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<center><font face="5.0" color="blue">'''I am busy off-wiki all weekend.<br/>Stalkers: please feel free to reply to incoming posts. Many thanks.<br/>[[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak#top|talk]]) 20:27, 23 September 2011 (UTC)'''</font></center>
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Vandalism on pages (addition of unofficial sites)

Hello. Certain agents are trying to promote their sites by continually appending their websites to official wiki pages on my watchlist: Wenzhou and Wenzhou Medical College. The culprit seems to be interested in adding only one site. The history of the pages would show me reverting these edits over the course of this month. Could you please help me deal with this issue? Thank you.
Compendium wmc (talk) 01:25, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on the case, my friend. Thanks for telling me. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:29, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. It's hard to tell. But, it looks like you're right. All universities in China have .edu, while this is .net. Plus, there is a side-scrolling link "APPLY NOW" that shows it's connected to http://bestcollegeschina.com/ Click the link, and it gives a form asking for your passport number. I don't trust it, and will remove them all until it's proven official. The editor is claiming it as official, yet the .edu must be, and there can't be two official sites. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:43, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And then there's http://www.wenzhouuniversity.com/. I've been watching Chinese uni pages for a couple of years, and have never seen a dot com.
Plus, I've experienced the addition of the cucas links before. Same story, pretending to be official, then you fill out a form, they have your personal info, and then ask for money.
I can't be sure about these .net and .com sites in question here. But, it's suspicious. I'm about to email the .edu site to try and find out. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:57, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I just emailed to io@wzmc.net the following:
Please advise on these websites:

Are they officially recognized by http://www.wzmc.edu.cn/en/?

Many thanks

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:09, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
FYI: 0 matches right now.
Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:18, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker) Hm. Doing it this way showed three for bestcollegeschina. I have removed them as probable linkspam. If asking for passport details etc then I think that they may be a candidate for an edit filter. They certainly do not appear particularly to add any value to the articles in which they appeared. - Sitush (talk) 00:34, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Why didn't I think of that? :) Thanks for removing them too. Cheers. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
www.wzmu.net is official recruitment website of Wenzhou Medical College, this website is run by Cosmo Enterprises Pvt Ltd. This company is actively recruiting students for Wenzhou Medical College since 2006. Please contact Mr Wang (Vic Director) School of International Studies Wenzhou Medical College on wzmczs@126.com or sis@wzmc.edu.cn. http://www.wzmc.edu.cn/en/contact_us.php 119.154.125.44 (talk) 18:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
www.wenzhouuniversity.com is also is the same run by Cosmo Enterprises Pvt Ltd recruiting students for Wenzhou University since 2006. 119.154.125.44 (talk) 18:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Wenzhou University and Wenzhou Medical College are two different institutes having their own independent management. so asking Wenzhou MEdical College about Wenzhou University is not a good idea.
www.bestcollegeschina.com is official website of Cosmo Enterprises Pvt Ltd. 119.154.125.44 (talk) 18:21, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I emailed: wzmczs@126.com and sis@wzmc.edu.cn asking for a comment. I have yet to receive a response from the last group of emails, and frankly, I don't expect a response from these either. We'll see. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, is Xeerox1 = 119.154.125.44 ? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think the best solution for now is to provide only the official school website in the article. If this recruiting site(s) is legitimate, then they can find the link at the schools site. This is an encyclopedia. Not a promotional tool. I will remove the links. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:35, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for the response Anna. I can shed some light on this issue. First of all, Wenzhou Medical College and Wenzhou University are two different entities, but the agent does work for the both of them. On a more pertinent note, the sites are merely cloned copies of the original sites that would make an unsuspecting user think they were viewing the original. Lastly, as you already noticed, the sites wzmu.net and wenzhouuniversity.com have links to bestcollegeschina because they are mirror pages of http://bestcollegeschina.com/about_wenzhou_medical_college.html and http://bestcollegeschina.com/wenzhou_university.html respectively.
This agent website has no more right to place itself on these wiki pages than the myriad other agencies that also represent Wenzhou Medical College, and if they were official, I believe that information would be appropriately placed on the school's official site.
Thank you again for working so hard to address this.
Compendium wmc (talk) 01:36, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No problem at all. Seeing that the links are suspect, it will be easy to keep them out. Xeerox1 will have to get consensus at talk to include them. He will have a hard time doing that. We can keep an eye on the pages and remove the links if they are added again. So, it's case closed for that institution. Now, I will dig for bestcollegeschina sites added to other articles. Best wishes, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:34, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I realize that this is something of a headache for you, but the user in question just can't get the rules governing wikipedia. I submit for your viewing his most recent edits to Wikipedia & Wikimedia, which now consist of watermarked pictures emblazoned with his website. This is beyond blatant. Please address this issue. Certainly, there are better ways to update a wiki page without defacing it. Thank You
Compendium wmc (talk) 11:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not at all. I'm very glad you brought it to my attention. I actually looked at the images before, but didn't see the watermarks. Strange. I have reported the user. The images will be deleted, and the user warned and watched. Many thanks for your vigilance. Let's both keep an eye out. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:37, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All images have been deleted, and the user warned. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:48, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Anna, thank you for dealing with this issue. I realize that you might have drawn some heat for this, but it definitely required input from someone higher up. I feared that the back-and-forth tussle between myself and the other user (with all those numerous accounts) would only serve to deprecate the value of the WMC wiki. As for the links (.net) that you removed, those are in fact valid. Initially WMC did use that non-specific suffix; I am glad that they finally made the switch to the more trustworthy .edu . Thanks again for the help.
Compendium wmc (talk) 16:24, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

FYI: I just found a website in the infobox at the article Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The official one, according to a Google search (for what that's worth) is http://www.at0086.com/JUTCM/admission-information.aspx. The one I removed is http://www.jutcm.com/, which links to bestcollegeschina.

Ah, I just noticed that on 26 July 2011, our IP 119.154.144.136 added it, and you removed it 8 August 2011. I'll keep an eye on that page too. Let's both also watch Ningbo University. That's the other one on their website.

I will post at project China to ask about this organization. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:57, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Project China post here.

Editors adding bestcollegeschina:

September 2011

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:41, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles:

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 04:22, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!I am trying to use the wikipedia .I have a lot to lean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Njnu-10-2410018 (talk • contribs) 04:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

About the information of NNU

I can only finish few of those information. I'm sorry. I have search on the internet, but didn't find more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NNU-01-05100118 (talk • contribs) 17:35, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Query about Species Articles

Hi Anna. I recently saw your post on Colofac's talk page, and I was curious where you find the images and info for lacking species articles. I've been looking for an area to edit without as much drama as my watchlist, but each attempt I make (no matter how innocuous) results in tense disputes. Thus is the nature of Philosophy/Theology, I guess. I think your suggestion to Colofac might be a low-key productive way to spend some time, particularly if there's a backlog of articles to create. I could, of course, just start on my own, but you've been working in this area for a while, so any information you could pass along would certainly be helpful! :) All the best!   — Jess· Δ♥ 06:45, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Yep, I wouldn't touch Philosophy/Theology articles with a ten foot pole. Now, species, ahhhhhh, blissful peaceful, lovely species. Like the quiet beach of Wikipedia.
There are lots of ways to find images, both flora and fauna. There is an image matcher on my userpage. I haven't had much luck with it. If you do, let me know.
Usually, I select an order or family that you know has lots of species. Small stuff is good. The bigger, the fewer species. Elephants, for example, are both done. :) Species that are bigtime hobbies are no good either. I think almost all birds (with images available) are done. Bats too, forget about it. Bugs, plants, marine stuff. All great. Here is a sure-fire method:
1. Shop for familes via taxobox.
2. Scan family articles. Sometimes you will see images with captions. If the species name in the caption is red, then that can be an article. If not:
3. Find a family article with a long list of genera. Open lots of those in new tabs.
4. In the genus articles, you may find images with redlinks. If not, look for the species list. If there are lots of redlinks, good!
5. Go to Wikicommons. Search the genus name (the first part of the species name). Look at all the images that come up. Look for images of species with corresponding redlinks on the genus page.
Don't forget to check for synonyms. When you finish the article, don't forget to make synonym redirects to your article.
There you go! Good luck. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:14, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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