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The always wonderful @Loiswade42 (and others) have been alerting me to a new wave of user page spam. I’d like to see if we could build features which might, just might help decrease this problem. To help me gather some data, could you post some example user pages in this thread that are basically spam? I’ll use these spam URLs to learn and then I’ll delete the thread so these spam pages don’t gather any more links and attention than they deserve. Thanks!

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:Freightforwardings http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bennyenterprise http://www.wikihow.com/User:Nickelpipetubes http://www.wikihow.com/User:Jasmine-artprinters http://www.wikihow.com/User:Ashaindustries http://www.wikihow.com/User:Argroupdesign http://www.wikihow.com/User:Highnickelalloys http://www.wikihow.com/User:Sachdevalighting http://www.wikihow.com/User:Devmetal http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mirasteels http://www.wikihow.com/User:Richfieldfertilizers http://www.wikihow.com/User:Oilprocessingplants http://www.wikihow.com/User:Janhavienterprises A chunk of userpages I knocked out on Bunch patrol this morning…good luck Jack!

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:Certax-New-Forest http://www.wikihow.com/User:Jaredrichardslaw http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mdgraphics http://www.wikihow.com/User:Horsenylonhalters http://www.wikihow.com/User:Veljandenisondealer http://www.wikihow.com/User:Imochemengineer http://www.wikihow.com/User:GetCutting

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(Psst…I think a spambot broke into JackHerrick’s account and is trying to both eliminate the competition and get better ideas.)

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Just a few here I came across this morning…doesn’t even begin to show how many there were yesterday before it got under control. http://www.wikihow.com/User:Gsilabware http://www.wikihow.com/User:Silicates http://www.wikihow.com/User:Scientific http://www.wikihow.com/User:Steel-pipes http://www.wikihow.com/User:Plcpanel http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mycorporatecar http://www.wikihow.com/User:Officetable http://www.wikihow.com/User:Gmpackaging http://www.wikihow.com/User:Paragonpolyfilms http://www.wikihow.com/User:Hitechsealing http://www.wikihow.com/User:Evershinewireproduct http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mahasakthidupatta http://www.wikihow.com/User:Templeindia http://www.wikihow.com/User:Pawanchemical http://www.wikihow.com/User:Fireandheatprotectiveclothing http://www.wikihow.com/User:Ozonegreenhouse http://www.wikihow.com/User:Suprimchemicals http://www.wikihow.com/User:Artisticks http://www.wikihow.com/User:Soniscaffolding http://www.wikihow.com/User:Usta http://www.wikihow.com/User:Kitchenwareasia http://www.wikihow.com/User:Privatehimalaya

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Finding a lot of them by going back through http://www.wikihow.com/Special:Log/newusers and clicking on the blue links which sound like possible business pages: http://www.wikihow.com/User:Paintingservices http://www.wikihow.com/User:Richfieldfertilizers http://www.wikihow.com/User:S-manish-impex http://www.wikihow.com/User:Simpletectrackpress http://www.wikihow.com/User:HorizonServicesInc http://www.wikihow.com/User:Saitrading http://www.wikihow.com/User:Shivfeltsindustries http://www.wikihow.com/User:Imochemengineer http://www.wikihow.com/User:Scienceandsurgicals http://www.wikihow.com/User:Jatinplastic http://www.wikihow.com/User:Sunmacentereprises http://www.wikihow.com/User:Oilprocessingplants http://www.wikihow.com/User:Oilrefineryplant http://www.wikihow.com/User:Patcofood http://www.wikihow.com/User:Mosco http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bhageriacranes http://www.wikihow.com/User:Freightforwardings http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bhaveshfasterner http://www.wikihow.com/User:Control-cables http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bhaveshfasterner http://www.wikihow.com/User:Leatherjacketmanufacturers http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bestrubbersproduct http://www.wikihow.com/User:Dgsetmanufacturer http://www.wikihow.com/User:Krvfabrications http://www.wikihow.com/User:RoundBars http://www.wikihow.com/User:Vamalifecare http://www.wikihow.com/User:Officemodularfurnitures http://www.wikihow.com/User:Inconelpipetubes http://www.wikihow.com/User:Officemodularfurnitures http://www.wikihow.com/User:Nickelalloyspipefittings http://www.wikihow.com/User:Nickelpipetubes http://www.wikihow.com/User:Cutwireshots http://www.wikihow.com/User:Janhavienterprises http://www.wikihow.com/User:Ivaproactol …And, there are more, if someone would like to keep on going through the new user log.

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User :Coolantfiltration‎ User :Crystaltechnologycorp‎ User :Magneticindustry‎ User :Perfectengineeringworks‎ User :Staticcontrolproductsindia‎ User :Travelganesha‎ User :Essentialoils‎ User :EncoreOffice‎ User :IroniteCompany‎ User :Belmarkindustries‎ User :KINCMineral‎ User :KeertiCargo‎ User :Polyesterfilm‎ User :Kalyanipolymers‎ User :GECOGrinding‎ User :Feedingbabybottle‎ User :Radentndt‎ User :MineralOres‎ User :Bdmexport‎ User :KwalityProcess‎ User :InnovativeWater‎ User :PowerBank‎ User :Raymondtubes‎ User :Tristarengineers‎ User :Iclcoilindia‎ User :Ktmcweld‎ User :Yogeshtrading‎ User :Ultrawindow‎ User :BestoHandling‎ User :Mattraider‎ User :Printimagesystems‎ User :Kkindia‎ User :Pressandpress‎ User :GangaEngineering‎ User :Jppaper‎ User :Pransuenterprises‎ User :Pipetubeandcoils‎ User :DiabetikFoot‎ User :Watertreatments‎ User :Vijayamercantileltd‎ User :Rsmenterprises‎ User :Intechchennai‎ User :ESCRApparatus‎ User :Shrivishnoenterprise‎ User :Speedagilityathletics‎ User :Ledstreetlights‎ User :Rajasindia‎ User :GreensSurgicals‎ User :Whitepeacock‎ User :LeadApplication‎ User :Refriconhvac‎ User :Yogaaccessories‎ User :Hircotools‎ User :Newlookleather‎ User :Ground Transportation User :Pandeyanand‎ User :Wallpaperhanging‎ User :MTSYD‎ User :Sharkwille‎ User :Insidetrak‎ User :Sitzsack‎ User :Websitetemplate‎ User :Careerbuilder‎ User :Sbjindia‎ And a host more. Look for pretty much everything I patrolled the 25th thru the 27th. I do bunch patrol, and they all show up in there because they’re “new users”. Less than 10 percent of what I patroled were legit edits.

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I notice many of the “new users” are actually SEO terms… SEO words used to flag a page for a certain type of search.

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User:CenterChannelSpeaker

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:Debrabarton228

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:DoctorJoseSanteiro
http://www.wikihow.com/User:SakshiChemSciences
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Zoho
http://www.wikihow.com/User:AndrewEdwards24
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Hangers
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Newcastleresto
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Joddiehutchinson
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Susanmarieoneal
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Joiedresses
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Advancerubber
http://www.wikihow.com/User:Fastbusinesscredit

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Okay… no romantic interest? But I absolutely LOVE Jack and Chris! Kudos to them both for their work on this. The Blocked email has already received requests from spammers to please lift their block so they can post more… LOL! Sorry… but I can’t help but be pleased to see these spam accounts getting curtailed.

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Kudos Jack and Chris!

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:Consolepark http://www.wikihow.com/User:Ruthshih238 http://www.wikihow.com/User:Sonya100 http://www.wikihow.com/User:Blaze30 http://www.wikihow.com/User:Followthekicks http://www.wikihow.com/User:Murko11 EDIT: http://www.wikihow.com/User:Insurancedays4 http://www.wikihow.com/User:Webmasterbd June Days

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Thanks everyone. This is really helpful. I have all the spam I need for now! I’m keeping this page up for a while so I can keep testing on these examples though. I’m hoping I can figure out a way to better protect ourselves from this soon. Thanks.

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Locking Convo for now

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http://www.wikihow.com/User:Organicpestcontrol http://www.wikihow.com/User:Louiskeating800 http://www.wikihow.com/User:Google-Adwords-Advertising