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:{{rto|GermanJoe}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 09:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC) |
:{{rto|GermanJoe}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 09:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC) |
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==whosaidso.org and associated domains== |
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*{{Link summary|whosaidso.org}} |
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*{{Link summary|indexia.info}} |
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*{{Link summary|bill-of-rights.angelfire.com}} |
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*{{User summary|Cyrusep}} |
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*{{IP summary|128.218.128.117}} |
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*{{IP summary|130.212.79.15}} |
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:This one has changed domains a few times and has been spammed as each name. Cyrusep currently blocked for legal threats after someone removed one of these links, see [[Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threat_against_me]] - [[User:MrOllie|MrOllie]] ([[User talk:MrOllie|talk]]) 15:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC) |
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travelogyindia.com
- travelogyindia.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
Repeated spamming for a promotional blog by multiple IPs. See: added by 182.69(...), added by 106.215(...), added by 106.215(...) (2nd), added by 112.177(...). All examples added in the last week. The Banner talk 10:51, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- The Banner, Significantly larger:
- 106.215.104.220 (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)
- 106.215.118.60 (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)
- 122.160.43.6 (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)
- 122.177.172.181 (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)
- 122.177.177.107 (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)
- 122.177.229.126 (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)
- 122.177.244.81 (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)
- 122.177.246.207 (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)
- 182.69.218.141 (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)
- 182.77.7.166 (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)
- 61.247.233.23 (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)
- 84.223.68.172 (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)
- And a handful of named accounts. Some seen genuine (though maybe misplaced as witnessed by the fact that nothing is still there), and there is quite a cross-wiki part to this. Waiting for some more reports. Dirk Beetstra T C 11:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- @The Banner:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. All seem just SPA for this link, one per IP. Communication will be futile. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:35, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
- Just adding an addendum: this entity has several other subsites which are now being spammed.
- orientrailjourneys.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
- themaharajaexpress.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
- palaceonwheelsindia.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
- deccanodysseytrains.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
- I'm going to add these to the blacklist as well. Kuru (talk) 12:20, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
uniquelyrics.com
- uniquelyrics.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
- Ankit111115 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- Uniquelyrics (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- Unique0512 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Part of the current wave of indian lyrics sites, but this one is up to at least three user accounts now and still hasn't gotten the clue, so time to break out the hammer. Ravensfire (talk) 14:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Ravensfire:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:42, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
aircheckdownloads.com
aircheckdownloads.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
- I came across this link due to an AFD I initiated and it's got quite a complicated history. This website hosts "scoped" (recorded) OTA broadcasts of radio jingles and commercials of a wide variety of radio stations. I cannot possibly see how this jives with our copyright policy and more specifically, Wikipedia:External_links#Restrictions_on_linking/WP:LINKVIO as it's clearly hosting copyrighted material that they could not possibly own the rights to. Unfortunately the COIBot report maxes out (there are 55 occurrences on enwiki, despite the report number because of one editor who repeatedly blanked his sandbox which contained the link) and the rest were added presumably in good faith by another editor. Praxidicae (talk) 14:38, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Praxidicae:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:59, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
allbestspec.com
- allbestspec.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
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Soyseak. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:53, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:55, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
technicalcuriosity.com
- technicalcuriosity.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
Added by five different accounts over the last year; this addition will be the last. Added. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:16, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
gaylesbiantimes.com
- gaylesbiantimes.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
Being inserted (sometimes to the point of outright spam, such as this) by a socking editor, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Ars3nal311. Appears to have once been a legit domain and is cited/referenced in articles, but is now a spam site, will need to deal with the existing links at some point. creffett (talk) 00:11, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- The was a San Diego-based publication with that name that folded in 2010. The new site at that domain is definitely garbage and of no use to Wikipedia.
Added OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:19, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Techtowards
- Link
- techtowards.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
- Spammers
- Rijaul Sk (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- 2409:4060:18e:c6f5:789d:e9c5:b76c:3a73 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
- 2409:4060:2102:392:1cb6:b10d:40f7:8320 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
- 47.15.196.235 (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)
- 47.15.206.45 (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)
- 47.15.216.95 (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)
- 47.15.132.8 (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)
+ others. Please blacklist. -KH-1 (talk) 05:55, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- @KH-1:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:32, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- 2409:4060:404:A7FA:B4C7:75C:1A14:FDA0 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
- deleted this report in diff. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:50, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
news24ghante.com
- NHTYJM (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- news24ghante.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
I blocked the user for spamming. Asking the URL be added to the list. EvergreenFir (talk) 06:45, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- @EvergreenFir:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Ignored a clear warning, deceptive change of existing references. GermanJoe (talk) 23:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
globeelectionshistory.science.blog
- globeelectionshistory.science.blog: 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
Systematic spamming via dynamic IPs for a blog with election polls. Not a reliable source for any encyclopedic purpose. See also COIBot data and this ANI report with more information and additional links. GermanJoe (talk) 23:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 23:24, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
sarkarinaukrifast.com
- Raj4863 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- 2405:204:A11C:6AE4:3D9C:9D5F:8B33:D97B (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
- Stella5651 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- sarkarinaukrifast.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
- At least three accounts have tried to add this;
Added. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:29, 27 January 2020 (UTC)
Sutex.429
- sutex.429.kim: 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
- 429.kim: 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
Spamming by a small group of sockpuppets. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:13, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Paul 012: please do
Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. I want to see a report on the 'parent' domain (429.kim) as well (COIBot report will be saved soon), see if there is wider abuse. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:38, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Paul 012: Don't bother, I already handled this on meta for the parent domain 429.kim. Thanks for reporting this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:52, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
todaylyrics.com
- 2409:4055:487:470F:E4C0:C78E:2E5:CA41 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
- todaylyrics.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
Yet another lyrics spam site, oddly being inserted in non-lyrics locations. Figured we should just head this one off at the pass and block it. (Or, you know, we could just block *lyrics*.com and call it a day) creffett (talk) 02:10, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- +100000000 support of this idea! Whitelist the handful of good lyrics sites that pay royalties and are allowed on Wikipedia, but the rest - pffft! Ravensfire (talk) 03:56, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Creffett:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Lets first do this one. I guess for the rest (though I don’t disagree) we need a wider discussion. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:02, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
knowledgetrick.com
- knowledgetrick.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
"Online money generating" website, only warning has been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 09:58, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe:
Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 09:59, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
whosaidso.org and associated domains
- whosaidso.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
- indexia.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
- bill-of-rights.angelfire.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
- Cyrusep (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
- 128.218.128.117 (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)
- 130.212.79.15 (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)
- 173.13.149.17 (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)
- 204.102.74.1 (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)
- 204.102.74.238 (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)
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- This one has changed domains a few times and has been spammed as each name. Cyrusep currently blocked for legal threats after someone removed one of these links, see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threat_against_me - MrOllie (talk) 15:19, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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EconLib
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I would like to request that econlib.org be removed from the blacklist. This is a legitimate site that hosts a number of prominent bloggers, a popular podcast, and a library of writings by economists and philosophers from the 19th century. I have no personal connection or ideological affinity to the site; I just don't see a reason why it should be blacklisted. Thank you. Pablo Stafforini (talk) 13:25, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Sir Paul:
Declined,
Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. This was spammed by a paid editor. Virtually everything other than the (already whitelisted) /encyclopedia are available from other free sources that do not have the baggage of being part of a libertarian think tank advancing an agenda. Every one I have seen was replaceable from Project Gutenberg, archive.org or some other neutral archive. --Guy (help!) 13:32, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Sir Paul: Perennially
Declined - except for the encyclopedia it self-published (and which is whitelisted already), most of the other information is available from other sources (including often our own WikiSource). The blogs are opinions of the people themselves, which have very little use in general references. That leaves only very little information that is regularly needed (as witnessed by the many declined whitelisting requests which almost exclusively show that alternatives exist). The rest can be whitelisted:
Defer to Whitelist.
- As for the reason of blacklisting: a declared ring of paid editors with a demonstrable conflict of interest with this library found it necessary to write promotional texts regarding this set of websites (the blogs and site itself). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:37, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, both, for the reply. I know you are pressed with time, so I won't push the point beyond this response. EconLib is part of an educational nonprofit; they have a libertarian ideological orientation (which I don't share), but I don't think that's in itself a reason for making the website suspect. I am not familiar with the details of the COI alluded by Dirk Beetstra (a search didn't help), but I would caution against blacklisting an entire domain that hosts a wide variety of content and a number of heterogeneous projects because of an incident that likely involved a few people unrelated to the rest of the site.
- For background, the reason I was prompted to place this request was that, on several occasions over the past three or four months, I tried to provide a better citation for a claim made in an article only to stumble upon the message that my edit was rejected for including a link to econlog.org. A recent example is my attempt to link to this blog post [see first hit; obviously I can't link to the actual address] as a source for the concept of "ideological Turing test"—reasonably popular in some circles—in the Bryan Caplan article. Currently the source is an obscure comment that is clearly inadequate as a canonical reference. I understand that I could request that this particular URL be whitelisted, but although that would meet my needs in this specific case, it wouldn't address the underlying issue, which is that editors need to cite this site with sufficient regularity that placing a whitelist request each time isn't really a sustainable solution. Pablo Stafforini (talk) 14:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sir Paul, nonprofit or not, think tanks exist to promote an agenda. The Liberty Fund is a fundamentalist libertarian group, and its publications serve that agenda: if their perspective on a thing is significant then we should be sourcing their perspective from reliable independent secondary sources that establish its significance. Your suggested blog post should not be linked, regardless of the blacklist status of the site, because it's a blog post - at best a primary source and in this case also lacking credible evidence of peer review. And one of the main goals of the spammer who got the site blacklisted, was promotion of Bryan Caplan, so that's about the worst example you could have picked! Guy (help!) 16:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sir Paul being nonprofit or not does not matter in cases of spam. ANY organisation of any form has 'an agenda' (some stronger, some weaker). On some times it are the individual KPIs of an employee that 'force' them to spam (I've run into a website maintainer of a state-run museum who spammed their links because they needed to show sufficient web-traffic to their server). Non-profit organisation still need money to run, and being seen on the web is a great way of attracting incoming traffic who may, who knows, buy something. That a paid editing ring is getting involved in this shows that there was an agenda worth promoting, even for a non-profit organisation.
- The site econlib.org has, as I said, the encyclopedia whitelisted completely. The rest of the material, as has been shown on the spam-whitelist, is almost exclusively replaceable by other online copies, often even copies on our own WikiSource: practically ALL of that material is in the public domain. It may boil down to just a handful of links to the blog (which anyway is a source of limited use, but I agree that some material there is suitable for primary sourcing). The link you mention may very well easily be whitelisted, and requests for delistings become easier if one can show a large/regular volume of granted whitelist requests (which we have not). --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:49, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
@Sir Paul: This blacklisting has been discussed in a March 2017 ANI thread and a May 2017 MediaWiki thread. I don't see a consensus for keeping this on the blacklist in those threads, in fact @JzG: is heavily criticized in them. Apparently keeping this on the spam blacklist is JzG's pet project. I find it troubling to say the least that JzG is saying unsupported personal opinions here The Liberty Fund is a fundamentalist libertarian group
and that there is a historical ArbCom finding on JzG misusing the spam blacklist. Why is he acting as a gatekeeper here? What is the evidence of this source being spammed? It's because Vipul (talk · contribs) was a paid editor 3 years ago and he used this extensively as a source? Can you quote any part of a policy/guideline which supports keeping this blacklisted? --Pudeo (talk) 18:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
- Pudeo, it's on the blacklist due to paid spamming. The request this time was so that the OP could add "known for..." a theory with no article based on a primary link to the website, which is not appropriate. This is typical. The vast majority of uses were replaceable, wrapping libertarian ideology round public domain sources, and many of the citations were deceptive regardless of who added them (elgl Areopagitica cited as published by The Library of Econmics and Liberty). There's consensus at RSN that we should not use agenda-based sources for public domain content.
- Here's the original log entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist&oldid=769671529#Immigration_law_refspam_round_3 - this was Vipul's paid spamming and a lot of it was promoting Bryan Caplan, exactly the subject this time. Guy (help!) 20:17, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
- Pudeo, I leave it as an exercise for you to find the very clear and direct connection that proves the COI that this admitted paid editor has. And again, by far most of the useful info is in the public domain and hence available every/elsewhere. Dirk Beetstra T C 19:14, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
TheNextHint.Com - News Portal
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This news site is approved by Google News. I thing we want this type of site for reference links. but now I saw this site is black listed so now I would like you to please remove this site from blacklist because anybody want this type of site for references. Wikialinaparker (talk) 11:55, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- Now you're just forum shopping. Praxidicae (talk) 12:22, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Wikialinaparker:
Declined, what part of "[t]his was spammed by accounts with a clear conflict of interest" did you not understand? --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:21, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think they are getting the hint. OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:54, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
- I don't know who's spam this site, But now I want to remove this site from blacklist, could you please suggest me the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikialinaparker (talk • contribs) 07:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Wikialinaparker: I don't know who spammed it either (though generally it are people affiliated with the site, or SEO companies who were hired by those people). We only remove sites if they have a demonstrable use to Wikipedia and we can be reasonably reassured that the spamming stopped. The former would be up to our users, the latter however is seriously questionable seeing the records on:
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- Which earlier would suggest that there is a lot more to blacklist than that there is no risk of further spamming. Until then:
Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:24, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- I am taking responsibility of this site Wikialinaparker (talk) 08:56, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- Wikialinaparker, and how do you think to do that? Or are you the owner of the site? If that is the case, may I suggest you thorougly read m:Terms of use.
- Regarding the de-listing, however you think to take care of the spamming we will de-list when there is demonstrable use, the rest can be handled with specific whitelisting where appropriate. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:01, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- I'm not owner of this site but I want to create a wiki page of this site thats why I want this site Wikialinaparker (talk) 01:16, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- Wikialinaparker for that you don't need a delisting, you need a whitelisting on a neutral landing page:
Defer to Whitelist Dirk Beetstra T C 05:37, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Wikialinaparker for that you don't need a delisting, you need a whitelisting on a neutral landing page:
- I am taking responsibility of this site Wikialinaparker (talk) 08:56, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- I don't know who's spam this site, But now I want to remove this site from blacklist, could you please suggest me the way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikialinaparker (talk • contribs) 07:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think they are getting the hint. OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:54, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
Northern Transmissions
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- Henry aw, I see you tried to use it on Draft:Northern Transmissions. As long as it is in draft I think it is fine without the working external link, if it is ready/accepted for mainspace then we can always whitelist the specific link (in the meantime I am trying to find the relevant discussions). Dirk Beetstra T C 08:11, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you Beetstra for the suggestion. I've created the draft page without the blacklisted url.Henry A-W (talk) 03:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
- Not sure what you mean by "hacked" here. The site is hosting service in Los Angeles. Looks like a spam campaign launched from British Telecom IPs, likely as part of an SEO campaign. Then in 2015 an account with a conflict of interest tried several times to create an article, resulting in the article getting salted. Be aware of our conflict-of-interest policies and disclosure requirements. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:22, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Henry aw:
Declined,
Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain (e.g. an About page). The site itself was spammed and does not look to be a reliable source sufficient to justify removal from the blacklist, unless you have evidence to the contrary in the form of consensus at WP:RSN. --Guy (help!) 08:53, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Procore Technologies
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Not done As you can see on the report links above, this was spammed quite extensively. I have no doubt that Joe jobs happen, but the careful and deliberate nature of the additions makes it much more likely that this was part of an SEO campaign. Whether or not it was an internal or third-party SEO campaign is immaterial here. I don't see how procore links would qualify as reliable sources for any material on Wikipedia, and as such there's no compelling reason to remove it from the blacklist. An experiened editor without a COI could request a whitelisting if the need arose for an article about the company. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:50, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
guestkor
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sefburhan (talk • contribs)
- @Sefburhan: Thank you for contacting us (we tried and failed to communicate with you). The links were blacklisted after several warnings to stop were ignored and the links were deemed inappropriate for Wikipedia. Can you please read through our external links guideline and our reliable sources guideline and inform us why you think that these links pass either of these? Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:51, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Census2011.co.in official government website
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This url is a official url for Indian Census 2011 data. While adding Population tab reference in Article Chiralla it is showing Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist. and more. I have changed it from census2011. co. in to census2011. com which is not a valid url now. Please fix this, if this is not in blacklist why it is showing this? - Anzer Ayoob (talk) 23:03, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
- That doesn't look "official," looks more like a commercial aggregator of government data. This appears to be a more "official" link for that. It was added to our blacklist at part of a b atch here, and the most recent discussion about it was in July of 2019. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:07, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
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Alphabetization
Should the list be alphabetised? Any problem with doing this? - David Gerard (talk) 12:12, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
- Doesn't seem like a problem, but Beetstra and JzG might have different opinions. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:00, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- It's worth doing if it would improve performance, but otherwise probably not. Guy (help!) 12:36, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- The list is currently nearly chronological. I do not see how alphabetizing the list would be of use (but agreed, no problem either). Whether in alphabetical or random (i.e. chronological) order, you'd probably use the search function from your browser to find the rule. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:04, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- I don't think it's worth doing unless it improves matching performance, which I doubt that it would. As Beetstra has noted, it's much easier to use the browser search function than scrolling through the list. A disadvantage is that adding new entries becomes more tedious. The /b prefixes add ti the challenge of visually scanning for the proper insertion point. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:38, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- The list is currently nearly chronological. I do not see how alphabetizing the list would be of use (but agreed, no problem either). Whether in alphabetical or random (i.e. chronological) order, you'd probably use the search function from your browser to find the rule. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:04, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- It's worth doing if it would improve performance, but otherwise probably not. Guy (help!) 12:36, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- Fair enough, nobody thinks it'll help anything :-) - David Gerard (talk) 17:24, 26 January 2020 (UTC)