporters Directory." I do understand that that information can not be incorporated, but this link is certainly not in its proper place on this specific page. We are talking about Balance of trade, not about the trade of India. And then if it was place on the trade of India, it tells more about the specific companies than about the general trade of India. Moreover, this data is 3 years old. Why is that specific to this page? See WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided, point 14.
This data may certainly be suitable to make a point, hence, should better be used as a reference (also see the intro of WP:EL). As this data in this example is specific 2004, on the company page it may be a good reference for the silk export for that company (though I expect this data to be too specific for an encyclopedia).
For now, all I see is that the link got added by three different accounts, and one of these accounts extensively exceeded the warning levels, the other two have a conflict of interest.
Re the wikiprojects, please see Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society#Business_and_economics. --Dirk Beetstra 08:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)


Hello, the Export Data page is a sample page with a search link available to search 8 million records of Indian Export Imports. I appreciate your efforts to clean up spam in Misplaced Pages and realise that we should have been more selective and prudent in editing / adding wikipedia.

But let us be constructive, Can you just revert the links back and we comitt that we shall follow the guidelines ?

Because this is a never ending discussion , there could be some links which are related and some distantly related.

Pls review flg links : ] -

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Trust this ends here.

Rgds

RakeshRakesh999991 09:41, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.maximumfun.org

Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia 17:37, 6 October 2007 (UTC) I write for the blog of the radio show and thought it might be useful to add additional info on those podcasts. I thought people might be interested in reviews of those podcasts, because there often aren't a lot of external links for them (especially the lesser known ones). If you really feel they aren't adding anything, feel free to remove them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.162.170 (talk) 17:46, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

New link addition. MER-C 11:13, 11 October 2007 (UTC) —readded by Versageek (talk • contribs)

Elsevier

Has the topic of Elsevier spam come up here in the past? I can't find it by searching, but would be surprised it hasn't been discussed. There are hundreds of links to it and a related site. I stumbled on a single purpose account spamming only to Elsevier-owned sites:

editor:

links:

Many of these are offers to sell a book, a journal or access to an online version. The problem is too large for me to clean up alone and what appreciate some other thoughts. See also a recent discussion on the Administrators' noticeboard. Burlywood 15:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe User:KP Botany has done some fighting of this (and other) journal and citation spam. These are really difficult ones to work on because there are good faith and appropriate uses of the url put in by many editors.

Another spammer appears to be: *222.67.188.123 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • noticeboards • LinkWatcher search || WHOIS • RDNS • traceroute • CompleteWhois • ippages.com • robtex.com • tor • Google) - but it seems KP Botany got all those at the time. Blocked, and checked for additional inserted spam DGG

-- SiobhanHansa 18:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

In general it appears clear to me we should not link to a site where it is necessary to pay in order to get ANY value from the link relevant to the article. Perhaps we should make WP:EL even more explicit on this. Let me know if there are a lot of these which need some help. --BozMo talk 18:20, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the external links guidelines are clear, but for citations such links are generally considered a service if it's the only place to get the citation online. Discussions at WP:RS (this, for instance) always seem to come down in favor of allowing urls to pay-for services in these circumstances. -- SiobhanHansa 18:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Accesibility online is not the Holy Grail of references. If we have a legit cite to the original publication, I see no need to allow ads for pay-for services here. --Orange Mike 21:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't think that would entirely get to the spam issue with citations and journals. I believe Elsevier is the journal publisher (it's not a third party service like pub-med). It's doubtful they are expecting to get significant new subscriptions from regular old Misplaced Pages readers through this, they're more likely to be looking to improve their reputation by pushing up the citation rate of their journals and the number of times they get asked for in libraries; that is, they're trying to make their journals the ones people find easily and requote. Because despite everything that gets published about Misplaced Pages, lots of people do start here for serious research, even some academics. So even without the link there could be good reason for them to spam. You are of-course welcome to start the conversation again at the reliable sources talk page, though I'd suggest reading through the previous ones first, I don't think you'll gain support. -- SiobhanHansa 21:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Another editor:

Note how sometimes these editors will move an existing Elsevier link to the top of the list. The above editor leads us to Xrefer (I assume there is a financial relationship) and

which is subscription-based. Burlywood 21:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

I have been dealing with elsevier on this, at the level of the relevant senior executives, and will follow it up. they are properly horrified at this, and realize the potential harm to their reputation. There are some considerations: it is a very large decentralized company, with many product managers who can authorize this sort of thing spread over several countries. A good deal of this is not done by the company , but by independent contractors working only indirectly for the company, usually on behalf of a trade association--often one subject oriented, not publisher oriented. they arevery hard to track down, and the additional information here will help. Please post any addition instances here--I will monitor it. I will also immediately block and remove the spam as available, and protect as necessary. DGG (talk) 23:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
but there is another matter. References to journals are appropriate in articles, if they are inserted properly and document the subject appropriately. elsevier publishes a great many journals, and many--by no means all-- of them are notable, and highly cited. There will therefore be many appropriate references. There is a clear policy at WP to use the best references available, freee or paid--free preferred,and free versions always to be indicated if available, but no prejudice at all against paid, or even those available only in print in libraries. such references are not spam. There are many sources for this material that do not involve personal payment, and any librarians should be able to help.
External links are something else. It is considered appropriate to link to the main site for a major project. It is not considered appropriate to multiply such links, and they will be removed.
Incidentally, xrefer is an apparently independent publisher now known as Credo-- they publish some dictionaries. There are free dictionaries to use instead--I'm leaving these alone for now. DGG (talk) 00:28, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

I know I dont own the subject, but I can deal with this. DGG (talk) 23:36, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Got all the present ones--found one that was actually appropriate out of the 50 or so & left it--and found a lead to the actual name of the spammer, which will be very useful. thanks, everyone. DGG (talk) 00:28, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Another editor:

This is his sole edit. I've reverted the edit and warned him with s1. --Ronz 16:39, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://www.spam.melodyspin.com and http://www.spam.skanson.com

Links:

Editor:

Seems to be a single purpose account. One link appears to be a blog, the other, COI/advert. Not prolific, but recently started up again. Needs cleanup--I'll do it later if someone doesn't beat me to it. Please monitor, thanks! Katr67 17:32, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Cleaned up. I also found 67.176.6.86 was doing it to. Don't know if any other IPs are involved. IrishGuy 17:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
User just tried to delete this entry -- always a goad to dig a little deeper!
Google Adsense ID# 1128686395629092
64.207.26.178 (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)
--A. B. 15:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Related domains dug up using AboutUs.org links; none have been spammed but all should be monitored by our bots:


Addresses:
CCM WorldWide, Inc.
PO Box 3524
Evergreen, CO 80437 USA
800-730-5959
720-941-6088
CCM Recording Studios (Colorado Creative Music)
4214 E. Colfax Avenue
Denver CO, 80220
--A. B. 18:29, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

39 fresh spam links to non-notable art site

http://spam.terminartors.com

Spammers

Please provide a list of editors who have added the link, as those with rollback tools (whether admin or script based) can easily go through the contribs page and revert the spamming. To demonstrate the benefits: it took the spammer 7 hours to add those links, but it took me 3 minutes to remove them. Thanks. MER-C 03:19, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Lynu Eng is apparently active on other wikis as well. See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/terminartors.com (under the name of de:user:Lynu D). If I count correctly, all links on de wikipedia are now added by this account. Eh, whats next here? --Beetstra (public) (Dirk Beetstra on public computers) 11:21, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I warned another user who also added the links (and after each addition posted on the talkpage about the link addition). The editor (Abenhakan (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)) has confirmed that Lynu is his wife. I have warned about the cross-wiki nature, and suggested the editor to either first wait for consensus on talkpages or contact an appropriate wikiproject. --Dirk Beetstra 09:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Lynu now also added the link to the Romanian wikipedia. --Dirk Beetstra 09:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Further back-and-forth about the English links on my talk page; is very persistent. --CliffC 14:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Indeed, quite persistent about adding their links. Discussion on my talkpage provides that the users have a conflict of interest, and although the links may be welcomed on other language wikipedia (I don't know policies and guidelines regarding this there), here the policies WP:NPOV, WP:NOT#REPOSITORY and the guidelines WP:COI, WP:SPAM and WP:EL are applicable.
User suggests not to add the links themselves anymore here. I suggested contacting a wikiproject. --Beetstra (public) (Dirk Beetstra on public computers) 15:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Template:spamlink update with usage comments

I just updated the {{spamlink}} template to include a link to DomainsDB.net, a useful tool for searching to see what other domains are hosted on a particular server.

Usage notes
  • Don't use "subst"
  • Don't use any uppercase letters in the template. {{spamlink|example.com}} is OK, but{{spamlink|Example.com}} may cause problems.


Sample


Interpretation (purely my own opinions)
Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr:
  • Searches for links on some of the largest projects
    • en: English Misplaced Pages
    • meta: Meta-Wiki
    • de: German Misplaced Pages
    • fr : French Misplaced Pages
    • simple: Simple English Misplaced Pages (included since many en spammers also hit it )
    • wikt:en: English Wiktionary
    • wikt:fr: French Wiktionary
  • Personally, I just use the en.wikipedia and simple search links, then rely on the Interwiki search (see below) for the rest (and I don't worry about Wiktionary -- perhaps I should).
Reports: Links on en - COIBot - Eagle's spam report search:
Interwiki link search, big: 20 - 57:
  • Uses Eagle101's search of the 20 or 57 largest Wikipedias. The 57-country search is sloowww, so I'll use the 20-language search "just to be sure" if I have no reason to believe the spammer is spamming beyond en.wikipedia. I'll also hit the Simple English link described above. I've found most British, North American, Australian and South Asian spammers usually stick to English. I've found spammers from Israel and most other European countries are much more likely to spam x-wiki, perhaps because they're more comfortable working in multiple languages; I always run the 57-wiki search on them. (Spammers from other regions don't seem to fit an established pattern.)
  • If the same article is spammed on many of the 57 biggest wikis, check to see if versions on smaller wikis have been hit, too. Sometimes a spammer hits an article, then just works his way down the left column of article versions in other languages. I'll do the same thing to find his links on wikis besides the top 57.
    • Existence of a link on another Misplaced Pages does not automatically mean it was spammed x-wiki. Many smaller Wikipedias will import and translate sections of bigger articles on large Wikipedias link en, fr or de.
Linkwatcher: search:
  • A powerful tool, but temporarily disabled for now. Starting with links added in June 2007, you could enter a user name and pull up all the links they added on all 700+ Wikimedia projects. Alternately, you could enter a domain and find out which editors added it on which projects.
Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de:
  • Performs a search for the link name on the 3 largest Wikipedias, using our built-in mediocre MediaWiki search function. I use it to find to find the link in old Veinor pages on en.wikipedia (more on that below)
Google: search • Veinor pages • meta
  • Google searching the domain name often pulls up interesting results such as related domains. If the search pulls up too many results, I'll narrow it by adding "SEO" to the search. If that still gives >100 results (my Google preferences are set to display 100 results/page), I'll further add "forum OR sale" to narrow down to searching for the site owner talking about or selling domains on one of the SEO forums.
  • Veinor developed a tool to create a daily page listing links added each day and who had added them (example: User:Veinor/Link count/January 17, 2007). The user page lists any link added more than once; the user talk page lists all links added, even if only once that day. These pages span the first 5 months of 2007 before the tool went off-line.
  • The MediaWiki search and a Google search of the Veinor pages will each miss some pages, so I run both.
  • Meta: I Google search meta if I'm looking for archives missed by the spam discussion archive seach tool (above).
Yahoo: backlinks:
  • Sometimes I want to know what other domains link to my targetted spam domain in hopes of finding more domains owned by the same spammer. This tool lists backlinks.
Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • DomainsDB.net:
  • Domaintools.com gives useful information about a domain:
    • Ownership.
      • Caveat -- this has to be interpreted judiciously
        • Some domain owners use privacy services such as Whois Guard, Privacyprotect.org Domains by Proxy, etc.
        • Others just lie/obfuscate. Compare the e-mail addresses in this example of two domains owned by the same spammer:,. Furthermore, the NYC address is bogus as is the phone number. Common ownership in this case was confirmed by Google Adsense ID, common spammer IPs and that e-mail address.
        • Usually only the first name and address is relevant; other entries such as technical contacts refer to the hosting service, not the spammer (unless the spammer is operating his own server).
        • If a domain is sold, Domaintools' ownership records may lag by a few days or weeks. (Since $$$'s involved, Google Adsense IDs usually change immediately).
      • Uses:
        • If not hidden, this can confirm ownership
        • I often search on a phone number, an address, a company name, an e-mail address or a contact's name to try to find additional domains.
    • "Whois history": if the date registered is 7 July 2006, you know you don't have to search edit histories earlier than that data
    • "Reverse IP": Links to a list of other domains using that server IP. Unless you pay $, you only get 3 free domains, but sometimes that's helpful. If you see only 10 domains hosted at that IP, then they may all be the spammer's (example:); if there are 2,722 domains, they're probably not ()
    • A convenience link to the domain's AboutUs.org article (see below)
  • AboutUs.org links to an SEO directory page about the domain. Initially these are compiled by the directory's bot but can be subsequently edited, wiki-style, by others using a slightly modified MediaWiki interface.
    • Caveats:
      • The "Related Domains" section gives the bot's best guess as to domains that are related. Accuracy ranges from 5% to 100%. A major factor appears to be the pattern of inbound and outbound links a site has, but there seem to be other factors as well. You'll often see sites like Yahoo, Google and Misplaced Pages in the list.
      • The site ownership information is not as up-to-date as DomainTools' (you can look at the AboutUs page's edit history to see when it was last updated).
    • Uses:
      • Despite its imperfect accuracy, the "Related Domains" section is a powerful tool for finding additional commonly-owned domains even if it doesn't prove ownership.
      • Page edit history: occasionally, a site-owner may edit his entry, in which case you can check his contributions to see what other pages he's editing. Also, it's also worth checking that IP or user name on Misplaced Pages -- often they're used there too. Interestingly, you'll also note edits where spammers added links to their competitors AboutUs.org pages (some things are universal I suppose).
      • "What links here" (sometimes hidden in a column on the right and accessed by clicking on "useful links"): This may give additional names besides those listed in "Related Domains". The same caveats apply.
  • DomainsDB.net is a new feature for this template. Clicking this link takes you to a page for the IP where the domain is hosted (Example). There you'll see an entry labelled "Reverse IP:" saying something like "there are -1 domains on this IP, click here to get them all". Even if it just says "1 domain", click it anyway to pull up a list (Example). (Don't ask me why it says "1 domain" even when there are more).
    • Caveat: these other domains may not be spam domains -- they may just be hosted by the same big hosting company (Example)

--A. B. 19:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Is it worth to have also your User:A. B./UserSummary and User:A. B./IPwhois as regular templates for this project (and maybe for WP:COIN): {{UserSummary}} and {{IPSummary}}, for example? --Dirk Beetstra 09:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Dirk, that sounds good to me. I've been reluctant to put anything in Template space because I have been unsure whose permission I needed -- or is this just one of those "Be Bold" things? --A. B. 12:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, both those tools have deficiencies which I have noted on the user pages. I'm a cut-and-paste plagiarist, not a template-writer; perhaps someone else can improve on what I've done. --A. B. 12:24, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
I have gone ahead an plagiarized your templates. Template space is nothing special, anyone can edit there. I believe there is even a template sandbox.
I have done a bit of cleanup, some more is still needed, and maybe some extra things have to be added. But that will come in time. --Dirk Beetstra 12:52, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Dirk, this is great -- if you get the chance, can you develop something similar for meta? I've got possible starting points for you at:
--A. B. 12:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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)

How to get AdSense info?

I've been wanting to learn how to gather AdSense information. From what I've read here, there's an id #. I'm guessing once you know how to get the #, you then look for the same number at other suspect sites. --Ronz 02:42, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Does "google_ad_client =" give the id #? --Ronz 02:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
That's it - it's always of the form pub- followed by 16 digits. -- SiobhanHansa 02:50, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! --Ronz 03:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.bd5.com

bd5.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

AdSense id: 1678146462310406

See also: Misplaced Pages:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:Flybd5

Flybd5 has been edit-warring to keep his links. He's also made similar edits to the Spanish Misplaced Pages. (Is there any way to search it for links?)

Looks like there are some good-faith edits by others adding this link, but haven't tracked down who made them. --Ronz 03:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Depends on how many wikis you want to search. es:Special:Linksearch/*.bd5.com (1 wiki), 20 wikis, 57 wikis, 725 wikis. MER-C 06:37, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Only one link in the Spanish wiki and one in the German, both made at article creation. Flybd5 created the Spanish link. --Ronz 16:06, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
The members and guests of the BD-5 Network hail from the following countries: United States, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Australia, Spain, Italy, Brazil, China, Russia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Argentina, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Poland, Norway, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, India, South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, Philippines, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Hungary, Singapore, Greece, Slovenia, Turkey, Lithuania, Ukraine, Portugal, Israel, Chile, Romania, Indonesia, Estonia, Peru, Hong Kong, Croatia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Algeria, Venezuela, Colombia, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Egypt, Uruguay, Latvia, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Bahamas, Kuwait, Iran, El Salvador, Barbados, Serbia And Montenegro, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Panama, Iraq, Morocco, Aruba, Nigeria, Iceland, Bulgaria, Georgia, Reunion, Mauritius, Ghana, Guam, Palestinian Territory, Belarus, Malta, Libya, Senegal, Mongolia, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, Kenya, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, French Polynesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus and Sudan. It's likely that of those on this list who have wikis, the members and guests may have translated the Jim Bede and Bede BD-5 pages to their languages. Have fun tracking them down. Maybe that'll keep you busy and away from harassing and stalking other people. Flybd5 13:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
This is part of an ongoing harassment and stalking complaint on my part against User:Ronz, See Misplaced Pages:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#User:Flybd5. There is a community of 400+ BD-5 owners, builders and other parties who are associated with the BD-5 Network and who do not appreciate the actions of User:Ronz. They are reacting to his edits and his harassment and stalking of me. The only places where you will find mention of bd5.com, a free information resource about the BD-5, is on the Jim Bede and Bede BD-5 pages. They are valid references. There is ZERO policy about deletion of links because the link may be using AdSense. That's a pathetic argument. Flybd5 12:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I think the spam problems all coi-related and are restricted to Flybd5 and anyone he might try to meatpuppet for him. The other links all appear to be in good faith and add some value. There are WP:RS concerns that hopefully will be discussed on article talk pages. --Ronz 17:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

spam.sudpontino.net

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

Spammers

Cross-posted from m:Talk:Spam blacklist#sudpontino.net. All wiki spamsearch results (after 4 links removed on en): 

Results for en.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
Results for de.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: Formia URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/formia
 Page: Minturno URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for ja.wikipedia.org...
 Page: カンポディメーレ URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: フォンディ URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: イトリ URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/itri
 Page: レーノラ URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/lenola
 Page: ミントゥルノ URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for it.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: Gaeta URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/gaeta
 Page: Itri URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/itri
 Page: Lenola URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/lenola
 Page: Minturno URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for nl.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: Minturno URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for pt.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: Formia URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/formia
 Page: Itri URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/itri
 Page: Lenola URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/lenola
 Page: Minturno URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for pl.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
Results for ca.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
Results for vo.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Campodimele URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/campodimele
 Page: Fondi URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/fondi
 Page: Formia URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/formia
 Page: Itri URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/itri
 Page: Lenola URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/lenola
 Page: Minturno URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/minturno
Results for br.wikipedia.org...
 Page: Formia URL: http://www.sudpontino.net/formia

Test wiki is down, so there could be more spam. MER-C 06:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

netteyiz.biz

Accounts

Reported by Videmus Omnia 15:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

x-wiki:
Turkish account (no edits yet)
Still spamming. I left him/her a note.
--A. B. 00:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Slow to take a hint. Whois records indicate this is a DSL account, so unlike a dial-up modem, he's probably initiating these IP changes himself by resetting his modem.
New account. Also spamming this link to some articles on tr.wikipedia as well as some other links that look relevant (i.e., .gov.tr links to geography articles).
Site just started displaying ads; Google Adsense ID: 7268512025636089
I really wish they'd stop when we ask them to ...
--A. B. 12:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Benchmark capital

Is this kosher? Special:Contributions/LeslieBD - no external links added, but nevertheless it looks like a kind of advertisement. Han-Kwang (t) 16:28, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

I would describe the information as non-encyclopedic, and probably spam. I'll revert. --Dirk Beetstra 16:51, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

babecollector.com and fcnudes.com

Account

Copyvio porn site. Videmus Omnia 16:30, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Cross-wiki spam:
Also adds links to
I suggest you list all 3 at meta:Talk:Spam blacklist
--A. B. 20:46, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
P.S. -- I disabled the links in anticipation of blacklisting.
I pulled up other domains on the same server (using DomainsDB.net), then checking whois data for each domain; these sites are associated with "Kteams", fcnudes.com's owner:
These sites are associated with an individual in Vienna who owns babecollector.com
I suggest blacklisting all at Meta. --A. B. 21:13, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Additional IPs:
X-wiki:
--A. B. 21:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
If someone posts this set on Meta I'll get them on the list during the day, I see no value to the Foundation in these, thanks --Herby 11:05, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Also adds links to a book for sale:
--A. B. 14:00, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Now blacklisted:
--A. B. 14:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Website IP

Videmus Omnia 06:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Spam protection filter

Hello. This filter blocked Undo to revert vandalism on Green turtle. The vandalism is a greater concern than a blacklisted link. Can you possibly fix this? -Susanlesch 17:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, AngelOfSadness for fixing Green turtle. I wonder if blocking saves is questionable. Hope this helps. -Susanlesch 17:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
This should only be an issue on the rare occasions when a link is added to the blacklist in between the time a vandal makes an edit and an editor reverts. Also the information required to fix the issue is included in the message that the saving editor receives - s/he only has to go back and remove the link as well - it could be displayed a little better (to say the least), but I believe that would require a developer to fix! -- SiobhanHansa 18:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
I think it happens when any page with a blacklisted link is 1) vandalized, and then 2) Undo or reverted. Some but not all people may have the inclination and ability to dechiper what link(s) need to be removed, make that edit, then fix the vandalism. (In my case that day I had only a minute or two available to Undo and then abandoned ship. Sorry about that.) -Susanlesch 21:01, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
One does not need a developer for that, those texts are stored in the MediaWiki namespace, in this case I believe it is: MediaWiki:Spamprotectiontext. Every admin can change the wording there. Would it be up to this project to find a better text for that? --Dirk Beetstra 09:09, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
As you said, any admin can change it, but I believe we're particularly suited for it. Shadow1 (talk) 23:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.simpletoremember.com http://spam.heartoftn.net/users/gary27 http://spam.sagavyah.tripod.com

Spammers

There's probably editors who've added these links in good faith, but the last two should go. MER-C 09:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.xbrain.biz

Spam pages
Sites spammed

xbrain.biz: 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 10:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.arge.com

arge.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 10:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.ethiopiantreasures.co.uk

ethiopiantreasures.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 11:02, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.biscuit-recipes.co.uk http://spam.kids-cookbook.com http://spam.bun-recipes.co.uk

Spammers

MER-C 12:59, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

spam.bestmusic.ro

Links
Spammer

User was previously warned for spamming metalhead.ro, which has been blacklisted: Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Oct#metalhead.ro

Katr67 14:54, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Sites have the closely related IPs:
COIBot catches this user since he uses an IP close enough to the IP of the links he adds (COIBot has that at the moment set to the /24 range, which in this case reporting when both IP of user and of link added are within the xxx.xxx.xxx.0 - xxx.xxx.xxx.255 -range.) --Dirk Beetstra 16:03, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.collegetips.com and http://spam.college-freshman.com

Google ad-sense = pub-3317333198156835

Had a bit of a conversation with Cphillips on his talk page which looked like it was going to be productive, but a new IP was back the same day. -- SiobhanHansa 15:11, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.bloodygoodhorror.net

Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia 17:29, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

spam.itdatahouse.com

Accounts

Blatant vandalism. List of IT companies in Bangalore (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) was modified so that each company name linked to itdatahouse, then this article was copied to Bangalore software companies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) where it has been speedily deleted twice already. The same link vandalism was done to List of IT companies in Chennai (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). --Ronz 17:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Still spamming. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 11:11, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

areapyme.tk

This is your basic "made for adsense" site - looks like the user is testing the waters by spamming a small variety of unrelated topics.

--Versageek 02:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.hinduwiki.com

These users attempted to add this link to several Hindu related templates tonight, with link text that described it as "The Hindu Misplaced Pages". I'll AGF, and say they're confused rather than deliberately trying to confuse others. The site itself looks decent, but it definitely doesn't belong in our templates.

--Versageek 04:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.ncsx.com

Account

Reported by Videmus Omnia 06:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.sharepricesms.com

Spammers

MER-C 12:05, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

highschool spam

Several highschools:

Sharing IP:

By user:

--Dirk Beetstra 20:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

spam.mastyspot.blogspot.com spam.mastyspot.co.nr spam.mastyspot.freeforums.org

Previous incidents
Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers

MER-C 08:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

spam.2-clicks-outdoorfurniture.com spam.2-clicks-stamps.com

Previous incidents
Sites spammed
Spammers

Already blacklisted on shadowbot, but that didn't stop them. Blacklisting requested. MER-C 10:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Assorted spamming

Previous incidents
Sites spammed

http://spam.economywatch.com

http://spam.healthninsurance.net

http://spam.getallinfo.com

http://spam.mapsofworld.com

http://spam.usamapxl.com

http://spam.canvasguru.com

http://spam.ethnicpaintings.com

http://spam.craftsinindia.com

http://spam.indiaedu.com

Spammers

MER-C 11:20, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Still at it:
I'm traveling -- can someone warn user and get these blacklisted? Thanks!
--A. B. 03:58, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.eurocrime.co.uk

eurocrime.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 08:44, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

surftofind.com

From the archives.

Two more spammers:

Is there an admin around who could take a look at the local blacklisting request? Thanks. -- SiobhanHansa 11:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

 Done --Dirk Beetstra 12:56, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Beetstra. -- SiobhanHansa 14:51, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

http://spam.buddhabihar.com

buddhabihar.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 11:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)