Talk:Chuck Feeney/Archives/2018
Latest comment: 6 years ago by Shanen in topic Spam warning using this article
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Spam warning using this article
Just got more of the Wikipedia-referencing spam trying to use this article to drive the scam. As usual, I think there should be a mechanism to add an alert and a link to the appropriate countering articles. In this case, it would probably be the 419 article. Shanen (talk) 10:18, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
Still happening as of November 2017. 109.144.223.136 (talk) 19:26, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
Also still happening as of March 2018. Zackp30 09:05, 28 March 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xorkle (talk • contribs)
- I'm both reporting that I got a copy of the latest spam campaign exploiting this Wikipedia article and noting that the spammer is not even competent in the link, but this is where it's redirecting now. I'm guessing he composed the spam a long time ago, including the link, and Wikipedia has adjusted things since then--but Wikipedia is still incapable of discouraging the spammers' abuse. Am I being too suspicious to wonder about the source of that earlier Talk section? Is he asking for someone else to certify his vandalism? (Can't easily see it from here, and at this point I'm not too concerned about the elitist Wikipedians and usually I try to avoid using the Wikipedia websites except for certain translation problems.) Shanen (talk) 09:39, 28 March 2018 (UTC)