Is this spam? #13

The old topic was getting rather long

Reminder:

This is NOT the spam reporting thread.

This thread is for asking if something should or should not be considered spam. It is meant for questions and discussion.

The actual spam supporting thread is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/311664

http://www.librarything.com/topic/311732

Two members joined yesterday and have reviewed the new book
The Making of Dual Mania: Filmmaking Chicago Style

It looks like sock puppetry to me.

On the last thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/296497#6920886
fdholt mentioned being suspicious of author Cat Ellington (https://www.librarything.com/profile/CatEllington) and author Joseph Strickland (https://www.librarything.com/profile/JosephStrickland)

I notice two new accounts today that have added books by those two authors and little else:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Stanley1969
https://www.librarything.com/profile/JamesBon

The second account there also posted this suspicious thread: https://www.librarything.com/topic/311732 which is the topic of Joseph Strickland's book

(>3 2wonderY: argh you beat me!)

>4 norabelle414: Yah, I was comparing their libraries and saw the overlap as well.

And Stanley1969 just posted a review of another Cat Ellington title.

Do we flag those profiles?

>4 norabelle414: Did you read the CK? https://www.librarything.com/author/ellingtoncat
https://www.librarything.com/author/stricklandjoseph

>7 MarthaJeanne: Well, dang. Her's is going to be more work than his to break up all their organizations and occupations... Oh well... Something to do...

>3 2wonderY: >4 norabelle414: Wonder if any of this is coming from their Harry Fox Agency...

https://www.librarything.com/groups/oooffergane

Group to watch

New member has added two valid books, but has embedded a spam link with profile picture

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Americanebs
http://www.librarything.com/pic/7156490

New member/author has added a link on her author page to services she offers for a price

http://www.librarything.com/author/napolielisadi

>11 2wonderY: I think that such a link would be okay on her profile page. The author page is not her personal page so it seems inappropriate there. Perhaps delete it there and send her a personal note explaining that.

>11 2wonderY: At least they put the link in the correct section?

The online course is hosted on the same site as their blog, which is also linked, so I don't think there's any value in keeping the course link.

>12 Taphophile13: and >13 norabelle414: Thanks, I agree with you both. I wrote her a note asking her to move the link. That way there won't be a link war.

>12 Taphophile13: >13 norabelle414: and >14 2wonderY: I just deleted the link you were discussing. I'll put it back, and wait for her to delete it...

Oops.

Okay, it's back now. Hopefully she sees the note from 2wonderY soon, and deleted it herself.

Member/author just created a group sending people to his own website:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/peoplewholoveanimalf

I've just been down a rabbit hole which started with the (5 star) reviews of this authors most popular book.

To cut to the chase, I've found reviewers whose reviews are mostly/almost exclusively 5 star reviews of (I think) self-published books with very few copies:
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=OanaMatei
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=claudiaeugenie.laube
https://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=AllyMcMahon
There's at least some overlap. I suspect more are out there.

Am I being overly suspicious? Might someone have sold 5 star reviews to authors? What should be done about this if anything?

I've just noticed that the reviews are all a few years old fwiw.

>17 mart1n: Sure looks like reviews and stars for hire. That last one added 202 titles from May to December of 2014 and produced 199 reviews and all with 5 stars. And then no activity at all since.

OanaMatei was including purchasing information as links on the reviews through February 2015.

other sock puppet accounts? joined all at the same time and reviewed multiple same books as two of those mart1n lists:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/JoyJoyJoyHeart
http://www.librarything.com/profile/NOHAGG
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Jo_Ammons
http://www.librarything.com/profile/mattiespatties
http://www.librarything.com/profile/devwilliamsworks
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Mandahcg

I'll drop Kristi a line.

>17 mart1n: I'm digging into this, piecemeal as much as I can. There's certainly enough digging to do, here! I'll follow up appropriately on all accounts I find in violation.

>21 kristilabrie: Great, thanks Kristi!

What's your feeling on https://www.librarything.com/profile/fedora3000 ?

>23 rodneyvc:

Not spam.

To elaborate: He is not the first, and will not be the last, author to join LT and yet, for some reason that I cannot fathom, not bother to catalog his own book.

I think they just don't understand how LT functions, and view their profiles here as similar to their Amazon author pages.

As far as I am aware, he hasn't engaged in any prohibited promotional activities.

So, not spam.

It's on his profile page, not his author page, so it's okay.

Although "extensive research in eugenics, solar cars, and planet colonization" did puzzle me.

>25 Taphophile13:

All useful in planning the "future exodus of earth".

>26 lilithcat: So, he's a sci-fi writer? The eugenics wars went badly and we had to evacuate.

Anyone else get a friend request from new member smiletogo ?

https://www.librarything.com/work/23641284/editions
has been marked as spam.

CapMo is a group fighting invasive species:
http://www.capitalmohawkprism.org/

NYS Dec also has an invasive species kit:
https://www.librarything.com/work/23922702
https://www.dec.ny.gov/

This is probably the same kit as the two groups work together.

I think that the CapMo page is behaving strangely, but that is not a reason to mark it spam.

Edited to add: I just looked at the page again and there was a catechism attached to it that was not there earlier in the afternoon. And there are over 800 libraries but the editions shows only 2.

And edited again: There is now another work attached to this record: Walsh's Tasmanian Almanac 1869. What is happening?

>29 fdholt: It's a black hole work that we just took apart, but apparently it's collecting editions again. No, not spam.

Profile page is mild

http://www.librarything.com/profile/jimdigister

Profile picture contains an active commercial link:
http://www.librarything.com/pic/7221911

I don't see anything there that isn't allowed on a profile page, although I doubt that there will ever be any books entered. In theory, LT could delete this account in three months just for that.

(Note that the URL is not functional.)

>32 2wonderY:

Not spam. Just another author who doesn’t understand the site.

>33 MarthaJeanne:

In theory, LT could delete this account in three months just for that.

Really? I must have missed that! Is that in the TOS? Because, if that’s the case, there are a slew of candidates for deletion.

>34 lilithcat: from the TOS (last point under other rules):

We reserve the right to remove accounts with no books after three months. (But we have never done so.)

Would they ever do it? My guess is it would take a slew of attacks on the site through old empty accounts. Otherwise it's a waste of staff time.

>35 MarthaJeanne:

Thanks, I must have missed that.

Related:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/business/online-reviews-fake.html?nl=todayshe...

Some to watch:

https://www.librarything.com/profile/kuppai
https://www.librarything.com/profile/seanbrownusa
https://www.librarything.com/profile/LoudonFruth
https://www.librarything.com/profile/trafficlawyersau

>38 rodneyvc:
Well, the link on the first profile is all about tools for increasing clicks, so it's the most spammy.

https://www.librarything.com/topic/313584#

I'm putting this here because it's a new user and they are redirecting to another site. I don't see any notes about such a post being approved by the LT staff. So I'm not sure if I should flag it or not.

I'd call that spam.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/kahveagaci

Dodgy? And all their friends?

>42 rodneyvc: In case that account gets suspended but not the others, the friends are:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/kahveagaci
https://www.librarything.com/profile/bitcoinsozluk
https://www.librarything.com/profile/ilanverdimgitti
https://www.librarything.com/profile/makalebox
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mediumturk
https://www.librarything.com/profile/mobbingsozluk
https://www.librarything.com/profile/sokakdergisi
https://www.librarything.com/profile/sosyalmedyapazarlama

they all look like spam to me

>43 norabelle414: all their friends seem to have disappeared very quickly.

>43 norabelle414: Friends are suspended, but work needs flagging as spam (if it is). Kind of odd to see a medical book that has so few pages. The hardcover retails at $75, but it's not yet released. It looks like the release date is Jan 1, 2020 (not that long from now), It's interesting that the Kindle version is available on December 9, 2019. I won't be buying it; it's listed at $50 ($49.99 plus potential state taxes, for the pedantic).

Weird.

?
http://www.librarything.com/topic/313750#

Probably not. I PMed about where reviews should be entered.

Promotional, verging on the spammy?

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Mayor_Vauss
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Quranforkids
https://www.librarything.com/profile/honeybramble

Dubious about this one: https://www.librarything.com/profile/bslethihai

Image looks like stock photo,

Very hard for just a profile to be spam.

Have you translated the text?

>49 rodneyvc: >51 2wonderY: Google Translate gives "MSc Le Thi Hai - Former Director of the Nutrition Consultancy Center, National Institute of Nutrition". Until she actually starts advertising her services as a consultant or whatever, I vote not spam.

>49 rodneyvc:

It's not a stock photo; it's a professional one. She's with a pediatric clinic now: https://hp.medcare.vn/en/our-team/page/2/

>50 MarthaJeanne: I think that the following profile is spam - https://www.librarything.com/profile/usednissancovina

I usually flag these when I spot them. Should I wait until they catalog spam works or post inappropriately?

>54 rodneyvc: That's spam.

This publisher has rated all their books as 4 to 5 stars, possibly inflating all the books' ratings.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/ZimbellHouse

Is this spam in the usual sense?

>56 fdholt:

No, it's tacky, but it's not spam.

I have learned the term sock puppet accounts from this thread, which I entirely appreciate.

Can anyone explain to me what the definition of spam is on this site? I'll keep a look out if I can!

Thanks!

Basically, any advertising is spam. Including authors and publishers advertising their books.

>58 RRAdams:, >59 MarthaJeanne:

True, however, let's not forget that Tim has specifically requested that we not flag author accounts on that basis, just the spammy posts.

This user: https://www.librarything.com/profile/fleaondogs

>61 Petroglyph:

Can't tell - the account is already suspended.

>62 lilithcat:
That user posted several spam links to a pet care product.

Just keeping an eye on this one. The "about me" translates to "Daily updated news."

http://www.librarything.com/profile/oktavianus

Next profile shares the same homepage, and a similar message:
"The Most Reliable and Most Complete Official News Site about interesting information throughout Indonesia and the rest of the world"

http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rere-muetz

>64 2wonderY: >65 2wonderY: Both profiles suspended now.

Profiles that I've been THAT close to swatting!

https://www.librarything.com/profile/AmitBook
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Coursefab
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Easyworknet
https://www.librarything.com/profile/TotalGuidetoLtd

The only one that I am tempted to flag is the second.

Here is a quote that I found in Google
My experience with Coursefab was excellent. I received my completed homework on time and the quality of the work was by far better than other services that i have used in the past.

They seem to be in Mumbai.

>67 rodneyvc: All gone.

>67 rodneyvc: For me, the only one I'd have left was Amit Book. The rest were adverts that didn't have books loaded to make them look like legit libraries to me.

I think AmitBook had forbidden advert links in the text of their profile picture.

>67 rodneyvc:
I haven't seen those profiles, but I can guess what they're like. If it seems like they could start to use LT for cataloguing, I'll bookmark them and check back in a few weeks. Some businesses, though, never seem to catalog books (for example, locksmiths and garage door installers).

>69 norabelle414: I didn't flag any of them, so I'm slightly curious as to the process that had them removed - someone else flagging them or the LT spam profile detection algorithms.

>73 rodneyvc: Probably someone else flagged them

>72 karenb: or Dubai call girls.

This is an error, but is it spam?

https://www.librarything.com/work/21720978

>76 karenb: No.

Certainly not spam. Just a poorly entered copy of a popular book. Legend Marie Lu

Normally we combine Ghost copies with the related work. Do we want this review visible on the work's edition page? There are over 300 reviews.

(See https://www.librarything.com/work/21720978/editions)

This one is kinda tweaking my senses a little but I don't want to flag if it isn't.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Alialam
https://www.librarything.com/topic/315540#

>79 gilroy:

I'd say at this point it's just informational.

>79 gilroy: I thought it was cleverly worded Spam. I flagged it.

>79 gilroy: I went to flag that post and then decided not to. I know about zakat, but for people who do not live among Muslims it might be worthwhile information. I think Crypto-Willobie had the right idea.

I'll leave him as one to watch then.

>80 Crypto-Willobie: I like the message you left.

It's a rather fine fuzzy line with this kind of thing. My feeling is that this one stayed (just) on the right side, but the review blogger was (just) over onto the wrong side.

But of course that could also be that this person had something to say, and used clear English to say it.

I'm dubious about these:

https://www.librarything.com/profile/PassavantDevelopment
https://www.librarything.com/profile/formansct

>85 rodneyvc: If they were setting up their library I would say they're good but this seems to be nothing but advertising.

>86 Taphophile13: Yes, Its the lack of appropriate books catalogued that has me itching to zap them.

Has anyone ventured to click on the link in this post?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/315768

His links lead to his blog. While a link to a blog may be allowed in a review, to me it looks a lot like advertising when the review is repeated in talk.

(http://www.librarything.com/profile/TheSoundsOfSilence)

I think you’re right. Trying to drive traffic to the blog. I took a look at that member’s reviews page. Nothing worth while.

Dubious about https://www.librarything.com/profile/SuraOndrunar

>91 rodneyvc:
Hmm, iffy. Lots of links, but they're a publisher. Maybe contact staff to handle it?

>91 rodneyvc: I don't see that they've done anything wrong

https://www.librarything.com/work/12168076/editions/89505393

I want to flag this as author spam, but I wanted to get people's opinion before I did.
I admit to having removed the description which was a huge chunk of advertising copy, plus the series name which was more a title.

The profile isn't much better:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/AWARDS_UK (Just noticed this has been in place since 2012, so that makes this a harder call for me.)

Opinions?

>94 gilroy: That looks awfully spammy to me.

>94 gilroy:

Should have done this a long time ago, but I've flagged the author pic: https://www.librarything.com/author/jmr

>94 gilroy:
Looks spammy to me too, but apparently it's a real paperback book available for sale on Amazon, so as a cataloged work I don't think it can be considered spam.

Just keeping an eye on this one

http://www.librarything.com/profile/vn88lode

>99 2wonderY: Definitely spam. Doing an image search on the profile image yields hundreds of newly created profiles on various sites with the identical profile info and image

https://www.librarything.com/profile/EventVenueM3 ?

>101 rodneyvc: I'd say yes

Is this spam or does it fall under the (in)famous "you are allowed to catalog anything, including your perfumes"?

https://www.librarything.com/work/24190412/178386782

The "author" should be flagged at least, I guess: https://www.librarything.com/author/hourliquimolybathurs

>103 anglemark: I don't think it's spam; weird, but not spam.

Really weird. I removed the 'biography' from the author page.

You can't flag authors as far as I know.

>103 anglemark:

You can't flag an author.

In any case, I think this is probably some sort of program/reference issued by the race committee.

>106 lilithcat: I didn't think of that, I read it as an ad for the race, but you are probably correct.

>102 gilroy: Its a motor car race in Australia. I think the user is using it to record event viewing and participants. It's a slightly different use of LT but possibly not that much different to cataloguing DVDs I guess. I don't think it is spam. They've catalogued other TV shows.

>103 anglemark: etc: Definitely unusual but I think legit. The member's profile came as a surprise: it's apparently a woman in the US, who has catalogued a very macho motor race in a country town in Australia (Bathurst; nice town except when the racing is on), but that doesn't make it spam.

https://www.librarything.com/groups/2020to2021
https://www.librarything.com/profile/tammie45

Possibly something to keep an eye on...

>110 gilroy:

I don't see anything spammy there.

Just a new member who doesn't understand groups/forums. Or proper punctuation and capitalization, which is possibly worse than spam.

What about new member jamessellie who is promoting cbd oil?

>112 torontoc:

Link?

@jamessellie

well, that didn't work. neither did a search.

>114 2wonderY:

Found it: http://www.librarything.com/profile/jamesellie Only one "s" in the name.

There are a couple of spam works and reviews, too.

http://www.librarything.com/work/24266288
http://www.librarything.com/work/24265950

http://www.librarything.com/work/24265950/reviews/179119348
http://www.librarything.com/work/24266288/reviews/179124938

Dude appears to be posting that spam elsewhere, too.

Thank you - he seems to be gone!

https://www.librarything.com/groups/racinggroup

The link in the group leads to a betting assistance site, but the profile of the owner is mostly blank. Kinda unsure.

Sure looks to me like the link in the group is the only reason that person joined.

Looking for opinions here

http://www.librarything.com/topic/317554#

>119 2wonderY: Not spam, just doesn't know what they're doing

Not Spam, but seen while doing Spam patrol.

New member/author admits to being only 7 years old:

Action recommended?

In such cases, do NOT put the membername into talk, but contact staff. Please delete the name from your message to help keep her safe.

Good point. Will do.

One to watch. Homepage is blocked by my computer.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/drdollar

>124 2wonderY: Looks like spam to me. Google shows:

Check out my blog - \his website\ See more. See Dr's full profile for free. Join over 1,675,000 members sharing their knowledge across BiggerPockets.

ETA: Gone now.

>125 Taphophile13: Can you check on this one today? Similar homepage address:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/munzielestrange

>126 2wonderY: Not setting off my spam spidey senses yet.

>126 2wonderY: Okay, I checked out the name on Google and she is an author. Nebber mind.

opinions for this one please:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/thegardenexpert

>129 2wonderY: Spam, I'd say.

>129 2wonderY: If they haven't posted anything, I'd say no. But worth keeping an eye on.

>129 2wonderY:

Not yet.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/romanceuni

The site offers reviews of a variety of products.

won't click on it, but under appliances is "Marian Consecration For Children" Really?

>133 2wonderY: Probably.

>133 2wonderY: it's full of product reviews, though I didn't see that one (I only looked at the first page). Looks like spam to me.

https://www.librarything.com/groups/deathdata

Is this someone trying to send traffic to his blog?

>136 MarthaJeanne: it's about life insurance, ultimately (the blog, that is) (so, yes? profile is still clean, though)

Legit organization, for profit, with names I recognize in "resident editors". No books catalogued.
https://www.librarything.com/profile/OWW

Also this profile: 2 extra links in text, no books catalogued.
https://www.librarything.com/profile/rikkeostergaard

>140 2wonderY: Looks innocent enough... Except that's encouraging advertising.

I don't know how to research the photo, but this looks provocative:

http://www.librarything.com/profile/kittysoman2013

>142 2wonderY: I agree that looks iffy. But as long as they're not doing anything else...

>142 2wonderY: Take URL of photo, go to Google Images, click on the camera Icon so it asks you to paste URL. Click search:
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisK7yOJ5_1V_1fd16fq-ViJviWvpEB1OUbnja...

This link gives some interesting information. Definitely a lifted photo...

>144 gilroy: Fascinating! Thanks for providing this old dog with a new trick.

Reminds me of a set of new members a year or more back that were collectively just photos of pretty sweet young things, but were being used for marketing or rental purposes. Might point this one to staff for their review.

https://www.librarything.com/groups/castalialibrarycolle

We flag groups set up by authors to advertise their books. What about publishers? New member, new group. They sent out invitation to various members. See https://www.librarything.com/profile/Ronius_Maximus. Some, but not all of the invitations went out to other new members.

>146 MarthaJeanne: It's self-serving, but seems in the same vein as other limited edition collector groups. Enough interest to let it be, unless those new members are sock puppets.

I suspect this is one to keep an eye on:
https://www.librarything.com/groups/litpro
https://www.librarything.com/profile/Litpro
https://www.librarything.com/topic/319480

>148 gilroy: Yes, but more likely just a bored kid.

It looks like a member is trying to sell books from his collection...

https://www.librarything.com/topic/319806#

>150 Marissa_Doyle:

Nope, that price is what he paid for it.

There are multiple threads on this topic in the Fine Press Forum, and I think he meant to post there.

>151 lilithcat: Ah, okay, thanks--I don't visit those threads, so didn't know.

>152 Marissa_Doyle:

I don't generally, either, but as the subject said "#3", I figured it was meant to be a continuation of a previous thread, so I looked.

OK, this is all about a male author, but the "real name" and photo are female. Links to Amazon included. Not sure if it's just wonky or spam.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/amfan25

They call themselves amfan - which I'm interpreting that as fan of Anthony Morrison in this context.

It is an odd one though.

My guess is that it might be advertising for the author of https://www.librarything.com/work/19709846 That is not actually a book of his as far as I can tell, so I have flagged it.

This woman does this on several other sites as well. Google anthony morrison vanessa jacobs

I vote spam.

>156 MarthaJeanne: Gone. Thanks.

Not Spam - yet. Just posting it here for future observation because of the picture tagline:

http://www.librarything.com/pic/7506722

>158 2wonderY: The tag is spelled differently from the picture.

Okay my question is. I created a group for those like minded people who are interested in online video streaming? I got flagged. So why is this considered spam

Not sure on this one:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/320068

>162 gilroy: I think it's okay, though I'm not going to click on the link. He's joined three other groups since joining a couple of weeks ago and hasn't been posting that I can see.

It does push first post Spam suspect buttons.

Keeping an eye on these, no obvious spam but a bit suspicious.
Two new members started groups with identical names: "Favorite Books from 90's". A number of spam groups lately have used the Favorite books/movies, etc. from the 70s / 80s / 90s format.
These two apparently share the same blogspot—https://ravikiranmuvvala.blogspot.com.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/R-K-M
https://www.librarything.com/groups/favoritebooksfrom90s

https://www.librarything.com/profile/Misa_Amane
https://www.librarything.com/groups/favoritebooksfrom904

The R-K-M profile is a returning member? Maybe spoke with the admin about the flagging?
(I've visited those links before.)

The other, I'm suspicious of.

One to watch for possible edit to Spam later:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/50893#7159585

>166 2wonderY: That honestly felt like someone discussing the actual book to me. Just for some reason a double post

No, just a new member wanting to discuss the book, and not realizing that the topic is 11 years old.

Possibly. But I won't be sure until that new member adds something (anything) to their profile or catalog.

Anyone familiar with the site linked to here? Seems like spam but maybe not.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/ChrisMitchell12

(ETA: Account created 22 April; no books yet.)

>170 karenb:

Nothing spammy yet, though I'm always dubious when I see a profile written in the third person.

https://www.librarything.com/work/19246745/editions

This is a zero member work. Not sure if it had a spammer that got taken away and this got left behind or what.
I was going to just canonical title it to clean up the spam mess, then changed my mind. Then vacillated on what to do with it. So posting it here.

>172 gilroy: Looks like a legitmate work, imported with rubbish in the title. Happens regularly. I've combined it with another non-zero copy.

new member
http://www.librarything.com/profile/Richard.Thau

added two books, but look at the advertising links on profile pictures
http://www.librarything.com/pic/7560635
http://www.librarything.com/pic/7560638

As long as all the advertising is on the profile, and is not objectionable, I don't see the problem.

Spam post
https://www.librarything.com/topic/320984#
Spam poster
https://www.librarything.com/profile/rocketrandy

>177 wcarter:

That spam was reported in the Spam Reporting thread.

This thread is for asking if something should or should not be considered spam. It is meant for questions and discussion.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/amfan102

Borderline, to me. No books added since April.

An odd resurrection of a 2016 thread by a new member:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/232486#7187310

Definitely odd, but nothing definitively spammy (yet), either.

One to watch.

>180 2wonderY: Also notice #421 in that thread. Not much point in flagging it now though: the member has been removed.

I had flagged that back then. If we could get more flags, at least the spam text would disappear.

>181 lilithcat: Yes, posted it here to more readily check on it. Sneaky bastards.

New member seems to be celebrating YouTube and inserting other links into their comments.

https://www.librarything.com/catalog/Goliard_YT/allcollections

What think you?

>180 2wonderY: etc

A ton of spammy links in the Comments on on Worldwa's page..

>185 Crypto-Willobie: Great catch! I wouldn't have thought to go back to the profile. That person really slipped up by posting any oddness in Talk, eh?

Lets leave Worldwa alone please.

I'm sending it to Kristie for staff review. It's a vulnerability that perhaps hasn't been explored.

>184 2wonderY: I think the member is cataloguing YouTubes.

>185 Crypto-Willobie: Bleh! Now removed as spam. Could well be the same person as in >180 2wonderY:?

>184 2wonderY: Well, the member is back. I'm wondering if they are a YouTube Influnencer from Russia trying to catalog their work...

>189 gilroy: On further reflection, I guess it might be okay to catalog YouTube videos here. But I do wonder about the few odd other links:

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Anybody want to check them out?

Kristie says from the backside that the account looks okay, so I'm removing the links here.

https://www.librarything.com/work/24963260&titleauthorredo=1920403029

Can someone check out the Haiku on this work, please? I can't read the Cyrillic script. I think I saw an ISBN in there, though.

Per Google Translate:

Moreno, Juan Carlos
Rossini: Cinderella: Teresa Bergkantha, Luigi 'Alva, Paola Montarsolo; Chorus of the Opera Scotland (address: Arthur Olntchaim); London Symphony Orchestra (conductor: Claudio Abbado) / Jacopo Feretti · curated series Claus Minakakis; music Gioachino Rossini composition · Translation by Dimitra Papavassiliou. - 1st ed. - Athens: Kathimerini, 2007. - 47p. · 27x19cm - (Deutsche Grammophon: Great Opera; 4)
gre, ita
Copyright: RBA Coleccionables / Editec. Printing: Grafica Veneta Spa, Italy. Contains the libretto of Jacopo Ferretti, in the Italian original and in translation (COM N. Pratsinis - K. Zisimou OE). Date of 1st release: 29.6.2007.
Original language: Italian (translation from Spanish)
Original title: La Cenerentola ossia La bontà in trionfo
ISBN 978-960-6709-73-9 (Hardcover) Released
782.10268

(It's actually Greek)
(and hardly a haiku)

I deleted it. Not spam, but not haiku either.

Google Translate is obviously not an opera fan. Teresa Berganza

My Spanish is horribly rusty. I think the first link is going to a sales site, but not sure. The second seems to be promoting pumpkins and Jack-o-lanterns? Again, rusty Spanish and need help...

https://www.librarything.com/groups/programalia
https://www.librarything.com/groups/decalabazas

>195 gilroy:

The first says it's "dedicated to sharing technical literature on programming". Judging by the creator's profile, I don't think it's spam.

The first looks more like a site comparing programs and apps for various tasks than either a sales site or 'technical literature on programming' - there's nothing about programming there, just about existing apps/programs.

The second - a squash fansite? Stranger things have existed, I suppose.

for your consideration:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/TajwidMudah

translation:
Tajwid Easy with the technique of recognizing symbols & punctuation in the Quran. NO need to memorize the names of Tajwid law. Learn through videos on YouTube at

As long as it is just the profile I would leave it alone.

Unless someone checks out the links and discovers that they lead to objectionable content. (As in calling for violence.)

Yeah, leave it. The Great Profile Hunt will probably grab it in their sweeps instead.

>200 gilroy: Now that it's been posted here, probably no.

Hmm. Several links, and all the text talks about their great system (which is a registered trademark) for memorizing the Koran. YouTube is free to view, but the ads create revenue. I found no related web sites, just the YouTube and Vimeo channels. It seems very dubious.

>199 MarthaJeanne:

Unless someone checks out the links and discovers that they lead to objectionable content. (As in calling for violence.)

That's a bit of a leap. Usually it's "buy what I'm selling".

'Buy what I'm Selling links' on profiles are generally allowed.

Schools are allowed to have links to the school website. Businesses are allowed to have the business website.
Churches are allowed to have church related websites.

As long as they are just 'selling' the Koran, I don't see a problem.

Profiles with no books aren't going to get many views, anyway.

https://www.librarything.com/work/3482/reviews/183803139

Spam? Not a review?

Also:

https://www.librarything.com/work/19833/reviews/183803162

https://www.librarything.com/work/598686/reviews/183803156

https://www.librarything.com/work/2014751/reviews/183803151

https://www.librarything.com/work/362871/reviews/183803137

https://www.librarything.com/work/10143/reviews/183803132

https://www.librarything.com/work/70994/reviews/183803134

And:

https://www.librarything.com/work/408711/reviews/183803130

https://www.librarything.com/work/18149/reviews/183803125

https://www.librarything.com/work/3375/reviews/183805780

Plus these don't seem to be reviews (and maybe some others?):

https://www.librarything.com/work/35123/reviews/183803170

https://www.librarything.com/work/612672/reviews/183803148

https://www.librarything.com/work/4679/reviews/183803149

https://www.librarything.com/work/3379/reviews/183803143

And now I'm spamming this thread, because more:

https://www.librarything.com/work/3331/reviews/183803024

https://www.librarything.com/work/90023/reviews/183803413

This topic is getting overly long, so I'm continuing this into Thread #14