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:{{rto|Jytdog}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 04:35, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
:{{rto|Jytdog}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 04:35, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

==Mansoncruft==
I've been nuking these buggers for years, the site owner keeps registering new domains and spamming them.
*{{LinkSummary|charlesmanson.com}}
*{{LinkSummary|charliemanson.com}}
*{{LinkSummary|truthontatelabianca.com}}
*{{LinkSummary|2ndofficialtate-labiancamurdersblog.blogspot.com}}
*{{LinkSummary|tatelabianca.blogspot.com}}


= Proposed removals =
= Proposed removals =

Revision as of 16:37, 10 August 2018

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    Proposed additions

    falstad.com

    Long-term spamming across multiple articles recently hit the acute phase on Doppler effect (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), which has now been protected to stop the link spam. Guy (Help!) 11:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Brought here for logging, plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 11:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    What do You mean Link spam? 176.23.194.99 (talk) 10:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @176.23.194.99: See the warnings left to the numerous editors who were adding this. Unwanted link, reverted over and over, warnings not heeded, blacklisting supported. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:26, 2 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Well I didn't come here from the Doppler effect but from the 555 Timer IC, where a link to that side was removed after being a part of the article since 2004, and since no good reason why that link had to go was given, I wanted to put it back but could not, so I cam here. the link was to a simulation of a 555 which was really useful when teaching young people about the 555. 176.23.194.99 (talk) 08:09, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    bkacontent.com

    WP:UGC, content farm.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  17:42, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @SMcCandlish: .. this would be pre-emptive? I don't see any additions .. We generally don't blacklist for these reasons ... --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:06, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I can't diff one; it's a self-report. I was about to add one of their articles as an interim low-quality blog source for something non-controversial, had a suspicion, and quickly figured out it's a UGC linkfarm, and stopped myself. They have a lot of articles on misc. topics, so it'll happen eventually. If it can't be pre-emptive, well, okay. I don't really spend any time here, so I don't know the local-consensus culture on this.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  14:24, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @SMcCandlish: thanks for the clarification. We'll see this report on first abuse/gross misuse and then will be faster in decision making. En.wikipedia and meta basically need to see abuse/gross misuse before blacklisting, with as only exception redirect sites, which are the only ones we blacklist pre-emptively. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:35, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Hokay dokay. But, hey, I was only almost a gross abuser. Heh.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  14:57, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Still, you were the only one. Blacklist instructions say that blocking should be tried first :-). --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:01, 28 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    debtsupportline.com

    Credit company, spammed by an anonymous user over 2 days. There's no encyclopedic value. -- Luk talk 09:20, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems to have spammed more. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:31, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Three more, seem related. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Luk: This is going to be fun. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:41, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Luk: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:42, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beetstra: Nice catch, thanks! -- Luk talk 22:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    credenceresearch.com

    Being spammed in, even this morning. Jytdog (talk) 13:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jytdog: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:19, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    futureindustryinsight.com

    IP in credenceresearch report above has just begun doing this one. Jytdog (talk) 13:15, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jytdog: not 'just begun', for months already: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:28, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Jytdog (talk) 13:36, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    9 months of spamming, now blocked for a year:

    links
    user


    checking further. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:47, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    huvafenfushi.com-maldives.com (+2)

    Spamming after final warning on previous occasions (the spammer uses a dynamic IP, but that's not our problem). See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Travel site spam for more details. @Beetstra: would it be possible to blacklist "*.com-maldives.com" and "*.com-seychelles.com", or is the risk of collateral damage too high? No idea, if any legitimate site would use such a pattern. GermanJoe (talk) 15:33, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    top domains

    user:GermanJoe split these out so I can script blacklist only the top domainsif I decideto do so. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:45, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:55, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    tamilactressdiary.com

    Hi, it's been added at least six times that i've noticed to six different actress articles. The site is an internet scraper and asks readers to send in corrections, so it's USG as well, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 19:37, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Atlantic306: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:57, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks 16:06, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

    eduncle.com

    Commercial Indian website for study-related information, learning and advice (founded in 2014 per their about page). Some of the additions might be good-faith edits by inexperienced students, but the large number of SPAs and drive-by IPs indicates recurring intentional spamming. The site re-publishes information from official sources (which should be used directly), aswell as their own "rankings", reviews, online courses, tests, and student advice. It is not a reliable source for encyclopedic information. GermanJoe (talk) 19:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Please list this site - I've removed dozens at a time and they just keep coming back. The amount of spam related to Indian education / standard exams / colleges is frankly ridiculous. Ravensfire (talk) 19:48, 8 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    plus Added MER-C 13:28, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    handlewife.com

    Blog spam (and socking), continued after final warning. As a personal blog the site has no encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 17:56, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:35, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    This section was blanked. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:43, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    And vandalized. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:04, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    healthcareweekly.com

    I will separately file at SPI to get these three indeffed and to look for sleepers. Jytdog (talk) 18:58, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jytdog: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:35, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Mansoncruft

    I've been nuking these buggers for years, the site owner keeps registering new domains and spamming them.

    Proposed removals

    semper-excelsius.com

    semper-excelsius.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

    This website is blocked (for reasons I do not know). It has good analysis of catholic faith and morals. I would like to use it as a reference. Could you please unblock it? Stijn Calle (talk) 07:44, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Stijn Calle: http://semper-excelsius.com does not seem to be blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:59, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Aside from the technical aspect, blogs are generally not considered reliable sources or suitable external links for Wikipedia. GermanJoe (talk) 12:24, 3 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    immigrationvoice.org

    immigrationvoice.org: 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

    This website is block, and I follow they directions and did not find any reason why the page is in the blacklist or by who they page was put in the blacklist. This website contains really specific information about the non-profit organization "Immigration Voice". This website will be perfect to use a a reference for my topic. Is it possible to have this link removed from the blacklist? Maartaacruz (talk) 01:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Maartaacruz: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. Paid-editing ring spamming this and similar material. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:07, 7 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    arquivo.pt

    arquivo.pt: 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 Was here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Planetary_boundaries&type=revision&diff=854104468&oldid=854104337 probably for years, Emsisoft identifies the domain as potentially malicious. prokaryotes (talk) 00:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Prokaryotes: archiving site that is used on thousands of pages. Are you sure it is on all the pages on the archive, or just on this one? --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:51, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry I don't know, but my Anti Malware software alerted me, though they have sometimes false-positives. Maybe it was only this page.prokaryotes (talk) 14:01, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Hang on, are you asking for removal or blacklisting? It's not on the local BL ads far as I can see. Guy (Help!) 17:50, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't know, isn't removal and blacklisting the same? Basically, I just wanted to report it.prokaryotes (talk) 18:00, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    beatthefish.com

    beatthefish.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

    Hello. I work for the site and the site hired some one for SEO who we did not know would be adding links to wikipedia. We were also not informed that they will not be following paid editing rules of wikipedia and as a result they added our website link to a wikipedia page in this post: [1]. Subsequently they were found out to be taking similar projects from countless companies and they were blocked along with all their fake accounts. It appears that due to this reason, our website was added to the wikipedia black list.

    I would like to request that beatthefish.com be removed from the black list with a promise on behalf of beatthefish.com that they will not be adding the site to wikiepdia on their own - but the removal from the black list will allow normal / volunteer wikipedia editors to use this site as a reference where and when needed, if they decide it is suitable as a reference at any specific occasion. Beatthefish will have no interference to it and if it does, the link can always be added back to the black list and the user blocked.

    This request is being made because in all fairness, beatthefish.com is a reliable source and a good resource which is considered as a reliable news source by google given that the site has been peer-reviewed and included in the Google News program. Furthermore, it is a peer-reviewed website that was added for inclusion to the DMOZ peer-reviewed directory.

    Since the website justifies the criteria Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources, and that we are promising not to add this site to wiki again against my understanding that wikipedia system is in no way WP:PUNITIVE and is only a preventive model. People are not penalized here. I have also read that wikipedia is not a bureaucracy and therefore my request is probably an all reasonable one for a neutral admin to consider and neutral editors to support. It is ofcourse upto wikipedia editors if they actually want to include the website as a source to anything on wikipedia or not - my request is merely for the removal from the black list so that the possibility of inclusion remains if some legit wikiepdia editor chooses to do so in their own right.

    I look forward to the admins' fair consideration, keeping in mind WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY.

    --Pez Seiq (talk) 10:34, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

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

    • {{WPSPAM|182725895#Section_name}}
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    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)"):

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    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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