Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam

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Spam from 103.137.1.84

103.137.1.84 (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)

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- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metronidazole&diff=prev&oldid=1255317384

- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dasatinib&diff=prev&oldid=1255318361

- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toltrazuril&diff=prev&oldid=1255317736

Spidermario (talk) 08:51, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

@Spidermario IP blocked, thank you. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:11, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Handling of promo only role accounts in AIV

LondonChildrensBallet1994 (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) I'll @Ritchie333: since their essay guide was linked from Wikipedia:Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism.

Only individuals may have an account and account may not be shared, however the use of accounts such as Myorganization566 owned and maintained by company is very common. These accounts are often become a sleeper and make edits in bursts and commonly become "sleepers" that go become dormant for months and years at a time. Throwaway accounts are also used often by public relations editors in order to compartmentalize clients.

These sleeper accounts showing a pattern (for example, created in 2015, edited annually, and last edited a few months ago) are sometimes discovered while investigating other PR activity. When reported, sometimes they'll spam block them, sometimes, they'll throw out the report saying stale, but how should it be going? All these normal warning procedures shouldn't apply to spam/PR edits. For example, report on user Special:Contributions/LondonChildrensBallet1994 was tossed as stale. Graywalls (talk) 15:08, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Graywalls I'm not sure what this thread is? Are you reporting spam? If you're looking for a philosophical discussion about how deal with spam accounts, this probably isn't the right place. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:13, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm asking about how those sleeper PR accounts should be getting handled. Sometimes AIV gets it taken care of, sometimes not. So, really not sure where to take them. Graywalls (talk) 15:17, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

@Graywalls If they're not recently active enough for AIV, feel free to bring them here or directly to me. If there are several accounts that follow the same pattern it might be worth looking into. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Spammer 'LacedMedia' overwriting articles

• LacedMedia (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)

This user edited and replaced several articles with spam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/LacedMedia I have fixed what I can but the Container City article is still vandalized. AlanKHG (talk) 18:51, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@AlanKHG I've restored that article and blocked the user. Thanks for the report. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:04, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

IP spammer spamming product purchasing link to Boyscount guidebook

scouttrader.org: 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 2601:152:301:9C1E:9057:12E:132:D3A9 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)

• scouttrader.org/csiguidebook.shtml

Likely a script driven spam bot that have inserted a page with product purchasing link to a $39.00 book into a swath of Scouting related articles and talk pages in rapid succession. Contribution nuke by an admin and block needed. It would be too tedious to be done manually. Graywalls (talk) 23:39, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

@Graywalls Done. That's my edit quota for the day! Will also blacklist the domain. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:48, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

The Metal Onslaught

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Metalworker14 (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)

The link is used in dozens of articles and aside from a few, they appear to have been inserted by the same user. It appears to be a questionable source of limited value. Graywalls (talk) 22:51, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

User is blocked, domain is being discussed at RSN. I don't think there's anything more to be done really. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:12, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

I was hoping to get COIBot links spawned so I can see the insertion history. Graywalls (talk) 23:24, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

@Graywalls COIBot was down, finally got to repair it, I have requested the bot to save the report. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:01, 23 November 2024 (UTC)