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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.

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

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    Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

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    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 – 935215438 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    Islamrway

    Religious website, only known usages are bad-faith. ωικιωαrrιorᑫᑫ1ᑫ 17:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @WikiWarrior9919: no Declined (for now). A single incident and the block seems to have been effective as deterrence. Please report back here in case of repeated further spamming. --GermanJoe (talk) 21:17, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    liveleak.com

    liveleak.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

    Most, if not all, uses appear to be copyvios (e.g., unauthorized copies of paywalled news media sources). See WP:ELN and WP:RSN for current discussions. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:49, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @WhatamIdoing and JzG: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --— Newslinger talk 22:34, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    allresultbd.com

    This has been spammed by several IP's on various pages, time to stop it. Ravensfire (talk) 06:42, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. GermanJoe (talk) 16:08, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    vishalkranti.com

    See w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vishalkranti. Being that its a WordPress site, I do not see any usefulness linking the website here on enwiki and highly doubt it will be. theinstantmatrix (talk) 15:06, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Theinstantmatrix: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for submitting this. — Newslinger talk 22:41, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    More disinformation sites

    @Newslinger: Per the unanimous consensus here. ToThAc (talk) 17:29, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @ToThAc: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for submitting this. — Newslinger talk 22:39, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Not sure what "disinformation" means there (as well as who and by what standards decides, whether a particular website is spreadng it), however southfront.org is sometimes invaluable in terms of providing the western reader with the technical information regarding Russian weaponry in English, so I suggest it's removed from the list. When it comes to strict numbers, there's little space for "faking manoeuvres", since everything is easily verifiable across multuple sources. A good example of this is the Laika-class submarine article, where southfront.org gives the same information about the military exhibition as the "bmpd", but presents it in English. -- Nicholas Velasquez (talk) 20:05, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    shorturl.at

    Used to submit spam at Karankote and Dawn Yeoh Jerod Lycett (talk) 20:49, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Already globally blacklisted, but the blacklist can't stop additions without the protocol, which is what was done in those cases. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:30, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    cryptopotato.com

    Slow-moving spam - additions of inappropriate links to cryptocurrency articles from random IPs, e.g. [1]. No current instances remaining, but I find myself removing one of these every couple of days, always from a different IP that has no other edits. Is one of the pay-for-play crypto outlets - David Gerard (talk) 10:27, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    and I've just added it to the list myself [2] - think I've done this right - David Gerard (talk) 10:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    ​Could you also add a log entry at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log? The SBHandler user script automates all of this and makes it much easier. — Newslinger talk 20:18, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    ooh, thank you! - David Gerard (talk) 20:25, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    123movies.*

    • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \b123movies\.\w{2,3}\b

    For example:

    123Movies has had a ton of spam with various clone sites. It's been semiprotected, but there's no reason they should be linked to imo. I have a feeling they'll be back once the protection expires. There's also been at least one user who was autoconfirmed that added the link multiple times. This regex will capture any 123movies domain ending with a 2 or 3 letter TLD. I chose to use \w{2,3} rather than * because it seems safer (but my regex skills aren't great). – Frood (talk) 21:26, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Frood: Handled on meta by Billinghurst at m:Special:Diff/19673374. Thanks for reporting this. — Newslinger talk 03:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Indian financial scheme spam

    These site have been spammed in the past by various users and IP editors, but it stopped for a while. It's come back of late, so probably time for the black list. Ravensfire (talk) 15:33, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. Since the COIBot reports for pradhanmantri.info and pmagreement.in indicate that the domains are being spammed on the Hindi Wikipedia as well as the English Wikipedia, could you please resubmit the request at m:Talk:Spam blacklist? Thanks for reporting this. — Newslinger talk 03:13, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Newslinger, Will do, and thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 03:19, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    outlawsgameroom.com

    outlawsgameroom.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

    This link has been spammed across the wiki by a series of IPs. The following are a sampling.

    Warnings don't seem to phase the person as 67.140.42.97 has received three within the last day and still keeps adding more every few hours. It isn't clear that any of the radio shows provided on the page are public domain and they are only added by these IPs who make no other edits to articles. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 22:47, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @ThaddeusSholto: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help!) 09:13, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @JzG: It doesn't appear blacklisted in practice. There is a link on Lone Ranger but when I made an edit there [7] it didn't warn me about a blacklisted URL before saving. It updated the page without any problems and the link remains. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 17:01, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    I just confirmed this here myself with a simple auto-ed. Jerod Lycett (talk) 02:26, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Jerodlycett, it's definitely on the blacklist and a test edit in my sandbox shows it's working. The blacklist only traps when the link is added, though. Guy (help!) 14:09, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Airline Safety Cards

    Per ANI report, long-term spamming at Aircraft safety card (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Guy (help!) 09:38, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist per ANI report. --Guy (help!) 09:39, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    lnkclik.com

    Diff of use

    That was the only use, but it's a redirect shortening service. Jerod Lycett (talk) 02:11, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jerodlycett:  Defer to Global blacklist, URL shortener. --Guy (help!) 10:51, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    akaddprice.com

    This has blown up a few times and has mostly been contained, but they don't seem dissuaded by reversions or an IP block. Recommend adding it to blacklist. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 08:56, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cyphoidbomb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:13, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @JJMC89: Thanks mate. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    transparencymarketresearch.com

    Transparency Market Research is a market "research" firm of questionable credibility, their reports are mostly used by trade associations, trade magazines and similar PR publications. The domain has been repeatedly spammed by various COI editors and SPAs for promotional editing (see also COIBot report), no foreseeable encyclopedic usage - their website shows no evidence of credible unbiased expert research. As I could be seen as involved, I'll leave this one open for independent review. GermanJoe (talk) 19:53, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help!) 22:53, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    State sponsored fake news

    See Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 281 § news-front.info and Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 281 § RfC: Deprecation of fake news / disinformation sites.

    These sites are state-sponsored fake news / disinformation. Guy (help!) 23:13, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist per RSN consensus. --Guy (help!) 23:13, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    cricketwa.com

    This unreliable website's links have been spammed across various pages by various IPs. Time to blacklist it. Dee03 09:46, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Zoominfo.com

    Co-ordinated spamming, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Juliofcruz0902. Probably SEO spam. Guy (help!) 01:31, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    I ran into one of the sockpuppets, Frjama, and was suspicious but let it slide because Zoominfo appeared to be a valid source. In light of the sockpuppetry, the site should be blacklisted. — Newslinger talk 01:41, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @JzG: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. — Newslinger talk 01:41, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    indian-lyrics.com

    Edits adding this site popped on my watchlist today and I've got a feeling I've seen this added before (and reverted). Multiple indian lyrics sites have been spammed recently. I think this is a possible candidate for black listing. Ravensfire (talk) 20:05, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire: Spammy and probably also copyright violations. Classy. plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help!) 20:08, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    lyricsganti.com

    External link spamming. Site contains copyright violations, and should not be linked to per WP:COPYLINK. — Newslinger talk 07:34, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --— Newslinger talk 07:35, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    djjaani.com

    External link spamming. Site contains copyright violations, and should not be linked to per WP:COPYLINK. — Newslinger talk 09:09, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --— Newslinger talk 09:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Since quite a few Indian music websites are being spammed in the same way, and some of them are related to each other, I'm continuing the search at WT:WPSPAM § Unlicensed Indian music websites. — Newslinger talk 11:12, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    rsheria.com

    Repeated spam for a blog with bonus and gift card offers. Only warning has been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 13:41, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 13:42, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    procore.com

    Has been going off and on since early 2019. They hit mostly construction-related articles. One or two articles spammed per IP. They never respond to warnings, even when IPs are reused. I don't think they're going to stop unless the blacklist makes them. - MrOllie (talk) 18:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. — JJMC89 (T·C) 22:36, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    technicalswank.blogspot.com

    Per evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aman pathak7045. Average blogspot spam; cannot see any valid usage here on Wikipedia. theinstantmatrix (talk) 06:37, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Theinstantmatrix: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --— Newslinger talk 06:43, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals


    vrbo

    vrbo.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 went to update an footnote on the vrbo page,only to find the domain blocked. I tried searching for a reason, buyt I could not find one. (I'm also a total newb at this, so could be user error). I did see some discussion around a sock puppet (don't know what that is, exactly), but I would expect that particular endpoint/listing to be blacklisted, not the entire site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.34.134 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @165.225.34.134: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. Since Vrbo is a nonjournalistic commercial site that has been spammed in the past, we will generally not remove it from the blacklist. However, you can request specific links on the site to be whitelisted if they can be appropriately used as primary sources. — Newslinger talk 03:21, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    pv-magazine

    pv-magazine.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 to spamlist due to some ancient spam case (2011). Not blocked globally or any local wiki.

    Site is very useful source about current news in photovoltaics, used 1000+ times on Google Scholar. Jklamo (talk) 22:15, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Jklamo, this was extensively spammed and appears to be mainly churnalism. Did you check the archives? This is pretty much a perennial here. Guy (help!) 22:52, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    eporner

    eporner.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    Hello, we've noticed that someone has clearly spammed wikipedia using our domain eporner.com. Random links from our domain were added in completely unmatched places: list are here Therefore, our domain now is blacklisted. Please unblock it, because users cannot naturally add content from our domain as a source for information published on Wikipedia. We have press information BLOG in the eporner.com/news/ which are SFW, very useful as a reliable source of industry information (We are large, over 10 years old, alexa top1000 website). Regards, Eporner — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eporner (talk • contribs) 17:26, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined Please read the large yellow box at the top of this section. Furthermore, it's not blacklisted locally but rather on meta. If a trusted, non-COI editor finds a reasonable link at your site for a source, they can request a whitelisting for that link. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:31, 9 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Toevolution

    toevolution.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 want to add resources to this site, but a message appears that the domain is prohibited and it can be added and I do not see any reasons for its ban or its presence in the blacklist and I need to add some articles to it as a reference and I do not see any reason for being on this list. Please remove it so that I can add it and benefit from it me and others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdulaziz Sobh (talk • contribs)

    no Declined It's blacklisted because you and many other anon IP addresses spammed the hell out of it in 2018. Furthermore, it looks like a garbage site with nonsense about keto and other fads; as such, it would have no use on Wikipedia.OhNoitsJamie Talk 03:29, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Computer Business Review

    cbronline.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 Unless I'm missing something this is a news site, "The site offers senior IT industry executives in-depth news and understanding.". like "xxx business journal". I have hit this blocked site before and just hit it again. I don't see a reason why it's blocked. Peter Flass (talk) 22:47, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Peter Flass: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. The site has been blacklisted due to systematic spamming in the past. Please see the archives on top for further information. --GermanJoe (talk) 23:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Logging / COIBot Instructions

    Blacklist logging

    Full instructions for admins


    Quick reference

    For Spam reports or requests originating from this page, use template {{/request|0#section_name}}

    • {{/request|213416274#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 213416274 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.

    For Spam reports or requests originating from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam use template {{WPSPAM|0#section_name}}

    • {{WPSPAM|182725895#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 182725895 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.
    Note: If you do not log your entries, it may be removed if someone appeals the entry and no valid reasons can be found.

    Addition to the COIBot reports

    The lower list in the COIBot reports now have after each link four numbers between brackets (e.g. "www.example.com (0, 0, 0, 0)"):

    1. first number, how many links did this user add (is the same after each link)
    2. second number, how many times did this link get added to wikipedia (for as far as the linkwatcher database goes back)
    3. third number, how many times did this user add this link
    4. fourth number, to how many different wikipedia did this user add this link.

    If the third number or the fourth number are high with respect to the first or the second, then that means that the user has at least a preference for using that link. Be careful with other statistics from these numbers (e.g. good user who adds a lot of links). If there are more statistics that would be useful, please notify me, and I will have a look if I can get the info out of the database and report it. This data is available in real-time on IRC.

    Poking COIBot

    When adding {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and/or {{IPSummary}} templates to WT:WPSPAM, WT:SBL, WT:SWL and User:COIBot/Poke (the latter for privileged editors) COIBot will generate linkreports for the domains, and userreports for users and IPs.


    Discussion

    Should the list be alphabetised? Any problem with doing this? - David Gerard (talk) 12:12, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Duplicates

    I just removed some duplicates. Feel free to review. Guy (help!) 20:35, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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