User talk:1173725057

This account has been blocked for creating multiple pages with nothing but hidden spam links

What's with the empty pages?Edit

Why exactly did you create all those pages without putting anything on them? -- JustTheBast 15:07, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

They're weren't empty. They contained a bunch of hidden spam links. I've deleted them all and blocked the user. --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 15:58, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

How did you find it?-- Chaos Monkey ^Talk 16:03, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

Well, when I saw 8 newly created pages in a row, I knew something was up. Seeing the hidden links was as simple as editing the page to look at the source. (Next time you see a blank page, try doing that. That's usually what it is.) I think we're dealing with a new spam-bot here. One thing that was different about this and other spam-bots we've seen before is that this one actually seems to search for red links and creates pages to fill them, rather than creating pages that nobody would ever want. If this continues, we might want to look into better means of preventing it. (I've added the offending websites to the Spam Blacklist, which should help.) --TheRealLurlock ^Talk 16:13, 12 March 2007 (EDT)