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:{{rto|LTPHarry}} {{Declined}}, {{Deferwhite}} for specific links on this domain, this was large-scale spammed to Wikipedia. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 07:33, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
:{{rto|LTPHarry}} {{Declined}}, {{Deferwhite}} for specific links on this domain, this was large-scale spammed to Wikipedia. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 07:33, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

==firsttimemarinekeeper.com===
* {{LinkSummary|firsttimemarinekeeper.com}}
This site provides information on fish keeping, specifically how to care for certain species in an aquarium. It is a site that doesn't make any money from adverts or traffic, it is just a useful resource for those of us who are researching how to best care for a particular fish as each fish requires certain water parameters and care requirements. There is absolutely no reason to blacklist the external links that were added as each link went directly to a relevant page all about that specific fish. [[User:Xoxpebblesxox|Abi Young]]


==Cinemawoods.net==
==Cinemawoods.net==

Revision as of 13:14, 29 April 2019

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    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 regex — 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 - 894696170 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
    →snippet for logging: {{/request|894696170#section_name}}
    →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|894696170#section_name}}
    →A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler


    Proposed additions

    dynamiclinic.com

    Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 18:52, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Just noting that 39.41.1.79 (talk · contribs) deleted this section. - MrOllie (talk) 19:07, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    plus Added OhNoitsJamie Talk 03:45, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    freesoftware99.com

    See User:Mdtanvir99, where Mdtanvir99 added promotional spam to their userpage for the site in question. The userpage has been marked for G11. See diffs on their userpage first diff (with 104 links to the site) and second diff (they removed and replaced with just one link). Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 17:32, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    ad2brand.com

    Repeated spamming and advertising for a SEO. Several warnings and a block (see Chachitmang) have been ignored. New spam attempt (hidden as Wiki-link) in Kharadi. GermanJoe (talk) 12:19, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:51, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals


    thepointsguy.com

    At Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#RfC: The Points Guy, although there is a consensus that content involving credit cards from this website should be avoided, there is a general consensus that other content from this site should not be regarded as generally unusable. Considering that the website was added to the spam blacklist after WP:SILENCE, this should not remain on the blacklist. feminist (talk) 12:17, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Feminist: The wording was closer to 'never for credit cards, and avoid if possible for the rest' .. I am tempted to use the Whitelist to gauge how often the latter is actually unavoidable. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:28, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    The whitelist can be an interim solution, yes, but based on the comments it's clear that at least some parts of the website should not be blacklisted. feminist (talk) 14:31, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Feminist: yes, I read the comments by the users, but to repeat the wording of the closer: "Hell no for anything related to credit-cards. Use editorial discretion for usage in other areas and avoid if other sources can be located.". Note that the site was blacklisted because it performs native advertising, not because (parts of) the site are unreliable. I am not suggesting whitelisting as an interim solution, I am suggesting to use the whitelist requests to see how much of this material is really needed (i.e. which parts can not be avoided since there are no other sources), and leaving the status quo. That is strengthened by the remark that part of the material is 'hell no', and de-listing would also allow that to be used again. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:20, 16 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    This discussion continues at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist#"News" and "Reviews" sections of The Points Guy (thepointsguy.com/news, thepointsguy.com/reviews). — Newslinger talk 10:01, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    foodbycountry.com

    This an extremely useful website for people researching cuisine of different countries. It should be removed from the blacklist, as it does not have any questionable content. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prachigaur (talk • contribs) 05:15, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Prachigaur: Advameg advertising sites. no Declined, spammed (note that I found discussions going 12 years back regarding these sites). --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:35, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    mangauk.com

    Official site to the UK branch of Manga Entertainment, appears to be a false positive as the US branch's website (Dispute sharing the same name and logo, is owned by a different company) works just fine. Luigitehplumber (talk) 22:14, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @LTPHarry: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain, this was large-scale spammed to Wikipedia. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:33, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    firsttimemarinekeeper.com=

    This site provides information on fish keeping, specifically how to care for certain species in an aquarium. It is a site that doesn't make any money from adverts or traffic, it is just a useful resource for those of us who are researching how to best care for a particular fish as each fish requires certain water parameters and care requirements. There is absolutely no reason to blacklist the external links that were added as each link went directly to a relevant page all about that specific fish. Abi Young

    Cinemawoods.net

    cinemawoods.net: 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

    5 Months ago, I made a Mistake!! I DONT KNOW HOW TO EDIT Wikipedia PAGES. I clicked edit and I Randomly placed the news articles links in References on Wikipedia Pages.

    I'm Extremely Sorry About That and My website Cinemawoods.net is added to Spam list... I Don't Know What to Do... The Links that I added are 'Not Spam links'.. It just News article about upcoming Tamil Movies. My website is added to the spam list because I Just don't know the proper way to add the References. Please Help Me to remove my website from the Spam list.


    I will not do this again. Next Time, I will do in Proper Way by adding info/Updates about the Movie and add Reference for the Source. I will Help with what i can by updating Upcoming Tamil movies Pages on Wikipedia.

    Please help and Thank You..

    Websites are not removed from the blacklist at the site owners' request. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Bori! 19:40, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Please Help Sir.. I don't have any motive of Spamming.. this all happened because i don't know to edit the page... i am Just an average 15 years old kid Sir..

     Not done We don't add links to the blacklist because someone "accidentally" added one link to a page. We added it to the blacklist because you spammed the hell out of it all over the place. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:33, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


    I saved the Same page (Sandakozhi 2 and Adhik Ravichandran) Again and Again with some minor edits.. i am really Sorry about that.. and i will not do this again.. Please Help

    Your last account was unblocked on the condition that you would stop trying to add links to your website and make other edits instead. You agreed, saying "yes, i can do that without adding my website." Now you are wasting our time bugging us about your website? This account and your former account will be indefinitely blocked if you waste any more of our time on this topic. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:34, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, i am saying it agian, I will Edit pages without adding my website Links. What if someone wants to add a news article from wesbite in References for Source ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayaMari860 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Now i Know my wesbite is small, I am sure in Future it will grow big in my Niche (Tamil Cinema) and i will make my site become one of leading tamil cinema news portals.. and i dont want my site in wikipedia spam list because of mistake i made..

    @JayaMari860: If someone else want to add this site, they will either ask for whitelisting of that one link only, or they will ask for de-listing. That request will be evaluated on the merit of that current request. We are not delisting because of some possible future use, we are not de-listing because of requests made by the spammer in the first place. There is no use in persisting further, this is plainly no Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:45, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


    OK Sir.. Thanks for Your Time and Sorry for wasting your time... and i m not a spammer.. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by JayaMari860 (talk • contribs) 07:05, 21 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Worldwide Business Research

    Looks like the URL wbresearch.com was added to blacklist page because a Wikipedia page was created for Worldwide Business Research in 2007 that was too promotional and not informative enough.

    Worldwide Business Research (WBR) is a conference company that creates and runs B2B conferences and their brands. It is also referenced as the organizer of one of its brands Etail Conferences.


    Trying to have it removed from the blacklist so that a request can be added to have a neutral and fact driven page created for this company. Thank you for your help, and happy to provide any additional information.

    ckarayannides [[User talk:ckarayannides|Talk 16:32, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment It wasn't blacklisted because the page creation was "not informative enough." It was blacklisted because multiple accounts attempted to spam links to it, mostly to wbr.co.uk (links to the same site). OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:49, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment Ah, I see. Thanks for your comment. Sorry, I had read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Worldwide_Business_Research that there was an issue with the material. There might be another page with more details.

    I never saw the original page, but my assumption is that whoever spammed the page back in 2007 will not spam it if is removed from the blacklist. Let me know if this is appropriate. Thank you! ckarayannides Talk17:50, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined At present, there isn't any use for those links in Wikipedia. If you just want to remove it from the blacklist to create an article about your company, your best bet would be to submit the article first to WP:AFC, providing the necessary 3rd party reliable sources to indicate how the company meets WP:CORP notability criteria. If the article is accepted for submission, we could whitelist a link to it or unblacklist it. OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:43, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment Will do! Thanks for the info. ckarayannides Talk 14:00, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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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)
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