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:{{rto|Ravensfire}} Handled on meta. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 05:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
:{{rto|Ravensfire}} Handled on meta. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 05:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

==HubPages.com niche domains==

Administrator [[User:Beetstra]] suggested I nominate these here.

HubPages is a hosting site for user generated contents where people from the internet can sign up for an account and upload a page. The page gets plastered with click ads which causes the ad owners to be billed, and the revenue is shared between HubPages and the author. HubPags.com is currently spam blocked. Appeals have been made over time, but they've been denied and requesters have been advised to request white-list on link specific basis. Now, some of legacy contents on HubPages are spread out to different domains by topic and new contents and new contents are created on different domains of HubPages depending on the subject matter. Quality is all over. A very few of them may qualify under expert exemptions in [[WP:SPS]], but most of them do not. Given this fact, perhaps it's appropriate for all of their domains to join the blacklist and have editors request whitelisting on case-by-case basis as with HubPages.
One example of axleaddict.com contributor profile that does not pass such criteria in any manner.
"S K
F1 Enthusiast | Michael Schumacher Fan | Grown to Respect Ayrton Senna | Discovering Past Masters in F1 | Amazed by F1 Cars | Bringing Interesting Duels for
My Readers | That's me in short!"

Another example anchor line. This one is on the healthproadvice.com. It's better than the first example, but I still doubt it would pass at the SPS expert level without published recognition as expert.
"BRANDON YOUNG
Brandon practices as a community pharmacist in MN. He started as a pharmacy tech in 2003 and received his PharmD in 2011 from the U of M."

Some of them don't have anything, but owlcation is particularly heavily used. Some, I have already manually removed.

* {{LinkSummary|owlcation.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|axleaddict.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|wanderwisdom.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|holidappy.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|feltmagnet.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|skyaboveus.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|delishably.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|howtheyplay.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|pairedlife.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|turbofuture.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|reelrundown.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|tatring.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|caloriebee.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|dengarden.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|patientslounge.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|levelskip.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|spinditty.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|bellatory.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|pethelpful.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|wehavekids.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|healthproadvice.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|hobbylark.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|remedygrove.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|exemplore.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|letterpile.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|youmemindbody.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|toughnickel.com}}
* {{LinkSummary|soapboxie.com}}

[[User:Graywalls|Graywalls]] ([[User talk:Graywalls|talk]]) 01:03, 16 October 2020 (UTC)


=Proposed removals=
=Proposed removals=

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    Proposed additions

    plandemicseries.com

    This URL needs to be blacklisted due to lack of COVID-19 misinformation. --122.2.10.69 (talk) 05:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    It's ghastly, but I don't see any evidence it's being added. Guy (help! - typo?) 15:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    But it is a misinformation website, needs to be blacklisted. --122.2.100.134 (talk) 21:58, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Normally we would use an edit filter for a non-spam site like this. Guy (help! - typo?) 22:06, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    But also contain conspiracy theories, and false facts (unlike InfoWars), were evidence is shown. --122.2.100.134 (talk) 10:30, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    vpnoverview.com

    Refspam from a series of socks. Each is used for a single edit, so there has been no response to talk page warnings. - MrOllie (talk) 13:30, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


    Couple more. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:59, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:01, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Because this domain was spammed on three different Wikipedias, I've submitted a request for this domain to be added to the global spam blacklist at m:Talk:Spam blacklist § Proposed additions. — Newslinger talk 12:32, 7 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The global spam blacklist request was declined due to insufficient cross-wiki disruption, but the domain remains blacklisted on the English Wikipedia. — Newslinger talk 08:17, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    csq1.org

    After his article about CSQ Research was deleted, along with his contributions to Transition Economics, the article creator and website owner began surreptitiously adding external links to his Talk page posts]. Reverting them brought this comment and eventually this result and this comment about a "stalker". It's a clear case of spamming by the back door, and could be stopped by blacklisting the website without needing to block the editor. Deb (talk) 07:34, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Deb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Blatant WP:REFSPAM. --Guy (help! - typo?) 13:02, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    sustainsocieties.com

    Redirects to above. Guy (help! - typo?) 13:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist as a redirect to a blackllisted site. --Guy (help! - typo?) 13:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    I will be appealing this nonsensical blacklisting of multiple websites containing: 1) A six-year-old Fact-Tank, 2) The Largest Econometric Library on the net, and 3) a dissertation of thesis on a science in Economics. Blacklisting as Spam, is an unwarranted, inappropriate response - circumventing the rapid delete process as well - and appears to be in response to my observation that this administrator Deb and one other, began following my actions - beyond the rapid-delete 

    Conflict Resolution that I raised - and which she appeared to take offense to. This is a case of an over-zealous admin, with (Personal attack removed)?, given too much authority.

    If this is the link for Appeal, then I request Appeal and removal from Spam Blacklisting immediately. If there is another link for that process, I couldn't find it here on the Blacklist Wiki Page and request that link if anyone knows what that is. I am not asking that punitive measures be taken against this administrator at this time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edtilley4 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Red X Blocked Edtilley4. The COIBot report at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/UserReports/Edtilley4 shows a long-term pattern of external link spamming from this account. — Newslinger talk 22:31, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    konaequity.com

    WP:REFSPAM, mainly added by single-purpose account. Guy (help! - typo?) 13:22, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Red X Blocked Orangeoctop as a promotion-only account. This website reminds me of ZoomInfo (RSP entry). I'm not sure if the COIBot report is enough to bother with blacklisting, and I'll leave that decision to you.​ — Newslinger talk 06:48, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    thoughtmedia.ca and qshvac.ca

    After getting blocked as Maryphilip19, has moved on to link spamming with sockpuppet accounts. - MrOllie (talk) 18:49, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Good catch, thanks. --Guy (help! - typo?) 22:05, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


    circumvent on thoughtmedia.ca and qshvac.ca

    @JzG: - Attempts to circumvent blacklist on Society of Graphic Designers of Canada;
    Websites redirect to Thoughtmedia

    Please block/blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 04:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @KH-1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    KH-1, please file an SPI, the list is much longer, and they may be able to block the underlying IPs. For cross-reference, please add the LinkSummaries as well. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:17, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    chiefacoins.com

    Refspam, purged a month ago and now back to 50@ references. Guy (help! - typo?) 22:04, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    biggbosslivevote.com

    Indian live television show spam. Ravensfire (talk) 23:49, 10 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this.​ — Newslinger talk 06:14, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Quality

    Hello Sir I am Ritwik Mondal, from West Bengal, India. I'm Students and my hobby Blogging.

    I have a domain biggbosslivevote.com

    I searched in internet for more details about Bigg Boss. But I can't find any valuable information that why I decided to start a blog where I share all kinds of information related Bigg Boss( 7 different types of Bigg Boss). Now I started to provide information related Bigg Boss Hindi and Bigg Boss Kannada.

    Sir I have a account on Wikipedia. I noticed that some of Wikipedia pages have dead link or link not valid, so I replace that with biggbosslivevote article link that link help readers.

    Today I got a email that my Wikipedia account and domain is blocked. Reason spamming.

    Sir I don't do that types of work. You can visit our site that I genuine site , daily quality article published.

    Site: www.biggbosslivevote.com Wikipedia username:- ritwik20 Rph.ritwik (talk) 05:39, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Red X Blocked Rph.ritwik as a promotion-only account. — Newslinger talk 06:17, 11 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    northeastjob.in

    Spammed on a wide range of India related articles by various IP addresses. Ravensfire (talk) 23:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

     Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ravensfire: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    HubPages.com niche domains

    Administrator User:Beetstra suggested I nominate these here.

    HubPages is a hosting site for user generated contents where people from the internet can sign up for an account and upload a page. The page gets plastered with click ads which causes the ad owners to be billed, and the revenue is shared between HubPages and the author. HubPags.com is currently spam blocked. Appeals have been made over time, but they've been denied and requesters have been advised to request white-list on link specific basis. Now, some of legacy contents on HubPages are spread out to different domains by topic and new contents and new contents are created on different domains of HubPages depending on the subject matter. Quality is all over. A very few of them may qualify under expert exemptions in WP:SPS, but most of them do not. Given this fact, perhaps it's appropriate for all of their domains to join the blacklist and have editors request whitelisting on case-by-case basis as with HubPages.

    One example of axleaddict.com contributor profile that does not pass such criteria in any manner. "S K F1 Enthusiast | Michael Schumacher Fan | Grown to Respect Ayrton Senna | Discovering Past Masters in F1 | Amazed by F1 Cars | Bringing Interesting Duels for My Readers | That's me in short!"

    Another example anchor line. This one is on the healthproadvice.com. It's better than the first example, but I still doubt it would pass at the SPS expert level without published recognition as expert. "BRANDON YOUNG Brandon practices as a community pharmacist in MN. He started as a pharmacy tech in 2003 and received his PharmD in 2011 from the U of M."

    Some of them don't have anything, but owlcation is particularly heavily used. Some, I have already manually removed.

    Graywalls (talk) 01:03, 16 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    paullee.com

    paullee.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 am appealing the blacklisting of paullee.com, which was added to the blacklisted in August 2007. Click here for original addition from 2007

    I discovered the domain was blacklisted when I attempted to cite this website when editing the article on Titanic: Honor and Glory (sorry; I was not logged in at the time).

    It struck me as odd since Paul Lee is a reasonably well known (though not celebrity-level) Titanic historian. It perhaps wouldn't have struck me as being so odd if the majority of the article didn't use youtube videos from the T:HG developers as sources. I am an 'add' rather than 'delete' kind of editor, so I had to rephrased my contribution to avoid mentioning anything not contained in the source, though referencing the source would have been preferable.

    After this, I contacted the owner of the paullee.com domain (Dr. Paul Lee) to query if he knew why his domain was blocked, and he reported that the domain has been blocked since 2007 and he did not know why. After digging through the archives [1] I manged to find the original listing.

    The edits presented come from similar IP addresses adding 'external links' to the paullee.com domain. Whilst I consider it highly likely that Paul Lee was the individual addings these links, I will also note they were only added to relevant articles. I believe the links were added in good faith by an over-exuberant new editor who had just discovered Wikipedia (this is 2007, remember!). As proof of this; these same IP addresses also 'own' many good faith edits within the same time period, some examples of which are listed here.

    EXAMPLES (All from 2007):

    90.206.243.115

    Example: RMS Carpathia

    In this article, the editor removes a claim about the RMS Carpathia making 17 knots (3 knots above her design speed) when racing to assist the RMS Titanic. The same article today reads: "Rostron ordered the ship's heating and hot water cut off in order to make as much steam as possible available for the engines", with no reference to the 17 knot claim which was deleted. Clearly this is not a dubious edit.

    Example: Bernard Kay

    Added "He portrayed Captain Stanley Lord of the SS Californian in the BBC dramatisation Trial by Inquiry: Titanic in 1967", which remains in the article today.

    90.204.41.200

    Example: Doctor Who theme music

    Added "(...the master tapes) were given to a fan at the 1983 Longleat celebrations by Hodgson and were never returned (...) lacking the repeated notes at the beginning of the music"

    Today this article reads "The master tapes were given to a fan at the 1983 Longleat celebrations by Hodgson and were never returned. (...) lacking the short bassline stutter at the beginning of the music"

    In conclusion, I believe adding paullee.com to the blacklist to be an over-reaction to something that may have just as easily been solved through talk pages and am requesting its removal. Paul Lee has not made any attempt to remove his blacklisting in 13 years so I believe the threat of re-spamming is virtually non-existant.

    Qarnos (talk) 12:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Qarnos: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. We also had spamming of e.g. www.paullee.com/ghosts/ghostresearch.html to Most Haunted ... it were a large number of IPs adding a large number of pages. IPs clearly knew that their behaviour had to stop (that edit, and more, were after a warning). Lets first see of how wide use this site really is by convincing admins of specific cases. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]


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