Spam and Abuse Watch

Pete O'Hanlon20-Mar-14 7:29

Pete O'Hanlon

20-Mar-14 7:29

Looks like a spammer to me. The images in the article link back to the blog.

OriginalGriff20-Mar-14 9:26

20-Mar-14 9:26

He also has a lot of the same links in his messages - and he had a bunch of answers that just linked to his blog as well. "Had" is the operative word, of course...:InnocentWhistleSmiley:

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

SoMad20-Mar-14 9:56

20-Mar-14 9:56

Wait. What? The link in the post from ProgramFOX takes me to this approved article[^].

I did not see the revision in the moderation queue. Did it have stuff that is not present in the currently approved revision?
BTW, the images in the approved revision still point back to the blog, so I am going to report that on the article.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

OriginalGriff20-Mar-14 10:02

20-Mar-14 10:02

Yes, I think the article is through - and it' almost certainly his blog, so it's not plagiarised.

But...his answers, his messages - they (nearly) all link to the blog ProgramFOX found which makes them spam (and fairly widespread spam too).

SoMad20-Mar-14 10:09

20-Mar-14 10:09

Ah, ok. Thanks, I did not look at his other contributions (yet $Shucks | :-\$ ), so I missed that part.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Spam would be article.

OriginalGriff20-Mar-14 3:42

20-Mar-14 3:42

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118474&aid=747098[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10685603[^]

Spam would be article.

OriginalGriff19-Mar-14 22:37

19-Mar-14 22:37

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118442&aid=746923[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10684599[^]

Time for a member reduction program...

Nelek19-Mar-14 22:50

Nelek

19-Mar-14 22:50

Reduction done and without suffering Hunger Laugh | :laugh:

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Spam would be article.

SoMad19-Mar-14 5:42

19-Mar-14 5:42

Member: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10683025[^]
Article: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118397&aid=746600[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Plagiarised would be article.

Nelek19-Mar-14 22:49

Nelek

19-Mar-14 22:49

Nuked

M.D.V.

OriginalGriff19-Mar-14 0:12

19-Mar-14 0:12

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118358&aid=746377[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/minakshimallick[^]
Is copied, and while I'm not sure exactly where he stole it from, that's just because he isn't the first one...
Here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/102558/biggest-advantage-to-using-asp-net-mvc-vs-web-forms[^]
And here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1552984/asp-net-mvc-vs-asp-net-forms[^]
And here: http://forums.asp.net/t/1729264.aspx?How+MVC+differ+from+asp+net[^]
And here: http://tuandom.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/biggest-advantages-to-using-asp-net-mvc-vs-web-forms/[^]
And... you get the picture...

Been here a year - he knows the rules...

modified 19-Mar-14 6:38am.

Pete O'Hanlon19-Mar-14 0:22

Pete O'Hanlon

19-Mar-14 0:22

So it's a plagiarised article rather than a spam article.

OriginalGriff19-Mar-14 0:38

Re: Spam would be article

19-Mar-14 0:38

Oh, c**k.

Thank you! Blush | :O

Spam would be article

Tom Marvolo Riddle18-Mar-14 21:54

Tom Marvolo Riddle

18-Mar-14 21:54

Article:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118336&aid=746287[^]

Member:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10681518[^]

To learn all there is to know. I know I'll be disappointed one day, but I've made a good start, and the eventual disappointment is likely to be brief.
-Roger Wright

Mitchell J.18-Mar-14 21:59

Mitchell J.

18-Mar-14 21:59

Final kick to article, member is on five.

Re: Spam would be article

Pete O'Hanlon18-Mar-14 22:17

Pete O'Hanlon

18-Mar-14 22:17

Gone

Healthy spam

Mitchell J.18-Mar-14 20:20

Mitchell J.

18-Mar-14 20:20

Spam: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=118328&aid=746178[^]
Spammer: Clickity[^]

Dead | X|

Re: Healthy spam

SoMad18-Mar-14 20:21

Answering his own questions.

18-Mar-14 20:21

There is a message too.
Messages: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Messages.aspx?fmid=10675016[^]

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

Webinar Spammer

_Damian S_18-Mar-14 16:38

_Damian S_

18-Mar-14 16:38

Signed up to plug a webinar and website... I call spammer.

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=10680890[^]

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Re: Webinar Spammer

_Damian S_18-Mar-14 18:10

_Damian S_

18-Mar-14 18:10

Spammer gone, just the message to finish off.

http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4781594/Webinar-Mar-How-to-Improve-Testing-Coverage-with-A.aspx[^]

Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's...

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Jörgen Andersson18-Mar-14 9:04

Jörgen Andersson

18-Mar-14 9:04

There's a user that has asked 64 questions and answered and accepted 34 of them himself, usually within an hour.

Should it be considered abuse?

I'm not posting a link yet as I want a discussion Before he gets nuked.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated.
- Jeff Ello[^]

OriginalGriff18-Mar-14 9:19

18-Mar-14 9:19

It sounds like abuse - it's a pattern we've seen before, and it's a pretty obvious way to gather rep points without knowing anything.
Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?
Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?
Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?

Jörgen Andersson18-Mar-14 9:34

Jörgen Andersson

18-Mar-14 9:34

OriginalGriff wrote:
Was it over a short period of time?
Is it recent activity?

Since NewYears mostly.

OriginalGriff wrote:
Is he accepting his answer and ignoring "real" ones?

If other answers are helpful they're accepted too.

OriginalGriff wrote:
Are his other answers any good? Or do they look suspicious as well?

There are no other answers.

He made twice as many questions as answers and accepts any that's answered by others.
It seems like he's asking whenever he doesn't know, and as soon as he's googled an answer he posts and accepts it.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated.
- Jeff Ello[^]

OriginalGriff18-Mar-14 9:49

18-Mar-14 9:49

In that case I'd probably give him the benefit of the doubt, and maybe just keep an eye on him and see if it accelerates - most of the naughty ones do as they realize we haven't noticed and they get greedy.

Maybe a message to say that this could be seen as abusive and he perhaps shouldn't? I dunno, that last is a difficult one to write without offending someone who is not trying to game the system.