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    Internet Brands spam on Misplaced Pages

    Parked at Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Spam/Internet Brands for now. MER-C 12:34, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

    raregroove2mp3.com

    Despite being repeatedly told that we cannot link to this commercial site which sells MP3s, user persists in returning the link to the article rare groove. She has received progressive warnings up to level4 on the last insertion. I believe she or her husband own or are otherwise connected with the site. She apparently needs to hear from editors other than myself that the link is not appropriate or she will end up blocked. Yworo (talk) 20:13, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

    • I placed a suggested external link on the rare groove discussion page. I was reverted and blocked for edit warring with Yworo when I attempted to reinstate the external link. On this same day, 22 December, Yworo listed me here for spam - my user name and an article I am working on, postmodern religion, have 'links to wikispam' - why is my user name and my article for postmodern religion being listed here on wiki spam? This article, postmodern religion has no external links so I am not sure how the comments below are relevant or valid. --Kary247 (talk) 23:15, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
    This is a discussion page where potential issues can be logged and/or discussed. Being listed here doesn't mean it is spam, only that someone thought the link additions were problematic and that they may need further research and/or discussion. From what I can see, the statements are correct, so not sure what the issue is here. --- Barek (talk) - 23:53, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
    Kary247 used Wicca Magazine in several articles and Wicca Market briefly. The .com urls were just registered 14 Dec and they're already page 1 on Google for "Postmodern Wicca", which is now a redirect to Postmodern religion. They all have the same content she created the PW article with.—Machine Elf 1735 (talk) 21:50, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
    I'm not certain as to the issue you are identifying; it appears they were removed from the identified article at least a couple days prior to the report here; are they being re-applied inappropriately to other articles? If you are questioning their use as reliable sources, then it should be discussed at WP:RS, if you feel their is spamming activity going on, I'm not seeing anything actively happening at the time of the report.
    As to where the page ranks on Google is irrelevant - Google isn't Misplaced Pages, how they index their site and cache pages are not our concern. --- Barek (talk) - 23:53, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
    References were previously removed from Postmodern Wicca, Postmodern Neopaganism (now redirects), and from Wicca prior to that... However, Kary247 removed two references (not EL) to wiccamagazine.com on 22-Dec at 17:57 and 17:58 from Postmodern religion. There are currently no refs or EL to any of the user's urls (that that I'm aware of) and wiccacovens.com hasn't been used at all on WP. Having noticed the user's history at Lifestyle entrepreneur, and because there was a lot of indirection, (including inserting the refs/ELs in the various articles), immediately following my post on Talk:Wicca where I called attention to the inappropriate RS/EL and invited a response from Kary247 regarding either COPYVIO or acknowledging ownership of the urls, (in a non-confrontational way)... I posted here in support of the four SPAM warnings re: raregroove2mp3.com, and because the user fails to acknowledge that they need to adjust their own behavior. I mentioned google only because Kary247's article(s) were directly responsible for driving interest in a virtually non-existent search term. (Originally, there were only 8 hits). I'd certainly bring the issue to the RS noticeboard if the links are reinserted, but they do say "Wicca Market" at the top and considering the .coms were created 14-Dec, (wiccamarket.co.uk no longer responds), the refs seemed plausibly SPAM related as well.—Machine Elf 1735 (talk) 05:06, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    The three live domains all share the same ip, and there's a very likely coi between Kary247 and at least raregroove2mp3.com. --Ronz (talk) 05:30, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    We could add lifestyleurs.com to the list as another inappropriate link added by Kary247 that shares the same ip as the others. --Ronz (talk) 05:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    • Just getting back to the point, which is that I listed the rare groove link on the discussion board, spoke to the editor and then wrote a consensus on the page, so I am not sure why the editor has placed a discussion here about this link when a consensus has been reached.
    • Again, postmodern religion has no external links, and as far as I am aware never has so I not sure how any of the information above is relevant.
    • The article I am working on at the moment, entrepreneur, has external links, but the ones I have listed here are from sources like Harvard, Yale and so on. --Kary247 (talk) 11:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    You are evading the question, do you own or are you otherwise involved with these domains? The only way this issue is going away is if you fess up and agree never to place links to your own domains again. And by the way, might you also be affiliated with Muse Writing, which offers Internet marketing campaigns and Search Engine Optimization? We don't like Misplaced Pages being used for "campaigns", either for yourself or for clients. Yworo (talk) 14:44, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    I think we're done with the spamming concerns. It was spamming, and the normal consequences should apply if it continues: blocking the editor and blacklisting the domains.
    As to the WP:COI concerns, they should be discussed at WP:COIN. Kary247 doesn't have to disclose any personal information. --Ronz (talk) 16:50, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
    Right. Thanks for your suggestion. If the placing of links which seem to be associated with the editor continue, I will follow your suggestion and take it to WP:COIN. Yworo (talk) 16:52, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

    buyerzone.com

    Found this while doing some other cleanup. I don't have time to investigate or cleanup this one. If it wasn't spammed, most of the links still appear to fail WP:ELNO. --Ronz (talk) 17:30, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
    Another one, unrelated to buyerzone other than it needs investigation and cleanup. --Ronz (talk) 18:28, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
    Looks like someone cleaned this up. Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 19:26, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

    sourcesecurity.com and thebigredguide.com

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    COI-spamming. I left a few references (5 sourcesecurity and 4 thebigredguide) that weren't spam and might be considered passable sources. --Ronz (talk) 01:34, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

    mindymccreadyofficial.com

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    Repeatedly entered into the Mindy McCready article, this is a fansite that IPs keep trying to sneakily pass off as the singer's official website. Diffs , , , etc. etc. - Burpelson AFB ✈ 20:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

    mycamprofile.com

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    Ongoing attempt by a WP:SPA to insert advert linkspam into multiple articles. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 07:18, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

    wladcadyskietek.cba.pl and remix64.com

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    wladcadyskietek.cba.pl: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com remix64.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

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    Repeated attempts by Account and IP socks to insert spam links into articles and into edit summaries. - Burpelson AFB ✈ 15:57, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

    nobleherb.com

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

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    Links to domain being spammed across several articles. --BelovedFreak 10:32, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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