User talk:Kuru

I'll take a look today. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No objections; FT is gold standard and none of these are repeated from the prior AFDs. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks: I've asked David Gerard to go ahead and move it to the mainspace. TLA^tlak 01:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thank you for making me aware of a mirror source I used on Geogaddi! Davest3r08 >:) (talk) 16:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect that the Steve Franker, whom you banned for 48 hours after engaging in an edit war to change content without sources [4], is using another account [5]. Please compare the edits of both accounts, they are very similar and identical [6] and [7].Durziil89 (talk) 17:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Will take a look. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:21, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Durziil89: That seems pretty clear. I've filed an SPI here to see if there's any other information available. You're welcome to comment there. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is User:Baregill demanding real-life info of another editor. Thank you. I'm just letting you know as this is connected to the comment on your talk page that was deleted, as well as the recent demands at Talk:Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth Nil Einne (talk) 02:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I discovered yet another section of The Times of India beyond the two sections of Times of India which I added earlier to your list. This time, it's within the lifestyle subsection, referenced a whopping 185 times. This is huge, If I include drafts it is going to 193 times. Here is the list. Here is a article in lifestyle subsection which contain a disclaimer, all sources does not contain disclaimer. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/globsyn-business-school-a-legacy-continuum-of-accomplishments/articleshow/90440692.cms

Two other News publication with small number of citations.

News18, FirstPost

While filtering out sponsored content, I came across sponsored articles from The Economic Times and ZEEBIZ that aren't categorized but are simply mentioned. "Disclaimer - The above content is non-editorial, and TIL hereby disclaims any and all warranties, expressed or implied, relating to it, and does not guarantee, vouch for or necessarily endorse any of the content."

Here are them:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/globsyn-business-school-plans-to-use-augmented-reality-to-enhance-its-hybrid-delivery-model/articleshow/88068603.cms

https://www.zeebiz.com/agencies/serial-entrepreneur-investor-dr-somdutta-singh-deliberates-budget-2023-220497 Grabup (talk) 09:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Grabup: Awesome, thank you. I'll add those to my list. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:19, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think from this list of 193 citations, articles with disclaimer are paid and others are normal articles. Grabup (talk) 17:47, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a relevant discussion here at RSN. Not sure why but it was just archived despite it still being under discussion. --CNMall41 (talk) 07:44, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User Jingiby pushes ideological bias against ethnic Macedonians. Everything related to republic of North Macedonia and Macedonians is edited by ethnic Bulgarian from Republic of Bulgaria.

For example about "Georgi Pulevski" the word "Macedonian" is removed constantly by him. The person fought how Macedonians are separate ethnicity but when u try to put his ethnicity it is removed by the Bulgarian editor. It just says he is Mijak (which is ethnographic group of Macedonians). This is like saying someone isn't american he is Californian.

Idk who to ask for help. Every Macedonian is complaining about this user for editing everything related to us. Would be really helpful if u could help our small ethnicity against bias. 46.217.67.206 (talk) 01:15, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm not terribly grounded on the Balkans - I'm sure there are other admins that are more informed. Sam Kuru (talk) 03:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You mentioned an SEO farm. Can you give me more info? CNMall41 (talk) 01:24, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CNMall41: Public facing notes are here. Every one of these tie together directly with metadata. I have extensive offline notes or this farm, which I'd be happy to share with trusted peers. Most of the links have been cleaned up, but there's a lot at that primary link, so I'm working my way through it cautiously. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I began making a list from what I saw on Upwork but film-related sock farms have switched my focus. I do have this where I will add the link you sent. Impressive work. --CNMall41 (talk) 02:23, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CNMall41, That’s awsome, it will help to remove paid articles, kindly add these which I mentioned here before. Grabup (talk) 07:03, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, have a look at this. Is this a sock of User:Sweetindian? Have a look. Thanks. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:19, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it; will take a look this evening when I have more than a few minutes free. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:33, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

These two might be new socks [8] [9]. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:27, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ya; just noted the activity there and will circle back to it later this weekend. Sam Kuru (talk)

This user and this IP, possibly the same person have been adding unreliably sourced stuff in various Sarola Brahmin article, one of which you've reverted [10], I've reverted this and this. I believe a major contributor - X%2Bfactor1728 at Sarola Brahmin article is also the same person alongwith 94.6.114.89 (IP). - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:08, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm usually chasing junk sources when you see me randomly appear in those topics. It's a little out of my wheelhouse. Let me get a block of time and I'll dig into it - I know I said that once before and failed to follow-up, but given the subject matter I need to be methodical. Sam Kuru (talk) 22:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. Thanks . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 09:16, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your edit summary there. I was not aware until then that "Bullpen" was a user-editable source. Learned something today. Fred Zepelin (talk) 14:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem, thank you for understanding. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kuru. Thank you for your help with the Rocky Kramer article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Kramer There was a "Citation Needed" tag on that article. I added a citation for the statement that he didn't endorse Gibson because he plays Fender. The article I cited quotes him saying that. Can you tell me why you reverted that citation and what you were looking for to resolve the citation needed tag. Thank you. Warriorboy85 (talk) 20:07, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 'thehypemagazine' is an advertorial paid placement blog. I've seen fake material and pure spam articles from them; it does not, in any way, meet our requirements for reliable sourcing. If there's not another source that can be found for the quote, then it would be best to remove it. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:14, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Kuru, That makes sense, thank you. He's made those statements many times, so I'm sure I can find another source that does not constitute "an advertorial paid placement blog." It's also good information to know in case I see it pop up again for this or other articles.--Warriorboy85 (talk) 08:33, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Kuru, hopefully you are doing good. I have read WP:RS and other related policy, at the same time I know I am very new here, I have a lot to learn. I wanted to know, how to identify masked sources? Is it something that comes with experience? or there is any method to it?

Also, could you tell me if there are any advance searching tools or techniques that are used that could help me be accurate?

Thank you. Annika59 (talk) 18:22, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For the two I removed from your article, "sypstudios" is just a straight-up fake SEO sink; spammy anonymous "articles" with SEO links embedded throughout. "artistweekly" makes it a little easier on you: brand paid placement is disclaimered at the bottom of the article as "This article features branded content from a third party. Opinions in this article do not reflect the opinions and beliefs of Artist Weekly." The author is a SEO/PR hack associated with the Kivo spamming ring as well. In each case, you just need to poke around a bit and evaluate the sources you are using. If you find one with gushing PR-speak, it's likely the subject has used others so you'll need to be more critical of potential supporting material. Sam Kuru (talk) 19:18, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kuru Ok... Thanks a lot. I will be more vigilant from now on. Thank you. Annika59 (talk) 19:29, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and thanks for your work in culling SEO/paid junk refs from articles. Could you please explain, what are the Harvi SEO farms, and is there a list of them hidden somewhere in RSN? Wikishovel (talk) 14:48, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I keep a list here with a short description. I have some fairly extensive offline notes tying all this together along with some links to externals sites that track this farm, but cannot post them here as much of the material calls out specific individuals and likely gets in to a gray outing concern. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Understood, thanks. What a useful list. Time to create my own offline notes for this then.

Maybe I could script a little parser to flag matches from an offline list on the fly, never tried that in JS before but there are some tips on Stack Overflow. If I can cobble something useful together, I'll post the code in a user subpage. Wikishovel (talk) 15:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kuru, earlier this month you blocked Daniel Martin77 who was listed in this glock request for now glocked Annika59. Looking at Draft:Arcadia School there's are couple more. It was moved back to mainspace by Adam Mccintosh so they are very likely a sock but they have not edited any other projects so not sure they are eligible for a glock. The other sock, Shirawi, is currently username block. Pinging @Bbb23: since they blocked Johnsoncharles2023 back in March and is also listed in the glock request just so he is aware. Also, do you think an SPI needs to filed for tracking? S0091 (talk) 16:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For sure there needs to be an SPI - there's a checkuser positive finding at Simple that impacts Martin and Annika, so likely more here. If you get one started, I'll dig more in to it later and see what I can find without the magic tools.Sam Kuru (talk) 16:57, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. See WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Daniel Martin77. S0091 (talk) 17:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@S0091: Thank you for that; a checkuser already had a field day. I've cleaned up what I could of the remaining articles. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That did end up being a fruitful exercise to say the least. Thanks for pushing me to file and doing cleanup. Like I said in the SPI, I am going to go through the edits and one of the things I will be looking at is NPP. If I think I come across a pattern/concern, are you willing to look at some selected articles you G5'd to see if they were spammy? S0091 (talk) 17:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I glanced at them as I deleted them. They all clearly looked like paid placements, but many would likely have been fine if not written by a blocked editor. Can dig in to them in more detail when I get another block of time. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sam, Can you tell me the reason why my page is removed/deleted? Also, please advise how to fix the errors, since I do not know which reference needed to be modified and how. Your help is deeply appreciated. Suny8616 (talk) 12:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI - I didn't see anything that caused concern from an NPP perspective and I have reached out to Suny on their talk page. S0091 (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have replied to your inquiries. Hope to recreate my page with your help and advice. Best. Yi Suny8616 (talk) 15:46, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sam - I have no idea the exact sentences or references I need to delete to make this page pass. Any pointers would be much appreciated. JasonPTaylor (talk) 08:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be best to use the WP:AFC process for creating articles like this. Avoid silly puffery like "These tasty morsels are intrinsically woven into the very fabric of local community life" and "touting him as the undisputed GOAT (Greatest of all Time), who are we humble few to argue?". Most of the article was general sales realted to buckwheat and gluten, and not the actual company. If you have a conflict of interest or are being paid for your efforts, you will need to make the mandatory disclosures. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why my Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun_(academic) was removed by Sam Kuru? I tried to fix the errors placed in my page, but do not know how. Please restore the page and tell me how to fix the errors. Thanks. Suny8616 (talk) 12:14, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was created by a deceptive group of paid editors, operating in violation of our terms of use. I don't have any objections if the topic is re-created. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:03, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please re-created it then. Thank you! I will correct any concerns you may have, if I know how. Best. Suny8616 (talk) 14:15, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Sam Kuru, did you get a chance to re-create my page? You indicated that you do not have any objections. Please help to do so. Thank you! Also, let me know which citation(s) is(are) inappropriate, and I will try to find a better one. Best, Yi Suny8616 (talk) 00:15, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allow me to re-phrase. I do not have any objections if another editor who is not an abusive paid sock re-creates the page independent of any conflict of interest. I will not be restoring material that was created as a violation of our terms of use, and you should ask for a refund. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The user you warned, Xiaobao1979 is already globally locked for cross-wiki spam and lock evasion. TornadoLGS (talk) 19:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then. Problem solved by Mr. Epic. Thanks! Sam Kuru (talk) 19:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This draft Draft:Gianluca De Novi (scientist) was created recently. I don't know anything about its creator, but since you deleted an article with a similar title, I thought that I should draw this one to your attention. The subject looks notable, but if the article was created by a banned or blocked sock, it probably has to be deleted. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 02:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, as there's now a positive checkuser finding to a group that is related by behavior. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:17, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This edit warning me of circular! — Iadmc♫^talk  12:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem; happens a lot. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:58, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi thanks for your edits in this draft, can you see the article and make the necessary changes and thank you so much Editorjummy (talk) 12:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I created a biography page for Arsh Dhaliwal, but it has been deleted multiple times. Could you please let me know the reason for the deletions and advise me on what steps I should take to prevent this from happening again?

Thank you. Manshacgc (talk) 08:09, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This guy? @Manshacgc Read WP:GNG and WP:RS. There are only social media sites for him: he's not notable enough. (Sorry Kuru for fielding this!) — Iadmc♫^talk  08:18, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, now please let me know what steps I should take.

Do I need to add more references regarding him Manshacgc (talk) 08:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks pretty barren out there for reliable sources establishing his as notable. Since the article has been speedy deleted twice for "No credible indication of importance" I would just accept the decision and move on — Iadmc♫^talk  08:31, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, should I create a new page or continue with this one? Manshacgc (talk) 08:36, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try drafting and using the the review process: Wikipedia:Drafts — Iadmc♫^talk  08:39, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

However you are probably wasting time... — Iadmc♫^talk  08:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also: Wikipedia:Articles for creation — Iadmc♫^talk  08:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

okay Manshacgc (talk) 08:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kuru, thank you for your work in hunting down vendalism, I am the contributor who added an educational link on the page https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_Management_Professional&action=history&offset=&limit=500

for the contribution "link addition to concrete exam question information"

Can I appeal your decision?

I found this site during a search and the questions presented there seemed useful to me to contribute to people's learning, do you think there is promotion on it?

I didn't pay too much attention to that 2A02:8429:9152:B901:819D:7F2D:634D:70AC (talk) 13:15, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a commercial blog link that does not act as an actual reference for the material you added it to. Please pay more attention to that. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:20, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,@Kuru thank you for editing Xsoundbeatz draft.

Big Respect 🙏 Way1994 (talk) 16:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[11]. .And see my warning for their edit on Slavery in ancient Egypt Doug Weller talk 10:44, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely. I'll look at when I have more time to evaluate. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:34, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kuru, the page was deleted and i would like to know why if you don't mind. I would like to take it up myself and work on it, the person who we requested to help us do it and the one who submitted it has ghosted us after it was deleted. Any help and guidance will be highly appreciated. Thank You. CrystalStacy (talk) 04:24, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really sorry the blackhat scammers you hired to break the terms of service for Wikipedia didn't work out for you. There are numerous sites on the internet that can help you with best practices for ethical supplier governance. Sam Kuru (talk) 04:43, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can i do it myself and publish as you guide me where i get it wrong CrystalStacy (talk) 06:28, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[12] CAn i continue from here or create a completely new page to have a different link? CrystalStacy (talk) 06:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CrystalStacy (talk page watcher) You may start a new draft, a completely new draft, in that location. You have been scammed, and thus I hope you will not make the same error again.

Wikipedia is not intended for non amateur editors, and hiring any organisation to write for you is almost always a significant error

However, you have a Conflict of Interest which is that you are WP:PAID. You need to make a declaration to that effect and work within those guidelines.

I am about to place a formal question on your user talk page that reflects your paid editing status. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:39, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the response, let me look at the links and be better informed. CrystalStacy (talk) 08:51, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to WikiBlame, you added EverybodyWiki--which hosts rejects from Wikipedia's upstream collection and WP:AFC--on the MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist back in mid-January 2022. Can you give me a backstory as to the circumstances? (H/T a recent commentary of mine at WP:AFC/H.) --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 19:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Slgrandson: It's a garbage fire of a Wikipedia fork/mirror that also allows spammers to create their own material and was heavily abused here. The original addition was logged and pointed to a discussion here. I still have it on my mirror monitoring list here as a non-compliant fork. Sam Kuru (talk) 19:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'm not sure if it's faster than wikiblame, but there are detailed logs of who added what to the blacklist here: MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log. Sam Kuru (talk) 19:25, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You might be interested in this discussion. S0091 (talk) 17:33, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One of your G11 speedy deletions is being protested by an IP address. I wouldn't lose sleep over it, I'd bet it's going to itself be speedily closed before you see this notice. Jclemens (talk) 07:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the head's up. Yeah, that one was awful. I removed a few of the marked paid placements in the sourcing, but the flowery prose and other obvious PR sources were just too much. Sam Kuru (talk) 23:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Kuru, Thanks for your contribution and removal on the article. Can I know, if there are any other issues pertaining in the article?. So, that I can enhance it better according to our Wiki Guidelines. Thank you.

- Herodyswaroop (talk) 12:55, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd remove any of the marginal sources that are clearly based on regurgitated press releases. TOI and others are pretty marginal these days, and vanity interviews will not count for notability. Focus on solid, independent sources. The amount of obvious brand/PR in play is going to make that challenging. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:34, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Re this, I think they are actually talking about these discussions with a different sock but they are confusing you with @MrOllie regarding AfC. S0091 (talk) 15:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. We met on the Talk page of Genevieve Elodie Ottilie (talk · contribs). You suspected a sockpuppet but didn't name it. Can you please complete that investigation and at least name the sockmaster? This person has always been steady quackin, all WP:DUCKlike. Thank you so much. — Smuckola(talk) 20:31, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Smuckola: Howdy. Prior sock accounts were Wikimman2023 and Ayumu Chizue, both socks of Abbasshaikh124. The prior COI account was/is EditCloud123 - it looks like there's some subsequent discussions where he describes using paid editors after his original material was rejected. Sam Kuru (talk) 23:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy howdy unto you! Yeah I saw one of those articles' Talk pages that contains a paid editing COI declaration from some other account. So what now? Request a checkuser or just link him to the SPI case of Abbasshaikh124 and go block him on suspicion? Sorry, I didn't follow. Thank you for your diligence. — Smuckola(talk) 08:11, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may want to add this to the list. I ran it by the RSN a while back but had forgotten to start removing the links. They also had a Wikipedia page at one time that is now deleted per G5. CNMall41 (talk) 19:26, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ya, that looks fairly sketchy. Not completely fake, but the inclusion of "citizen journalists" in a completely unmarked fashion is a problem. Will add to the complex problems section. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:02, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, sorry if I disturb you, but can I get your contact? Sam Kuru Timah88 (talk) 02:41, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You've found it. Please feel free to leave any communications here. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:42, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kuru, I hope you're doing well. I just thought I'd make you aware you placed an indefinite block on this IP range a few weeks back that you might want to review. Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 20:51, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ferien:. Sure did. I'm presuming that I was intending two weeks, so I've removed the block. I've made that mistake a few times over the last six months - will try to be more methodical when selecting the durations. Thank you for the head's up.Sam Kuru (talk) 21:00, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, it just happens sometimes, not much harm done really :) --Ferien (talk) 21:01, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kuru. Would you mind taking a look at User talk:Calgaryleb#Draftification of WestNet Inc.? Given how many times the recreation of WestNet Wireless has been attempted, and the connection between it and WestNet Inc., it might be better for others to take a closer look at Draft:WestNet Inc. to see whether it's OK and not just another recreation attempt. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:30, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WestNet Inc. was actually deleted per G11 by Bbb23 back in June. I can't see whether the draftified article is just a recreation of that page, but it might be given all the attempts to recreate "WestNet Wireless". Maybe the creator of the draft has been given enough WP:ROPE and some kind of sanction is now warranted? -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:58, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, I had started looking at that yesterday and got pulled away. I'll take another look at it today. There's some complex problems with the article (fakes sources and claims) that I need to look carefully when I get time. I had not yet looked at the author. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:43, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's OK. Another administrator named HouseBlaster seems to be also trying sort things out at User talk:Calgaryleb#Please respond to my above messages!, but that discussion has gone off in a strange direction. I'm wondering whether this might be a case of WP:CIR given the draft creator's comments about Chat GP, their refering to deletion of the article as "haters" and their use of "we" in edit summaries. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:13, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't object to an WP:IDHT / WP:CIR block if they don't personally respond to the next message (without the use of ChatGPT or another LLM). HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 23:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@HouseBlaster: Just for reference, I only came across this because of some posts made on Explicit's user talk page like this, this, this, this and this. Explicit has just been, for the most part, rightly ignoring them, but I don't think this is going to stop on its own. These accounts aren't just showing up at random, and there's seems to be a really good chance that there's some off-Wikipedia MEAT going on. Other users besides Expicit have also received similar requests/posts. Since it seems the recreations are likely going to continue, perhaps there's a way to SALT the article titles and close derivations of them so that they can't be recreated without administrator review instead of blocking individual accounts. I don't know whether it's possible to SALT drafts or userpage drafts, but perhaps at least the mainspace will suffice, at least for now. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:17, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is possible to salt drafts or userpage drafts, though I would be very uncomfortable salting in someone else's userspace and there is a (imo persuasive) essay at WP:NOSALT which explains why salting is bad. I would be inclined to let it go, because it just encourages WP:GAMENAME and therefore makes it harder to detect. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 18:53, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYSA - I've deleted the draft as promotional junk, almost every marketing claim is primary sourced and many of those sources fail to even cover the claim or are completely fabricated. The financial numbers are nonsense (3.5m rev with 6.5m operating profit?), and some of the material points to companies that are unrelated. I'm most concerned with the fake sources and fake claims. I'll watch the accounts talk page and see if there's ever a coherent response to your questions, but this feels like a tiny company that's really into self-promotional claims. It's a little difficult to tell since the primary source looks like it a site from 1995. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:06, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kuru I found this website https://tokar.ua hilgy spammy and found the page about this website was deleted as spam on English and Ukraine Wikipedia. Actually, it masquerades as a news website, but it has low traffic and appears to be a black hat SEO scheme. I've just removed it from this page SkyUp Airlines. 240B:252:DE2:D00:3C5F:7638:7006:B4B3 (talk) 13:37, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://wikipediatools.appspot.com/linksearch.jsp?mode=multi&set=top25&link=tokar.ua high amount of spam here 240B:252:DE2:D00:3C5F:7638:7006:B4B3 (talk) 13:40, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

Thank you for letting me know about archiving the two sections. I was under the impression that it was not important enough to do so. I have been told that cluttering up Wikipedia with old and large amounts of text is to be discouraged. I will be sure to archive the old discussions.

The obscene language may be found under the "Addition of Opposing Reception" section at the May 18, 22:49, May 19, 16:07. Though I will warn you, the statements are extremely childish and crude, completely disgusting and totally unbecoming to an editor.

As far as the charge of edit warring, we have gone back and forth because the other editor has refused to make a legitimate argument in favor of their preference for the article (or any argument at all) and has resolved to attacks and spurious accusations. I do not know why will occur at the end of the protection for the article, because the other editor has refused to express why they feel their opinion is correct.

This latest dispute has come about because the editor has been combing through the page history after being rebuked on a discussion page. However, it does appear they were partially correct in regards to the page section removal. Once again, thank you for telling me that the text should be archived,

TanRabbitry (talk) 00:56, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I cited a source today on Dale Alexander from the Baseball Reference bullpen page that you reverted. Is it Ok if I use the SABR article (Society For American Baseball Research) as a source instead. Just need a consensus on this. Thanks and have a good day.Theairportman33531 (talk) 15:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not familiar with SABR, but it looks solid on a cursory glance. Just noting that Baseball Reference is reliable as well, just not the user-generated wiki section of the site (the bullpen). Sam Kuru (talk) 15:51, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly, think twice to delete any one contribution, because your reason to delete was not appropriate beacuse the same kind of many articles is published on Wikipedia, even every living person bio belonging to their work details is mention, if it is promotion then delete those all articles. Thanks Dbgbr (talk) 15:11, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively, you could stop writing promotional articles with advertorial and SEO sources. Thanks. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:29, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sorry! But again your reply is not meet satisfactory level. All articles is SEO sources, if not then will not appear in google search , second thing articles promote the business, person or brand . Wikipedia says use reliable sources through help of Google books or news or reliable websites. Dbgbr (talk) 17:18, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My reply was fine, I suspect that your level of proficiency in English is a barrier. By SEO sources, I'm noting the usage of blackhat blogs which exist only to promote marketing, public relations, or spamming SEO 'professionals'. An example would be 'foxstoryindia', which is an anonymously-authored SEO blog run by an SEO brand firm. These sources, and other paid marketing sources, are not acceptable. Another is 'menafn', which is just a PR distribution blog. There are many other sources that appear to be promotional that you've used. I would strongly suggest keeping the article in the draft space the next time, and using the WP:AFC process until you have the hang of reliable sourcing. It would also be a good idea to read the warning on your talk page specific to 'Managing a conflict of interest'. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:47, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

there is many articles which is taken reference from 'menafn' Dbgbr (talk) 18:00, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Are you offering to help us clean up spam and garbage sources? Please note that Wikipedia is a volunteer project, and not a promotional vehicle for your dojo. If you're really interested to contributing to other articles outside of your conflict of interest, that would be welcomed. Sam Kuru (talk) 18:34, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dbgbr (talk) 04:36, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there! Firstly I would like to thank you for spending time on checking my draft, Draft:Jeris Johnson. However I have some questions regarding the edits you made. After reading WP:RSP I understood why you removed the Forbes.com source, however, I did not really understand the reason for the removal of the other source even though I read WP:RS. It would be great if you could explain it to me so I can prevent from doing the same thing again. Once again, thanks - feni (tellmehi) 14:14, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's a fun one. There are a large number of sites which pretend to be legitimate sources, but are actually just cheap blogs with unmarked paid placement or spam articles. This is one of them. They usually get blacklisted, but I wait until I've seen them used repeatedly by obvious UDPE accounts. They appear a lot in articles about minor celebrities, social media influencers, or "serial entrepreneurs" so you need to have extra care when sourcing articles/biographies like that. I keep a list at User:Kuru/fakesources which may help. Sam Kuru (talk) 22:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I got your point. However, since it is an interview, why can't I use some facts out of it? I know interviews are biased and shouldn't be used solely to create an article but some general things can be taken. My point is that a fact, eg where the interviewer was born or hobbies he had growing up that have to do with his work, why can't that be used? Depending on the content, isn't there a choice of information allowed from a non reliable or semi reliable source? - feni (tellmehi) 08:17, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can pay them $50 to publish anything I want, including an imaginary interview with made up facts covered by WP:BLP. There is zero reputation for fact checking and they've simply published utterly fake material before. It's a scam front. If the material is notable, I'm sure you can find it published in reliable sources - please be cautious and selective when writing biographies about living persons. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:06, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I understood. Thanks a lot for your time! - feni (tellmehi) 13:08, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From List of animated series with LGBT characters: 2010–2014. My choice was either to flag it with "better source needed" OR to remove it. And since no one has added any sources since July, it makes sense to remove it. I think I added that source a while back when my understanding of what was, and wasn't, a reliable source, wasn't as developed as it as now. But, I have been re-reviewing the sources on ALL the lists of animated series with LGBT characters and have been flagging a bunch of sources with "better source needed." I'll see if I can find some more *reliable* sources for Nathan Seymour / Fire Emblem... Historyday01 (talk) 15:20, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you blocked User:Hemant18 as a sock of Hemantrj18, but there's no mention of it yet on Hemantrj18's user talk. A new SPA Soumyaa555 has just recreated Draft:LYKSTAGE. Should I file an SPI? Wikishovel (talk) 12:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikishovel:. Si, I noted that one late this morning (given that three of the sources were advertorial spam), but ran out of time to look in to it. I'll take a pass at it this afternoon.Sam Kuru (talk) 17:45, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there I just added some sources and fixed up the things that I didn’t write can you check and let me know what else I need to fix up Khad1256 (talk) 15:04, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. As long as we're not using mirrors like that, I'm good. Sam Kuru (talk) 22:33, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no problem Khad1256 (talk) 00:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for citing a page that copied wiki

I promise I wouldn't cite pages that copied wiki again

Thank you Painzy (talk) 06:20, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about that mate, couldn't find any other sources. 94.194.31.200 (talk) 18:43, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem; thanks for understanding. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:24, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good day Kuru, I hope you are definitely having a great day. I could have just walk up to the ANI and voice out my complaints to the general house but as you have been mentioned on my talk page I find that fair enough to also report the matter to you as an admin. Few days ago I got a message here with a false claim about AFD and due to its from a Nigerian editor of which I know how my people behave it had to affect my mental health because one thing I definitely don't like in my life are false claim instead of asking questions. Some people can be seen as bad people online all because they don't have the strength to talk, but they are good people offline. They are millions of users here on this platform and am pretty sure not everyone are okay with the way life is going for them but that doesn't mean they should stop what could bring good impact to other people. I gamble on sports for a living, won millions from that, gone to a lot of charity homes and give to the poor but I still feel weak on my health reason I don't write that much long on articles. But if I don't say this who's gonna know. And maybe at the end of the day am being seen as the bad person all because I didn't speak. In real life, am a well mannered person, I don't look down on people because I know how life started for me so its always sounding odd to me when people speak with bad faith. Now I got a question about the draft article on my talk page which can be seen here by the same editor. Telling me she doesn't trust the integrity of the Nigerian newspaper when it clearly stated in a nutshell: This page makes suggestions for reliable sources related to Nigerian topics. Have never been a fan of citing foreign source or creating article that are not related to Nigerian topic except this Draft:Iyanna Mayweather which for the past two years is still on the draft. I only work on them when I remember them. I clearly know that the decline on this draft Draft:Ulugbekhon Maksumov was done in bad faith because first of all, the sources are all reliable source listed in the WP:NAIJARS, The Globe and Mail is also a Canadian newspaper and I don't see any PR on this news [13]. I believe in life on Wikipedia what we should be focusing on mostly is the WP:GNG, Are they significant coverage of this person, Are they independent and is it secondary and not to come up here on Wikipedia to doubt the integrity of the source. With the motivate this particular editor is pulling out, Is this what then the founder then created wikipedia for. If this reliable source are to be condemn. They should then be blacklist from wikipedia reliable source for further citation by other editors. It is nowhere cited on Wikipedia guidelines that a person must gain sources from his home country to pass notability. A public figure is entitled to all source round the globe. All we need to know is if they are reliable or not per Wikipedia RS. I wish this is something as privilege I could also show to the founder of Wikipedia and to tell me where I was wrong. I look forward to your investigation and response. Best Kuru. Gabriel-> Hello. 00:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just for clarity. since it's a little unclear, are you concerned about the sources I removed in June 2024, or are you asking me to evaluate the other sources above? My apologies in advance, my time is a little limited to review the large about of text in the discussions on your talk page just now; I would just caution that the material removed in June was pretty blatant PR and any subsequent addition of fake/paid sourcing is going to be problematic. I'll circle back as I get more time this week. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:51, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Kuru. On 19 September you partially blocked the range 2409:40e4::/41 from the pages BHIM, Kudmi Mahato, Wikipedia talk:Blocking policy and Paytm. All of those are fine except for Kudmi Mahato. That IP range hasn't edited Kudmi Mahato (at least not in the last 500 efits to the article, which take us back to September 2021). Blocking an IP range from a page it has never edited is unlikely to do any harm, because it most probably wasn't going to edit it anyway, but I wonder if there's some other page that you meant to block, and did that one instead by mistake. JBW (talk) 11:56, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JBW: This is a cumulative partial block; my action was to add Paytm after an incident of scam phone number spamming. The original partial block was by Ohnoitsjamie on 5 August blocking BHIM, followed by the addition of Kudmi Mahato on 7 August. There was a filter-prevented edit from that range on that date, which is likely the trigger.Sam Kuru (talk) 13:09, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is a red face situation. 😳 I really do know enough about blocks to realise both that I should check the blog log history, not just the latest block, and that I should think of edit-filter-prevented edits as well as actual edits. After all, I have made loads of blocks over the years for attempted edits that aren't visible in the editing history, so goodness knows why I didn't think of that. Well, thanks for clarifying it for me. JBW (talk) 20:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Kuru, would you be open to discuss geographical location of Slovenia? I noticed you have been pretty busy putting it in Southern Europe even tho it is located in Central Europe. 2A02:A444:4C2C:0:BC47:E6B:BFFC:EA8C (talk) 21:39, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't imagine having any feelings on that at all. Can you be more specific - what article? Sam Kuru (talk) 21:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi sir,

I apologize for any confusion. I am currently working on this page in the draft section, so I’m unsure why it was deleted without any prior notice. Could you please clarify why the page was removed? Thank you.

there is possible activate this page?

• Deletion log 12:50  Kuru talk contribs deleted page Draft:Epione pain care management (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: SEO/PR refs, written as complete puffery)

Narasingprasad (talk) 08:21, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was way over the line. You created a blatantly promotional article supported by press releases and paid placement advertorials. Even for a normal business topic, we cannot use advertorials as source - many of the ones you added were clearly marked as paid/sponsored adcopy utilizing puffy nonsense like "beacon of hope for countless souls", "more than just a name in Hyderabad’s medical tapestry; it’s a luminary", and "comprehensive approach seeks to soothe not just the body but the mind and soul". Your article mimicked these claims with nonsense like "innovative plasma therapy which is highly effective for managing knee and joint pain" and "The center’s team includes experienced specialists who provide customized care for chronic pain patients, ensuring long-term relief and recovery". If you create another draft, you'll need to exercise significant caution. Medical claims will need to adhere to WP:MEDRS - a stronger set of guidelines that govern topics like this. You will need to avoid PR/SEO sourcing entirely. I would also strongly suggest reading WP:COI and WP:PAID. Please stick to creating drafts and having them approved through the normal WP:AFC process until you have a better handle on sourcing expectations. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is source-able; I found several possibilities here on Google scholar. Can you ping me if you want to work on this? Bearian (talk) 01:16, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Si. There's a handful of sites I found that causally mention the topic in the context of application and impact to stagecraft and photography. Let me look deeper and I'll post at the article's talk page. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! I hope you’re doing good. I’ve previously worked with you on removing sponsored articles, and I’m happy to share a script I created. This script can list all citations from an article, allowing you to remove multiple citations with a single click. I’ve included paths for sponsored articles from your list, like Khaleej Times’ kt-network, along with known unreliable sources such as YouTube and IMDb, which will get highlighted in red in the popup list. There are still many sources that can be added to this script. Since you frequently remove spam and unreliable sources, this script might be useful for you. I also have an External Links Remover script you might want to check out. Hope this helps! GrabUp - Talk 19:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GrabUp: sounds awesome! Will take a look at it this week. I'm still pretty oldschool and use minimal scripts, but this one sounds like a timesaver. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:05, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]