Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam
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Suspicious new articles
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Suspicious new articles (2025-11-08)
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[edit]| Page | XWiki? | Draft search | Archive search | Author | Comments |
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| Weatherstar (band) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) | 0 | Search | Main · Draft | Juice of the Trail (talk · contribs) | |
| Women in the Western Sahara (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) | - | Search | Main · Draft | DCjuma (talk · contribs) | |
| World Vovinam Federation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) | 1 | Search | Main · Draft | Nonprofiteditor (talk · contribs) | |
| Xelon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) | - | Search | Main · Draft | Sprozzlebot (talk · contribs) | |
| ZFX (brokerage) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) | 0 | Search | Main · Draft | Zmerzmerz (talk · contribs) |
More vandalism and self promotion from Eoghan Lyng
[edit]this new account belongs to Eoghan Lyng, known to moderators as someone who persistently edits articles to promote his own work at either the DMovies blog or churnalism from Far Out or Spectrum Culture.
it's clearly him as it follows the usual pattern of promoting himself and also removing any new references he finds to sites from which he's previously been fired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/~2025-41740-56 ~2025-42512-47 (talk) 20:13, 24 December 2025 (UTC)
- Not really spam in the sense that we're concerned with here. If they return, AIV or ANI might be better. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:52, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
RINISHA1129
[edit]- doctorna.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
- RINISHA1129 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam)
Their sandbox. --Seawolf35 T--C 06:49, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Seawolf35 Blocked. The Dubai connection is interesting (spoiler alert: they're not in Dubai), but CU didn't show up anything interesting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
kolkatatourguide.com
[edit]- Souravtaran (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam)
- kolkatatourguide.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
Spammed in the typical minor edit with no summary manner. --Seawolf35 T--C 03:32, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Seawolf35: Blocked. No other hits for that domain but it fits the pattern for SEO and tour guide sites are a favourite. I'd say they're more than
Likely connected to
INDRATECH55 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam) Amanda Rossa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam) and Rohitjain1402 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam)
All CU blocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:19, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
Blog spam
[edit]- Fizzanaqvi24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam)
Spamming a blog site. Probably just promoting their own blog but it fits the SEO pattern. --Seawolf35 T--C 16:50, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
- Probably just self-promo but worth keeping an eye on in case they resurface. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:18, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
ukbusinessdoctor.co.uk
[edit]- ukbusinessdoctor.co.uk: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
- ~2026-34992 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · Edit filter search · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Google · StopForumSpam)
Link spam on proxies. --Seawolf35 T--C 21:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Seawolf35 huh, Bangladesh; normally I get Pakistan! Proxy blocked but not much more to be done as the link has only appeared once. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:17, 2 January 2026 (UTC)