Talk:Wikiproject:Antispam
Hi, welcome to the talk page of the antispam project!
Information we need to investigate promotional spam:
- a list of the accounts involved in cross-wiki spam
- the reasons you think there's cross-wiki spam, e.g. single-purpose accounts coordinating on closely related topics which don't meet notability guidelines and/or contain highly promotional content
- have there been past community discussions on local projects? Have sockpuppet investigations been conducted?
We can investigate on other wikis, find new sockpuppets or suspicious edits and find new data to get the bigger picture. When a case is solved, we can inform local communities to ask for help with cleanup (e.g. by deleting pages or systematically removing promotional material).
We also keep an archive of past cases to keep track of and minor cases and internal matters.
Unknown multilingual UPE sockfarm
editI found en:Mikhail Valerievich Lifshitz in my fortnightly suspicious article list. This was created by Straycatgirl (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) who has 13k edits on uk.wp but their creations on en.wp are spewing red flags for UPE. Barvenkov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) created uk:Лифшиц, Михаил Валерьевич.
The obvious publicity photo File:Mikhail Lifshitz.jpg in this article was uploaded by Jackrosse (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) and sourced to this Flickr profile hxxps://flickr.com/photos/187794352@N07/ engaged in obvious license laundering. The Flickr profile contains three images, the second File:Dr Amine Issa.jpg also being uploaded by Jackrosse for d:Q106809433 (Mobalytics).
The third image File:Michael Baczor.jpg was uploaded by Vladmedv (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). They substantially edited d:Q89453053 (Michael Baczor).
This Wikidata item was created by Momarfish (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). They uploaded File:Netskope Headquarters.jpg, sourced from another license laundering profile on Flickr hxxps://flickr.com/photos/187387549@N06/ (one image only), made en:Netskope a lot more spammy and created en:Nexthink, en:Lily Jay (both spam) and en:Martin Devergie.
Momarfish also substantially contributed to d:Q23672838 (Roobee). This yields three articles:
- en:Roobee, created by Hissamelriys (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report).
- ko:Roobee, created by 앤준 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). en:User:앤준/sandbox and ko:사용자:앤준/연습장 are Roobee.
- zh:Roobee, created by Lengjaimatt (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). No further edits.
And this is where it starts to get complicated. MER-C (talk) 12:16, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- 앤준 created ko:디마켓 and ko:사용자:앤준/연습장 i.e. d:Q42290487 (DMarket), which has a significant history of cross-wiki spam.
- Hissamelriys is a cross-wiki spammer. They created en:FAXPLUS, en:JSDelivr, en:Mobirise, de:Mobirise, es:Mobirise, es:DosFarma, es:Jonathan Foley, de:Phil Sokowicz, fr:Mobirise, en:Pocketbook (application), en:Kevin Leyes, en:FileZigZag, fr:Docage, it:Mobirise, it:David Michigan, ja:Mobirise, nl:Mobirise, nl:David Michigan, ru:Mobirise.
- Mobirise is a dead end. en:David Michigan has three creation attempts: en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Jimmysonoma, Japanelemu (Wiki-PR), and en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Raju Adhikari/Archive. en:Dmarket has three creation attempts: Cirefo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Aviatchan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) and en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Liborbital/Archive (also on ru:DMarket). Dnnsdndzk (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) created de:DMarket.
- Dnnsdndzk also created de:Julian Bashore.
This is getting old for this sock farm, so I will stop here. @DarwIn: please delete the images on Commons. MER-C 09:41, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- This is still active: en:Vlad Panchenko created by Cahdigirl (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) (en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Ejikela), Wsjreporter2007 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Mindelinfo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). MER-C 04:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Ross kramerov
editUpwork freelance spammer (not their real name) that has polluted multiple wikis. Ongoing abuse. Falsely claims authorship of at least two articles on their Upwork profile.
Residual articles:
- ru:Эффект Расёмона
- ru:Малтнома
- ru:Тильбюри (карета)
- en:The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
- en:Age management medicine
- en:Christopher J. Hadnagy
- en:Edward Gordon Perry Jr
- en:The Faculty of Unnecessary Things
- it:Mariela Garriga
Cleanup is mostly complete but there is another sockpuppet investigation pending. MER-C 18:40, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
Linkspam online casinos et. al.
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We are currently investigating accounts in dewiki which are involved in cross-wiki spamming, there was an SPI on enwp uncovering lots of socks. The accounts usually make a few edits verifying wayback archive links and then they add valid content with a reference to an unsuitable commercial website (online gambling, hair replacement, etc.). Completed/ongoing investigations:
Other affected wikis:
--Count Count (talk) 10:55, 19 September 2021 (UTC) cazinouri.info baccarat.team casinos-online.es sitiscommesse.com Sites spammed on en.wp: bestbettingsites.co.uk bestbettingsites.com bestcasinosites.net bestcasinositesindia.com lottotube.tv online-gambling.com scams.info trusted-broker-reviews.com mejorescasinosonline.net Unblocked sockpuppets found:
SPI renewed. MER-C 14:18, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
Some more socks that we found on it.wiki and then xwiki:
They're probably related to these old accounts: Marcooo671 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Blixa8519berlin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), and Smith8519berlin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) which edited w:it:LeoVegas the same way User:AnnaAmiar did. Sites spammed on it.wiki: sitiscommesse.com and migliorisitiscommesse.net--Sakretsu (炸裂) 19:47, 25 September 2021 (UTC)
migliorisitiscommesse.net autoankauf-wm.de bartagame-kaufen.de besteonlinecasinos.co besteonlinecasinos.com blockhaus-bauen.info coinpro.ch betrugstest.com digi-tester.de elithairtransplant.com fix-text.de fliegeruhr.info foresight.gmbh gardasee-magazin.com goldrechner24.de h-engine.de haarausfallen.de haartransplantation-ratgeber.net haartransplantation-tuerkei.net handletteringlernen.de immonovia.de informationsfuhrerblog.blogspot.com jausenbrettl.at keyfender.de love-repair.de mein-deal.com onlinecasinosdeutschland.com onlinecasinosdeutschland.de ostrich.de pruefung2go.de saftland.com seo-tech.de seybold.de staubsauger-berater.com staubsauger-berater.de talent2go.de uhrentakt.de uhrtipps.com umzug-karlsruhe-js.de umzugsunternehmen-berlin.de versicherungsriese.de xpert.digital Additional accounts found:
MER-C 09:24, 26 September 2021 (UTC) cazinoonline.com trading-fuer-anfaenger.de ostrich.de babyphone-tipps.de betrugstest.com umzug-berlin.de bauchredner.de felsenmeer-zentrum.de parkplatzvergleich.de maehroboter-ohne-begrenzungskabel.de erp-novum.de
More. MER-C 15:13, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
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becomepro.de
bonsai.org
luxurytrees.com
gesundheitpur.de
menstruationstasse.com
cryptoticker.io
kwag-recht.de
gamblejoe.com
automatenmarkt.de
bonsai.co.at
hausbauberater.de
the-onlyone.com
These links were used by recent sockpuppets related to this spam. --Johannnes89 (talk) 13:56, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
- + enWP [1] --Johannnes89 (talk) 21:31, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
WOWcube
editHi, can we ping users from other wikis where there were no discussions about this article yet? This is related to Hrabarook and en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Iexeru/Archive.
Illustrations:
(in french, sorry)
Bonjour, j'ai la forte suspicion que Luka Snoj a spammé entre mai et octobre 2021 une dizaine de wikis, dont la wikipédia francophone, pour créer sous différents pseudonymes son propre article wikipédia.
Les utilisateurs, tous CAOU, sont inactifs maintenant que ces articles existent (en 9 langues à ce jour, tandis que 2 langues ont été supprimées) mais pourraient revenir si on faisait un gros nettoyage (admissibilité discutable et articles publicitaires bien entendu).
À ce jour 4 de ses présumés pseudonymes ont été exclus, mais de la wikipédia espagnole uniquement.
En déroulant le fil avec l'article français qui me paraissait louche, je me suis fait un petit pavé avec les notes que j'ai pu rassembler. Si l'on supprime les articles sans s'occuper de ces comptes le problème pourrait se poser de nouveau :
Basketball3x3 (nom du bouquin)
CAOU sur en.wiki
17 décembre 2015 à 14:02 création page en.wiki
2 imports sur commons effacés en 2015
Europe3x3basketball (variation sur le précédent)
CAOU sur en.wiki et jp.wiki
9 janvier 2021 à 21:15 modifications page en.wiki
17 mai 2021 à 21:15 création page ja.wiki
17 mai 2021 à 23:15 modification sur l'item wikidata
CAOU sur en.wiki
compte bloqué sur es.wiki pour abus de faux-nez
3 mai 2021 à 11:59 modifications page en.wiki
18 mai 2021 à 00:02 modifications sur l'item wikidata
CAOU sur sl.wiki
4 mai 2021 à 00:31 création page sl.wiki avec le diff "Ustvarjanje nove strani Luka Snoj (po vzoru Luka Snoj strani na amer. Wikipedii)" (google trad : "Création d'une nouvelle page Luka Snoj (sur le modèle de la page Luka Snoj sur Wikipedia américain) "). (NDLR : Ben voyons... si je créé moi-même ma page en anglais, je m'en sers comme modèle pour les autres ;) )
CAOU sur de.wiki, en.wiki et fr.wiki
compte bloqué sur es.wiki pour abus de faux-nez
18 octobre 2021 à 16:25 modifications page en.wiki
18 octobre 2021 à 20:33 création page fr.wiki
18 octobre 2021 à 23:06 une dizaine de modifications sur l'item wikidata jusqu'au 20 octobre
19 octobre 2021 à 00:16 modification page fr.wiki
19 octobre 2021 à 00:42 création page de.wiki
CAOU sur de.wiki, en.wiki, nl.wiki, pl.wiki, pt.wiki
compte bloqué sur es.wiki pour abus de faux-nez
18 octobre 2021 à 16:53 import d'une photo du sujet sur commons
une photo supprimée précédemment, date d'import inconnu
18 octobre 2021 à 22:25 modifications page en.wiki
19 octobre 2021 à 01:47 création page pl.wiki
19 octobre 2021 à 01:58 modifications page de.wiki
20 octobre 2021 à 12:55 création page pt.wiki
20 octobre 2021 à 21:25 création page nl.wiki
CAOU sur fr.wiki et en.wiki
compte bloqué sur es.wiki pour abus de faux-nez
26 octobre 2021 à 14:57 modifications page en.wiki
26 octobre 2021 à 16:52 import de la photo du sujet sur commons
26 octobre 2021 à 18:28 modifications page fr.wiki (révoquées)
1 seule modif, insuffisant mais même pattern de pseudo et ça peut être un compte dormant
20 octobre 2021 à 19:36 modification page en.wiki
Page es.wiki supprimée le 18 juin 2021 puis 18 novembre 2021
Page sr.wiki supprimée le 1er novembre 2021
- (english summary)
- Hi everyone, I suspect someone (Luka Snoj himself I presume, but who knows) creates the article Luka Snoj in several languages in order to promote himself and his book about basket-ball.
- Some accounts :are blocked on es.wiki but he did it on 9 languages, included en.wiki and de.wiki.
- If needed, I can answer in basic english. Feel free to format my message in a better way if you think so. --El Funcionario (talk) 04:53, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
- Update : the french article has be deleted today. --El Funcionario (talk) 09:11, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
- German de:Luka_Snoj was discussed and kept in 10/2021 due to the sportive successes. Today I deleted most of its content as blatand book advertising. --MBq (talk) 12:31, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Clandestine task force actively promoting Eric Zemmour's presidential campaign at Wikipedia
editHi, first of all: sorry about my broken English. I'll try and make it short.
- The whole story involved w:fr:Éric Zemmour, who is a candidate in the w:Presidential elections in France. The event is to be held in April 2022.
- In December 2021, the head advisor for Zemmour's online campaign said that several Wikipedians were monitoring and honing Zemmour's page, but he didn't give any hint to identify them. Le Parisien - paywall, sorry
- In December 2021 Jules* was asked, by a journalist whose name is Vincent Bresson, to help him with an enquiry about Z's supporters on fr-wp. Bresson went undercover and was admitted in the group of users who were POV-pushing about Zemmour. He kept all logs and also asked Jules* to check and support his own research. This secret group was directed by the head advisor for Zemmour's campaign. The members of the group were tasked with using several tactics to make POV-pushing, and also retaliate against anyone in their way, including cyberbullying. They called themselves WikiZedia.
- The data collected, both by Jules* and by journalist Vincent Bresson, was eventually released. Vincent Bresson published his research in a book Au coeur du Z, un journaliste a infiltré la campagne d'Éric Zemmour. The same day, that is on 2022-02-17, Jules* also released the information to the Frech community.
The members involved are:
- Special:CentralAuth/Cheep (with also a sock name IllianDerex sur Commons)
- Special:CentralAuth/Film sur Léo Major
- Special:CentralAuth/CreativeC
- Special:CentralAuth/Shōkakū24
- Special:CentralAuth/Trismegiste0
- Special:CentralAuth/Maurice Roux
- Special:CentralAuth/Salomegrd
They are currently in the process of being banned. The story made huge headlines in newspapers in France. The French community, as you might have guessed, is not really delighted about the WikiZedia team and their coordinated POV-pushing; also, they were involved with someone who threatened an opposing user with physical violence.
Cheep made changes on a lot of other wikis: https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=Cheep
Discussions about it on fr-wp:
- w:fr:Wikipédia:Bulletin des administrateurs/2022/Semaine 7#Cellule dissimulée de promotion d'Éric Zemmour sur Wikipédia
- w:fr:Wikipédia:Bulletin des administrateurs/2022/Semaine 7/WikiZedia
- w:fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro/17 février 2022#Cellule de promotion d'Éric Zemmour sur Wikipédia
Best regards, Bédévore (talk) 16:07, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Discussions about it at en-wiki:
- Users indeffed at fr-wiki, per this French ANI discussion (Bulletin des administrateurs):
- Special:CentralAuth/Cheep 13:40 (UTC) (diff)
- Special:CentralAuth/Salomegrd at 2022 February 17, 13:40 (UTC) (diff)
- Special:CentralAuth/Shōkakū24 at 2022 February 17, 13:
- Special:CentralAuth/Film sur Léo Major
- Special:CentralAuth/Trismegiste0 at 2022 February 17, 1339 (UTC) (diff)
- Special:CentralAuth/Maurice Roux at 2022 February 17 at 13:40 (diff)
- Special:CentralAuth/CreativeC at 2022 February 17 at 13:39
- Users indeffed at en-wiki (blocking proposal still going on as of 01:58, 20 February 2022 (UTC) at this ANI thread :
- Special:CentralAuth/Cheep at 2022 February 19, 20:08 (UTC) (notif)
- Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 01:58, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Links to the enwiki discussions (now moved or archived): en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1091#Manipulation of wikipedia by a French presidential candidate team and en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject France#Organized interference at Wikipedia by the Zemmour campaign for President of France. MarioGom (talk) 10:17, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
- Link to the Wikipedia Signpost's special report on February 27, 2022: "A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia" --Iiii I I I (talk) 21:00, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
Büşra Duran Gündüz
editI suspect spam. A same editor created this article on two Wikis. The ur-wiki article is a complete rubbish machine translation. Please see via Wikidata:Q111592126 and see what should be the best action. Celestina007, can you assisting digging this further? ─ The Aafī (talk) 23:22, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
- @PeaceSeekers:, I see you once deleted the article on ms-wiki but the article is back again. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 08:28, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Sabri76: deleted the article on tr-wiki.─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 08:29, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Ameisenigel: Would you like to have a look since you're an admin at Wikidata? ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 08:31, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Deletion is not possible, since there is a sitelink for urwiki. --Ameisenigel (talk) 08:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Taken care of. Please proceed now. ─ The Aafī (talk) 08:39, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Deletion is not possible, since there is a sitelink for urwiki. --Ameisenigel (talk) 08:36, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Ameisenigel: Would you like to have a look since you're an admin at Wikidata? ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 08:31, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- @AafiOnMobile: I had deleted the article and protect it from it being created again for now. Thanks for the alert. PeaceSeekers (talk) 08:33, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Should the article creator be warned/blocked? Because I suspect several other spam articles such as Wikidata:Q24579245, and this on Ms-wiki. ─ The Aafī (talk) 08:45, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- guys @PeaceSeekers: and @Ameisenigel:; did you check this one? ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 14:27, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- This person doesn't met the conditions about "Notability policy" in tr.wikipedia. There's no problem for deletion. Wikipedia is not a platform for advertisement.--Sabri76 (talk) 16:13, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- Worldofgece (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ahatd (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Blocked and quarantined on en.wp. MER-C 10:57, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
M Natarajan
editLooks suspicious. This article has been created on several wikis just today. See via Wikidata:Q51885920. ─ The Aafī (talk) 10:04, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Tagged for CSD in idwiki, no indication no notability. --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 10:21, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach
editThe same editor has created articles about the museum in 18 languages. I nominated the article in en for deletion at en:Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy as it was promotional and without independent references and it was deleted on 7 June. There is also a pl deletion discussion. I believe that all of the articles should be checked for notability and promotional language.
- be:Музей прафесійнага мастацтва мініяцюры Генрык Ян Даміняк у Тыхы
- csb:Mùzeùm Miniaturowégò Profesjonalnégò Kùńsztu Henrik Jan Dóminiôk w Tichach
- cs:Muzeum miniaturního profesionálního umění Henryk Jan Dominiak
- de:Benutzer:Krzysiek2224/Museum für Professionelle Miniaturkunst Henryk Jan Dominiak 2 moved to user space
- en:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy deleted 7 June
- eo:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak en Tychy
- es:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach
- Nominated for deletion on eswiki. Thank you. Nacaru
· Talk ✉ 14:31, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- Update: now deleted. Nacaru · Talk ✉ 12:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
- Update: now deleted. Nacaru
- Nominated for deletion on eswiki. Thank you. Nacaru
- fr:Musée miniature de l'art professionnel Henri Jan Dominiak
- haw:Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ka Miniature Professional Art Henryk Jan Dominiak
- ja:ミニチュア・プロフェッショナル・アート美術館 ヘンリク・ヤン・ドミニク
- ko:미니어처 전문 미술 박물관 Henryk Jan Dominiak
- Deleted in June 13rd.--Got Your Back Everyday (talk) 19:55, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- nl:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach deleted 1 June after a deletion discussion
- pl:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach
- ru:Музей профессионального миниатюрного искусства Генрик Ян Доминяк deleted 12 June 2022
- szl:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak we Tychach
- uk:Музей професійного мініатюрного мистецтва Генрик Ян Доміняк в Тихах
- vi:Bảo tàng nghệ thuật chuyên nghiệp thu nhỏ Henryk Jan Dominiak ở Tychy deleted 8 June.
- zh:微缩模型博物馆 亨利克-扬-多米尼亚克
- voy:pl:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach
- commons:Category:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy
- d:Q48851673
Account
- Krzysiek2224 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
TSventon (talk) 10:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Probably related: Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak w Tychach (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), see commons uploads Johannnes89 (talk) 13:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- I looked at the Korean article once more, and I think it is promoting the museum. I'm going to request deletion of it.--Got Your Back Everyday (talk) 08:03, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
Oppose It is not strange to have an article because it is a national museum that has an article in the Polish version for a long time. It may be an opportunity to visit this museum when visiting this town, but I don't think it will be as effective as a promotion for residents of Korea and Japan.--The Lizard's Tail (talk) 07:08, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
Comment I have a question. Isn't the discussion here announced in articles in each language? --The Lizard's Tail (talk) 03:19, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Sources
editKrzysiek2224, I have started a new section for sources for the article. The en:Wikipedia:notability guideline generally requires significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Other projects will have different, but probably similar requirements. Please can you explain whether the sources you add offer significant coverage, what the source is, e.g. a local paper, and if it is independent. TSventon (talk) 13:48, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- https://prezi.com/zxtvbjok3kgr/muzeum-miniaturowej-sztuki-profesjonalnej-henryk-jan-dominia/ Krzysiek2224 (talk) 03:51, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Krzysiek2224, the en:prezi link looks like a presentation produced by the museum, which would not be independent. TSventon (talk) 13:48, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Szkoda, że jesteś takim słabym informatykiem i nie potrafisz w źródłach tej strony Prezi.com odnaleźć autorstwa - wszystkich tak podejrzewasz? poszukaj dokładnie i znajdziesz tam autora.
- https://prezi.com/zxtvbjok3kgr/muzeum-miniaturowej-sztuki-profesjonalnej-henryk-jan-dominia/ Krzysiek2224 (talk) 18:07, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
- Krzysiek2224, my advice to you is to make it easy for other editors to understand why your references establish notability. TSventon (talk) 03:47, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
- I read about this museum in the Silesian Library in Katowice in the printed encyclopedia "Britiszpedia". On Commons wikipedia of this museum I saw interesting photos of the exhibits. I decided to make articles about this museum in other wikipedia in the world. I checked that this museum is on the Register of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and is therefore encyclopedic. Nobody has to prove with some articles that this museum can be included in Wikipedia in Poland and in other places in the world. This museum collects exhibits from different countries of the world. It is a Cultural Institution, not an actor, singer or anyone else to prove encyclopedic. Some Wikipediaist from Poland does not know the rules and makes a mess with all Wikipedia. Here is the Museum Register in the Ministry, which automatically proves the encyclopaedic record from this museum. Item 41:
- https://bip.mkidn.gov.pl/media/download_gallery/20140319Muzea_utworzone_przez_osoby_fizyczne.pdf1397627824 Krzysiek2224 (talk) 04:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
- Krzysiek2224, my advice, which you are free to ignore, is to add a separate bullet point and explanation for each source. TSventon (talk) 11:13, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
- Krzysiek2224, my advice to you is to make it easy for other editors to understand why your references establish notability. TSventon (talk) 03:47, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Comment The standard of Notability differs depending on the language versions.
So it should be discussed locally in each language version.
It is a mistake to think Notability here according to en:Wikipedia:Notability in English version where user:TSventon is mainly active.
By the way, the reason for the request to delete by user:ネイ in Japanese version is not Notability but the quality of the Japanese used.--The Lizard's Tail (talk) 02:46, 24 June 2022 (UTC)(Fix user:TSvention to user:TSventon. Sorry.--The Lizard's Tail (talk) 02:50, 24 June 2022 (UTC))(Fix Nortability to Notability. Sorry.--The Lizard's Tail (talk) 02:55, 24 June 2022 (UTC))- For everyone's awareness, The Lizard's Tail is blocked as w:ja:LTA:SUZU on jawiki. It is safe to ignore their comments. ネイ (talk) 08:27, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
Done Speedy deleted on fr-wp. — Jules* talk 14:07, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- For everyone's awareness, The Lizard's Tail is blocked as w:ja:LTA:SUZU on jawiki. It is safe to ignore their comments. ネイ (talk) 08:27, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
[EN/FR/AR] Asaidmanar — Worldwide01
editHi @Blablubbs, Cabayi, Spiderone, and Nearlyevil665:
Regarding en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Asaidmanar, there is at least one new account used on fr, en and ar-wp: Worldwide01 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr · ar). He's not blocked yet. A checkuser request has been submitted on fr-wp.
Best, — Jules* talk 21:13, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
- Worldwide01 is now blocked on enwp, as is QWXCC (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · commons) who uploaded copyvio images to Commons. I've requested a lock for these accounts. Spicy (talk) 04:15, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Prix Versailles 2022
editA group of single purpose editors had created articles about the prize in 16 languages by 2021. After various discussions in 2021, see links below, 8 articles were deleted. In 2022 3 more articles have been created by single purpose accounts. A check user request, link below, confirms that they are likely or maybe connected to the 2021 editors. I believe that all of the articles should be checked for notability and promotional language.
- es:Prix Versailles
- fa:جایزه ورسای created 2022
- hu:Prix Versailles
- id:Prix Versailles
- it:Prix Versailles
- ko:베르사유상
- lv:Prix Versailles created 2022
- ro:Prix Versailles
- ru:Премия Версаля recreated 2022, deleted 12 June 2022
- tr:Versailles Ödülü
- zh:凡尔赛奖
- d:Q25390191
Accounts
- Bahareza (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rantemariana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- NicoloRaul (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- KirjuxaB (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Shpynov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Discussions
- Wikiproject:Antispam/Archives/2021/Prix Versailles
- Steward requests/Checkuser#Bahareza@fa, id, it, lv, ru and Wikidata
TSventon (talk) 07:53, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- It's just about a prize that UNESCO gives. I don't think it is promoting anything.--Got Your Back Everyday (talk) 22:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi. @Got Your Back Everyday: there are evidence that there is cross-wiki spam promotion of this prix for years. Best, — Jules* talk 13:09, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- To be exact, it's not a prize given by UNESCO, but a prize given in office hired to Unesco. --Pa2chant.bis (talk) 05:21, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hi. @Got Your Back Everyday: there are evidence that there is cross-wiki spam promotion of this prix for years. Best, — Jules* talk 13:09, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Spam has returned on en.wp: en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Darshak.parmar, en:Prix Versailles Award. MER-C 11:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
- Blocked Daughter Hadria (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) for en:Versailles Prize (this account also created pt:Prix Versailes). MER-C 11:46, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Nicolas Micheletti - spam
editThis user is creating this article in the context of a promotion on each Wiki.
- https://www.partitoanimalista.org/chi-siamo-1
- https://www.greenme.com.br/informarse/agricultura/92449-fim-da-era-dos-abates/
- https://www.endtheslaughterage.eu/
These links are promotional and are included in the article, that is, it does not have a neutral point but a partisan point to veganism. On en-Wiki, "This article was nominated for deletion on April 2, 2018. The result of the discussion was delete".
- en:Nicolas Micheletti
- es:Nicolas Micheletti
- eo:Nicolas Micheletti
- fr:Nicolas Micheletti
- d:Q112285883
Account
- Kaleidosophia (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
--Anibal Maysonet (talk) 12:37, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
- Anibal Maysonet, the same editor has created en:World Union of Deists in 7 wikipedias, that looks like spam as well. TSventon (talk) 13:39, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Eva Hadashi - spam
editNot meeting encyclopedic notability.
- en:Eva Hadashi
- ru:Ева Хадаши
- uk:Єва Хадаші
- pt:Eva Hadashi
- pl:Eva Hadashi
- ja:エバ・ハダシ
- hy:Եվա Խադաշի
- fa:اوا هاداشی
- es:Eva Hadashi
- Update: Now deleted on eswiki. Nacaru · Talk ✉ 19:52, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Update: Now deleted on eswiki. Nacaru
Single-purpose account
- Jenes (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Avisa Partners
editPart 1
editHi,
Mediapart, a french news outlet, published investigations about how Avisa Partners, a big competitive intelligence company, creates thousands of false sources on the web, and edit Wikipedia with UPE accounts; I helped the journalist for this last part, as explained on the fr-wp sysop noticeboard.
Most of the activity detected is on fr-wp, but there are at least two accounts who are socks, and very likely to be UPE used by Avisa Partners, who edited en-WP en:Draft:Alexandre Arnault (linked to a client of Avisa Partners, Bernard Arnault):
- Sedentaire (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en)
- Jaffredo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en)
Both are blocked on fr-wp. Ping @Blablubbs, @MER-C. Best, — Jules* talk 13:18, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- Nice find! I blocked both accounts on enwiki (they could probably use locks as well); I'll try to dig into this more when I have some more mental bandwidth available. Blablubbs (talk) 13:34, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- I think SanSiro69200 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) is them too for heavy spamming on Xavier Niel in multiple languages. MER-C 10:40, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- There seem to also be some additional candidates here, here and here. Blablubbs (talk) 11:16, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- I reported the user on eswiki and nominated the article for deletion. Nacaru · Talk ✉ Nacaru · Talk ✉ 21:42, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Blablubbs. You can block Louise12B (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) who created en:Steeve Khawly. See fr:Steeve Khawly history and fr:Discussion Projet:Antipub#ekonomico.fr.
- Long story short (not only for Blablubbs): Ekonomico.fr is a false info website (among dozen like this one) edited by Nativiz, a company tied to Avisa Partners (which is also one of its client, but there are other ties); in this particular case, I believe those articles about Steeve Khawly have been created for another client of Nativiz, not Avisa Partners (not their methods).
- You can also take a look to fr:Discussion Wikipédia:Observatoire des sources#Sites (d'infox) liés à Avisa Partners ou Nativiz, but to be fair, that's a lot to read and understand (moreover if you don't read french), and the investigation is not over. Anyway, I will let you know if I find other accounts/articles edited in other languages than French.
- Best, — Jules* talk 21:38, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- Following up fr:Discussion Projet:Antipub#Faux sites d'info liés à Avisa Partners, Nativiz, etc. led to this edit that seemed worth checking on a Kazakh dissident article, which showed that user TerryClarke (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en) was blocked in a major sockpuppet investigation on en-wiki exactly a year ago. Could be a coincidence, but people involved in that investigation might have useful experience for the current investigation. Boud (talk) 00:07, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
- The EU Transparency Register has a list of links to old versions (like 'history' in mediawiki), from 2012 to 2022, at the top: probably rid=organisation_ID; sid=date_ID. This link I gave here is for 2 April 2020 and lists about 50 or so of Avisa Partners' clients, like Airbus, Aquafil, Atlantia, ..., Vesuvius. If someone wanted to do heavy-duty searches for past abuses of xx.Wikipedia, these lists could serve as a basis for systematic analysis.Here's just one tiny-scale random check by me: Cruiser2015 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en)'s only contributions were these in 2015 on en:Lanxess (client paid 300-399,000 EUR to Avisa for EU lobbying in 2019) and were cleaned up by Jytdog (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en) in 2017 (the advertising remained in place for two years); again, could be a coincidence: we don't have a match in years, and the one-purpose-editor hasn't come back to do any new editing. Jytdog him/herself, who cleaned up the advocacy, is indefinitely blocked, with an explanation on his/her talk page: "So... I made a very bad error in judgement, and called a person who had added raw advocacy content to WP, who is clearly deeply passionate about the topic. ... In the past, I violated the OUTING policy by posting off-WP information here. That was also a terrible error in judgement." From browsing the talk page, it sounds like Jytdog's contributions were overwhelmingly positive, especially against COI advocacy, whether or not it's all Avisa related. I'm not contesting the decision; my point is that if someone wants to (and knows how to) do a really heavy duty systematic search, it might be worth it for helping to retain Wikipedians to feel comfortable in remaining active (e.g. make people like Jytdog feel better, e.g. return to active editing, since the 12 month moratorium to request lifting the block has passed). Boud (talk) 21:13, 4 August 2022 (UTC) (clarified Boud (talk) 11:41, 5 August 2022 (UTC))
Hi @Blablubbs, MER-C, Mathglot, and Boud:. Still on Avisa Partners/Nativiz, a lot of edits on en-wp from (about) 2010 to 2015: fr:Discussion Projet:Antipub#Michazzi, etc.
Starting point of investigation is Michazzi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr), who created fr:New York Forum with 3 links from false websites used by Nativiz/Avisa (lenergiedavancer.com, metropolitaine.fr, sharknews.fr) + a "fake" blog paper.
UPE users found from there:
- Laslo2191 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr)
- Polerie5 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr)
- 2eduarda2 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr)
- Hul8tin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr)
I also found several SPA (such as Office98 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)) I let you check. And I didn't dig into all en-wp articles (for ex. I didn't check en:Vivendi).
Best, — Jules* talk 20:19, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
- 2eduarda2 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr) is currently author of half of the text of en:Claudio Marzocco, creating it, but while extending it, included a brief sentence on a corruption legal case (and accidentally described the subject's achievements as "notorious", a mistranslation from « notoire » :), unintentionally violating BLP); if s/he is a paid editor, then it's with some subtlety. I added a UPE tag and the same links to encourage investigation. Boud (talk) 02:13, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
- Xaintax (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr) has been editing on enwiki since 2018, as an (almost) single purpose account on en:Vivendi + board member en:Simon Gillham; edits on frwiki since 2017, on other topics prior to June 2018 but mostly on Vivendi-related topics since 2018; one 2017 wikidata edit, and then wikidata since 2019 on Vivendi; the edits seem to be sourced (which doesn't mean due weight or good sources). Boud (talk) 02:48, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
En-wp articles with suspected UPE:
- en:Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa
- en:Compagnie Française d'Assurance pour le Commerce Extérieur
- en:Plot for Peace
- en:Jean-François Dubos
- en:The New York Forum
— Jules* talk 13:17, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
Part 2
edit- Hi. We found (see there) another account related to Avisa Partners, Mujibvisa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · fr). They edited fr-wp articles related to clients of Avisa Partners (Tchad and Ivory Coast leaders) and other articles, using several "sources" created by Avisa Partners/Nativiz. I'm adding UPE template on some edited articles on en-wp, but all their edits should be reviewed, and Mujibvisa should be blocked.
- Best, — Jules* talk 12:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- And another one, with more significant edits: Soulman78 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en). The following en-wp articles about clients of Avisa Partners (or subjects known for having been edited by Avisa Partners) received significant edits; some edits are on innocuous subjects.
- en:Bouvier Affair (Rybolovlev, Bouvier's ennemy, is an Avisa Partners client [2], [3]; fr-wp pages about them have been edited a lot by Avisa Partners accounts)
- en:SICPA (Avisa Partners client, edited a lot on fr-wp)
- en:Rusal (Avisa Partners client [4])
- en:Uber (Avisa Partners client [5])
- en:Vladimir Potanin (Russian oligarc, his fr-wp article has been edited a lot by JinoRORO (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), an account linked to Avisa Partners).
- Some other edits may be UPE, for example those about en:Éric Besson.
- — Jules* talk 14:04, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- P.-S.: it seems that Soulman75 uploaded on Commons the logo of en:Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe (article that I guess they created?).
- Another account: Count of Monte Wiki (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en). fr:Eranove has been edited in December 2019 by Paragonio (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · fr), an account used by 35°Nord agency, bought by Avisa Partners (see fr:Discussion Projet:Antipub#35° Nord). A few days after, Count of Monte Wiki creates en:Eranove by translating it from French.
- Moreover, they removed POV-check template from en:Bouvier Affair after Soulman78 edited it. See also [6]. — Jules* talk 14:28, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- And another one, with more significant edits: Soulman78 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en). The following en-wp articles about clients of Avisa Partners (or subjects known for having been edited by Avisa Partners) received significant edits; some edits are on innocuous subjects.
Another case, this time of cross-wiki spam, but linked to Avisa Partners.
- NoëlYakoust (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · fr) (SPA) creates fr:Telecel Group in october 2019, using a link to https://blogs.mediapart.fr/vidal/blog/240919/entrepreneuriat-en-afrique-un-succes-sous-conditions as a source. This is one of the "false blog papers" unpublished by French outlet Mediapart after they found out that Avisa Partners used their blog platform for intelligence campaigns ([7]); another blog paper by the same false author ("Vidal") has been used above to promote the Tchad leader Idriss Déby. The paper about Telecel Group, still accessible on Wayback machine, is a not very subtle promotion of the company.
- YaraHennaoui (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en · es · sw · zu · wikidata · commons) creates in 2019 es:Telecel Group, en:Telecel Group, en:Hugues Mulliez, en:Nicolas Bourg, en:Draft:Nicolas Bourg en:Hugues Mulliez, en:Mohamad Damush, en:Draft:Mohamad Damush, en:Africa Startup Initiative Program, en:File:Nicolas-Portait-Photo.jpg, sw:Telecel group, zu:Telecel Group, all linked to Telecel Group (Mulliez, Bourg and Damush are executives of the group; ASIP is launched by the group).
- Edmond87 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · fr · en · es · sw) creates fr:Hugues Mulliez in november 2019, translated from en-wp (before the AFD there).
— Jules* talk 18:00, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- Don't forget YaraHennaoui1 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). MER-C 18:07, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Another account, mostly fr-wp, but with a few old edits on en-wp: Beoptylk (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · fr · en). See fr:Discussion_Projet:Antipub#Beoptylk for details. On en-wp side, there is mostly en:Union for the Mediterranean that should be reviewed (cross-wiki spam, beyond en-wp and fr-wp). Best, — Jules* talk 11:55, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Sofia Talouni
editDoes this look like spam to anyone? Have a look at this, this, this and this.... ─ The Aafī (talk) 20:15, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
DIAO and Sergey Smirnov
editI think these may be cross-wiki promotion attempts:
| DIAO |
|---|
| Sergey Smirnov |
|---|
Both by the same account:
- Million dollars12 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Both are notable, I can't find any significant coverage. --*Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page ♮ 07:58, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
- Sergey Smirnov has been deleted everywhere. There are still several instances of DIAO that have not been cleaned up. MER-C 18:58, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
- Done for HeWp. —מקף⁻ණ (Hyphen) 22:01, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
TOP MAG WORLD
edit- en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TOP MAG WORLD
- en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kevinpierrejean
- fr:Wikipédia:Vérificateur_d'adresses_IP/Requêtes/mars_2021#Accesswiki,_Komabot,_Omarkwiki,_Teamteam107_-_19_mars
- d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Faustin soulouk
Sockfarm active on English, French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole Wikipedias, Wikidata, and Commons. @MarioGom and Jules*: spammers already blocked, but cleanup likely required. MER-C 16:59, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
- Tagged es:Fincy Pierre and es:Balistrad for speedy deletion. I'm not sure if I missed something else. MarioGom (talk) 18:55, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
- Clean-up already done by Bédévore for fr-wp. Best, — Jules* talk 22:08, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Tagged es:Balistrad (again) and es:Gilbert Bigio for speedy deletion. MarioGom (talk) 16:12, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Clean-up already done by Bédévore for fr-wp. Best, — Jules* talk 22:08, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
Torsten Haß
editWhen looking into some recent link spamming I found that there are more than 100 language versions of Torsten Haß, apparently mostly done by autmatic translation and created by SPA's. A number of them has been blocked globally. I found two unblocked accounts, एंटन and Arcaton. Although there are no recent edits done by them I think they should also be blocked.
Regarding relevance criteria of de:WP they could probably be considered as fulfilled for de:Torsten Haß, however this is definitely not the case for 100 additional versions that can be considered as spam.
The English article has been deleted en:wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Torsten_Haß after discussion of an AfD in which also user Th0815 participated who confirmed to be Torsten Haß when asked on his talk page. Barbasca (talk) 20:42, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Rinat Shakenov
editBonjour @Jules* and Bédévore: Off-wiki evidence indicates that Rinat Shakenov is an undisclosed paid editor – I have blocked them on enwp; could one of you take a look at their frwiki activities? Best, Blablubbs (talk) 16:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Blablubbs. Fr-wp article history could indicate that SPA JodieCazau (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) is linked to Rinat Shakenov, FYI. Best, — Jules* talk 17:47, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Update: JodieCazau is the name of an employee of Asia Center. — Jules* talk 17:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking a look, Jules*. :) I noticed that account, but I figured I'd leave them alone since they haven't edited enwiki in a decade. On second thought, I've left them a templated warning. Best, Blablubbs (talk) 20:23, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Any global policy?
editShouldn't we have a global policy when it comes to cross-wiki abuse, vandalism or advertisement. There are wiki's that are more bureaucratic and want things go through long and unnecessary AfD's. This makes me think the global Anti-spam volunteers should develop a policy that overrides such bureaucratic behavior that's uncalled for. Opinions? ─ The Aafī (talk) 10:22, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- That would be nice. In uk:wikipedia we don't have G5 rule and article created by sockpuppets can be deleted only after AfD. Good news is that updated rules for speedy deletion are discussed now but this is a long way. Anntinomy (talk) 12:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
- d:Q11454960 is a helpful resource. MER-C 17:29, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, will try it. But it feels it is not helpful when subject is notable or arguable. Here we situation when the admin does not care on the background of the creator and voters because article seems to be fine. And wikibusiness article is left though the sock-puppet had been blocked by the moment of decision! "If the content is good we we are ok with it no matter what", the strange way some people think. But may be this is just lack of expertise in the case mentioned... Anntinomy (talk) 21:40, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- another case when an article by sockpuppet survived discussion pl:Wikipedia:Poczekalnia/artykuły/2022:06:09:Intellias and not deleted when the sockpuppet was blocked Anntinomy (talk) 23:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- reaction on Template:Db-g5 I added to Wikibusiness article in Ukrainian Wikipedia: template was canceled because article does not match SD criteria Anntinomy (talk) 17:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
- another case when an article by sockpuppet survived discussion pl:Wikipedia:Poczekalnia/artykuły/2022:06:09:Intellias and not deleted when the sockpuppet was blocked Anntinomy (talk) 23:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, will try it. But it feels it is not helpful when subject is notable or arguable. Here we situation when the admin does not care on the background of the creator and voters because article seems to be fine. And wikibusiness article is left though the sock-puppet had been blocked by the moment of decision! "If the content is good we we are ok with it no matter what", the strange way some people think. But may be this is just lack of expertise in the case mentioned... Anntinomy (talk) 21:40, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
- +1 for jawiki - we do not have G5 rule either. ネイ (talk) 00:25, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
- On fr-wp, we do have a G5 rule (there), but a cross-wiki policy would be great, @TheAafi: I guess each community is free to decide its deletion criterias, but a global policy would probably encourage a rule harmonization.
- We should also think to an easier way (tool?) to request speedy deletion on all wikipedias. Currently, it's time consuming to go on all versions, to check there is a "speedy deletion" template, to use it... — Jules* talk 17:52, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- You are right @Jules*. I definitely agree with whatever you have said. ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:00, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- If there are local policies that are too bureaucratic, it's unlikely that a global policy overriding it would succeed. It would probably be better to try to convince these communities to improve their local policies. That being said, it would be interesting to have some global guidelines that local communities can voluntarily adhere too. MarioGom (talk) 16:05, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- I agree with you @MarioGom. The WP Antispam volunteers can prepare a draft and share it with local communities to get their feedback? But we need the guidelines drafted first. I'd be glad to volunteer for that. ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:47, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
Qatar PR
editIn recent years, there's been a large Qatar PR campaign in English, French, Arabic and some other Wikipedias. You can find some context at fr:Discussion Projet:Antipub#Après Avisa Partners, UReputation et son travail de promotion du Qatar and en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 178#Operation Red Card. I'm putting together a list of cross-wiki contributions connected to this campaign at Wikiproject:Antispam/Qatar tracker. MarioGom (talk) 23:42, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- Looks like a lot of spam has stopped working on ur-wiki. 😅😅 ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 01:26, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- A lot has been going on in this area (see Qatar tracker) and I would like to ask for your help with a recent batch that is primarily on French Wikipedia. This could use an investigation and checkuser there (cc Jules*). First, there are some Bennet43 accounts that are now on frwiki, possibly related to Pap090 (especially Matiasblues):
- All of these user names look very similar to past Bennet43 socks. Note on 2022-07-21 how Ratransil and Vraosnal created their accounts sequentially and then created the same user page [8][9]. Then they moved to the usual pro-Qatar POV edits as past socks. Gulfsli also signed up on frwiki a few days later (2022-07-26), which leads me to another part of the sockfarm:
- Latvia1 was recently blocked on English Wikipedia as a sock of Contributor00001 which seemed to be related to the other groups (Bennet43, Pap090). Latvia1 then continued editing on French Wikipedia. There is an interesting cross-wiki overlap between Latvia1 and Gulfsli [10][11].And finally there is Morgan1811 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · en) who has a similar modus operandi, but I have not figured out to which sockmaster it should be reported to.Could someone help investigating the French side of this? I will follow up on English Wikipedia for the relevant bits. Thank you! MarioGom (talk) 15:59, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @MarioGom and thanks for the ping. How did you find these accounts in the first place? Especially for Ratransil and Vraosnal.
- For Ratransil, not much info, but their draft (became fr:House of Spells) has first been used to create a translation of en:The Sadie Family; this draft have never been published.
- What you found on en:Edgars Rinkēvičs/fr:Edgars Rinkēvičs shows that Latvia1 = Gulfsli. Both accounts also edited several other articles (list). I did block them and made a CU request.
- I cancelled non-encyclopedic removal of information by Latvia1 on fr:Nasser al-Khelaïfi, previously edited by Valeria56712 (sock of Pap090). I'v cancelled several other pro-Qatar edits.
- Best, — Jules* talk 16:10, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Jules*: Thanks for handling this. I think I found Gulfsli first by looking at Qatar edits on frwiki wiki. I found Ratransil and Vraosnal by looking through the list of signups on frwiki close in time to Gulfsli and looking for user names similar to past Bennet43 socks. Bennet43 tends to create many accounts in short periods, and very often with equal user pages. MarioGom (talk) 07:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for info. I also blocked Ratransil and nominated fr:House of Spells for deletion. — Jules* talk 22:22, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hey Jules*: Thanks for handling this. I think I found Gulfsli first by looking at Qatar edits on frwiki wiki. I found Ratransil and Vraosnal by looking through the list of signups on frwiki close in time to Gulfsli and looking for user names similar to past Bennet43 socks. Bennet43 tends to create many accounts in short periods, and very often with equal user pages. MarioGom (talk) 07:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @MarioGom and thanks for the ping. How did you find these accounts in the first place? Especially for Ratransil and Vraosnal.
Kazakhgate PR
editHi,
En-wp article en:Belgium Penal Transaction Law has been created by UPE and is biased. It should be reworked or even deleted, imho. See fr:Wikipédia:Bulletin des administrateurs/2023/Semaine 16#Loi sur la transaction pénale (Belgique).
Best, — Jules* talk 12:38, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- See also en:International Chodiev Foundation (ICF): advert, suspicion of UPE, bad quality sources/primary sources. And may not meet notability criterias.
- ICF has been subject to cross-wiki promotion by Rastapeuplulos (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) (not yet blocked on fr-wp, investigation pending) and TheFrenchTraductor (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). uz:Xalqaro Shodiyev Fondi should probably be deleted. — Jules* talk 19:36, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
Undisclosed paid editing
edit- ChristineBD (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
The user is active across numerous projects and started to engage in edit warring on dewiki. Problems are inline external and interwiki links, lack of reliable sources and non-neutral writing style. Conflict of interest is obvious and violation of the TOS (declare paid editing) appears plausible. Please check other in other projects. Cheers --Millbart (talk) 13:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hey, @Millbart! I am really suprised by your reaction to my contributions. If there is anything I did that doesn't comply with the Wiki Policies and guidelines, please let me know in my talkpage of the process I need to go through in order to bring info about Bitdefender up to date in an objective manner. I'm aware that there are guidelines about editing pages if there is a potential conflict of interest, so I would like to disclose here that these contributions are made on behalf of Bitdefender and in consultation with them, and I intend to follow all of Wikipedia's guidelines, including those on WP:COI, WP:RS, WP:V and WP:NPOV, very closely. My aim is to work with and seek advice from impartial editors to make positive contributions to Bitdefender's article, hopefully leading to a much improved article. All my recent contributions have been reverted, even though I have disclosed my contribution without hesitation. Thanks in advance for your help. ChristineBD (talk) 12:18, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
- @ChristineBD you do realize you have to follow not just enwiki rules but the specific rules of every language version you want to edit? Speaking for dewiki you will be blocked soon unless you don't start to comply with de:WP:BEZ and de:WP:VER (as you were told at de:User talk:ChristineBD last month) and properly disclose your conflict of interest at de:User:ChristineBD. Johannnes89 (talk) 14:14, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
The company call their followers to update The Open Network’s Wikipedia page in any language. They require participants citing their official website and their social media channel. There may be cross-wiki inserting spam content by these participants. Just a reminder. Thanks. SCP-2000 03:02, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
user:MeryAM7 : Enrique Cabrera
edit- c:File:Enrique Cabrera1.jpg
- de:Enrique Cabrera (deleted)
- en:Enrique Cabrera
- es:Enrique Cabrera (artista)
- fr:Enrique Cabrera (deleted)
- hy:Մասնակից:MeryAM7/Ավազարկղ
- it:Enrique Cabrera (deleted)
- ja:Enrique Cabrera (deleted)
- ko:Enrique Cabrera (deleted)
- pt:Enrique Cabrera
- ru:Кабрера, Энрике
- tr:Enrique Cabrera
- zh:Enrique Cabrera
Supertoff (talk) 15:53, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Odd detail: When looking at the deleted versions of the dewiki page, I noticed two sockpuppets which registered just for the purpose of requesting speedy deletion [12][13] – which occured at other projects as well [14][15][16][17]. Johannnes89 (talk) 16:26, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- I agree, strange : I detected this spam because it was a puppet who reported it on frwiki [18]... Supertoff (talk) 04:55, 2 June 2023 (UTC)
AvaTrade, Bitcasino, etc.
edit- AvaTrade (be:AvaTrade, bg:AvaTrade, cs:AvaTrade, de:AvaTrade, es:AvaTrade, et:AvaTrade, fr:AvaTrade, hr:AvaTrade, ka:AvaTrade, ky:AvaTrade, lv:AvaTrade, mn:AvaTrade, nl:AvaTrade, pt:AvaTrade, ro:AvaTrade, sk:AvaTrade, sl:AvaTrade, sv:AvaTrade, tg:AvaTrade, tk:AvaTrade, tk:AvaTrade, uk:AvaTrade, uz:AvaTrade)
nongamstopcasinos.net
realestatelicensewizard.com
idealecasinos.nl
- Spammers
- MorraBet (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Foxy Spanks (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Barry Live (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- RX987 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- HeyHelloGood (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- UmbreSSTO (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Dvořák Ant (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nopa de la Vega (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- MuilioRi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bnfrt (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Joã-Tmás (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Gus-Jerker 1.1 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- See also
Some of the AvaTrade creators have been locked on 1 April 2022 by Tks4Fish as a "Crosswiki spam farm, CU confirmed".
I'm sure we've seen these spammers before. MER-C 12:55, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- Three websites nominated for blacklisting. MER-C 11:06, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- looks a bit like #Linkspam online casinos et. al. to me with most accounts deliberately trying to throw in normal looking edits as well to disguise the spamming. Johannnes89 (talk) 06:08, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah, it does. MER-C 09:56, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
@MarioGom, DarwIn, ネイ, and Salazarov: crypto spam needs your attention. MER-C 10:02, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- MER-C; Spam article was deleted from UzWiki! Thank you for reporting! Salazarov (talk) 10:47, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Abdukarim Mirzayev
editHello, dears! uz:Abdukarim Mirzayev this article is cross-wiki spam. The person has been mentioned in the article has no any notability. Please, help us to delete the article from other wikipedia projects. You can see this article in en:Abdukarim Mirzayev, tr:Abdukarim Mirzayev and uz:Abdukarim Mirzayev. Johannnes89. Please, you must take into consideration. Thanks by before. Salazarov (talk) 17:06, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
User's contribution
editThis user contributions looks so suspicious. Please, look at and check it. Salazarov 12:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
EaseUS Software
editSpinning this out of the large batch of cross-wiki spam above - this seems to be a distinct case.
- EaseUS Todo PCTrans (ja:EaseUS Todo PCTrans)
- en:EaseUS Partition Master (de:EaseUS Partition Master, es:EaseUS Partition Master, fr:EaseUS Partition Master, it:EaseUS Partition Master, pt:EaseUS Partition Master, zh:EaseUS Partition Master)
- en:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard (fr:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, it:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, ko:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard)
- en:EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard
- en:EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard Professinal
- ja:Data Recovery Wizard
- it:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
- d:Q5227205
- File:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Logo.png
- File:Logo EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.gif
- en:File:EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Free 12.0 screenshot.png
- en:File:EaseUS DRW 12.6 screenshot.png
- File:Drwlogo.png
- ja:EaseUS MobiUnlock
- EaseUS Todo Backup (ja:Todo Backup)
- EaseUS RecExperts (ja:EaseUS RecExperts)
easeus.com
easeus.fr
- EASEUS (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- EaseUS (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Smbeu (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- 14-E-CHA (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Info kr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kenzojiansan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- CecileYe (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kiki231 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Charlene2022 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pedrosantosss (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rebeccaw1226 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Aprilchaser (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- ChanHanYen (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Maverick0513 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Yiwo-EaseUS (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mirageous09 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Toma0026 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rxp-jtr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Scp5521 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Satellite222 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Spamming over 15 years. MER-C 17:05, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- @MarioGom, Jules*, DarwIn, and ネイ: - cleanup required. Please also check and purge all links to these domains, they are also cross-wiki spam. MER-C 17:08, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- Done for fr-wp. — Jules* talk 19:06, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
Russian politicians spam
editI created an LTA case on en:WP:LTA/CONST following some spam and listed (most) some IPs that I fully reverted. Please recheck categories about Russian federal subjects and constellations on your homewikis. Yours sincerely, A09 (talk) 14:10, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
Placeholder. Massive sockfarm on en.wp that is mildly cross-wiki. Sonatafy Technology (see #Sonatafy Technology) is one of their articles. MER-C 18:48, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
- I deleted fr:Shama Hyder, created by Shabi07 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) on several languages. — Jules* talk 12:10, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- en:Adam Vaughan (air force veteran)
- en:Alan Corey
- en:Alexander Zanzer
- en:Alexandra D. Korry
- en:Alpha (app)
- en:André Dae Kim
- en:Anthony Jiles
- en:Anthony Wayne Johnson
- en:Ayumi Moore Aoki
- en:Azza Al Ismaili
- en:Benjamin Geller
- en:Bernard M. Martinage
- en:Birdeye
- en:Bitget
- en:Byron Baciocchi
- en:Carl Richard Fairbank
- en:Carlos Manuel da Silva Santos
- en:Christon Jones
- en:Christopher Sluka
- en:Chuck Coleman
- en:Claude-Alix Bertrand
- en:Dan Matteucci
- en:Dave Mobley (musician)
- en:David Degner
- en:David J. McCarthy
- en:Debacq & Cie
- en:Digits (fintech)
- en:Don Markland
- en:Douglas E. Noll
- en:DRB Group
- en:Ecocampor
- en:Episcopal Church Foundation
- en:Ercy Leka
- en:Espacio Anna Frank
- en:Fishbowl (app)
- en:Foster Lancaster
- en:Frank H. Smith
- en:Frederic Scheer
- en:Game Space
- en:Hamza Berkaoui
- en:Hani Al-Hijazi
- en:Heston Russell
- en:Ido Brosh
- en:Incontrol (2017 film)
- en:Jabo Bihlman
- en:Jason Milne
- en:Joey Primiani
- en:Jonathan Jadali
- en:Joseph W. Foley
- en:Josh Madrid
- en:Joshua Mast
- es:Julián Kanarek
- en:Just for Redheads
- en:Kalah Bishop
- en:Kanin Howell
- en:Keri Putnam
- en:Kolabtree
- en:Lake Homes Realty
- en:Mariya Milovidova
- en:Maryama
- en:Medimap
- en:Meleeka Clary
- en:Michael Allen Corbin
- en:Moamen Ahmed
- en:Moe Shalizi
- en:Mohammed Shaheen
- en:Nicole Huff
- en:Nicolina Elrick
- en:Nour Amache
- en:Lovelady Powell
- en:Ollia Tzarina
- en:Paul Monk
- en:Pavels Rebenoks
- en:Philip Hamilton Taylor
- en:Phoenix Wilder and the Great Elephant Adventure
- en:Pierre Jalbert (musician)
- en:QuestionPro (company)
- en:Rasha Khatib
- en:Ryan Hamilton Zehl
- en:Ryan John Metzger
- en:Rosa Antonelli
- en:Sahar Al-Mizari
- en:Saigol DDC
- en:Samia Gore
- en:Scott Dean Harris
- en:Scott Woodward (creative director)
- en:Shenzhen PXN Electronic Technology
- en:Shoichiro Tanaka
- en:Sil Peruyera Brook
- en:Skeeba
- en:Steven Light
- en:Surf Air Mobility
- en:Tax Relief R Us
- en:The Global Architect Institute
- en:The Huttlinger Group
- en:The Onyx Family
- en:Todd Schroeder
- en:Tre Nash
- en:UPayments
- en:Vera Krichevskaya
- en:Walter Sarnoi Oupathana
- en:Wave Money
- en:Wing Security
- en:World CopperSmith
- en:Xtrend
- en:YellowHeart
- en:Zahidul Islam
- en:Zajil Express
- en:ZenMarket
Remaining cross-wiki cleanup:
MER-C 16:09, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
- Nominated es:Julián Kanarek for speedy deletion. MarioGom (talk) 16:25, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Rubiesar sockpuppets and BJ Sam/Sammy Wonder
editHi folks, There is a range of cross-wiki spam / UPE and sockpuppetry across frwiki and enwiki in relation to BJ Sam / Sammy Wonder. Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rubiesar#Rubiesar and Special:CentralAuth/S7070 for starters. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 09:12, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for info. Done Cleaned on fr-wp (you can ping me in such cases, @Jack Frost:). Best, — Jules* talk 12:04, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Archiving this talkpage
editHi everyone,
This talkpage starts to be heavy (about 200 ko), we should archiving it. We already have an archiving system, but I'm not sure on how it works for "Minor cases and internal matters"; should we move all talks from 2021 to Talk:Wikiproject:Antispam/2021, for example? It would be the easiest way for archiving.
Best, — Jules* talk 12:21, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- I pull stuff into the archive when everything is cleaned up. Unfortunately (1) cross-wiki spam is difficult to clean up thoroughly and (2) some spammers are very prolific and persistent. MER-C 16:42, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- I see. I think we can move sections when there has been no talk nor actions for months, for example #About Pierre Malinowski, #Wiki PR, Status Labs… — Jules* talk 17:15, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
- Agree, some of those are either done or stale, no need to keep them on this page. By the way I think #Looking for contacts on Wikimedia projects can be archived too? Johannnes89 (talk) 07:59, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
- Agree and done. MER-C 09:20, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
- Agree, some of those are either done or stale, no need to keep them on this page. By the way I think #Looking for contacts on Wikimedia projects can be archived too? Johannnes89 (talk) 07:59, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
- I see. I think we can move sections when there has been no talk nor actions for months, for example #About Pierre Malinowski, #Wiki PR, Status Labs… — Jules* talk 17:15, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Boushaki family
editThere is currently happening a cross-wiki spam attack to nearly all versions of wikipedias affecting Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki (Q25455134) and a lot of his relative's articles explained in d:Wikidata:Project chat/Archive/2023/11#Boushaki family. I tried to go article by article all around Wikimedia sites but it's not working. While some articles are being deleted, the spammer continues creating more and more articles. Is there a better way to fight this kind of spam? Thanks in advance. Paucabot (talk) 06:38, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
- @Paucabot: Thanks for the report. I have deleted this on ur-wiki. ─ The Aafī (talk) 07:51, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
SEO-Agentur Wittibschlager
editA Swiss SEO firm Wittibschlager has been doing SEO on dewiki for months, there was a CU:
and we have adjusted our SPAM filters. But now they also operate globally. Of course, they do not adhere to any rules, not even the ToU. I will also inform WMF about this.
Have a look:
I also wish you all a Merry Christmas! Regards --Itti (talk) 09:22, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- Information on accounts and IPs aggregated here: de:Benutzer:Pentachlorphenol/Witti --Pentachlorphenol (talk) 10:45, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- At first, they placed simple links to their Websites. When these were removed, they started on registering new domains, redirecting these to the advertised content. The also add links which redirect to regular content of reputation (websites of: regional courts, profamilia.ch, City of Zurich). These redirects were changed after a few days to their customers or their own law firm. --Pentachlorphenol (talk) 10:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Masckarpone
editMany of the accounts at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone have extensive cross-wiki contributions, often posting the same pages in a bunch of places, seemingly by using machine translation. I'll list some live ones (apologies if I've overlooked any):
- w:en:Kumar Gaurav (entrepreneur) on fr, ru, zh, es, hi
- w:en:Cashaa on ar, de, es, fr, he, hi, pt, ru, zh
- w:en:Bitget on zh, es, wd, uk, tr, ru, pt, pl, ms, it, id, hi, ar, de, fr
Recent CU-confirmed or otherwise obvious socks with cross-wiki activity are:
I've probably missed some. The pages will likely need deleting, and the socks could probably use blocks and local CU; I've left some notes for CUs at https://checkuser.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=51037
Pinging some of our listed contacts for awareness:
- de: Johannnes89 and Itti
- es: MarioGom
- fr: Bédévore, Jules*
- he: מקף
- hi: J ansari
- pt: DarwIn
- ru: Oleg
- tr: ToprakM, Anerka
- wd: Ameisenigel
- zh: SCP-2000
If anyone knows people on it-, uk-, pl-, ms- and arwiki who might be interested, any assistance would be much appreciated. Blablubbs (talk) 18:55, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, botched a ping. Oleg Yunakov, please see above. Blablubbs (talk) 18:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know! I have blocked all of them, deleted the pages and put protection on new page creation. Oleg Yunakov (talk) 00:52, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thx user are blocked, article are deleted on dewiki Itti (talk) 21:40, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Many thanks for the quick response! Blablubbs (talk) 21:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- Done: User blocked and articles deleted on fr-wp. Thanks for the ping! — Jules* talk 18:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
- Many thanks for the quick response! Blablubbs (talk) 21:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
- I have nominated these articles for deletion on zhwiki. Thanks for your ping. SCP-2000 18:34, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
- These articles have been deleted. SCP-2000 14:01, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Tagged for speedy deletion on eswiki. MarioGom (talk) 15:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Articles deleted. Cheers. Virum Mundi (talk) 12:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
A good update!
editThe CSD category on Urdu Wikipedia is almost empty (a lot of nominations were from @Praxidicae and others from here). This month me and some other admins decided to finish this backlog before the end of the year. We are working on improving local Twinkle experience on the wiki and hopefully work on to keep it spam-free. Thank you everyone for making those nominations and I'm sure that you'd continue fighting spam! ─ The Aafī (talk) 20:02, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Wikibusines (2024)
editSee Wikiproject:Antispam/Archives/2021/Wikibusiness. Found in en.wp SPI:
JLppuL (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Стара зелена фіра (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Tulips Dutcj (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
PeacksMarta (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Yak-ta-ne-tak (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Ni-Boidi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
GeorgYio (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Andriy Matiukha (related to FAVBET)
Nouiop-i-i (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Ginelialietorol (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Unclear accident (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), AlexAmberst (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Nombreto User (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Mi Media Naranja (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
That 1800s bottle (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Infinum (recreation)
Same shit, different year.
@Anntinomy something to keep you busy. MER-C 18:08, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- uk:Englishdom deleted after discussion because admin rejected speedy based on G5 argument
- uk:Босфорус Девелопмент speedy deletion was rejected, was left but the resolution is challenged
- uk:Сачаклиоглу Мехмет Вахіт speedy deletion was rejected as well, but was deleted after deletion discussion
--Anntinomy (talk) 15:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
- There is also a COIN discussion. Turned out the client list was not entirely bogus.
- Миша историк (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Wilma van Benthem (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- @Anntinomy: Миша историк has 3000 edits on the Ukrainian Wikipedia. MER-C 18:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- yeap, nominated his article in 2020... BTW Ukrainian version of the WB site also showcases en:Nick Bilogorskiy. Pointed this earlier and still think it is not bogus. Anntinomy (talk) 22:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- @MER-C they put Nick Bilogorskiy off site today. This makes me even more confident Anntinomy (talk) 19:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- The Ukrainian version was written by Bodiadub themselves. Not sure about Qq8 though. MER-C 19:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- ok, sooner or later. but the fact of cleaning the site is just lol. will leave hi for them @Вікібізнесята, вам треба апдейтнути також англійську версію сайту, бо вже вилучили одну статтю. Anntinomy (talk) 20:11, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- The Ukrainian version was written by Bodiadub themselves. Not sure about Qq8 though. MER-C 19:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- @MER-C they put Nick Bilogorskiy off site today. This makes me even more confident Anntinomy (talk) 19:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- yeap, nominated his article in 2020... BTW Ukrainian version of the WB site also showcases en:Nick Bilogorskiy. Pointed this earlier and still think it is not bogus. Anntinomy (talk) 22:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
I would like a second opinion on this one: Мазельнік Еліс (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Маркріт (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Palipolis (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Thanks. MER-C 15:44, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- What quacks to me:
- three different users happen to create Competera at the same time
- all of them happen to edit Ukraine related articles
- all of them happen to be interested in e-commerce/marketing
- Anntinomy (talk) 16:44, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
RDS (group of companies) d:Q99147608 started by Миша историк (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) has potential to bring more sockpuppets--Anntinomy (talk) 14:16, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- It does:
- Probably Koraduba (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) and Клос (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) as well. Blocked the three Competera accounts on en.wp. MER-C 20:01, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
- Клос evidently. EXIF pattern (File:Hryhoriy Mamka.jpg), editing simple:Weld Money and other. Anntinomy (talk) 09:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Blocked Клос. MER-C 18:56, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Клос evidently. EXIF pattern (File:Hryhoriy Mamka.jpg), editing simple:Weld Money and other. Anntinomy (talk) 09:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
Maybe there are traces of creation on English Wikipedia?
--Anntinomy (talk) 12:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- Nothing. MER-C 20:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
Акка Кебнекайсе (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) was blocked in 2020. Was it related to WB? --Anntinomy (talk) 15:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
- Could be. The other account was Akkake (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). MER-C 20:02, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
сouple of edits in enwiki Українець-банкір (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) --Anntinomy (talk) 17:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Another Wikibusines sockfarm (much like Hrabrook): w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone. MER-C 18:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
- en:Mykyta Nagatkin (CEO of Digis)
- Jordaniya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Arina Chavykina (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MER-C 15:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
- en:Olena Kovalska
- en:Roman Klichuk
- probably more
- Joker Ukr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Mostly UA politian type articles from this one. MER-C 16:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
Papa2004 (2024)
editSee Wikiproject:Antispam/Archives/2023/Papa2004. Big haul at en.wp SPI.
Acidification (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
JordjAver (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Vladimir Drevs (writer) (repost)
Kazmanov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), XXLUKa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Is nigth (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Chebylot (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Gloxerman (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1){kind=link}
AegisVernoth (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
OksMadia (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Gosudary (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Fahin Gakelov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Habibi Nurialnasty (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Eroshkjn (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), BillAbdrey (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Imortyu (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Databel (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
WorkingBoss (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
КвадратныйФейс (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Emjkonji (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), DalekoOtetc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Апельсинка-Апельсинчик (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Sjdjqiw (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Armit (organization) (repost)
.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1){kind=link}
KaremKon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Sergio Cortez9 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MisliDoctor (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Yaddignal (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Ursal Azubov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
PustBegut (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
WeekedBil (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
BakalVina (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Pochta (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Анатолий Петров Маганович (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
PamadaCar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Nikita Efrov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
OlNew (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Russtone (russian company) (repost)
.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1){kind=link}
Alaskyui (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Андрей Павлович Урбанд (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Sobin Oleg (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
ButtoKto (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Qatek (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Ilya Amingak (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), AloIkhochuBabki (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MidiVkusa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Acidic rod (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), JumbaYubma (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
LivanOvsky (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Олег Леванов (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Detegtives (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Вдохновит (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Alisher Petrov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
ShaurmaVkusa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
AlnoyAbre (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
FiveDangy (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Arakanet (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), Kontaktkonne (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
AxeAbibaNike (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Chaqballet (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MetroPlanet (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
AutoFandly (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Mahkmud Adeli (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
King DMa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), GulalyVesna (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Kalendar Sonva (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Abdul Murodi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- en:Ruslan Bogatiryov (repost)
Mesimlibm (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Akmal Abramovish (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Camli (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Spam intercepted before publishing
- Mikhail Elyanov
- Sergey Kovalev
- Sergey Petrov
- Anna Bobrovskaya
- Chermen Dzotov
- Evgeny Kossman
- Pavel Rakov
- Royal Pile Works
- Tendency
- Ekaterina Chistova
- Dali
- Olga Anfilatova
- Carglass
- Zhangeldy Brimzhanov
- Alexei Konovalov
- Maria Dovnar
- Higher School of Programming
- GPT-Open
MER-C 15:46, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
- SergeyAntloy (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nekto963 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Spam intercepted before publishing
- Anna Bobrovskaya
- Anna Petrovich (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- MER-C 17:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- @MER-C, just a helpful note, adding a :c: in the start of file names directly redirects one to Commons. The files which don't have this take us to a local page on Commons. This becomes difficult sometimes, for example, to track deleted files. ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:43, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
KuzmaBoroda (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log), KirkizUzbek (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log), CocaColaVkus (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
Plus the usual reposts. MER-C 15:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- Another large haul on en.wp and simple.wp:
- Plus more reposts. MER-C 19:01, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- simple:Fundamentalno.rf
- d:Q123144459
- File:Image photos of the construction company Fundamental.RF 3.0.jpg
- File:Fundamentalno.rf.jpg
- File:Image photos of the construction company Fundamental.RF 2.jpg
- File:Image photos of the construction company Fundamental.RF.jpg
- File:Группа компании Фундаментально.рф 2.jpg
- File:Fundamentalno.rf 3.jpg
- simple:Innokentii Skirnevsky
- simple:Manabi & Satori
- simple:Fundamentalno.rf
- MER-C 12:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Plus even more reposts. MER-C 19:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Went through all of these images and nominated them for deletion/speedy as they fail licensing requirements for Wikimedia Commons with license laundering and similar technics. A09 (talk) 22:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Spamcheck is a new tool to find additions of external links by domain or user for fighting crosswiki spam. Link additions have been recorded since November 2023. It is currently labeled alpha and in heavy development but it should already be useful for fighting spam.
If you have any suggestions don't hesitate to contact me. Feedback is always welcome. Count Count (talk) 08:33, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, Count Count. Too much false positive on fr.wikipedia.org (without link added), as for this one (https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=209344148), that is the welcoming message. Cheers. --Pa2chant.bis (talk) 22:45, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Pa2chant.bis and thanks for your feedback!
- For spamcheck external links are defined as wikitext containing either a bare url or
[url displaytitle]. Links added via templates are also recorded. In this case an external link (by this definition) to fr.wikipedia.org was added via (transitive) inclusion of the fr:Modèle:Créer brouillon light template. - Spamcheck records all external link additions until a threshold is reached. Then they are marked as allowlisted. fr.wikipedia.org was not allowlisted in November so the the addition to a fr.wikipedia.org link coming from fr:Modèle:Créer brouillon light was recorded.
- I will change this in one of the next releases so that link additions for allowlisted hosts are not shown at all. That would include links to fr.wikipedia.org which has since been allowlisted. Count Count (talk) 08:34, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- By the way I am not sure how you found this link in spamcheck? Did you enter fr.wikipedia.org in the domain field? The tool expects an external (spammed) domain to be entered there, e.g. bk8.casino. It automatically shows additions for that domain in all wikis. Count Count (talk) 08:39, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, Count Count! Thanks for the explanations. You are right, without any user manuel, I had thought it was the thing to do (fr.wikipedia.org). It sounded marvellous to get all the X-wiki suspicious links at one glance :D. I try it properly next time. Cheers. --Pa2chant.bis (talk) 13:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- I apologize for the lack of documentation, it is on my TODO list. Daily reports of additions of links to suspicious domains will come soon. Suspicious being a) not linked to often or b) often reverted/removed (potentially also checking the edit summary for the word "spam". Count Count (talk) 15:52, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, Count Count! Thanks for the explanations. You are right, without any user manuel, I had thought it was the thing to do (fr.wikipedia.org). It sounded marvellous to get all the X-wiki suspicious links at one glance :D. I try it properly next time. Cheers. --Pa2chant.bis (talk) 13:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Shaunak Chakraborty
edit@MER-C: I just detected this spam when taking some admin actions at Commons. Pokai is an apparent sock of this globally locked user. See also commons:Category:Sockpuppets of Shaunak Chakraborty. A lot of promoting this guy. Although I have requested a global lock, spam like en:World Model United Nations needs to go. Best regards, ─ Aafī (talk) 17:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Egov.Press
editHello everyone! Can anyone say about Egov.press article is a crosswiki spam or related to Papa2004 or other users? Salazarov 17:39, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- It was deleted in many wikipedias. However it is live on other wikis such as: German, Kazakh and KrWiki. There is also a discussion that it was a cross-wiki spam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Egov.Press
- Does anyone have an idea that this article should be removed from other Wikipedis. Thanks! Salazarov 18:20, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- According to user Wooze it was a cross wikispam. You may take a look to our discussion on his/her/their local usertalk page: ht
- https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullan%C4%B1c%C4%B1_mesaj:Wooze#c-Wooze-20240326180600-Salazarov-20240326174700 Salazarov 18:23, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- You can see the discussion on German Wikipedia here and here. I am calling out to users of User:Gestumblindi, User:Zafer, User:Kenneth Wehr and User:Johannnes89, thinking they would like to express their opinions. Thanks! Wooze (talk) 18:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- A single user has introduced machine translations of this article to a dozen language versions, most of them have been deleted since then. That's obviously crosswiki spam, as I stated in our dewiki deletion discussion [19]. Unfortunately our community doesn't have deletion criteria for spam and the deciding admin has deemed the quality of the article to be sufficient in order not to be deleted.
- The accounts are not related to Papa2004, but there is xwiki sockpuppet abuse: en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zzremin. Johannnes89 (talk) 19:01, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi everyone, I think that Kenneth Wehr who kept the article in German-language Wikipedia raised a relevant point in this discussion: "Soweit ich weiß ist es kein Löschgrund an sich, dass ein Artikel in mehreren Sprachversionen erstellt wird. Die Frage ist also Relevanz und Qualität" - that is, he points out that creating an article in multiple language versions of Wikipedia, in and of itself, is not forbidden, and not necessarily to be considered spam, if notability and sufficient article quality are given. In this case, he deemed the article to be of sufficient notability and quality. Notability-wise, I (not having been aware of the case previously to Wooze's speedy deletion request which I rejected merely on formal grounds, it's the wrong process after a "keep" decision in German Wikipedia) tend to agree with Kenneth, as it's apparently a website that organizes petitions which had a tangible impact on politics in Kazakhstan (including renaming the capital). The subject matter is completely alien to me, however, Kazakh politics are not my area of expertise at all, so this is just what I gather from reading the article. Quality-wise, I think that the decision is more questionable - as Johannnes89 points out, it started as a low-quality machine translation; however, if you look at the version history, it has been edited and improved by local Wikipedian Gunnar.Kaestle since Kenneth's decision. Anyway, regarding German-language Wikipedia, if someone still thinks the article should be deleted, the process would be Löschprüfung (revision of admin decisions), as already mentioned there. Gestumblindi (talk) 20:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
- A single user has introduced machine translations of this article to a dozen language versions, most of them have been deleted since then. That's obviously crosswiki spam, as I stated in our dewiki deletion discussion [19]. Unfortunately our community doesn't have deletion criteria for spam and the deciding admin has deemed the quality of the article to be sufficient in order not to be deleted.
- You can see the discussion on German Wikipedia here and here. I am calling out to users of User:Gestumblindi, User:Zafer, User:Kenneth Wehr and User:Johannnes89, thinking they would like to express their opinions. Thanks! Wooze (talk) 18:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
Z812483032 - file linkspam and article spam
edit- VTOMAN
vtoman.com
- File:VTOMAN camping generator.jpg (en:File:VTOMAN camping generator.jpg)
- File:VTOMAN solar generator with panels.jpg (en:File:VTOMAN solar generator with panels.jpg)
- File:VTOMAN solar panels for camping.jpg (en:File:VTOMAN solar panels for camping.jpg)
- en:File:Solar generator.jpg
- en:File:Backup generator.jpg
- en:File:Portable power station.jpg
- Lumary
lumarysmart.com
- en:File:Lumary Permanent Outdoor Lights.jpg
- en:File:Lumary Permanent Outdoor Eaves Lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Linear Lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Smart recessed lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Smart Pathway Lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Smart Landscape Lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Smart Outdoor Lights Bar.png
- en:File:Lumary LED High Bay Lights.png
- en:File:Lumary Bird Feeder Camera.png
- Ulike
- Momcozy
- en:Momcozy (simple:Momcozy)
- en:Draft:Momcozy
- File:The Patent of Momcozy Breast Pump Bra.pdf
- File:Momcozy's market share in 2022.png
- File:Momcozy logo.png
- File:Momcozy 100% Natural Bamboo Diaper - NAPPA Winner's Packet 2023.pdf
- File:Momcozy S9 Pro Wearable Breast Pump - NAPPA Winner's Packet 2023.pdf
- File:Momcozy 3-in-1 Kneading Lactation Massager - NAPPA Winner's Packet 2023.pdf
- File:Momcozy S12 Pro Wearable Breast Pump - NAPPA Winner's Packet 2023.pdf
- File:Momcozy M5 Wearable Breast Pump - NAPPA Winner's Packet 2023.pdf
- File:Mom's Choice Awards-Momcozy Hands-Free Pumping Bra 008.pdf
- File:Mom's Choice Awards - auto lock Retractable Baby Gate.pdf
- File:Mom's Choice Awards - Momcozy M5 All-in-One Breastpump.pdf
- File:Mom's Choice Awards - Retractable Baby Gate.pdf
- File:Momcozy 3-in-1 Kneading Lactation Massager - Mom's Choice Award.pdf
- Coofandy
coofandy.com
- File:Men's Linen Shirt.webp
- en:File:Men's Linen Shirt.jpg
- en:File:COOFANDY Cotton linen for men.webp
- ECOMOBL
- en:File:Black Mountainboard.jpg
- File:Electric skateboard.jpg (en:File:Electric skateboard.jpg)
- en:File:Electric longboard.png
- en:File:ECOMOBL electric skateboard.jpg
- en:File:ECOMOBL mountainboard.jpg
- en:File:ECOMOBL best electric skateboard.jpg
- en:File:ECOMOBL Electric mountain board.jpg
- SHELTER
shelter-structures.com
- JOVS
jovs.com
- BENY
pvb.com
- en:File:BENY Balcony Energy Storage Solutions.jpg
- en:File:BENY Energy Storage System.jpg
- en:File:BENY Microinverters.jpg
- Vivtone
vivtone.com
- Zintilion
zintilon.com
- 7or9
- AMIRO
- Fanttik
- SwitchBot
switch-bot.com
- MoonCool
mooncool.com
- TWOPAGES
twopagescurtains.com
- Paris Rhône
parisrhone.com
- en:File:Paris Rhône short throw projector.jpg
- en:File:Paris Rhône air fryer toaster oven combo.jpg
- en:File:Paris Rhône Milk Frother.jpg
- Eiotclub
eiotclub.com
- BAGSMART
bagsmart.com
- en:File:BAGSMART Camera Bag.jpg
- en:File:BAGSMART Duffle Bag.webp
- en:File:BAGSMART Duffle Bag.jpg
- en:File:BAGSMART Toiletry Bag.webp
- en:File:BAGSMART Travel Organizers.jpg
- en:File:BAGSMART Tote bag.jpg
- en:File:BAGSMART Travel Backpack.webp
- SpriteShield
spriteshield.com
- Growatt
growattportable.com
- File:GROWATT solar power bank.webp
- File:Solar battery backup.webp
- File:Home battery backup.webp
- File:Backup generators.webp
- File:Solar panel kit.webp
- File:Battery backup for home.webp
- File:Solar power bank.webp
- en:File:Growatt Battery Power Station.jpg
- en:File:Growatt RV Solar Generator.webp
- en:File:Growatt Solar Battery Backup.png
- en:File:Growatt Indoor Generator.jpg
- en:File:Growatt Backup generators.jpg
- en:File:Foldable solar panel.webp
- PLUSINNO
plusinno.com
- Minimax
- GSEICE
gseice.com
- en:File:GSEICE ICE MACHINE.webp
- en:File:GSEICE ICE CREAM MACHINE.webp
- en:File:GSEICE Slushy Machine.webp
- Beasen
beasenhome.com
- MOUNTALK
mountalksports.com
- UNICMI
unicmi.co
- VAPORESSO
- Zeagoo
zeagoo.com
- Ample
ample.com
- Unknown
- Z812483032 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- YiGuo-JinDouYun (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Danielrich3672 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- VBujer (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Carleyeta (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- URootX (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Onekbhaalo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Combined file spam, file link spam, article link spam and article spam. Active on en.wp, simple.wp, and Commons. MER-C 15:49, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
Center Lake (Q124616018) xwiki spam.
See spamcheck(lakecomotourism.it) as well.
Thank you, · מקף Hyphen ෴ · 16:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
- Likely w:WP:LTA/ALS. --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 18:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
- Agree. A09|(pogovor) 18:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Cross wiki spam in section External links
editIP: 206.84.236.121 1000mm (talk) 11:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
A small number of IPs and one logged-in user have created this item, articles across many wikis such that 18 have already been deleted according to Wikidata item history, and pages/profiles on a variety of other websites (which are often left nearly empty). Involved accounts/IPs:
- Rajaumerrr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · wikidata · ar · commons · en · fr)
- 41.251.225.125 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · wikidata · en · glk · pnb)
- 196.65.200.190 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report · ig · ms)
- a few different 105.66.x.x IPs, just as a note
I found a previous case in the archives; perhaps we could keep this one on this page or the main archive page, given persistence: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikiproject:Antispam/2022#Self-promotion:_Badr_Rafiki Jamie7687 (talk) 17:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
The Rashid Khan/TRK Studios/The Mars/Itrk70
editNon-notable and promotional items across Wikidata and several languages of Wikipedia (e.g. d:Q125447540 and its sitelinks). Involved accounts:
- Itrk70 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Amirdelv (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Loischaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Georgek342 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kayden098 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kaif902 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Devedw3 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Additional details at previous sockpuppet investigation w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Itrk70 Jamie7687 (talk) 13:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Ongoing cross-wiki spam
editUser:2600:1006:B15D:F93E:DC13:C33A:7787:1107 is randomly deleting sections on multiple Wikipedia pages
https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/2600:1006:B15D:F93E:DC13:C33A:7787:1107 Yejianfei (talk) 09:45, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Seems like it was blocked/action stoppped. Reverted fully. Noting it was normal crosswiki vandalism and not crosswiki spam. Best regards, A09|(pogovor) 14:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Abbas Sajwani
editHi (ping @MarioGom and Nacaru:). es:Abbas Sajwani should be deleted imho. See fr:Discussion_utilisateur:Jules*#Compte_rémunéré_? and en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abbas Sajwani.
I deleted fr-wp version of this article, where I found a source that is in fact a copy of a press release. I also removed a paid source from es-wp. Finally, I have doubts about this source I never heard of and which have an advertising tone, but I didn't dig about it.
There may be UPE, and at least there is some cross-wiki spam.
Best, — Jules* talk 19:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Jules* I added a deletion template and elaborated on the reason for deletion. Thanks for the tip. Nacaru · Talk ✉ 21:39, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
okey.gen.tr
editUser:88.230.251.188(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
okey.gen.tr
https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okey&oldid=163246237
https://ro.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okey&oldid=16607411
cross-wiki spam 31.223.9.243 06:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Cross-wiki spam: Protik Barua Sikder
editHi,
I deleted fr:Protik Barua Sikder, sources are not reliable, they have been set up only for advertising this guy, see [20] or [21] for example.
This article exist on 5 other languages, see wikidata:Q130789472. Account used to create them: Xikmoryt (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report).
@Ferien, J ansari, and Aafi:: if you can take a look on simple-wp, hi-wp, commons, please? Best, — Jules* talk 12:02, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Jules*, thanks for the ping. I have deleted both the images from Commons and warned the uploader. signed, Aafi (talk) 12:10, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Biplab Anand, can you cleanup this spam on mai-wiki? signed, Aafi (talk) 12:14, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- From the fake sources cited above, I think wikidata:Q130236842 about Ven Praggasree Bhikkhu, created by Imran ahmed rakib (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) (already blocked on en-wp for spam), should be deleted too. Ping @Ameisenigel:. — Jules* talk 12:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- I have deleted the item. --Ameisenigel (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! — Jules* talk 23:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- I have deleted the item. --Ameisenigel (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- From the fake sources cited above, I think wikidata:Q130236842 about Ven Praggasree Bhikkhu, created by Imran ahmed rakib (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) (already blocked on en-wp for spam), should be deleted too. Ping @Ameisenigel:. — Jules* talk 12:19, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Biplab Anand, can you cleanup this spam on mai-wiki? signed, Aafi (talk) 12:14, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
Valter Longo
editMMonte97 (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA) is publishing cross-wiki spam for his employer, Valter Longo, as he is his "Social Media Manager. It is at least undisclosed paid editing and a COI. The edits contain a great amount of self-portrayal by his employer, which presumably does not adhere to the neutral point of view. See global contributions Darkking3 (talk) 10:27, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
- I've added the COI disclosure on my personal page. I'm trying to update the Wikipedia pages for my clients while remaining as neutral as possible and following Wikipedia's rules. I’m not trying to spam; that’s not my intention. I’m sorry if it appeared that way. I’m completely new to Wikipedia and was just trying to publish updates on Valter's page. If you have any suggestions on how I can improve or fix my edits, I’m open to feedback. I really don’t want to create any spam or cause any issues. My apologies. MMonte97 (talk) 10:43, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
alpha-performance.com related
editI still need to delve deeper down the rabbit hole to uncover the spam links, but it's worth noting that they're active again:
- Breemarc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ceyadid (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Clinnaran (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Icolinave (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mersigmae (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Neksanca (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Oneller (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Penderoy (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Posleniibon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pronyaant2 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Reeffeaoc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vingarno (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- XXBlackburnXx (talk) 10:01, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- 2nd batch of accounts:
- Kristyni (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tterrance (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tonishau (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xiadne (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bertonye (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Jadynar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Stbrooks (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Paulossan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Carolymp (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tridante (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- XXBlackburnXx (talk) 10:18, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
New domains already blacklisted:
attractgroup.com
New domains:
filemail.com
attaxion.com
checkcps.com
fixrunner.com
sitechecker.pro
wordfoxes.com
weberous.com
solidwp.com
New spammers:
- Mercella (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Wandelup (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Madeyahog (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Radynardi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kaleenat (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nnelop (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
I think done with this batch. MER-C 11:15, 26 December 2024 (UTC)
- Oh thank you. That's extremely helpful!~ XXBlackburnXx (talk) 05:10, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- domains have been listed. Now pending global locks: Steward_requests/Global#Global_lock_for_spam_accounts. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 07:07, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
- Next batch:
- Sadowlip5 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Krisolan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xylonell (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nionny (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Boyceeaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hilusant45 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Feltyann (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Klynneaso (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fondrake (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Sanjelin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Stinkkak31 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Warraise (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Miracople (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fayorinla (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ppershana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Piscenar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kobertoni (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mlettaka (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Erynner (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hyackina (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Filinona (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Perculle (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Simpelecs (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fausiqal (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- OLobotii (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tonitany (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mondreas (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Adyssesel (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Stinkkak31 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mmmwowo17 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:48, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
New domains already blacklisted:
air-corporate.com
brandedcanopytents.com
New domains:
abhandshake.com
ascendantny.com
amazuluinc.com
autobahoo.com
automotivelinks.co
ayslimos.com
barleys.net.au
carwarninglights.net
cetrixtablets.com
chemnovatic.com
compscicentral.com
conceiveplus.co.uk
conceiveplus.eu
cravencountryjamboree.com
dejaoffice.com
disposablevapeonline.com
drzur.com
emergobyul.com
euro-freelancers.eu
factor-this.com
finmodelslab.com
New spammers:
- Dempesth (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Inesaraw (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Miraceya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hilusant (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Guillars (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Windacie (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Chusseine (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Urandiwe (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Onstopal (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ixieane (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xantines (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Stvolvkarmane (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Jirariam (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bainezana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Elseymon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pyrianna (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nessele (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kanfikes (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mallonda (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pporscha (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Starasiin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Corinaya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xterflyn (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kikitta (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Heynardya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Anananik (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ivamatiaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Miraceya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Altessin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hilusant (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Ugh, only up to G on my candidate domain list, and that's not including any new domains from these new spammers. MER-C 15:56, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
getsmartquotes.com
getvoip.com
gratitudelodge.com
herbalgoodnessco.com
- Taliann (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Arrencel (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Jedieron (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Betteren (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Berliesen (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vonnonath (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kandalies (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Inezaretc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ilandayt (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kahlinat (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MER-C 19:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
New domains already blacklisted:
remotepeople.com
New domains:
hgha.com
joseangelostudios.com
kinnovis.com
kratomsmokeshop.com
lemonbin.com
levyelectric.com
lifebydesign.online
lonestarlimo.com
mytechreviewer.com
onelegal.com
pacificbiolabs.com
pharmaknowl.com
portailjuridique.fr
premiumparts.com
privateinvestigatoredu.org
pursuitmag.com
questback.com
refurbisheddubai.ae
royallimoservices.co
shelterlogic.com
smithinvestigationagency.com
thelaptoparts.com
theoremchem.com
vmax-escooter.us
voicedrop.ai
writersblocklive.com
zmarksthespot.com
Spammers:
- Convesium (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tonaldem (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ulfahana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Squrimm (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Beraatalkern (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Clemenskeller (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xilikail (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xandidiaz (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Knuteagol (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zqizqion (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vetanona (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
That's the first list of candidate domains done, now to get another from the spammers I listed above. MER-C 13:11, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
academicentrepreneurship.pubpub.org
biologyease.com
blog.inito.com
cda-amc.ca
conceiveplus.asia
conceiveplus.com
endodoctor.com
finmodelslab.com
healthandscience.eu
kratomsmokeshop.com
lavendercounselling.com
miracare.com
normalbreathing.com
radarmakassar.com
resume-solutions.com.au
sachardental.com
satorimindsbreathwork.com
science.zeba.academy
uscisguide.com
vpfw.com
Spammers:
- Flowenda (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mhayaj (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kraheeli (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rmanuard (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Terenette (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vinasilel9 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tityanna (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nnardeli (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Onnealle (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
And with that, we are done with this lot. MER-C 17:54, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- now the real challenge begins: cleaning it up without getting blocked... XXBlackburnXx (talk) 21:59, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Old domains revisited
editcleverrabbits.com
mysportsquiz.com
sp.games
flymedi.com
backsplash.com
- Mattinar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Senseiop1 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- IvinaShort (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Witteoaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Oldonata (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hierrynan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Garrimon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Osapples13 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Freiliamh (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Inusllip112 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zzyaakod (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tarmaim (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Heynardo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zraanani (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nitaital (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ksonoran (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Lessahky (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fosteryle (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vernaber (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tassierc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Perscharr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Brenikloml4 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Iennyako (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Phuongany (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pascharle (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xtonicent (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rterasmu (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Dynardani (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vekahlind (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ssiennana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ssinaryl (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Aynellyn (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bartemuso (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Saxonana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Wainsenc (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zippaaaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kozueaaaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Haelwynda (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Gensasensie (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Rdyanatan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Jerrista (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zlhnavari (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ngelliamo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Onardelic (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Maurenaz (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Neasaddo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Mebybeby31 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vyaakov (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Llulua (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Llachina (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Spvvosemo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Snandelu (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fordeani (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Harisaur (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Betteoaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xolaniam (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Reedaaaa (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Severney (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Karmenell (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nettanan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Quasiana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Nyannand (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ziazanaev (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Winsonor (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
@XXBlackburnXx: - we need to ensure everything gets blacklisted, because they will come back (that is, if they stopped at all). MER-C 16:26, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Follow-up spam:
admiralsports.com
armanch.ca
bloomsybox.com
dadforhire.com
knapper.com
ruggedthuglife.com
- Hellewan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xalvinon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pativanit (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Qimalori (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Zaynardi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Juniyamk (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Diahavin (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Abigaiah (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Jaggiero (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ovivian (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Netianaed (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ydiancho (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ughbyaak (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Deltonys (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Russeusep (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Chantonyo (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Woodroshi (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hellewan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- I think I'm done with this batch. MER-C 17:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Reverted most of their edits. Best, — Jules* talk 17:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Ngelleria (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Tarrynthr (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Adisaide (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bethalod (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
As suspected, they did not stop. MER-C 13:55, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- I tried local CU, but it's all proxy usage, and they're being smart by matching the geolocation to the wiki's language. So, I don't think CheckUser will help here unfortunately. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 05:18, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
New set (old spammers)
editCan I have a bit of background here, 2 spammers in this batch and 2 spammers in the previous batch show up in relation to a delist request on en.wikipedia. The domains spammed are not on the domainlist (dotdash Meredith websites) in these reports. Is this an SEO company spamming? Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 04:31, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
Wow, it really helps to yell at your admin corps .. application of the law of unintended consequences: 3 more spammers related to the same subfamily of dotdash Mereditch websites are adding a link to the exact same page using the 3 different accounts, edits on their own wiki. I guess we are up for a broader cleanup. Just tell me and I will add them in a report here (@MER-C:/@XXBlackburnXx:) Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 05:33, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, likely a company in a low-income country. This spammer adds many references, including quite a lot of incidental garbage. For instance, in [22] the spammed domain is zamberg.com [23]. So I think this is a separate case.
- Two more accounts: Gabynar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) and Dementai (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). MER-C 17:26, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
@MER-C: OK, here goes. I have no data on Dementai whatsoever (yet, probably, I am suffering from a massive backlog on LiWa3, probably a month worth of parsing in the backlog, it keeps up with current in the meanwhile though). Unless you know what I am talking about, how did you know I would be interested in these two?
verywell.com
verywellhealth.com
- Lauliuse (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Gabynar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Dementai (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
verywellmind.com
- Deleikit (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
verywellfamily.com
(shutdown, people are sent to Parents.com via soft-redirect)
parents.com
- Xilikail (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Elseymon (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Adyssesel (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
verywellfit.com
- Xandidiaz (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Aynellyn (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Except for parents.com already blacklisted on en.wikipedia (and the ones that parrot en.wiki blacklist). Avoidable sources, but unfortunately widely used. Do we just (globally) blacklist this stuff to stop this? --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 18:05, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
- Screwed up the ping to user:MER-C earlier, so here goes. Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 18:09, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
- I see the verywell stuff as a different case - those domains are being added are incidental. What I am looking out for in this case is like this:
exclaimer.com
amazol.biz
smithsecurity.ca
- Ellsieror (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ianaiaha (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Linoraha (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vabynar (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bbyaakoda (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ualaliana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Fratoleyn (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kineasan (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ladysses (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Xinezana (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Ianaiaha (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Bbyaakoda (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Enciscout (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Kwanikkia (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Pendeka (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Hageenaya (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Sure, but incidental, different accounts using the same links on different wikis .. Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 20:30, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
trainingcentrecanada.ca
minotaurfightstore.co.uk
- Donawane (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
- Vidanica (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Manu Alvarez
editHi,
Cross-wiki spam to create articles about Manu Alvarez, by Artemusicale (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) on fr + it-wp (it:Manu Alvarez). Deleted on fr-wp, as the subject does not meet notability criterias. I think es-wp (es:Manuel Alvarez) and de-wp (de:Manuel Alvarez (Sänger)) should also check if the subject is elligible to an article: those were created in 2022 by SPA: Culturaeuropea (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) and Yeltes Even (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report), and I think they are socks.
See report on fr:Wikipédia:Bulletin des patrouilleurs#CAOU promotionnel international.
Ping @MarioGom and Itti:. Best, — Jules* talk 20:13, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thx Jules*, I startet a delition request. Best Itti (talk) 21:52, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
Emil Cerda
editHi, the user eltiguere300 is blatantly self-promoting in the articles about Emil Cerda or Emil Cerda Demorizi:
- Deleted 3 times in the English language: [26]
- Also deleted in the Catalan, Portuguese, German, Romanian and Russian Wikipedia.
Some discussions: French, Catalan,
Also has several edits adding his name in random articles: [27], [28]...
Discussion about sockpoppet users creating the same article resulting in bans in the spanish Wikipedia. [29]
The user is banned in the French wikipedia for sockpuppetry. Bsckr (talk) 12:43, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
Cremation (by Neptune Society or others)
editHi. We are spammed since 2 years on WP in french by some IP who add cremation categories without any source (or sometimes unreliable sources as Neptune's site) and this morning created a category "buried by Neptune society [30]. I can see one of the IP made some changes on WP in english [31]. Andthe company is very present[32] FYI. Cheers. Pa2chant.bis (talk) 06:58, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Does this sound cross-wiki spamming at large? I am reviewing an AfD ar ur-wiki and felt something is fishy. FYR: ur:ویکیپیڈیا:نامزدگی برائے حذف/جولیو آلونزو اورٹیگا signed, Aafi (talk) 04:34, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Aafi and thanks for the info. On fr-wp, it has been created in January 2025 by the same user, Tajotep (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) (an en-wp user with 30000+ edits), as on several other wikis. It looks like UPE or conflict of interest to me. See also this diff, linking fr:La Société Juridique de Libye (an article created by the same user, on fr and on other wikis, see d:Q127692943) to Ortega.
- On fr:Julio Alonso Ortega, without digging too much, I already found 4 sources that do not even contain the name of the subject (Ortega): [33], [34], [35], [36], all for the same information: "Cette championnat lui a valu le reconnaissance dans sa ville natale de donner le coup d'envoi honorifique d'un match de football entre l'UD Las Palmas et le Real Madrid CF au Stade de Grande Canarie". Is that the same on other wp? Moreover, the fr-wp article is a bad translation, and I doubt that fr notability criterias are met, despite a lot of regional/primary sources.
- I also see that de:Julio Alonso Ortega has been deleted too, after this discussion: de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/4. März 2025#Julio Alonso Ortega (gelöscht), only because notability criterias were not met. I'm starting a deletion process.
- And I note that es:Julio Alonso Ortega does not exist.
- @Blablubbs, GeneralNotability, and MER-C: I think you should take a look on this case, as this user is from en-wp.
- @DarwIn: for pt:Julio Alonso Ortega.
- — Jules* talk 15:04, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- Dear colleagues, the references are independent sources, everything is properly sourced, and the content meets the necessary criteria (the respective pillars). In the same vein, I find no evidence of promotional content or "invented"/"fake" information, everything has been faithfully written as a manual translation, and is supported by the cited sources. Regarding the four references about the football match that doesn't mention Julio Alonso, there are others that confirm he was part of the team, as can be seen here, here and here. I remain at your disposal for any further questions. Tajotep (talk) 19:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)