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"Wikipedia:Spam-blacklist" redirects here. Not to be confused with Wikipedia:Spam blacklist or Wikipedia:Spam-blacklisting.
    Spam blacklists
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    Mediawiki:Spam-blacklist is meant to be used by the spam blacklist extension. Unlike the meta spam blacklist, this blacklist affects pages on the English Wikipedia only. Any administrator may edit the spam blacklist. See Wikipedia:Spam blacklist for more information about the spam blacklist.

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    Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

    Addition of the templates {{Link summary}} (for domains), {{IP summary}} (for IP editors) and {{User summary}} (for users with account) results in the COIBot reports to be refreshed. See User:COIBot for more information on the reports.

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    Any admin unfamiliar with this page should probably read this first, thanks.
    If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

    Please consider using Special:BlockedExternalDomains instead, powered by the AbuseFilter extension. This is faster and more easily searchable, though only supports whole domains and not whitelisting.

    1. Does the site have any validity to the project?
    2. Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
    3. Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
    4. Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regular expressions — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
    5. Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
    6. Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number – 812374789 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    Torrent socks

    These are persistently substituted as alternative URLs on the respective torrent trackers. Please see User_talk:Ivanvector#More_torrent_sockpuppeteering for more information. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 07:30, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    See this sockpuppet investigation. I've been doing this for years, and this is one very persistent person, particularly with the spamming of non-English language Wikipedias, seen here.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:17, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @PaleoNeonate:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 23:43, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @PaleoNeonate: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 23:44, 9 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Super, thank you very much, —PaleoNeonate – 03:30, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, now that these URLs are on the spam blacklist it has put an end to fun and games with them. I only hope that our friend doesn't set up similar sounding domains to repeat the performance.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 06:20, 10 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Torrent links - set 2

    Oh dear. As suspected, this game could be played with many different domains, and this one is not on the list:
    @Ianmacm: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:43, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Torrent links - set 3

    @Ianmacm: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:09, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Torrent links - set 4

    @Panu7: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:32, 4 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Torrent links - set 5

    @Ianmacm: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:17, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, out of mild interest I had a look at thekickass.net to see why it is so important to our sockpuppet friend. It is a lookalike version of the old KickassTorrents and there are a lot of these around. It may contain malicious JavaScript or other code, so it should not be visited for this reason alone.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:23, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Christmas 29

    Why 29? I don't know. The two editors, both new both adding "references" to the unreliable source. Clearly something is up. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:44, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Walter Görlitz: one more:
    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:58, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. I thought I checked for additional links, but clearly missed those three. An IP in Pakistan adding Christmas links? Something extremely fishy here. Walter Görlitz (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Undoubtedly SEO. Not much on the range. I can't answer "why 29", but here you go. MER-C 08:15, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Adsense google_ad_client = pub-7360934011747342 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

    Spammers

    Stale for CU:

    @Walter Görlitz: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:34, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    couponstan.com

    couponstan.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

    Request was originally created in [2017] by MER-C, no action taken then. New IP, .207, appeared recently and was aggressively and deceptively spamming the site. Not going to be a reliable source and being spammed - probably time to put a stop to this. Draft:Couponstan does exist but I'd call it iffy at best. Ravensfire (talk) 22:24, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    After the .207 IP was blocked, Nupur singh shows up and creates the draft article I mentioned, plus a copy in their userspace and continues the overprocessed canned meat product. Given the history, I'm going to tag the draft and user space for G11 speedy deletion. Ravensfire (talk) 22:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    plus Added MER-C 04:24, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    broadbandhk.com

    broadbandhk.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

    In Hong Kong, the ISP outsourcing the installation and marketing to other companies. The IP concerned added the spam site (a site promoting their own referral service) back to 2016 and undiscovered until today. Matthew_hk tc 06:21, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    add more IP (stale for long time since 2014) Matthew_hk tc 06:30, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    May require global block, enwiki cleaned up, but not the others. Matthew_hk tc 06:45, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    homebroadbandhk.com

    homebroadbandhk.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

    same reasoning with above section (broadbandhk.com). Despite stale and the link seem not reappeared again after first removal. Adding it may prevent once and for all protecting, although the outsourcing firm may just register any domain. Matthew_hk tc 06:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    I guess there are more, linked post to above. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @Matthew hk:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:13, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Seem Skykiller62 just a translator, that copy the wrong info from en-wiki to fr-wiki. Added a thread to meta-wiki. Matthew_hk tc 09:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @Matthew hk: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:54, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    just dig out related spam site (about the past exam paper for exams of financial practitioner); it was cleaned long time ago in en-wiki, but not in zh-wiki, but now solved. Thanks for the additional to spam list. Matthew_hk tc 11:57, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    devicelock.com

    devicelock.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

    Obviously conflicted editor who will not talk, and keeps spamming this into articles. Jytdog (talk) 22:10, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jytdog: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! Jytdog (talk) 04:13, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    tuaashiqui.com

    tuaashiqui.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

    • An IP hopper has been trying to spam this link at Tu Aashiqui, like here and here. There's nothing to indicate this is an official source. David Miller5 drew my attention for doing this about a month ago. I indeffed him. I've semi-protected the article, but it might be worth adding to the blacklist, since the IP hopper also added the link here at a different article. Clearly trying to spam the site. It's also worth noting that another site, tuaashiqui.net, was added by SerialAgent, another serial spammer. Might not be a huge issue yet though. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:23, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cyphoidbomb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:38, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    tuaashiqui.net

    Requesting report .. see if it is related, per User:Cyphoidbomb. —Dirk Beetstra T C 09:38, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    EconLib

    Offers a lot of known-publisher (not self-published) essays and books about economics and sociology, such as Malthus, Hayek, and Mill. - Knight of BAAWA (talk) 13:53, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Knight of BAAWA: no Declined - see lengthy discussions linked here. It was added by editors in a paid-editing ring and where there is clear connection between said editors and people linked to the site. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:23, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    FiveBooks

    This domain is on the global blacklist, and I don't think it should be. It seems it was blacklisted in May 2011, as a spammer. The site is made up of interviews of well-known people, followed by their recommendations for books on the topic which is their specialty. I tried to add a quote from the Shakespeare scholar Stanley Wells to the King Lear page, and found that this site was blacklisted.

    Kirkmc (talk) 14:34, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kirkmc: as you state, it is not blacklisted locally,  Defer to Global blacklist to request global removal, or  Defer to Whitelist to ask for local whitelisting of specific links. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:19, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks, I'm not sure exactly what that means. I followed a link to this page from an article about blacklisting. Kirkmc (talk) 13:39, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kirkmc: you say "This domain is on the global blacklist, and I don't think it should be." - if you think it should not be on the global blacklist, then you have to request delisting on the global blacklist. And/or you go to the local whitelist, and either ask to override the whole global blacklist for this link (a rarely successful approach), or you ask on our local whitelist to have a specific link that you want to use. As it is not locally blacklisted, we cannot delist here, and therefore, we cannot do anything here. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:55, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    cbronline.com

    Domain was added to blacklist over seven years ago, with the comment "mainly the foo-business-review sites". I see no direct problem with the site at first glance, maybe it has changed since 2010, but I would like to specifically use the article "GAMETEK SELLS EUROPEAN OPERATIONS" (cannot link it since the domain is blacklisted), from August 1994 (articles that old are rare), on our Rockstar Toronto article, that I look forward to expanding/rewriting in the near future. Lordtobi (✉) 20:15, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lordtobi: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. This is/was long-term spammed, please just whitelist what you need. Note that much of the material is replaceable by original postings and/or archives of original postings - there websites regurgitate what others publish, not much original data. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:11, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beetstra: Could you point to a specific example of where/how/by whom the website was abused? And since the ban was effective seven years ago, might the situation have cooled off by now? Lordtobi (✉) 14:51, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    Site owners, and no, they have been at it for over years, this does not cool down. Spamming pays their bills. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:44, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    For a flavour, see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2009_Archive_Oct_1#Possible_spam_sites.3F (2009) and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Dee82/Archive (2014). --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:53, 22 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    army-guide.com

    army-guide.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 Blacklisted nearly 10 years ago due to '3 years of spamming' but it's still used as a source in a number of articles. Removal from the list was requested by @Thue: and @Avatar9n: in the past, so at least two other editors find it useful as a source.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    @Underlying lk: This was spammed and therefore blacklisted (I indeed see that there is one link left over, one link not added by a spammer .. [2]). Moreover, it was deemed to be an unreliable source and an aggregation site (the site re-publishes material published first elsewhere). There have been no successful whitelisting requests (and as far as I can see, only one unsuccessful one, and one leftover link), suggesting that this site is not something for general use by regulars. I am again asking as I asked before (and in a way, what is requested for delistings in general, see heading of the removal section): how is this site of a general use for pages here on Wikipedia beyond something that whitelisting can solve (as was shown in that one whitelisting request, alternatives seem to exist ...). I am one of those editors who does not buy a 'it is 10 years ago' argument as a sole argument for delisting. As I have said before in delisting requests, and what I will repeat in delisting requests: spamming is not something that expires, it pays the bills of the spammer, if they get a chance, they will return (and yes, those experiments/situations have occurred in the past). And I have seen similar sites to this who have been actively spamming Wikipedia for 6-7 years, or situations that run on for 10 years. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:11, 26 November 2017 (UTC) (fix ping --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:12, 26 November 2017 (UTC))[reply]

    bestretroproducts.com

    Domain was added to blacklist just a few days ago, without any comment. Blocked by MER-C. This website was added to wikipedia by one of our competitors in order to get blacklisted in wikipedia. I've found the source that added my website to wikipedia without my permission and I can honestly guarantee that it won't happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.207.255.185 (talk • contribs)

    Webhost rangeblocked (context). MER-C 11:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    @192.207.255.185: no Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:44, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    youtu.be/GvAv-114bwM

    I do not find this on the blacklist but it is blacklisted.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dotyacd (talk • contribs) 13:32, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Logging / COIBot Instr

    Blacklist logging

    Full instructions for admins


    Quick reference

    For Spam reports or requests originating from this page, use template {{/request|0#section_name}}

    • {{/request|213416274#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 213416274 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.

    For Spam reports or requests originating from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam use template {{WPSPAM|0#section_name}}

    • {{WPSPAM|182725895#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 182725895 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.
    Note: If you do not log your entries, it may be removed if someone appeals the entry and no valid reasons can be found.

    Addition to the COIBot reports

    The lower list in the COIBot reports now have after each link four numbers between brackets (e.g. "www.example.com (0, 0, 0, 0)"):

    1. first number, how many links did this user add (is the same after each link)
    2. second number, how many times did this link get added to wikipedia (for as far as the linkwatcher database goes back)
    3. third number, how many times did this user add this link
    4. fourth number, to how many different wikipedia did this user add this link.

    If the third number or the fourth number are high with respect to the first or the second, then that means that the user has at least a preference for using that link. Be careful with other statistics from these numbers (e.g. good user who adds a lot of links). If there are more statistics that would be useful, please notify me, and I will have a look if I can get the info out of the database and report it. This data is available in real-time on IRC.

    Poking COIBot

    When adding {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and/or {{IPSummary}} templates to WT:WPSPAM, WT:SBL, WT:SWL and User:COIBot/Poke (the latter for privileged editors) COIBot will generate linkreports for the domains, and userreports for users and IPs.


    Discussion

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