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healthvideo.tk

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Adsense pub-3132917916465494

Previous incidents
Sites spammed
  • redirects to the blacklisted
Spammers

 Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 08:22, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

favoripartner.com

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Spammers

 Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 07:36, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

paperless.wikia.com

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links
accounts

Repeated addition of link to a wiki which fails WP:ELNO, which contains information originally removed from WP as inappropriate. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:48, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 13.0

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"overhead low, we can work on a smaller profit margin and then pass the savings on to our customers"

domain already blacklisted:

"The pictures shows in our website are taken by ourselves"

domain already blacklisted

"is an online vendor of high quality" [...] replicas

domains already blacklisted:

"Your any advise, complaint, praise, or requirement in guestbook will be highly appreciated."

domains already blacklisted

Spammers

If you're wondering, I'm populating my watchlist with spam targets and taking the opportunity to look at the page history. MER-C 13:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Supplement:
MER-C 09:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 14.0

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bagsop.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

MER-C 07:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 16.0

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Similar domains

"In our online discount shop, you will find most of shoes in"

861059642765

"We have many resources available to help you find that your like shoes"

Spammers

MER-C 00:00, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

woodwardcruisecountdown.com

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links
accounts
prior reports

SPAs that have been re-adding the link, on-going for nearly two years. User does not respond to discussions, warnings, etc. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:01, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

myspaSe.com

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131.236.151.211 on XLinkBot's talkpage notified me, that they were reverted by repairing a link from 'myspase.com' to 'myspace.com'. Indeed, not the best of XLinkBot's reverts, but:

Redirects via

to

I have revertlisted the three, and will blacklist these three now immediately (XLinkBot will detect redirects to this site, so it will detect others that do the same), but I'd like a specialist to have a look at this rubbish to see if there is more here that needs blacklisting. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:13, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I can tell. MER-C 09:38, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adsense pub-9445189103749654 2

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Previous incidents
Spam pages

Created to house links to buzznewslive.com

Sites spammed
Related domains

All of which are already blacklisted.

Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [3]
  • Citation spammer, see [4]
  • Citation spammer, see [5]
  • Citation spammer, see [6]
  • Citation spammer, see [7]
  • Citation spammer, see [8]
  • Citation spammer, see [9]
  • Citation spammer, see [10]
  • Citation spammer, see [11]
See also

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 11:58, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 02:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Citation spammer, see [12]

Recycled, can we get this blacklisted please? MER-C 12:21, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

spoke.com

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Spammers

119 links, noticed while cleaning up an unrelated spam link in IBM. Based on its homepage, is "Your personal connections manager, helping you reach the people you know". A small sampling shows "Profiles" spammed to WP articles about businesses/businesspeople/lawyers. Don't know if the sad little IBM profile is typical. Hm, turns out we have an article, Spoke (website); guessing we should treat it like Facebook and LinkedIn? (don't know the policy on these). --CliffC (talk) 19:18, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ucstrategies.com

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ucstrategies.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Spammers

"An industry resource for enterprises, vendors, and system integrators" 12 links remain right now. --CliffC (talk) 20:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

6 links remain, across two articles, appear to be legit. --CliffC (talk) 20:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

scorpiotechnologies.com and tycoonwebtech.com

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Accounts

122.164.172.229 was spamming both links, other IP and account was only spamming one, but edit pattern indicates that they are related spam campaigns. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:07, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Generic Chinese knockoff spam 17.0

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"We are very confidence with our products which come with reasonable price"

Spammers

MER-C 09:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Defer to Global blacklist MER-C 07:10, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese powerlevelling spam

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Similar domains

"The secondary markets permits some players to better enjoy their gaming experience by supplementing their in-game assets"

Spammers
See also

MER-C 10:43, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bumpety. MER-C 11:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

....

ciaoreviews.co.nr

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Previous incidents
Sites spammed
  • redirects via frameset to
  • Imitation site, the real one is ciao.co.uk
Spammers

 Defer to Local blacklist MER-C 01:57, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 11.1

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"We are security online shopping store"

"you receive come across some quality problems"

domains already blacklisted:

"If you buy more than 6 pair once, we can give you wholesale price for you"

domains already blacklisted:

additional matches for spam 11.0 supressed

Spammers

MER-C 00:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 09:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

tenerifeguide.eu

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Adsense pub-1532281836675236

Spammers

MER-C 02:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 04:13, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Consus Rankings"

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consusrankings.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

I dispute the accusation of this person, and see this as a an unjust threat to my works. I identified myself as the publisher of the rankings on wikipedia, as I have stated on the Template talk:Infobox US university ranking. GrapedApe ignores my reiteration that I am not affiliated with the website, and concludes from his own opinion and misrepresentation that I am pushing on behalf of this website as its owner. I demand the fact be checked. This is false accusation and harassment. Once the fact-finding has justified my real status, I demand a formal apology from GrapedApe, for his statement and disregard for the facts has unjustly defamed me. Zoroastrama100 (talk) 04:47, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adsense pub-9574247032165131

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Spammers

MER-C 09:32, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 04:18, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

recettelibanaise.com

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Adsense pub-9691948444477013
Google Analytics UA-16438673-1

Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [17]

MER-C 09:49, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

amzn.to

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I have noticed a few links to amzn.to, looking up these seem to be legit Amazon links to be used within Twitter etc. Shortened links are no consideration here, and I have noticed longer Amazon links are being replaced with the shortened ones, which doesn't seem to have any advantage here. Is it possible these can be used for the purpose of spam, with affiliate/marketplace links etc? Is there any guidelines for dealing with shorted links, as they can effectively hide what they're really linking to. Rehevkor ✉ 15:48, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Most (not all!) linkshorteners/redirect services get onto the meta blacklist without question (and even without abuse). This may be an exception, but I think that if 'abuse' (and/or good faith additions of 'bad' links) is noticed, then that is indeed what should happen with this as well,  Defer to Global blacklist. (I've ordered COIBot to save a report on this, lets see how it is used and what is added). --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

investinganswers.com and streetauthority.com again

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Links
Accounts
Past report
Looks like more of the same, but only this one ip from what I see. --Ronz (talk) 21:22, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(Note: streetauthority.com is being used as a reference in six articles currently. I don't believe it was spammed in any of these cases, but it is a poor reference that should be replaced with a better one.) --Ronz (talk) 18:42, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

smartjan.com

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smartjan.com: Linksearch en - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C Cross-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Local - COIBot-XWiki - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.org • Live link: http://www.smartjan.com

109.107.250.74 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot) Jay-Sebastos (talk) 13:21, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also:
MER-C 04:41, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WetterWater.com

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Links
Accounts
Spamming that goes back to over a year ago. First time I recall seeing a domain ip spammed. Blacklist? --Ronz (talk) 20:24, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Generic Chinese knockoff spam 18.0

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
Similar domains

"If you like to hunt for something special at low price by fashionable online shopping"

domains already blacklisted:

"Offer our customers the low Chinese wholesale price"

domains already blacklisted:

"Hacker crime is refused in 99.9%"

domains already blacklisted:

"USA,Other country user don't choose this way,it will take about 3 working days to delivery.Very fast"

"if you would like to use payment methods of Western Union"

Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [18]

Slightly less obvious knockoff spam. Oh, and "the laptopbatterypack.org.uk is worldwild ship"... MER-C 07:12, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 08:18, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

loonu.com

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Adsense pub-8621774642732673
Google Analytics UA-12573338

Spammers
  • Inline spammer, see [19]

Revertlisted. MER-C 12:09, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

laser-spine.com

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Spammers

--CliffC (talk) 16:14, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

vernissage.tv

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Spammers

Template:IPSummary

Currently 88 links (all to vernissage.tv}/blog) in the English Wikipedia; at least some in other languages. Archived spam report from October 2007 here. --CliffC (talk) 01:58, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:IPSummary – Only edits since block have been addition of inappropriate external links, though to a variety of sites. Example. Adrian J. Hunter(talk•contribs) 09:39, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sites spammed
Adsense pub-8592808525262843:
No Adsense:
MER-C 01:59, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

literateur.com

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Spammers

- MrOllie (talk) 23:45, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

signature9.com

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Spammers

- MrOllie (talk) 00:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seedbox spam war

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santrex.net

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
  • redirects via affiliate to santrex.net
Spammers

seedboxlist.com, super-seed.me.uk

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Spammers

MER-C 04:45, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 09:38, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

cruiselinefans.com

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links
accounts

SPA IPs adding forum linkspam to multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:08, 3 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Additional spammers:
Revertlisted. MER-C 09:56, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

vocabwilleasy.info

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Adsense pub-2220703750191760
Google Analytics UA-15509406

Related domains
Spammers

MER-C 13:15, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. MER-C 10:09, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

looks like a bunch of religious spam to me, i noticed a template was tampered with that is on atheism and religion

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Template:IPSummary -Shootbamboo (talk) 01:41, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Links
Accounts
Need to blacklist these. --Ronz (talk) 18:28, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've requested blacklisting. --Ronz (talk) 04:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adsense pub-5371526716914044 MER-C 04:58, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nerdonomics on an online survey

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We've got a new editor spamming a Flash video "international survey" about living with food intolerances to multiple articles. Several editors have reverted it, but since there have been some re-reversions, it might be more effective to just block it for a while:

Template:LinkSummary

I assume that the editor is connected with the website and is trying to promote it, but I have no actual knowledge of this. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:01, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

epk-electronicpresskit.com

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Spammers
  • Inline spammer, see [20]

I doubt the official website of a religious temple would have big facebook/twitter buttons and Adsense ( pub-3122249962313554 ) on it. MER-C 09:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SEM 2U online advertising and SEO

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Spam pages
Sites spammed
Spammers
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [21]

MER-C 09:57, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

bookrags.com

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Template:LinkSummary

Large amount of what appears to be citation spam pointing to this domain (currently 1384 links [22]). 75.62.4.94 (talk) 16:53, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

jackass3d.net

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Previous incidents
Sites spammed
  • redirects to some ebay search listing
Related domains
Spammers

Template:Deferblack MER-C 07:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ruidoso-vacation-connection.com

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links
accounts

Re-adding tourism site despite warnings. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:25, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Added IP which is now adding the tourism linkspam. --- Barek (talk) - 21:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Leimo Laser Comb

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Spammers

MER-C 09:11, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

mantex.co.uk

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Template:UserSummary All edits by this user appear to be links to this site. Iulus Ascanius (talk) 14:28, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:LinkSummary

There were 80+ links to this place. I'm in the process of cleaning them up. - MrOllie (talk) 15:33, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

coffee.org

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link
accounts

Repeated spamming of commercial link despite repeated warnings. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:34, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

yellowpink.com

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Google Analytics UA-17923591

Sites spammed
Related domains
Spammers

MER-C 07:17, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

possible bookspam?

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The recent activity of Template:UserSummary looks a bit like BOOKSPAM but I'd like some feedback from other editors before I risk biting a newbie. Pseudomonas(talk) 11:20, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

bobbinis-kitchen.com

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links
accounts

SPA accounts accounts adding recipe links into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 14:41, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

pulsewater.com

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link
accounts

Repeated addition of site to multiple articles, ongoing for over a year. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 02:33, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

inSegment Digital Marketing spam on Wikipedia

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links
users

I don't know if this is all and how it links up. There is a legit article related to this, but then here are also accounts blocked in this area. Also, I do not see yet the connection between some of the links, though all the editors do link up via-via (and there may be more) and most are SPA-like. Can someone with more insight in this look into this? --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:30, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note, there may be legit links here .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:31, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Insegment is a SEO firm whose clients include the domains above. Additional domains:
This should be blackrevertlisted at least. MER-C 02:39, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
(Adjust comment.) MER-C 09:52, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Assorted spamming

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Spammers

An anonymous Pakistan sweatshop by the looks of it. MER-C 09:49, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

reptilesgreece.com

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Spammers

MER-C 11:24, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

travelsitesonline.net

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Adsense pub-4103081462180287
Google Analytics UA-15662751

Spammers
  • Citation spammer, see [23]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [24]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [25]
  • Citation spammer, see [26]
  • Citation spammer, see [27]
  • Citation spammer, see [28]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [29]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [30]
  • Citation spammer, see [31]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [32]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [34]
  • Citation spammer, see [35]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [36]
  • Citation spammer, see [37]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [38]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [41]
  • Citation spammer, see [43]
  • Cross-wiki spammer, see [44]

Bleh, more in the COIBot report. Template:Defermetablack MER-C 12:40, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

southernspaces.org

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Template:LinkSummary

Added by:

Sole Soul (talk) 15:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

rentalsinvallarta.com

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link
accounts

Repeated addition of commercial promotional site as EL and "ref" by single purpose account despite multiple warnings dating back several months. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:44, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

COIBot - LinkSaver

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Some might already have noticed, I am working on rewriting the LinkSaver in COIBot. I have expanded on this here: MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#COIBot - LinkSaver, but I thought that I could spread the news here as well. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:49, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kosisland.gr

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Travel Spam. Gusx (talk) 17:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - I reported Gusx for spamming his site above at [45], and after some discussion at my talk page [46] he stopped adding links. The above report seems to be a misunderstanding by Gusx of the meaning of 'spam', as User:Student7 has 37,000-plus Wikipedia edits and added a single reference link supporting one of several edits that improved the Kos article. IMO this is not a valid report. --CliffC (talk) 04:34, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't misunderstand we had a discussion in your talk page and you gave me some urls to read like this one WP:LINKSPAM the wikipedia link article says: Affiliate links Even if they are related to the subject or is an official page for the subject, external links containing affiliate or referral codes are considered spam. I didn't know it you had send me those links so i read them. Btw it doesn't say anywhere that if a person has 37,000 plus wikipedia edits can post affiliate links. Or explain me if i contribute a text paragraph and then a link reference link with affiliate is ok.

Thanks for your understanding Gusx (talk) 08:05, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it (anyone else, feel free to jump in here), an "affiliate link" has a trailing tag to indicate what site the link came from. The single link we're talking about, "www.kosisland.gr/en/kos-today.html" does not have such a tag and thus is not an affiliate link. Further, it is not an "external link" either, it is an inline link supporting the statement "A person from Kos is called a 'Koan.' The word is also a possessive, as in 'Koan goods'". The linked site is indeed a commercial one, which we try to avoid if we can, and I encourage you to find and substitute a non-commercial one that supports the 'koan' statement'. As mentioned in how not to be a spammer, you can contribute a text paragraph if it is cited to a reliable source. Note that point 1 of how not to be a spammer is "Review your intentions. Wikipedia is not a space for personal promotion or the promotion of products, services, web sites, fandoms, ideologies, or other memes." I doubt that User:Student7 is promoting the web site he used as a citation. --CliffC (talk) 17:28, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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