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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Beetstra (talk | contribs) at 06:42, 15 March 2021 (→‎romexsoft.com: Added to Blacklist using SBHandler). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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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:

    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 regex — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
    5. Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
    6. Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number - 1012217991 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
    →snippet for logging: {{/request|1012217991#section_name}}
    →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|1012217991#section_name}}
    →A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler


    Proposed additions


    nerdclump.com

    This seemed like a relatively minor flare-up, and I probably would have left it alone after having blocked WiredLinker, but because they made this change at Wikidata, it added an additional level of complexity to find where that last link was coming from. So to prevent any shenanigans, this should probably be added to the global blacklist. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cyphoidbomb:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:26, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cyphoidbomb: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    scihub.to

    A fake Sci-Hub website that prompts the user to download malware. Links repeatedly added to Sci-Hub by IP editors[1][2][3]. Requesting sitewide block due to history of cross-wiki spam related to Sci-Hub as well as this being a malware domain. — kashmīrī TALK 07:24, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kashmiri:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:57, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Kashmiri: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:58, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! — kashmīrī TALK 15:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    politi.co

    politi.co: 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

    politi.co/2nTmTuv and similar are the politico.com URL shortener. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 14:49, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    AManWithNoPlan, is there any restriction on politico.com? Dirk Beetstra T C 04:40, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    not sure. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 13:20, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    AManWithNoPlan, Politico is deemed reliable on WP:RSP (though maybe biased). More of a bad form to use a shortened link (you don't see where you go) but I don't think it is enough to blacklist this. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:40, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    i was under the mis-perception that URL shorteners were bad enough form to ban. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 14:00, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    AManWithNoPlan, General use ones go on meta without question (and sometimes even pre-emptively), site-specific ones are less of an issue (like here, you know you are going to a document on politico), except that I remain that they are obscuring (I'd prefer to know that I go to 'www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/30/fiona-hill-russia-trump-adviser-228758/' instead of to 'politi.co/2nTmTuv' - if the former is used as a reference on Grass you can expect that it is off-topic, with the latter you don't know if it is on- or off-topic even on Fiona Hill until you follow it). As long as the document you go to is not 'restricted' (site deprecated/generally unreliable on RSP, revertlisted/blacklisted or similar), or bluntly spammed by itself (youtu.be) we tend to let it go. Dirk Beetstra T C 06:25, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    adweek.it

    adweek.it: 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

    URL shortener AManWithNoPlan (talk) 23:59, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    AManWithNoPlan, are there any restrictions on adweek.com? Dirk Beetstra T C 04:41, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    not sure. AManWithNoPlan (talk) 13:21, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    AManWithNoPlan, adweek is not mentioned on WP:RSP. Similar as above, I would mainly call it bad form to use the shortened link as you don't see where you go, but don't really see reason to blacklist it. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:41, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    healthybodyhealthymind.com

    healthybodyhealthymind.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

    Garbage links spammed by at least four IPs. plus Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:42, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    kaunbanegacrorepati.org

    kaunbanegacrorepati.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
    Sushil kumar00 (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)

    Another tiresome and poorly-wrought Kaun Banega Crorepati scam site. plus Added to the blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 04:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    bhajangeet.com

    MP3/Lyrics site being spammed on Devotional song and Hanuman Chalisa by fairly wide range of IP addresses. Ravensfire (talk) 14:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:01, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    romexsoft.com

    Originally a series of promotional editors was just trying to start an article on their company (speedy deleted several times), but in the last few years they have abandoned that effort in favor of off and on bouts of link spamming. It is doubtful this company or their blog will ever be a useful source for anything, so we should just blacklist. - MrOllie (talk) 01:29, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, noting that it is also unwanted on ru.wikipedia and uk.wikipedia, so we may want to consider global blacklisting. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:42, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    akcartoons.in

    Junk blog site being spammed by Aklesh2019 for a while, often on Motu Patlu but has also hit other articles. Multiple direct warnings, but they've continued and used an IP at least once. I have no doubt that when blocked, they will create a new account. Pretty agressive on the spam, so blacklisting makes sense. Ravensfire (talk) 13:35, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    buytvinternetphone.com removal

    buytvinternetphone.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 All the information added were either pricing changes or plans & packages table that has facts based information. These type of information need to referenced by the source as pricing information changes with time. Kindly unlist buytvinternetphone from blacklist as all the mentions need to referenced. Thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.116.232.9 (talk • contribs)

    @45.116.232.9: no Declined, there are better sources for this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:25, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beetstra:, The best sources are official sources but official sources never give all the offers/plans at one place. Generally they require users to submit their address to show offers. So mentioned source is the one that has all the info at one place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mwaqarsid (talk • contribs)
    We're not removing your site from the blacklist, period. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:08, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @45.116.232.9: We might show official retail prices of things (though I even don't expect those generally to be notable, with some exceptions), but Wikipedia is certainly not the place to find offers on these things (again, with maybe some exceptions). However, that that information is behind a 'wall' is no reason not to reference the official source of that material. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:44, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    pv-magazine.com

    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

    PV magazine is a leading, well regarded journal for information about the solar business. Editors around the world support PV magazine with unique editorial content, reporting about new developments in this essential climate change mitigation technique. Though being clearly biased pro-solar energy, new market data can be useful as in this example:

    www.pv-magazine.com/2021/02/16/global-pv-installations-to-surpass-150-gw-in-2021

    I could not find this information elsewhere on the web. Sponsored content in PV-magazine is clearly marked as such (just like in any other newspaper). Blacklisting started in 2011 and was initially justified, after obvious attempts by employees or marketing to include their links. However, 10 years later, blacklisting is not appropriate anymore. There are more than 100 cites of pv-magazine anyway, without using the .com-links. I want to point out that I have no personal connection to PV-magazine and I am not part of the solar industry. Hedgehoque (talk) 12:14, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Logging / COIBot Instructions

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    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.

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    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.



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