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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ohnoitsjamie (talk | contribs) at 23:03, 10 September 2021 (→‎e-book.business: 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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    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 - 1043598179 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
    →snippet for logging: {{/request|1043598179#section_name}}
    →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|1043598179#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


    byscoop.com

    News aggregator (at best!) that republishes information from other websites, blunt warning given to IP[1] and links continue to be added. There are a couple of links cross-wiki, but only a couple and look to be added by established editors while translating pages from EN, not by spammers. Ravensfire (talk) 14:21, 26 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Note - oringally reported on August 19 by Daniel Case, but archived on the 25th [2]. Spamming continued after the original report. Ravensfire (talk) 17:59, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @OhNoitsJamie: would you mind double-checking this? This was spammed against on September 3rd [3], and I can't see the site in the blacklist. Thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 18:58, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Must've missed a step in the tool process; it should be added now. OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:11, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    realconnected.online

    Blog hosting copyvio articles copy and pasted from elsewhere on the internet, and the links spammed here. - MrOllie (talk) 11:58, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:07, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    smartenglishnotes.com

    This website is persistently added as spam. Pachu Kannan (talk) 11:27, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Persistently? I see additions by User:Mir_Mohammad_Afzal in January, 2021, and that's it (I've given that user a final warning). OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:34, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    defonic.com

    defonic.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

    Site spammed to Role-playing game. It's a commercial random ambient noise generator site with no value as an encyclopedic source. Woodroar (talk) 14:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? I see that two different users added this link once (I've now warned both); I think blacklisting would be premature. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:29, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    tabletopy.com

    Site spammed to Role-playing game. It's a commercial game audio generator site with no value as an encyclopedic source. Woodroar (talk) 14:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? I see one attempt to add that link (I've warned the IP). Premature to blacklist at this point. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:29, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    indiantrain.in

    indiantrain.in: 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

    Linkspam from several sockpuppet accounts. - MrOllie (talk) 19:12, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:45, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    chairspam

    Multiple accounts spamming a trio of commercial links. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:01, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    e-book.business

    Spammed from multiple socks, site is just a affiliate link portal to garner commissions from amazon.com. - MrOllie (talk) 22:11, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello @MrOllie, thanks for mentioning me - I have never received a reasonable answer (on your talk page) regarding my edits. For some reason you consider it acceptable enough to delete new content created (including math formulas and clarifications on certain niche IT-related topics). My understanding is you are willing to exterminate any link and contribution that does not fit your personal opinion (however, the mentioned website seems to be a collection of reviews and informational articles as well). I also cannot see any meaningful explanation from your side regarding other (numerous) requests from other users that can be found on your talk page. Your huge experience and time spent on Wikipedia is remarkable and I very much respect it, but would like to ask you for a bit more well-weighted decisions. Thanks!

    @MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:03, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    assignmenthelp

    assignmenthelp4me.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

    Hi please unblock the above keyword, someone has blocked this keyword on purpose while there are so many resources that can be used and cited on Wikipedia Please unblock it for public interest and authors' helpful resources.— Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnBirdie (talk • contribs)

     Clerk declined That's globally blocked, for good reason. I can't imagine any legitimate use on a Wikipedia project for an "assignment help" website, including "assignmenthelp4me.com", the website that you were attempting to spam. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
     Clerk declined spam. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:28, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    forbetterscience.com

    forbetterscience.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

    The website is published by science journalist Leonid Schneider who covers scientific misconduct including predatory publishing giants such as MDPI and Frontiers. His articles are sometimes rather critical of those companies, but as far as I (and others who have weighed in, e.g. Elisabeth Bik[4]) can tell factual and an important contribution to the topic he writes about. I can't really see any justification for it being blacklisted. It would be useful to be able to use this source e.g. in articles on MDPI or Frontiers, given that he is one of the few journalists who cover them regularly in detail. --Bjerrebæk (talk) 16:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment Originally added here, previous removal discussion here. Given the arguments presented at the latter, case-by-case whitelisting seems more appropriate. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:43, 8 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    filesusr.com (removing)

    filesusr.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 was just added earlier in September because it's a generic upload site. But it's is being used by the government of American Samoa to host official documents like the State of the Territory address and COVID-19 info (links censored with *** so I can post them here), so I'm having trouble adding references to articles talking about AS. -- Beland (talk) 21:34, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    For two documents,  Defer to Whitelist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:39, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, started thread at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist#Request to whitelist pages from filesusr.com for American Samoa. -- Beland (talk) 01:51, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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