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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Beetstra (talk | contribs) at 09:22, 16 December 2021 (→‎thearticle.online: Added to Blacklist using SBHandler). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

"Wikipedia:Spam-blacklist" redirects here. For a description of the spam blacklist, see Wikipedia:Spam blacklist. For instructions on administrating the spam blacklist, see Wikipedia:Spam-blacklisting.
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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 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 - 1060569184 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
    →snippet for logging: {{/request|1060569184#section_name}}
    →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|1060569184#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


    hashroot.com

    The user placed a COI link in two articles here and here that led to a page that my malware detector flagged as carrying the JS:Trojan.Cryxos.6843 virus. Largoplazo (talk) 09:16, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Largoplazo:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem (COIBot should save a report to do this). --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:15, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Largoplazo: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:45, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    thearticle.online

    Spammed on pages linked from the Main Page by IPs listed above (e.g. 1). Not in any way a reliable source so no need for anyone to link to this. firefly ( t · c ) 09:14, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Firefly: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:22, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    block.xyz

    Reason to delist

    Forgive me if I post this in the wrong section, not sure if it looks like its a technical issue or if this link is in the blacklist. Recently, Square, Inc. has been renamed to Block, Inc. Their new corporate website is now block.xyz. If there's any press releases from Block, Inc., it can be used as reference.20chances (talk) 18:13, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

     Defer to Whitelist OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:36, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    spacious.hk

    spacious.hk: 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!
    I just talked to Elli and she mentioned me here to find my answer. Could you please help me to solve my problem?
    Can you please assist me to remove a domain from the Wikipedia spam blacklist?
    Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MahfujNahid (talk • contribs) 20:23, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    You need to specify what domain you're talking about. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:01, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello Jamie,
    Thanks a lot for your reply!
    The domain is spacious.hk. Would you mind to suggest me what to do to remove this domain from the spam blacklist? Hopefully, at least you won't disappoint me, brother.
    Look forward to hearing some good news from you.
    Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MahfujNahid (talk • contribs)

     Defer to Whitelist It was added a few years ago because of heavy spamming, per this report. I see the link already exists at Spacious, which is the only place it would be needed on Wikipedia. If the link is keeping you from editing Spacious, you can make a whitelist request so that the corp link can remain there. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:48, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree. There is nothing on the spacious.hk website that would be appropriate for a citation in a Wikipedia article, and the Spacious article already has a link to a page on the website. What else is needed? If a trusted, high-volume contributor feels that the site should be removed from the blacklist, we will consider the request. But we can whitelist a specific link if needed.
    Also, MahfujNahid, if you are associated with the domain in any way, you must declare that association. If you are being paid, see WP:PAID for guidance on the declaration. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for your information.
    It is not paid. Another real estate company decided to own the business. I am their social media assistant. They have noticed this problem and let me know if I can fix this issue.
    I am surprised! This is a renowned company. Then how can occurred that heavy spamming!
    So now, can you please help me to make this domain blacklisted to whitelisted? I'll be very thankful to you brother. It's my request.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MahfujNahid (talk • contribs)

    No, as we've already clearly explained, there's no use for links to this site on Wikipedia besides the Spacious article. If you are their social media assistant, than it is "paid" in the sense that you have a WP:COI, unless you're their volunteer social media assistant. OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:47, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Okay! So if they remove the links from their page then it will be turned to whitelist?— Preceding unsigned comment added by MahfujNahid (talk • contribs) 23:03, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    No; whitelisting just means we allow for a single specific link to be used, but otherwise enforce blacklisting on all other links to the domain. In this case, that's not necessary, as I've converted the link to a bare domain name in Spacious, which won't trigger the blacklisting if further edits need to be made. Please read WP:WHITELIST for further info. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:15, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Why do you need the website to be whitelisted? Is it so that colleagues of yours can spam it to articles such as the edit made by Asifghafoor1979 to Haunted house? – NJD-DE (talk) 23:18, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    heylawedu.id

    Reason to delist

    heylawedu.id is not a spammy website. Rather, they have worked with several Indonesian universities to provide online law education. As far as I know, Heylaw has helped Indonesian law students to get new law information or updates. The website also provides online classes and webinars for us to access online law education with the professor they have worked with. As you can see, Heylaw is credible to provide information for another trusted website like [1] and [2]. Also you can see here [3] that Heylaw has worked with several Indonesian lecturers, so we can consider that Heylaw helps us as student to access online law education. Dina Larasati (talk) 02:37, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @Dina Larasati: no Declined, not blacklisted here, rather on https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:33, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Discussion

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