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This appears to be a Malaysian tour operator's website. The above-referenced IP has spammed it into the external-links sections of many food-related articles. See, e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ais_kacang&oldid=1013845760], as well as all of the other contributions from the IP. Thanks for considering this. - '''[[User:Julietdeltalima|<span style="color:#006600;font-family:Century Schoolbook">Julietdeltalima</span>]]''' ''[[User talk:Julietdeltalima|<span style="color:#806000">(talk)</span>]]'' 20:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
This appears to be a Malaysian tour operator's website. The above-referenced IP has spammed it into the external-links sections of many food-related articles. See, e.g., [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ais_kacang&oldid=1013845760], as well as all of the other contributions from the IP. Thanks for considering this. - '''[[User:Julietdeltalima|<span style="color:#006600;font-family:Century Schoolbook">Julietdeltalima</span>]]''' ''[[User talk:Julietdeltalima|<span style="color:#806000">(talk)</span>]]'' 20:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

==Ivypanda.com==
*{{Link Summary|ivypanda.com}}
*{{IP summary|93.170.64.130}}
*{{IP summary|93.170.64.5}}
*{{IP summary|93.170.66.175}}
*{{IP summary|93.170.66.96}}
*[[Special:Diff/951389804]] good faith

IvyPanda's Google description is "IvyPanda is a student success hub designed to improve the educational outcomes and learning capabilities of students around the world by connecting them with ... Free Essays". Six out of seven links appear to be spam as they were posted by similar IP accounts only used to post links to the site. The other link appears to have been added in good faith. [[User:TSventon|TSventon]] ([[User talk:TSventon|talk]]) 14:44, 24 March 2021 (UTC)


=Proposed removals=
=Proposed removals=

Revision as of 14:45, 24 March 2021

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    Proposed additions


    romexsoft.com

    Originally a series of promotional editors was just trying to start an article on their company (speedy deleted several times), but in the last few years they have abandoned that effort in favor of off and on bouts of link spamming. It is doubtful this company or their blog will ever be a useful source for anything, so we should just blacklist. - MrOllie (talk) 01:29, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, noting that it is also unwanted on ru.wikipedia and uk.wikipedia, so we may want to consider global blacklisting. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:42, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Looks like they noticed this report - MrOllie (talk) 17:29, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    ≈ Dear Wikipedia Support Staff, I am writing regarding the March 2020 warning you have issued to a user with the name of "Aboyko92", which resulted in our company's website (romexsoft.com) recently getting blacklisted. On behalf of our company, I sincerely ask you to remove our website from Wikipedia's blacklist. We strongly believe that the information we provide in our blogposts, the links to which Wikipedia has considered as spam, provides value to our readers. The information provided in our blogposts is centered around the Java programming language, and Amazon Web Services, where our company is a Certified Partner. All of our blogs are written and proofread by certified specialists, who are extensively trained in the matters the are writing about. We can attest to the information in our blogposts being truthful and up-to-date. We acknowledge that up until the 26th of March 2020, we have been posting external links to our website on Wikipedia, doing it with the intention of sharing useful information with Wikipedia users. After receiving the March 2020 warning, our company's employees have stopped posting external links that you consider spam on Wikipedia. Any links that have been posted after the 26th of March have been posted by third parties without the consent of our company. Please remove our website (romexsoft.com) from Wikipedia's blacklist, as we believe it happened due to misunderstanding and miscommunication. Thank you for your understanding and I look forward to hearing your response. Please feel free to reach out to me if any questions arise. Best regards, Anna Boyko — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aboyko92 (talk • contribs) 12:44, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined Please read the prominent instructions in the "removal" section, especially the Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined part. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:41, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Meds4care

    See COIBot report, plus recent spamming: [1] [2]. Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 12:04, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @KH-1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Please monitor the xwiki aspect. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:16, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    tripprivacy.com

    196.219.231.18 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

    This appears to be a Malaysian tour operator's website. The above-referenced IP has spammed it into the external-links sections of many food-related articles. See, e.g., [3], as well as all of the other contributions from the IP. Thanks for considering this. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 20:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Ivypanda.com

    IvyPanda's Google description is "IvyPanda is a student success hub designed to improve the educational outcomes and learning capabilities of students around the world by connecting them with ... Free Essays". Six out of seven links appear to be spam as they were posted by similar IP accounts only used to post links to the site. The other link appears to have been added in good faith. TSventon (talk) 14:44, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    pv-magazine.com

    pv-magazine.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    PV magazine is a leading, well regarded journal for information about the solar business. Editors around the world support PV magazine with unique editorial content, reporting about new developments in this essential climate change mitigation technique. Though being clearly biased pro-solar energy, new market data can be useful as in this example:

    www.pv-magazine.com/2021/02/16/global-pv-installations-to-surpass-150-gw-in-2021

    I could not find this information elsewhere on the web. Sponsored content in PV-magazine is clearly marked as such (just like in any other newspaper). Blacklisting started in 2011 and was initially justified, after obvious attempts by employees or marketing to include their links. However, 10 years later, blacklisting is not appropriate anymore. There are more than 100 cites of pv-magazine anyway, without using the .com-links. I want to point out that I have no personal connection to PV-magazine and I am not part of the solar industry. Hedgehoque (talk) 12:14, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Hedgehoque, the article you 'link' in itself points to another article, so the information is available elsewhere on the web. A quick search results in "TrendForce: Global PV Demand Will Reach 158GW for 2021 as Many Regional Markets Rebound, but Risks Remain as Subsidies Drop" (this one predates the report), "Global Solar Capacity Set to Exceed 150 GW in 2021" (and I am not sure if that includes the one in the article).
    That there are other uses without the link is plain wrong - the material is, often? always?, regurgitated material, and the original sources should be used. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:02, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, generally you are right about using original sources. It is a general WP problem that many newspaper articles are linked which just refer to other reports or studies. Often enough, editors do not take the time to search for the original papers. In this case, the given source is PV InfoLink. On PV InfoLink site I can find earlier estimations about 2021 but not the current one. So this seems to be exclusive content. The links you found are different estimations with a different background. Sure, they could be taken as a source instead. But my proposal is not about whitelisting this specific article. I just think that blacklisting the whole pv-magazine is just too strict because it is a useful source in general. Hedgehoque (talk) 17:53, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Hedgehoque, it does not matter if it is exclusive content, that just means that one needs to get access to it or find someone who has. It is not a reason to then use regurgitated information as an alternative.
    This discussion on this specific link is just an example, it is almost exclusively true for anything on this site, it is all regurgitated and in all cases alternatives (generally the originals) can be found. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    buy.guru

    buy.guru: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    It is a legit site. Don't find any reason to have it in blacklist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aviral2122 (talk • contribs)

    @Aviral2122: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist. ALL of .guru is blanket blocked since there was a huge amount of spam being added on that domain. Legit, ánd useful, sites are easily whitelisted, but you'll have to specify that use in the whitelisting request. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:35, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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    User:103.110.49.147 and User:103.110.49.124

    https://sportsmatik.com/ they have literally added this spam site in many players. User:103.110.49.124 is already blocked by General notability for same.  Zoglophie 17:18, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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