User:Shanmugamp7/CrosswikiSpamming
Advertising done by advertising company for various clients[edit]
- Alisalarsen (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser)
- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 37.205.121.128/25 is the company range
As an admin on nl-wiki my attention was drawn to an account and IP who both placed an article written as an advertisement for a travel company nl:Expedia. As I researched it turned out that the IP was belonging to a large internationally active advertising company GroupM based in Denmark.
I notified the IP involved and told them that paid contributions without disclosure are not allowed. I also asked for a checkuser here and the article was removed twice in the mean time.
The checkuser turned out positive see here - on nl wiki this reads: " Ja, ze horen bij elkaar. Geen andere activiteit op de range en geen andere IPs bij de gebruiker aangetroffen." = Yes, they belong together. No other activity on the range and not other IP's connected to the account.
I researched further and found that this IP and the account also placed other unwanted stuff cross wiki like placing company linkspam for various companies masked as references in articles.
It seems to me that an indepth search for socks and the like is warranted cross wiki since it seems this company is cross wiki advertising for clients.
The nl-wiki talk page is here: nl:Overleg_gebruiker:37.205.121.132.
According to COIBot the top 10 domains added by 37.205.121.132 were: expediainc.com (13), universe.dk (3), beiersdorf.com (2), museum-sonderjylland.dk (2), expedia.se (2), eucerin.dk (1), alsion.dk (1), sparenergi.dk (1), gastech.dk (1), bolius.dk (1)
According to COIBot the domains added by Alisalarsen were: expediainc.com (8), expedia.nl (2), expedia.no (1), over.expedia.nl (1).
Some of the accounts below no doubt will belong to this company others not so please can you sdo a global cu check on the company range to have the spam accounts please? Alisalarsen proved to belong and I found also a company account when wading through the accounts made cross wiki Christiangroupm (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) but that one has no edits.
MoiraMoira (talk) 12:00, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
Research on the links spammed as performed by COIBot[edit]
As checked with whoadded on #wikimedia-external-links on 4 sep 2015:
The link expediainc.com was added by:
- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 13x
- Rahman1372 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 9x
- Alisalarsen (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 8x
Wakuwaku99 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 6x- Kotivalo (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 3x - please note - this account protects the Expedia article on fi-wiki and removes the delete template despite explanation of the tou
- Jens der 1. (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 3x created another travel daughter promo article en:Venere.com
- 77.213.150.214 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 2x
- Gaia26t (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 2x
- 83.92.87.226 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 1x
- 109.58.148.20 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 1x
The link Universe.dk was added by:
- TheodorBartholomæussen (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 5x wrote en:Universe (Danish amusement park) for another client
TherasTaneel (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 3x- 37.205.121.132 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 3x
Fnielsen (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 2xToxophilus (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 2xKnud Winckelmann (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 2x- MEC Universe (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser)
BG19bot (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 1x
Editors who have added beiersdorf.com:
- AnnafuerFaktor3 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (6)
Zoldyick (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)Kostisl (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (2)
Oknazevad (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)Salebot (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1)- 202.62.16.246 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (1)
RaymondSutanto (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1)Sylhouet (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser)>/s> (1)Dexbot (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1)
editors who have added museum-sonderjylland.dk:
Soenke Rahn (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (9)Toxophilus (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (6)Cgt (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (4)- Orf3us (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (3)
- Ribewiki (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (3)
- Sorenhk (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (3)
- Malcolm77 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- Clauskliplev (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- FriedhelmW (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- Freemarket (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
Editors who have added expedia.se:
- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (2)
- 83.92.87.226 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (1)
- 109.58.148.20 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (1)
- HCa (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1).
Editors who have added eucerin.dk:
- Bmrcblog (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1)
- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (1)
- Pugilist (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1).
Editors who have added alsion.dk:
Editors who have added sparenergi.dk:
Editors who have added gastech.dk:
Editors who have added bolius.dk:
- ParanoidLemmings (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser)
- 37.205.121.132 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (1).
Editors who have added venere.com:
- 109.190.79.30 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye 5
- Jens der 1. (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) 4
- Manoillon (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- Syon.raj (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- Takeshi-br (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- 188.135.199.159 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (2)
- 193.236.58.161 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (2)
- 91.52.58.36 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye (2)
- Gaia26t (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (2)
- Salebot (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date (alt) • CA • ST • lwcheckuser) (1)
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