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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Hu12 (talk | contribs) at 04:12, 7 June 2008 (→‎Request to delist Debatepedia: rply). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

    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 - 217679873 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
    snippet for logging: {{/request|217679873#section_name}}
    snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|217679873#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

    supermodels.nl

    supermodels.nl: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

    I noticed that the website "supermodels.nl" has many links on various fashion model profiles on Wiki. According to Finjan Secure Browsing, AVG and board threads ([see this screenshot]), this site is infested with malware and badware. Although I'm unable to access the site (keeps loading and loading), I'd like to know how you would handle this case since there are dozens of links to this dispensable site. Thank you so far. Robomod (talk) 21:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Done --Hu12 (talk) 21:59, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank You again. Are these links being removed automatically or manually? Robomod (talk) 06:22, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I am generating a COIBot report. If the site is bad, these requests must be done at meta! --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    allaahuakbar.net

    Per m:talk:Spam blacklist, allaahuakbar.net needs to be blacklisted on meta but there are a number of links on several projects. I have just cleaned up enWP so am blacklisting here temporarily to stop them creeping back in, I will remove it when the meta blacklist entry goes in. Guy (Help!) 20:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Some allaahuakbar.net links are valid and have been placed on pages by non-spammers for good reason. Please don't blanket-delete these, but delete on a case-by-case basis.-Moorlock (talk) 21:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    In what way valid? I don't see any evidence that this is a reliable source. Guy (Help!) 18:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Stale--Hu12 (talk) 01:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    youtube.com

    I propose that youtube links should be addable by autoconfirmed users only, to reduce the amount of copyvio links added. Stifle (talk) 18:48, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Concerns of possible Linking to copyrighted works is a persuasive reason. These videos are re-posted anonomously typicaly from other sources (the creator's) and are carrying the work in violation of the creator's copyright. Permissioned alternatives are most always available from the "actual" source(the creator's). Wikipedia need not be a part in contributory infringement. Lets allow for more input, simply because of the amount of these links currently on the project. --Hu12 (talk) 19:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Note that bug 1505 was recently fixed. Existing links are no longer affected by the spam blacklist. MER-C 12:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think that blacklisting youtube is a good idea. YouTube has been used for copyright infringement, maybe. But that's not Wikipedia's care. Many companies, artists and organizations use YouTube to upload their videos to share with the world and those videos are legit to link from Wikipedia. If there is infringement, YouTube will and does deal with it anyway. There will always be incorrect links to not allowed videos according to YouTube's Terms of Use but those links can be removed. Blocking, even for only a certain group of editors, will not help at all but instead be harmful to the project. --SoWhy Talk 14:22, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Blacklisting youtube is not a good idea. Zealous editors would simply use the fact that it's in the blacklist to gallop around removing thousands of links for no other reason. It's a scenario for another ArbCom and we shouldn't be creating this sort of disruption to the project. Any editor who sees a copyvio can revert and we should leave it at that in this case. Wjhonson (talk) 15:57, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree that blacklisting youtube would be disruptive. Furthermore, Youtube is owned by one of the wealthiest companies in the world, Google, and as a potential magnet for copyright lawsuits, they are diligent in taking down copyright infringements when made aware of them.
    Also, youtube links were being added in early 2007 at the daily rate of 100 to 150 based on Veinor's link reports; I'm guessing we probably have 50,000 to 100,000 by now. Any decision to blacklist these links should involve a wider community discussion than we're having here.
    I suspect many of our youtube links are not of encyclopedic quality; if so, it may worth considering setting up XLinkBot to monitor and revert link additions by unregistered users. --A. B. (talkcontribs) 16:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Concur with that. There are zillions of articles where youtube links are not only appropriate, but also crucial, cf. Umbrella (song). And since we are currently unable to restrict a link to autoconfirmed users only, I consider this request  Not done. MaxSem(Han shot first!) 16:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    youtube.com is already on XLinkBot's revert list, it has been there since the bot first started running. --Versageek 17:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    readwriteweb.com

    For compariative issues with core content issues:

    Also

    Articles are not professionally written, don't have sources, and are not suitable as reliable sources. I'm not convinced how these these low-quality links could ever be used as as a citation or source, (in any appropriate context). This type of material is unencyclopedic and not acceptable in Wikipedia articles.--Hu12 (talk) 06:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Done--Hu12 (talk) 17:25, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    footyclips.com spam on Wikipedia

    Spam domains

    Google Adsense: 6591999512883712


    Spam accounts

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 14:51, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:12, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Wagyu

    203.41.21.38 (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) Repeatedly adding spam link to this article, was warned 11 May 08, still happening.--Dmol (talk) 14:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi. I definitely see a lot of spam. Normally, we don't blacklist after just one spam warning. I've relisted at WikiProject Spam for monitoring. I've also given this IP a second warning.
    Thanks for your work on this problem. Every time he/she spams with this or another account, give them another warning and let me know the problem is continuing. Thanks
    no Declined for now. --A. B. (talkcontribs) 15:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, thanks. This was my first spam listing, not sure how much was needed to action. --Dmol (talk) 21:36, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    fkrosters.com

    fkrosters.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

    This is the second time I've had to blacklist one of this guy's websites. I already had gamerosters.com blacklisted a year ago, so if you can look at logs/archives somehow please check that out. But anyway, here's the deal:
    Brian Kaldenberg runs a website called GameRosters.com which sells custom rosters for video games like those in the NCAA Football series. He continuously spammed NCAA Football 08 with his gamerosters.com link, as you'll see if you can check the archives somehow. It might have been at a the meta spam list, though I don't really understand all this.
    Anyway, Mr. Kaldenberg has shown a complete disregard for Wikipedia rules on spamming, and has even sent my threatening messages via email, AIM and facebook.
    Now, a guy named Fairdale Kings used to run a website called fkrosters.com which provided rosters free of charge. It seems that Mr. Kaldenberg has bought out FK, as the fkrosters.com website is no nearly identical to www.gamerosters.com and has been re-designed by Mr. Kaldenberg's company, NimbleAd.com.
    However, it seems Mr. Kaldenberg has been careful to not put his name on the FK website, so as not to let FK's users know up front that FK is no longer running the website. Of course, the big difference is that he is no charging from that website.
    Anyway, on to the point. You can see that Mr. Kaldenberg has begun spamming the NCAA Football 09 article with his new fkrosters.com link. Here are some diffs:
    I think it's quite clearly a violation of WP:SPAM in a ton of different ways, from being a conflict of interest, to being a personal website, to trying to advertise and profit from having a link on Wikipedia. Mr. Kaldenberg has shown a complete disregard for Wikipedia policy in recent years, and though I doubt this will be the end of his problems here, this definitely needs to be done and will at least throw a wrench into his violations.►Chris NelsonHolla! 21:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, from the Google search link above, I've found this which proves his acquisition of the fkrosters.com name.►Chris NelsonHolla! 21:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    A new diff:
    And another:

    [4]

    Can we get this done?►Chris NelsonHolla! 21:39, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Has there been any more additions?--Hu12 (talk) 02:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    No, just these four thus far. But I guarantee you there will be more, and considering I've already proven he is trying to promote his website for profit, I think there's no question it should be blacklisted. Plus, his gamerosters.com site has already been blacklisted on Wikipedia and this just another version.►Chris NelsonHolla! 02:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    And it happens again today:

    [5]Chris NelsonHolla! 20:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Thus far, edits from a single IP appear to account for all insertions of the link, so I've added some UW tags to the user's talk page. --- Barek (talkcontribs) - 21:11, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I explained to him in detail about the policy last year, he knows it all. He does not care because he says he's running a business. The fact that his one link has already been blacklisted should be enough by itself to get this one banned also.►Chris NelsonHolla! 01:17, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    And it happens again:

    [6]

    Seriously, I cannot understand what's taking so long with this. The mere fact that his gamerosters.com link was blacklisted and this new link serves only to circumvent that should make this automatic. Warnings won't help, you can look at the talk pages of the IP's that did it last year to see he was warned.►Chris NelsonHolla! 01:28, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    See, here's an IP he did this with last year on NCAA Football 08. Here are the contributions of that IP. And here are the contributions of this new IP.►Chris NelsonHolla! 01:31, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Accounts
    71.10.168.248 (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)
    12.202.127.108 (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)
    Bkaldenberg (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)
    71.10.169.33 (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)
    216.51.199.23 (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)
    216.51.199.161 (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)
    216.51.199.93 (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)
    192.188.160.33 (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)
    71.241.114.117 (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)
    216.163.247.2 (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)
    82.103.141.234 (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)
     Done --Hu12 (talk) 02:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you.►Chris NelsonHolla! 01:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    ukmix.org/forums

    I'd like to add this forum to the blacklist for the same reason that worldwidealbums.tk and clickitaliansoftware.net was. There's no excuse for this to be used as a source for album sales and unfortunately many discographies seem to use it. If blacklisting is too much, perhaps this can be added to XLinkBot. Spellcast (talk) 18:50, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment - for the love of god please blacklist this forum. It's used in so many album and discography articles at this point, its overwhelming trying to stay on top of it. - eo (talk) 19:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Celebrity blog spam

    This is from WT:WPSPAM#Celebrity blog spam - spamming continuing from anon IPs. All sites registered to the same individual (Robert Stoubos). robertstoubos.co.uk

    Requested by Kelly hi! 03:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. Thanks Kelly, for tracking those down!--Hu12 (talk) 22:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    A pestilence of Pollux Group spam articles on Wikipedia

    Domain


    Related domain


    Accounts


    Deleted as blatant advertising

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 02:52, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    amazingsalespitch.com spam

    Spam domains


    Related domains


    Account

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 21:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:15, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    kriyayogain.com, kriyayoga.org.in

    Spam domains
    Account

    User is immune to warnings, advice, and reverts by several editors, and has gone as far as adding his link and offer of his guru services at Help:Contents, for people needing....help, I guess. Has also put out his shingle at talk pages: Talk:Shakti, Talk:Spiritual among others. A great deal of productive editor time would be saved by simply blacklisting. Thanks, priyanath talk 01:54, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Great report,  Done--Hu12 (talk) 02:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Spam domains
    Account


    Thanks - this user has already tried to get around this by inserting a link to his blog, which was reverted by a bot. Below is the info anyway, in case it helps. Since he seems to be persistent, is this the best way to add new domains? thanks, priyanath talk 14:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
     Done added the new one. the bot clued in on the "blogspot.com", if more need blacklisting just add them here. --Hu12 (talk) 01:21, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    dalianxpat.com, discoverdalian.com

    90% of this user's edit history shows that he is clearly intent on promoting only these two websites beginning with his very first edit. The user evens tries to create some dubious content just so he can ref link to those sites in order to make them look as if they are essential to the article.[7] The user's reasoning is that they've been there for a couple of years so they have to stay there. Thanks. Hermant patel (talk) 10:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    This is in two parts. These two links don't seem related, while i believe Kazkura's intrest is in discoverdalian.com (Adsense pub-3736550010943409). The reversions which included dalianxpat.com, perhaps were intended to hide/disguise that fact.
    Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2007-05-26#Dalian_Xpat
    dalianxpat.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com
    Accounts
    AlexBowman (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)
    Adnanjabbar (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)
    Unrelated, removed links  Not done


    • Second; "Adsense pub-3736550010943409 related"
    discoverdalian.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com
    manchurianlegacy.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com
    Accounts
    Kazkura (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)
    72.51.33.237 (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)
    Cetainly there is link warring on Dalian, not recent enough for a block. However, "Jumping links", is not a sign of good faith, and clear evidence of spamming. discoverdalian.com and manchurianlegacy.com,  Done--Hu12 (talk) 11:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your analysis and help. I just realized that a 99% most likely sockpuppet of his:

    Heiren (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks)

    had tampered with my userpage on the 9th of May - the same day I removed the spam on the Dalian page - probably to intimidate me, but hey I dont mind. I just don't like when people try to hijack wikipedia, especially turning location articles into travel-type brochures. --Hermant patel (talk) 21:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked the account. Unfortunatly retaliatory vandalism socks and IP's is common for these type of bad faith contributors. Thanks for the reports.--Hu12 (talk) 01:12, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Live2Support Inc. spam on Wikipedia

    Spam domains

    Google Adsense ID: 9029159188744814


    Related domains


    Accounts


    Domain owner

    Live2Support Inc

    202, Manjusha Chamber, 12, LSC,
    Saini Enclave, Vikas Marg,
    Delhi, 110092
    India

    Live2Support Inc

    A1/223, Paschim Vihar,
    Delhi, 110063
    India


    Reference

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 03:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    giacomo.lorenzoni.name

    thecubanchef.com askcuban.com

    Ongoing Cuban cooking spam, sustained long term abuse. See WikiProject Spam report. MER-C 11:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Yep, agree &  Done --Herby talk thyme 11:46, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Abuse What abuse? People come and ask food related questions daily. What is the abuse? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.84.224 (talk) 00:40, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Greene County spam war

    Long term spam war. See WikiProject Spam report. MER-C 13:56, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    switchfoot.ru

    195.238.190.241 (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)

    Edits have been comming from across 195.238.190.* making it difficult to block. However there is no reason that this domain would ever need to be linked to anyhow. Blacklisting should be simpler then blocking that whole region --T-rex 19:59, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Accounts


    Spam domains
    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 00:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    linkbucks.com/link/

    GhettoStomp (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)

    Link forwarder with heavy advertising. No reason this is ever appropriate in an article - kill it with fire. Zetawoof(ζ) 02:12, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Seconded. No reason that this domain should ever need to be linked. --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 02:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Domain
    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 00:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    sourpatch.org

    sourpatch.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com Shock site that has been added as a link from Sour Patch Kids and related pages (see [10] for example) for the past few months alternately replacing the Official site, and being added as Unofficial site/fansite. No real reason this will ever need to be linked. Dreaded Walrus t c 15:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. thanks for catching this!--Hu12 (talk) 15:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    IPrayToday.com

    ipraytoday.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com Website that has been added as a link from Prayer by various IPs. Sometimes, the spam link even replaced legitimate links. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 16:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Adsense pub-3658705219559863
    Accounts
    Topskyca (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)
    Fcsnow (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)
    125.40.48.97 (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)
     Done--Hu12 (talk) 17:08, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    qualityindustrialcoatings.com

    Spam domain


    Spam account

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 23:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    tallshoes4men.com

    Domains


    Accounts

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 23:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Flea77.com spam

    Spam domain


    Spam accounts


    Spam article
    • Flea77 -- deleted 5 times as blatant advertising

    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 23:58, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


     Done --A. B. (talkcontribs) 01:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    maskmelin.livejournal.com

    Spam URL

    maskmelin.livejournal.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

    Spam accounts

    Misterscriblerius (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)

    201.5.205.44 (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)

    200.217.237.154 (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)

    200.175.8.162 (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)

    User:Misterscriblerius spammed this LiveJournal URL across a load of articles last month; having been warned against it, he abandoned his username and is just adding it through throwaway anon accounts. --McGeddon (talk) 08:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    apsira.com

    Spam URL

    apsira.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com

    Spam accounts

    K.P.Leon (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)

    Vjanagaran (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)

    61.17.185.27 (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)

    Repeated spamming

    [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

    The Users claim this is an NGO educational site, but it appears full of Google adsense, and very spammy. - Amog |Talk 06:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Proposed removals

    Request unlisting of www.csrcenter.net

    CSRcenter.net is a global, non-profit research community / database for and by students and researchers of Corporate Social Responsibility. This means that the materials on the website are useful for people that want to know more about Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and related terms. For research purposes, one can imagine that referring to a library of relevant, freely accessible content is a useful external link.

    Looking at the Corporate Social Responsibility article, for example, the external links contain a link to GlobalReporting, a website simply listing companies with social reports. This link is allowed, yet adds little to the reader's understanding of corporate social responsibility. Any user looking for more (research) materials concerning Corporate Social Responsibility is left empthy-handed.

    Unlisting CSR Center would therefore be useful, as I am confident that an external link to the website on CSR-related articles provides readers an opportunity to further their inquiries into CSR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.174.233.72 (talk) 08:48, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    See:
    It looks like this domain was also added by the same accounts to the nl.wikipedia; this raises the question as to whether it should instead be blacklisted on the much more sweeping global blacklist which is where we list cross-wiki spam domains. The global blacklist is used by more than just our 700+ Wikimedia Foundation wikis (Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, etc.). All 3000+ Wikia wikis plus a substantial percentage of the 25,000+ unrelated wikis that run on our MediaWiki software have chosen to incorporate this blacklist in their own spam filtering.
    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 16:39, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    It looks like we missed some domains when blacklisting the others:
    The site-owner appears to own 20+ other domains which should also be considered at for potential blacklisting if someone has time to investigate.
    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 16:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Request for delisting z3.invisionfree.com

    z3.invisionfree.com is one of the servers which make up the invisionfree network. I am attempting to represent a fictional use of data from the Thirty Years War, as the simulation is run off of the invisionfree servers. I believe that in all fairness, simulations such as these should be mentioned, as it is practical research into the varying politics of the times and has had participants from accross America and from other countries through out the world, such as Japan, Finland, and Germany. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.31.112.188 (talk) 17:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    I am afraid you will have to provide full urls to the documents. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Honestly, I don't think it matters. The fact that the Thirty Years' War was notable doesn't mean that an online simulation based on it is also notable, or is an appropriate external link in its article. (The link in question appears to be z3.invisionfree.com/ygw, as referenced in [20].) Zetawoof(ζ) 05:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Request for delisting creativeinvest.com

    creativeinvest.com is a website providing information on socially responsible investing. We have been on the web since 11/19/1995, predating Wiki by several years. At one point, we were the only SRI website on the web. Why it is blacklisted is unclear. Please remove.

    Done —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.93.216.241 (talk) 20:23, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    To answer your question, you can follow these links to find that this domain was extensively spammed:


    Related domains:


    This is the talk page for a blacklist that filters spam for the English language Wikipedia only. creativeinvest.com is listed on Wikimedia's global blacklist; its talk page is at meta:Talk:Spam blacklist. Before you waste much time making a similar request there, I must tell you that domains are seldom removed from either blacklist in response to domain owners' requests but rather when trusted, experienced editors request use of it in building our encyclopaedia.
     Defer to Global blacklist --A. B. (talkcontribs) 03:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Request for delisting giacomo.lorenzoni.name

    Request for delisting of DrupalModules.com

    /* Request for delisting www.carnivalservice.com */

    CarnivalService.com is a travel agency specialized in Rio carnival. In this site there are many important information for the tourists, it is a travel agency partner of a samba school (GRES Portela) and it is a serious company and with much reputation (there is until a black market salesman that uses a domain created only to confuse the tourists, rio - carnival . net).—Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.60.117.32 (talkcontribs) 08:34, 1 June 2008

    Travel agencies would fail under Wikipedias External links policy, Links normally to be avoided. no Declined--Hu12 (talk) 14:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    See meta:Talk:Spam blacklist/2007-09#carnivalservice.com


    Spam domain:


    Registration data:
    Carnival Service
    Rua Doutor Luiz Januario, 262/202, Centro
    CE-175.NS1.ILTDA.COM.BR
    Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro 28990-000
    Brazil


    Additional spam accounts not noted in the original blacklisting request:


    Deleted articles:


    Typically, we do not remove domains from the spam blacklist in response to site-owners' requests. Instead, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their encyclopaedic value in support of our encyclopaedia pages. If such an editor asks to use your links, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and your links may well be removed.
    The global blacklist is used by more than just our 700+ Wikimedia Foundation wikis (Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, etc.). All 3000+ Wikia wikis plus a substantial percentage of the 25,000+ unrelated wikis that run on our MediaWiki software have chosen to incorporate this blacklist in their own spam filtering. Each wiki has a local "whitelist" which overrides the global blacklist for that project only. Some of the non-Wikimedia sites may be interested in your links; by all means feel free to request local whitelisting on those.
    Unlike Wikipedia, DMOZ is a web directory specifically designed to categorize and list all Internet sites; if you've not already gotten your sites listed there, I encourage you to do so -- it's a more appropriate venue for your links than our wikis. Their web address: http://www.dmoz.org.
    --A. B. (talkcontribs) 19:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    aboutmyarea.co.uk/kt20

    Please could you consider delisting aboutmyarea.co.uk/kt20 as it actually is a useful community resource which operates to provide an online medium for the local community. It support non-profit groups and organisations for free, and although it is funded by advertising, it could not exist without this as it requires man-hours to update it, and it does not make a profit. It supports initiatives from both Reigate and Banstead Council and Surrey County Council, and is a strong supporter of charities in the area, particularly The Children's Trust, from whom I can provide a testimonial if required. Thank you in anticipation. Jacob74 (talk) 11:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia is not a directory for external links and is not here to act as a "useful community resource" but for general worldwide readership. If take past spamming actions of say Jamiecwright (talk · contribs) and as example this edit, I see no useful information then provided by link. That the groups using it are well intentioned is not the issue, whether the site provides useful additional information beyond that appropriate within our articles is - and on quick search of a few pages I do not see it as a useful site to link to. Having placed this request under teh right section (removals vs additions) please note that "You should show where the link can be useful and give arguments as to why it should be unlisted", so please give a specific example of where the link might be useful. David Ruben Talk 11:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Additional Accounts Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/aboutmyarea.co.uk
    Jamiecwright (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)
    Helencastell (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)
    Juditheddy (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)
    Esangers (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)
    Seb Browne (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)
    Wwaite (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)
    1sangers (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)
    Stevekaufmann (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)
    Mtesta (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)
    82.37.76.124 (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)
    86.29.85.248 (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)
    81.108.180.21 (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)
    82.36.85.140 (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)
    80.229.33.67 (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)
    77.100.71.73 (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) 12:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
    Jacob74 (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)
    It has become apparent that your account and IP's are only being used for spamming inappropriate external links, advertising and for self-promotion. Wikipedia is NOT a "vehicle for advertising" user blocked and request no Declined--Hu12 (talk) 12:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Request to delist Debatepedia

    debatepedia.org is a redirect to wiki.idebate.org. I came across this block while trying to add a link to Debatepedia on Wikipedia:Pro and con lists, but it might be useful to link to from article pages, as well. On controversial topics like gun control or abortion, there's some difficulty in preventing people from using the article or talk page as a discussion forum. Though Wikipedia is not the place to have arguments, it seems it would be useful to give people an alternative forum that is that place. Looking at the original complaint, it appears that the founders added a lot of links to empty debate pages. That's not useful, and it's against the external linking policy.

    However, the site has started to fill out, and some debate pages on prominent issues have good content now. The ones linked from their "Past Daily Debate Digest topics daily digest" page (direct link forbidden by spam blacklist) seem to be generally suitable for linking. I think linking to these pages would be useful for readers who want to dig deeper into an issue, or who are passionate about it and need somewhere to argue about it.

    So, I recommend removing these two domains from the blacklist. I hope the owners of Debatepedia have gotten the message that links to contentless pages are not OK so there won't be another flood of such lists. (Though user blocks are an alternative to deal with that.) I think it's more likely we can have a controlled increase in cross-linking, limited to "good" links, though the usual day-to-day editing process. Perhaps a special note on the external linking policy about this type of site would help that. -- Beland (talk) 02:15, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia e-mail abuse, canvassing, mass spamming and sock puppetry. Far to much abuse (Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Nov_1#wiki.idebate.org). Additionaly wiki.idebate.org links:
    Jointly, these policies determine the type and quality of material that is acceptable in Wikipedia articles. I don't see any compeling reason for removal at this point, nor am I convinced how this could be used as as a citation or source. However, if a specific link is needed as a potential citation, any etablished editor can request it on the whitelist on a case-by-case basis, where the url can be demonstrated as an appropriate Reliable and Verifiable source (in an appropriate context) when there are no other reasonable alternatives available.--Hu12 (talk) 03:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    For the interests of your work on Wikipedia:Pro and con lists I have Whitelisted the root domain http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Welcome_to_Debatepedia%21 for use there. Note that variations other than the format above, will not work or be linkable.--Hu12 (talk) 04:11, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Can someone fix the entry I added for "ukmix.org/forums"? The filter works when I try saving "http://ukmix.org/forums", but it doesn't activate when the URL is extended (example). It probably just needs a minor tweak. Thanks, Spellcast (talk) 03:26, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Discussion

    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.

    Have added a supplement, a general " how-to of sorts. --Hu12 (talk) 10:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: if you do not log your entries it may be removed if someone appeals 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 do add 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. The bots are running on a new database, Eagle 101 is working on transferring the old data into this database so it becomes more reliable.

    For those with access to IRC, there this data is available in real time. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    poking COIBot

    I notice that sometimes people who are not active on IRC need some link reports. Admins here can now add {{LinkSummary|domain}} to User:COIBot/Poke, when COIBot picks up the edit to that page (and it should), it will put the domains into its reporting queue (high priority, which is, only behind waiting XWiki reports) and create a report on the link(s). The first report should be saved within about 5 minutes, if it takes longer than 15 minutes there is probably something wrong, and it may be useful to add the template with the link again (it reads the added part of the diffs (the right column)), or poke me or another person who is active on IRC personally. Hope this is of help. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 12:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    P.S. Please don't overuse this function, everything still needs to be saved .. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It had some startup problems, but all seems to work fine now. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    archive script

    Eagle 101 said he had one running on meta, is it possible to get it up and going here?--Hu12 10:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Would be good - Eagle hasn't been working on Meta for a while though & I've not seen anything (there was supposed to be a logging script too!) --Herby talk thyme 12:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • Great news, Ive written a script that can archive this page given the templates that we use, I can create a approved archive along with a rejected archive if people are interested. βcommand 06:51, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    "Interested" - bit of an understatement there :) Great news - please feel free to help/supply the script. I tend to leave stuff around a week in case anyone shouts or adds more (archives once done should be left alone). How would you handle the "discussion" type bits? Cheers --Herby talk thyme 09:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    First question, do you want approved and rejected request in separate archives? as for the discussions we could get Misza bot over here for things older than 30 days. βcommand 17:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I would think one archive, seperate sections, like it is currently[33], not sure if the script can do that, but if so, doubt there would be objections in implementation...--Hu12 (talk) 00:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    There is no simple way of editing sections using the bot. (section editting is evil). it would just be one large archive. βcommand 00:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    MySpace

    Is all of MySpace blacklisted? I just had a speedy deletion where a link could not be posted to the original copyrighted source because of a blacklist. Rmhermen (talk) 19:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    blog.myspace was blacklisted Per request by Jimbo. what page? --Hu12 (talk) 20:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I was able to follow the link posted on the page to get to the myspace page; however, a link to it couldn't be added to the speedy deletion template. This seems to be the opposite of the behavior I would expect from the blacklist idea. Rmhermen (talk) 01:14, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Blacklisting applies everywhere (including templates), its a blacklist. Next time remove the "http://" or use <nowiki> Tag.--Hu12 (talk) 01:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, that isn't how it worked - the link in the article worked fine. It was only when added to the deletion template that it didn't show up at all - just the this link is blacklisted text. Well I haven't been to recreate the problem. Rmhermen (talk) 13:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I see what you mean now. The filter will not trip if the link was placed prior to the blacklisting. However if it is removed, re-added or another blacklisted link is added, the filter is triggered. --Hu12 (talk) 13:18, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia Review

    wikipediareview.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:frSpamcheckMER-C X-wikigs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: searchmeta • Domain: domaintoolsAboutUs.com Compromised noticeboard site that attempts to download a virus to MSIE users. User on many en.wiki pages. MBisanz talk 07:08, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Done for reasons stated. ViridaeTalk 07:18, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I concur in blacklisting for now. Given all the controversy around this site, any permanent blacklisting should be based on wide community consensus. In that spirit, as soon as this site is back on line and safe, it should be removed from the blacklist. --A. B. (talkcontribs) 17:01, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I am creating a COIBot report.(done, but too many records; 445 records; strangely, this link seems only to be added to en in the last 6 months or so). If it is unsafe, maybe it should be on the meta-blacklist? --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: Why there are probably few old links to WR -- as I recall we had a witch hunt last year for WR links. Someone was going around throwing warnings at long-time editors for having link to an "attack site" on their user or user talk pages. Folks were threatened with blocks if they didn't toe the line. Eventually this movement crashed of its own accord-- kind of like McCarthyism. --A. B. (talkcontribs) 20:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Dirk, you're right. I don't have time to handle this now, but it should be removed here and added temporarily to the meta blacklist. Other Wikimedia projects use its links as well. Normally any site with malicious code gets added at meta, even if it's only on one project. --A. B. (talkcontribs) 17:13, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Will do that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It seems to have shaken off the malware now... it's not really back up yet, but has a temporary page explaining the situation (and malware-free as far as I can tell). *Dan T.* (talk) 17:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh .. I just added it to the meta blacklist. OK to remove then? --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I see that it was removed here as well as repaired, have removed it again to minimize disruption. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Rihannanow.com

    Can we blacklist the fan-made blog site www.rihannanow.com? There appears to be at least one, if not more, editor(s) attempting to pass it off on pretty much every article related to Rihanna as her "official website," which it is not. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 22:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]