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:We are open to [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist|whitelisting]] one or a few links to the site if appropriate. [[User:Stifle|Stifle]] ([[User talk:Stifle|talk]]) 12:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
:We are open to [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist|whitelisting]] one or a few links to the site if appropriate. [[User:Stifle|Stifle]] ([[User talk:Stifle|talk]]) 12:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
::The problem is the specific link that would be requested is to an unoficial patch, which is the primary source of the abuse and disruption. Equally, Wikipedia is not a [[WP:NOTGUIDE|Userguide]] for posting links to patch downloads for games.--[[User:Hu12|Hu12]] ([[User talk:Hu12|talk]]) 16:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
::The problem is the specific link that would be requested is to an unoficial patch, which is the primary source of the abuse and disruption. Equally, Wikipedia is not a [[WP:NOTGUIDE|Userguide]] for posting links to patch downloads for games.--[[User:Hu12|Hu12]] ([[User talk:Hu12|talk]]) 16:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

==Tumblr.com==
I myself can't phathom why the website is blacklisted but there are many people out there with tumblr accounts or any blogging account that allows them network around the internet. This should be reason enough to allow the site. People can google a blog, we should be able to reference that here as well. {{Done}}


=Troubleshooting and problems=
=Troubleshooting and problems=

Revision as of 09:22, 5 January 2010

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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:

    1. Proposed additions
    2. Proposed removals
    3. Troubleshooting and problems
    4. Discussion

    Each section has a message box with instructions. In addition, please sign your posts with ~~~~ after your comment.

    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 – 335970627 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions


    webs.com

    AOL IP's have been spamming this website into the pages of celebrities. There might be more AOL IP's, This IP is the newest one

    172.164.22.187 (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)

    Diff 1, Diff 2, Diff 3, Diff 4, Diff 5, Diff 6, and Diff 7. Please add it to the blacklist. Momo san Gespräch 05:13, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    This concerns at the moment only:

    And the users:

    --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:34, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Userpage spamming;
    Reggielhivich (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)
    112.202.39.140 (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)
    Spamming Tommy's Pet Paradise adsense pub-4763110844767107
    98.176.121.123 (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)
    76.212.197.220 (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)
    128.54.75.2 (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)
    98.176.244.31 (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)
    Spamming csi80048436282250.webs.com
    172.129.208.12 (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)
    172.163.104.139  (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)
    172.164.119.148  (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)
    Spamming eurodance4life.webs.com
    70.17.230.166 (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)
    Djnekke (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)
    Spamming freedomsudan.webs.com
    86.89.18.208 (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)
    Freedom Sudan (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)
    Spamming related webs.com sub-domains
    Japanhero (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)
    Reimon ultra galaxy (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)
    BlackBatrusJapanHero (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)
    KomoriRUS (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)
    KamenRiderDouble (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)
    SygtWES (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)
    Zzz3 (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)
    WFWEAF (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)
    WAFw (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)
    Ewhwsa (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)
    Wgfwgv (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)
    Afqwaeg (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)
    Astrfa (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)
    --Hu12 (talk) 21:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    webs.com appears to be a shared hosting site (sometimes free, sometimes paid); hosted sites appear to be pretty widely linked from existing articles (judging by linksearch), so blocking the entire domain would have a significant impact on existing articles. Zetawoof(ζ) 08:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    No doubt cleanup is needed, however blacklisting would have minimal impact on articles in which existing webs.com links reside. Blacklisting prevents editors from adding a hyperlink to a blacklisted site. Any revision that already contains a blacklisted link or a reference, is infact not prevented from being saved or edited.--Hu12 (talk) 23:16, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah - I seem to recall blacklisted links used to prevent an article from being edited unless the links were removed. Good to hear that's been corrected. Zetawoof(ζ) 20:35, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Spamming of teennick80048436282250.webs.com
    172.129.208.12 (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)
    172.130.34.65 (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)
    172.162.57.56 (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)
    172.163.38.63 (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)
    172.163.104.139 (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)
    172.164.119.148 (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)
    172.129.54.16 (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)
    172.162.35.100 (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)
    172.129.153.224 (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)
    --Hu12 (talk) 20:28, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    orebaregistry.com

    orebaregistry.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 Multi-year spamming despite block. See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 08:06, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Multi year and multiple IP spamming despite warnings and blocks, plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 20:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=edikv0zbAlU

    This link has been repeatedly added by IP socks of long term abuser Testosterone vs diabetes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). He is rapidly changing IPs (see Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Testosterone vs diabetes for a list of IPs) so blocking isn't helping. Semi-protection of several pages has slowed him down, but blacklisting the url will help. Thanks. -- Ed (Edgar181) 18:03, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added. If its found that this user is subverting blacklisting, just report back and we'll add any additional URL's as needed. If further disruption continues, may want to consider a range block.
    The two most used IP ranges are;
    thanks for the report, Ed--Hu12 (talk) 21:49, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I have considered rangeblocks, but even though these are ISPs in non-English speaking countries, there are actually plenty of useful contributions coming from the ranges, so the collateral damage probably isn't justified at this point. Thank you for adding to the blacklist and hopefully this will help. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:19, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Old Wikipedia mirrors

    nationmaster.com/encyclopedia: 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 statemaster.com/encyclopedia: 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

    These are not "spam" in the strict sense of the word, but often used misguided (unacceptable) sources. Nationmaster.com/encyclopedia is an old copy of Wikipedia, and Statemaster.com is a copy or mirror of nationmaster.com. Every few weeks, a sweep is done to remove these links, but it would be much easier to stop them from being added. There are e.g. for the moment 63 links to the statemaster.com encyclopedia[1], which are essentially (outdated) selfreferences to an advert-included version of Wikipedia. If there is a more efficient or procedurally more correct way of keeping these links out, feel free to guide me in the right direction! If this blacklisting is accepted, make sure to only blacklist the /encyclopedia part of these sites, the remainder of nationmaster is generally accepted as a source for info on countries. Fram (talk) 07:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this really spam? Would an edit filter be better? Stifle (talk) 09:49, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Perhaps, I'm not really familiar with either the blacklist or the (abuse) filter, and this one seems to fall somewhere between the two. Links to the above sites are not added to spam them, to promote traffic, but because people honsetly believe they have found an interesting reliable source. On the other hand, they are not acceptable sources but mirrors with ads. Disallowing them will improve our articles, educate some editors, and relieve some strain from other editors (who are now regularly removing these links). How we best exclude these links is less important. Since they are external links, the spam filter seemed the most appropriate process. Fram (talk) 10:00, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a better way to find these links. There are 105 links to statemaster, and 570 to nationmaster. (Many of these links are from outside article space and therefore of little concern, though.) Zetawoof(ζ) 08:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, I'm inclined to approve this request and will do so in a few days unless I see a reason not to. Stifle (talk) 11:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    sites.google.com/site/datemix/

    sites.google.com/site/datemix/: 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 specific page (which has no readable content) is being systematically placed onto multiple articles using multiple newly-registered accounts. Examples: [2], [3], [4]. More discussion at Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard#Datamix and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Multiple new account adding mysterious external link. I'm not suggesting that all of sites.google.com be blocked, but this one page is being systematically spammed and the use of multiple accounts suggests that blacklisting may be the most effective way to stop it permanently. --RL0919 (talk) 15:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    See also - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Merlion444
    See also - Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive587#Multiple_new_accounts_adding_mysterious_external_link
    See also - See External links/Noticeboard Item
    Also sites.google.com/site/meodatz/: 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 also - :: ANI report
    See also - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Carmendi
    Both plus Added, sorry for the delay--Hu12 (talk) 19:37, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    whatsyourobsession.com

    whatsyourobsession.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

    accounts

    207.210.0.163 (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)

    This link was inserted into several toy company articles and in the case of revoltech it was shown to be a copy and paste from the bowen designs article which was later modified when the mistake was caught by the spammer. This link is of little or no relevance to the toy companies listed other than that the site apparently sells toys by these companies via affiliate mall. The spammer seems to wait a few days and insert a few more links trying not to be noticed. I have issued a level 4 warning to the ip address due to the number of links added. I feel that the ip may try to re-insert the links as the "about" section of the website in question references Drteng.net, which is a Canadian healthcare blog and the only other edit from this ip is on the topic of Canadian healthcare. That indicates to me a single purpose user posting from a single IP. I noticed the linkspamming due to the fact that I created the initial Side Show Collectibles article.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 18:44, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Looks as if the spammer IP has stopped for now, and no links have been added since. While I agree with your assesment lets first see if this returns. If so we can consider a block, and perhaps blacklisting if multiple accounts are used. For now, lets mark this as  Not done. Thanks for the report Torchwoodwho. --Hu12 (talk) 19:59, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    babangida.com

    babangida.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

    Three years of link vandalism. See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 08:31, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Mass Long term spamming and blatant Link vandalism.  Done--Hu12 (talk) 08:52, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    prokerala.com

    prokerala.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

    Slow IP hopping citation spam, typically one IP per spam citation. See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 09:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

     Done--Hu12 (talk) 19:03, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    watchitfree.net

    User has been blocked for actions, but to prevent further ip edits, it would be best for it to be blacklisted. It is a clear copyvio and has no encyclopedic purposes. BOVINEBOY2008 :) 15:51, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    google_ad_client = pub-6325898017113118
    Other Accounts
    Movietips (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)
    91.187.103.42 (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)
    Appears the spammer just came back under new accounts and IP's, despite blocks. Spammers IP range is;
    Site has navigation scripts, that attempt to block users from exiting site, plus multiple pop ups. plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 18:15, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Additional from sock investigation
    Same malicious navigation scripts--Hu12 (talk) 23:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    medicanalife.com

    See WikiProject Spam report. Speaks for itself, really. MER-C 04:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

     Done--Hu12 (talk) 20:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    affiliate.image-line.com/BFDAJHE484

    76.118.208.118 (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)

    affiliate.image-line.com/bfdajhe484: 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 insertion of this link at FL Studio by an IP address numerious times. It's an affiliate link, See this diff and page history. Momo san Gespräch 19:58, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Also the IP admits that it is his affiliate link, see here. Momo san Gespräch 20:02, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    More;
    FruityWIKI (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)
    70.168.9.26 (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)
    Adding "affiliate.image-line.com",this should catch all affiliate links and allow regular linking (if that is ever needed). plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 20:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Also tagged the user account and the IP you found as possible sockpuppets. Momo san Gespräch 20:20, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    thanks, Momo san--Hu12 (talk) 06:22, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    seo-training-blog.blogspot.com

    seo-training-blog.blogspot.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 WikiProject Spam report MER-C 04:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added, Thanks MER-C--Hu12 (talk) 06:30, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    chinesepageantpage.com

    chinesepageantpage.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

    MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/November 2009#chinesepageantpage.com and Special:Contributions/71.22.155.161 (or See WikiProject Spam report) MER-C 07:36, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Already plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 07:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think so? MER-C 08:41, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    guess its not, plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 16:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    humanticsfoundation.com

    This is the website of a banned user, User:Ilena. She has previously spammed it and Bolen (and his socks) have also done so. Both users have been banned by the Arbitration Committee. It is classified as a hatesite which attacks Wikipedia and its users and is often used by those who hate Stephen Barrett. It contains libelous material and shouldn't be allowed here.

    Related situation: Diff with more information about perpetrators.

    Brangifer (talk) 03:42, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added. Looks as if we missed one (above) ANI. I'll log them with the previous report. Thanks again--Hu12 (talk) 06:51, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals


    yachtpals.com

    For some reason this site is on the spam blacklist. No reason for this. Very useful site with original news articles. For instance, just tried to add information about sailor Geoff Holt and put reference to his original interview for citation but will not allow me to. Thank you for your assistance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.219.34 (talk) 03:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    This request seems to be comming from the same range that previously spammed this and other "Bradley Hampton" owned sites. We de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their encyclopedic value in support of our encyclopedia pages. If a specific link is needed as a citation, an etablished editor can request it on a case-by-case basis, where the url can be demonstrated as a reliable sourceno Declined--Hu12 (talk) 06:05, 28 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    bluesport.co.cc

    This site isn't a spammer site.This site is a new sport portal, and I tried to add an external link with the transfer of Ionut Rada.I tried without account to add information to that article.I hope to "escape" the site to Smapper list, to add articles from this site and to specify the source information.Thanks for support, and a god night to me is night--12 hour! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alin9090 (talk • contribs) 22:17, 29 December 2009

    bluesport.co.cc is Non-English-language content.--Hu12 (talk) 09:19, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    That's not especially relevant, but what is relevant is that it fails WP:RS. no Declined Stifle (talk) 10:29, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Agree. Just for clarification, Non-English-language content also fails WP:EL (for English Wikipedia)..--Hu12 (talk) 20:52, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    aerobaticteams.net

    Please check this site and ensure that it is not spam site. Many of the articles of Military Aerobatic Teams section at wikipedia uses the aerobaticteams.net like source. I don't understand why this site is blacklisted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.155.239.132 (talk) 21:21, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Mass multiple project spamming, plenty of abuse, Several declines, vandalism of reports related to aerobaticteams.net, and multiple attempts to circumvent blacklisting. Additionaly, the requesting IP above also spammed this. no Declined --Hu12 (talk) 07:14, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    So can you explain me how wikipedia use a spam sources like my site? Is it fair? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.155.239.132 (talk) 08:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm sorry, I'm not sure what "how wikipedia use a spam sources like my site" means. However, if a trusted, high-volume editor requests deblacklisting for use in an article, we will be happy to give such a request careful consideration. Stifle (talk) 10:00, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Look spanish version of military aerobatic teams: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Arrows http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Equipos_militares_de_acrobacia_a%C3%A9rea And many other teams. Also english versions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlueImpulseLogo.jpg and others... Please review closely my site. I think that many of english versions of this articles uses my site like source, but can't add me like References, because of blacklisting my site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.155.239.132 (talk) 15:31, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Fallingrain.com

    (Carried over from wrong place of discussion). Myself, Darwinek and many other active editors are well aware that this site fallingrain.com contains false information, particularly population and altitude which have regularly been shown to be grossly inaccurate. For instance it would say "771 people" in a 7 km radius yet according to official Chinese census data it actually has 35,000 in the town notincluding surrounding villages. Others include a coastal village in Madagascar which falling rain claimed had an altitude of 360 metres when it is clearly barely above sea level. The site is 15 years out of date and I've seen it used by lesser informed individuals to reference articles which is a major threat to reliability. Worst affected are Pakistan and India. I believe the community expressed concern previously about fallingrain as fialing to adhere to reliable sources. The coordinates are generally accurate but little else actually is. I propose the blacklisting of this website and the removal of links to it from all articles which I believe would be a major cleanup. The shoddy name alone is enough to think the article is false which uses it as a reference or link. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:15, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    True Fallingrain.com cannot be trusted. From my own experience it is grossly unreliable website with simply false information about population, altitudes and even the names of towns/villages. Wikipedia should be a respected source of knowledge, which it cannot be with this website used as a reference in many articles. There are much more reliable statistics and sources (especially official ones), which can be used. Blocking this website and removing all links from Wikipedia would only benefit the project. - Darwinek (talk) 12:42, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I got a note asking me to come here and comment on this site. I don't remember ever having used it myself. I checked however, and at this moment, 9,530 wikipedia articles have links to it.
    If the suggestion is to blacklist this site, are we talking about replacing every instance where it is used with a more reliable link? That is at least 9,530 links. If this is to be done individually, by humans, and it takes a human, on average, one minute per correction, a minimum of 150 person-hours.
    Never having used this site, I think I should stay neutral. If, however, it is blacklisted, I will agree to be part of an effort to look for replacement links. I'll sign on for sixty articles.
    Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 16:40, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    LOL Geoswan. You are an old fashioned guy! 9,530 links could be removed in just a few hours using AWB or even better a bot. Nobody is going to be spending 150 hours on that job for sure!!! But the fact it is used in 9530 articles is extremely concerning in terms of reliability....

    So, setting a bot to remove the URLs, without trying to replace them with more reliable links is an acceptable option? That's a relief. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 14:52, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    A bot or AWB could be used to remove the links. In a lot of cases they are used along side other sources so removing the falling rain website is in my view a case of despamming and avoiding misleading editors by exposing them to unreliable population and altitude data. The most serious cases are those though where no reliable sources are available and falling rain is used as a primary source, often to source population and other data which is unavailable. Relying on fallingrain for population and such figures (as I've myself been guilty of with Tibet for instance) as caused a major reliability problem and mass of errors and should be cleaned up and delisted asap.. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC) Not to mention that the site still thinking it is 1995-6 still shows some closed railway lines in numerous articles and has been used as a primary source, so in effect it is giving misleading information and implies that certain railway lines and small settlements that have been abandoned still exist. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:21, 23 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    It is with some concern the amount of usage of innacurate information from the site can be found in wikipedia as a 'valid source' - some time ago - the Australian project editors who had reviewed the innacuracy actually voted for and succeeded in getting an article about fallingrain afd'ed - that had been created by an editor who had over-relied upon the fallingrain source - and by any account may well still be doing so - any definite action in reducing reliance upon an unreliable source on the web would be appreciated by those who have to debate with editors who claim it is a useful source - when editors who have sufficient knowledge of context of some of the information - see it as a misleading and often incorrect source SatuSuro 16:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

    Is the site already in XLinkBot? That seems like the appropriate way to warn editors that the site contains unreliable data when they try to add it, while still allowing editorial discretion. While the RfC showed that unreliability can be a factor in blacklisting, there was little support for blacklisting merely unreliable sites absent actual spamming. Youtube is a similar unreliable site, and IIRC it's in XLinkBot, not the blacklist. Let me see: [5] Gigs (talk) 19:23, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I am in support of the move to remove the site from the whitelist - my understanding is it relies rather heavily on an old list which has got some circulation on the net already (the original version of Mapquest circa 1999 was based on it for non-US mapping, for instance, but more recent versions use their own mapping which is almost exactly accurate). The Fallingrain map of my own city contains towns which have never existed, misspellings/mislocations of places which do exist, a suburban boundary that is around 40 years out of date and a number of key features missing. Orderinchaos 16:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Blacklisting this site solely because it's an unreliable source is not supported by larger consensus. While the recent RfC did indicate that reliability can be a factor in blacklisting, there was also near universal consensus against using it as a sole factor. Since the addition of these links were not for spam purposes (but rather added in good faith), I see no justification for blacklisting this site. That said, if the data truly is unreliable, I would not be opposed to systematic removal of the site as a reference, and its addition to XLinkBot. Gigs (talk) 16:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    OpenBlox.co.cc

    I have absolutely no idea why this site is blocked. I am a editor from OpenBlox and I was editing our OpenBlox page here on Wikipedia. I don't understand why is is blocked, so I am making this request to unblock it please. I need it as a external link on the OpenBlox page here. --Sirnot1 (talk) 22:23, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Sites under the co.cc domain have been the subject of significant spam activity in the past, and as such the entire domain has been blocked. Individual sites can be whitelisted if they are needed as reliable sources, but - as it appears that the page you created is likely to be deleted shortly - it doesn't appear that this is going to be warranted. Zetawoof(ζ) 22:53, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    oldunreal.com

    Can this site be unlisted/removed from the blacklist? It is the site of a third party update to Unreal and currently in the middle of an edit war. I am trying to ascertain why oldunreal.com should be blacklisted, as there appears to be nothing untoward about it - the best I can come up with is that the address is almost exactly the same as boldunreal.com which I found in the archive december 2008 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/log#December_2008 Thanks. a_man_alone (talk) 00:59, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Seems the abuse from oldunreal.com has been ongoing. Since previous reports, based on Unreal's history it would appear the disruption continues (as early as yestrday) with continued spamming of oldunreal.com's patch[6][7][8][9][10][11][12], including attempts to curcuvent blacklisting thru the bad faith use of url/redirectors. Clearly the previous evidenced Off wiki threats of disruption have occured, and prior spam attacks and heavily used Meatpuppets by the site owners is sufficient evidence this will continue if un-listed. no Declined per continued disruption, origional spam case and previous decline. --Hu12 (talk) 05:43, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Very well, point taken - I'd missed the original blacklist discussion. Seems a shame that a potentially important factoid cannot be represented though. a_man_alone (talk) 09:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    We are open to whitelisting one or a few links to the site if appropriate. Stifle (talk) 12:00, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The problem is the specific link that would be requested is to an unoficial patch, which is the primary source of the abuse and disruption. Equally, Wikipedia is not a Userguide for posting links to patch downloads for games.--Hu12 (talk) 16:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Tumblr.com

    I myself can't phathom why the website is blacklisted but there are many people out there with tumblr accounts or any blogging account that allows them network around the internet. This should be reason enough to allow the site. People can google a blog, we should be able to reference that here as well.  Done

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