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User:TravelingDan93, User:Danielkiteski93

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Multiple cross-wiki-spam (passportsymphony.com and thefoodhog.com)

Now blocked in de:wp. Alraunenstern۞ 16:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reverted them/removed their spam and asked for glock. Marking this as Done A09 (talk) 22:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Cross wiki spam in sandbox

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en:User:Vikaasa_Public_School in en:User:Vikaasa Public School/sandbox, and other language versions. Already deleted sandbox and locally blocked user on Norwegian Wikipedia. 1000mm (talk) 12:04, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done, cleaned up everywhere, global lock requested to stewards. — Jules* talk 17:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikibusines (2024)

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See 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)

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)

Same shit, different year.

@Anntinomy something to keep you busy. MER-C 18:08, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

--Anntinomy (talk) 15:24, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply
@MER-C they put Nick Bilogorskiy off site today. This makes me even more confident Anntinomy (talk) 19:32, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
The Ukrainian version was written by Bodiadub themselves. Not sure about Qq8 though. MER-C 19:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
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)Reply

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)Reply

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)Reply


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)Reply

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)Reply
Клос evidently. EXIF pattern (File:Hryhoriy Mamka.jpg), editing simple:Weld Money and other. Anntinomy (talk) 09:15, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Blocked Клос. MER-C 18:56, 26 January 2024 (UTC)Reply


Maybe there are traces of creation on English Wikipedia?

--Anntinomy (talk) 12:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Nothing. MER-C 20:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)Reply


Акка Кебнекайсе (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) was blocked in 2020. Was it related to WB? --Anntinomy (talk) 15:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Could be. The other account was Akkake (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report). MER-C 20:02, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply


сouple of edits in enwiki Українець-банкір (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report) --Anntinomy (talk) 17:33, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Another Wikibusines sockfarm (much like Hrabrook): w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masckarpone. MER-C 18:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

MER-C 15:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mostly UA politian type articles from this one. MER-C 16:49, 19 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Papa2004 (2024)

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See Wikiproject:Antispam/Archives/2023/Papa2004. Big haul at en.wp SPI.

Acidification (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)

JordjAver (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Mesimlibm (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)

Akmal Abramovish (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)

Camli (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)

Spam intercepted before publishing

MER-C 15:46, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

SergeyAntloy (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Nekto963 (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
Spam intercepted before publishing
Anna Petrovich (CA · xwiki · sc · COIBot report)
MER-C 17:59, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
@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)Reply

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)Reply

Another large haul on en.wp and simple.wp:
Plus more reposts. MER-C 19:01, 2 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
MER-C 12:15, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Plus even more reposts. MER-C 19:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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)Reply

ANN Spamcheck

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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)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply

Shaunak Chakraborty

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@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)Reply

Egov.Press

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Hello 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)Reply

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)Reply
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)Reply
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)Reply
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 [1]. 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)Reply
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)Reply

Z812483032 - file linkspam and article spam

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VTOMAN


Lumary


Ulike
Momcozy
Coofandy


ECOMOBL
SHELTER


JOVS


BENY


Vivtone


Zintilion


7or9
AMIRO
Fanttik
SwitchBot


MoonCool


TWOPAGES


Paris Rhône


Eiotclub


BAGSMART


SpriteShield


Growatt


PLUSINNO


Minimax
GSEICE


Beasen


MOUNTALK


UNICMI


VAPORESSO
Zeagoo


Ample


Unknown

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)Reply

Q124616018 (Q124616018)

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Q124616018 (Q124616018) xwiki spam.
See spamcheck(lakecomotourism.it) as well.
Thank you, · מקף Hyphen · 16:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Likely w:WP:LTA/ALS. --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 18:09, 8 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Agree. A09|(pogovor) 18:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
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IP: 206.84.236.121 1000mm (talk) 11:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Q115206267 (Q115206267)

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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:

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)Reply

The Rashid Khan/TRK Studios/The Mars/Itrk70

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Non-notable and promotional items across Wikidata and several languages of Wikipedia (e.g. d:Q125447540 and its sitelinks). Involved accounts:

Additional details at previous sockpuppet investigation w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Itrk70 Jamie7687 (talk) 13:45, 28 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ongoing cross-wiki spam

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User: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)Reply

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)Reply

Abbas Sajwani

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Hi (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)Reply

@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)Reply

okey.gen.tr

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https://ko.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%EC%98%A4%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4_(%EA%B2%8C%EC%9E%84)&oldid=38072633

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)Reply

Cross-wiki spam: Protik Barua Sikder

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Hi,

I deleted fr:Protik Barua Sikder, sources are not reliable, they have been set up only for advertising this guy, see [2] or [3] 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)Reply

@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)Reply
@Biplab Anand, can you cleanup this spam on mai-wiki? signed, Aafi (talk) 12:14, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
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)Reply
I have deleted the item. --Ameisenigel (talk) 17:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! — Jules* talk 23:54, 9 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Valter Longo

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MMonte97 (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)Reply

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)Reply

Manu Alvarez

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Hi,

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)Reply

Thx Jules*, I startet a delition request. Best Itti (talk) 21:52, 24 December 2024 (UTC)Reply