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Mirror site of tcsteluguchristiansongs.com (blacklisted in June 2018, spamming with throwaway accounts, multiple warnings). Continued spamming with the shortened .in domain (without TCS). [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 13:34, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
Mirror site of tcsteluguchristiansongs.com (blacklisted in June 2018, spamming with throwaway accounts, multiple warnings). Continued spamming with the shortened .in domain (without TCS). [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 13:34, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

==rebrand.ly==
*{{Link summary|rebrand.ly}}
*{{IPSummary|2405:204:1104:608d:7cce:435e:2b23:bd7f}}

URL shortener being spammed. <b>[[User:Ravensfire|<span style="color: darkred;">Ravensfire</span>]]</b> ([[User talk:Ravensfire|talk]]) 18:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)


= Proposed removals =
= Proposed removals =

Revision as of 18:24, 24 August 2018

"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.

    Instructions for editors

    There are 4 sections for posting comments below. Please make comments in the appropriate section. These links take you to the appropriate section:

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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.

    Instructions for admins
    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 – 856368172 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    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. No. 1 use is illegal copies of newspaper stories substituted for web archives.

    Blacklisting now. Guy (Help!) 16:38, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @JzG/help: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 16:39, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    And...

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 16:47, 10 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    TheChels.info

    thechels.info: 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

    Not spammed per se, as it's used in good faith by over-eager editors, but clearly not a WP:RS and it's used in many, many pages, and I can't keep on top of removing it. GiantSnowman 07:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    yosearch.net

    Page being spammed by user now blocked and by IP user. While probably the same person, no reason to not nip this in the bud as user ignored multiple warnings. Ravensfire (talk) 19:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:08, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    NFL streaming sites

    Repeated spam for a NFL streaming site (and a mirror) by various IPs. Has been recently reported as possible scam at help desk. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 12:48, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    carvana.sucks

    Getting spammed into Carvana. Jytdog (talk) 00:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    musiqclub.in (part 2)

    Originally posted here back in May and added to XLinkBot but the spamming has continued. Still not really frequent that I can tell, barring others removing links to this site, but the folks behind it obviously aren't going to stop. The IPv6 seem be be generally from similar ranges but look to be too broad for a block. Ravensfire (talk) 02:31, 21 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    teluguchristiansongs.in

    Already blacklisted:

    Mirror site of tcsteluguchristiansongs.com (blacklisted in June 2018, spamming with throwaway accounts, multiple warnings). Continued spamming with the shortened .in domain (without TCS). GermanJoe (talk) 13:34, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    rebrand.ly

    URL shortener being spammed. Ravensfire (talk) 18:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    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 mentioned above 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 Wikipedia 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) 07:02, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Logging / COIBot Instructions

    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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