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Review: January 19, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Technical support scam appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 February 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Microsoft has banned all third-party tech-support advertisements on Bing due to a rise in technical support scams?

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Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

Tech Support Scammer Virus Popup.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 04:09, 1 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

GA Review

Latest comment: 4 years ago10 comments2 people in discussion

This review is transcluded from Talk:Technical support scam/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 23:05, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I will review this article due to the ongoing GAN backlog. I will start the review tomorrow. Cheers, --Vacant0 (talk) 23:05, 8 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello Vacant0, could I confirm if you are still reviewing this? Pahunkat (talk) 10:25, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I will start the review in a couple of minutes. Vacant0 (talk) 11:26, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Criteria: 1a. prose () 1b. MoS () 2a. ref layout () 2b. cites WP:RS () 2c. no WP:OR () 2d. no WP:CV ()

3a. broadness () 3b. focus () 4. neutral () 5. stable () 6a. free or tagged images () 6b. pics relevant ()

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General

51k bytes–the lede should get expanded, if possible.
Vacant0, is that enough or should I expand it further? Pahunkat (talk) 15:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Rest of the article is good and well-written, I haven't noticed any errors while reading.
Copyvio unlikely, 8.3%–passes.
It is neutral, and there haven't been any disputes lately.

Photos

File:Tech Support Scammer Fake BSOD Virus Popup.png should be removed, no source was provided.

Done Pahunkat (talk) 15:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sources

All are alright, YT video can stay.

On hold. --Vacant0 (talk) 13:45, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Promoting. Vacant0 (talk) 15:55, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the review! Pahunkat (talk) 16:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

No problem! Vacant0 (talk) 16:00, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Pictures of Scammers

Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Should some pictures of scammers be uploaded? We can have individuals, their names and address listed, we can have pictures of inside the call centers and the address of the call center. We can have information about their life, their arrest, the arresting officer's name, etc. Vmelkon (talk) 00:49, 29 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

No, that's not a good idea, especially for an encyclopedia that anyone could edit. The policy is at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, but just imagine if someone got mad at you, and posted your name and address in this article... WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Vmelkon, isnt that doxing? Additionally, potential copyvios may arise if we do this. — Davest3r08 >:) ^(talk) 00:14, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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