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"Wikipedia:Spam-blacklist" redirects here. Not to be confused with Wikipedia:Spam blacklist or Wikipedia:Spam-blacklisting.

    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 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 – 846544761 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    angelopedia.com

    Following on the now-closed discussion at RSN here, I have removed the ~650 links from mainspace, and this can be blacklisted without disrupting normal editing. Jytdog (talk) 04:55, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jytdog: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Please disable the links in the RSN discussion, otherwise archiving will choke. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:10, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Beetstra, done. Thanks!! Jytdog (talk) 05:38, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    airpurifierfirst.com

    This site has been repeatedly spammed since at least August 2017. SmartSE (talk) 09:41, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Smartse: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:58, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    targetedwebtraffic.com, seo25.com

    spammed by

    Professional SEO sites, spammed with deceptive editing (misleading edit summaries, corrupting existing valid references). No possible encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 21:37, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: it's possible that this is a joe job from competitors, but I'll keep the report here for documentation - up to admins to decide either way. GermanJoe (talk) 22:03, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. The off-wiki fight is not our problem. This stops the disruption to wikipedia, WP is not a vehicle for that. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:56, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    back.ly

    Being used by a persistent IP hopper to vandalize Charles Krauthammer. This is a URL shortener service that should be prohibited like any other.--Jasper Deng (talk) 17:36, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jasper Deng:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:37, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jasper Deng: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:40, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    bewikii.com and onam2018.com

    Two external links being spammed by a sock farm (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pichu4). Spamming of both links has continued today after previous accounts and IPs were blocked. Deli nk (talk) 12:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Deli nk: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:36, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    phon.pe

    Referral spam related to PhonePe to "make money by installing a verified and trusted app" (yeah sure ...), the domain has no possible encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 22:37, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:04, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    phon.pe

    @Beetstra: I meant to write phon.pe (without the additional "e"). Could you fix the blacklist entry please accordingly? Sorry for the hassle. (I have already changed the section header to the correct spelling). GermanJoe (talk) 09:40, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:39, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    tripindicator.com

    Cite spam for travel site. Addition of false reference information and unrelated spam links. Unreliable - no encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 23:53, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    GermanJoe, please can you kindly remove www.tripindicator.com from blacklist? I will never add any spam link to Wikipedia. I just read the guideline on spam, and it explained everything to me. No more spam from me please. Thank you. Beston77 (talk) 00:34, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beston77:, just to be clear: the 17 previous additions already qualify as spam (most of them with misleading reference details, several of them not even relevant for the "sourced" information, some directly pointing to sales pages). Anyway, the request itself and your promise to cease further spamming will be evaluated by an uninvolved administrator. GermanJoe (talk) 01:20, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @GermanJoe: no Declined, though last warning, user:Beston77, to adhere to ALLpolicies and guidelines. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    nationsroot.com

    Spamming multiple biography pages with links from the website.--Xzinger (talk) 16:02, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    freebooksummary.com

    Spamming for an essay-writing website (masquerading as essay-hosting site). Continued spamming with an obvious sock after final warning (at EricaFl). No possible encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 20:14, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:37, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    mercola.com

    I have just purged references to this site yet again. I remove from dozens to hundreds per month. The site is worthless as a source and riddled with adds, but most of the actual additions are probably in good faith. What do we think, start managing it here or do I just keep cleaning up? Guy (Help!) 18:01, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @JzG: do we have a RSN discussion with the same conclusion? Otherwise maybe get that backup, and have XLinkBot do the honours while that happens? —Dirk Beetstra T C 18:10, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    It gets mentioned occasionally, but it's so self-evidently unreliable that I don't think there's any need for discussion - the article on Mercola makes it clear that we're not going to be using it as a source any time soon. XLinkBot would be handy. Guy (Help!) 20:39, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @JzG/help: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:00, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    @JzG/help: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList.

    Although I also think that the site qualifies, unfortunately I agree with the point that we do not blacklist solely for unreliability, unless there is clear consensus to do so. XLinkBot will do until then. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:03, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    tcsteluguchristiansongs.com and YouTube channel

    and its associated YouTube channel

    • Link/text requested to be blacklisted: youtube.com/channel/UCO_uQaF41Wz9eYxXgEOPXRw

    (most linksummary functions don't seem to work for such a link) Spammed by throwaway accounts / likely socks:

    Repeated dead link spam for blog and YouTube channel, continued after final warning (on IP talkpage). No encyclopedic usage for either link. GermanJoe (talk) 11:48, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:08, 19 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    s-fahl.de

    on the Blacklist since 2012 after adding several links from the subdomain klassik.s-fahl.de for uncomercial digital realisations of often rare classical music multiple Language versions of Wikipedia. This was misunderstood as "Spam", meanwhile a music page with thousands of uncommercial recordings of rare classical music can contribute alot and has done so with the regular approval by the Wiki-admins in many Wikipadia-articles before. But there was never any abusive or obnoxious activity nor any other breach of any Wiki-rule from that domain at all, neither in the yers before blacklisting, nor in the years after. Every link to that site was always a legitime and reasonable contribution to the certain article. There never have been any substancial reason to put or to keep that domain on any blacklist at all.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:c7:e729:e701:9132:3da0:d77d:8b92 (talk • contribs)

    @2003:c7:e729:e701:9132:3da0:d77d:8b92: not blacklisted locally,  Defer to Global blacklist to request global removal, or  Defer to Whitelist to ask for local whitelisting of specific links. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:39, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    FYI, this was spammed, very hard and a lot of it. I will decline de-listing on meta for that reason. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:14, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    This is simply a Lie. There have been only reasonable contributions how much it ever have been over the years none of them could be regarded as "Spam". It was completly wrong to remove and blacklist them and just because I and some others tried to fix that mistake is scarcly a formal but in no way a reasonable argument. It is just a pretext justify personal mistakes of those who have been responsible for that mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C7:E729:E701:9132:3DA0:D77D:8B92 (talk) 14:07, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Same arguments. We are done here. This is not getting you anywhere. Stop. —Dirk Beetstra T C 14:55, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    My proposal was to remove that URL from the blacklist. I think it is fair to ask for a verifyable reason for that blacklisting. This was not yet done. I have not seen any concrete valuable proof. So please allow wme just to keep asking for. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C7:E729:E701:9132:3DA0:D77D:8B92 (talk) 15:16, 3 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, I know that is your proposal, but that cannot be done HERE. As to your request:
    In conclusion, since you insisted to insert that link, multiple times without first discussing (after being challenged after the first addition) is enough reason to impose sanctions to stop you. The first choice would be to block your account. However, since this behavior is performed by multiple editors (IPs and named acocunts) blocking is, obviously, not enough (you would just make a new account or take another IP and continue). That resulted in the material being blacklisted so it HAS to be discussed before allowing re-addition.
    I here enforce that by asking you to ask for whitelisting for each individual link you want to add, and make a case for each page where you want that. Note that I will sanction hammering of the discussion for whitelisting page (blocks or other manners), and that will just result in blanket refusal to cooperate (i.e. blanket denial of whitelisting requests, whether there would be merit to whitelist or not). --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:37, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    leadelaria.com

    leadelaria.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

    Official site of Lea DeLaria, not spam. Included in her bio via d: (the old official site just redirects to the new domain). ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:24, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Koavf: minus Removed from MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Blacklisted in 2012 as fake official site. Looks like current register is from 2015, but ownership is hidden. Going to AGF on this one. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:09, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    salmonsolutions.co.uk

    salmonsolutions.co.uk: 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 spam-blacklist log doesn't list the website so the reasons why it got blacklisted are unclear. There is some content about roofing that is either hard to find online or the website is ranking high on search engines for and also there is some nice imagery on the website that can be used on the Wikipedia pages for metal roofing.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Okcid1 (talk • contribs)

    @Okcid1: not blacklisted locally,  Defer to Whitelist to ask for local whitelisting of specific links for specific pages --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:23, 13 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]


    tripindicator.com removal

    tripindicator.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

    Please, kindly remove tripindicator.com from Spam. I am not quite familiar with Wikipedia spam. I just read it up. No more spam links from me. Please. Thank you— Preceding unsigned comment added by Beston77 (talk • contribs)

    @Beston77: no Declined, not blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:08, 14 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    mistaken entry

    Per above at #phon.pe. —Dirk Beetstra T C 10:41, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra: minus Removed from MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:42, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    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

    Protected edit request

    On page MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January 2008, if you click on "Submit an edit request", instead of taking you to a normal edit request submission, it takes you to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. This needs to be fixed.

    Separately, to fix numerous lint errors, please replace MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January 2008 with what is now at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/January 2008/sandbox, but please make the following two additional changes: On these two lines, remove the start comment (<!--) and end comment (-->) markup:

    check: <!-- [http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/advsearch?p=http%3A%2F%2Fbiologicalworld.com&bwm=i&bwmo=d&bwmf=s Links from Wikipedia] -->

    <!-- [http://www.ukmix.org/forums/ UKMIX Forums] -->

    I was not permitted to save with these links active; I assume admins can override. Doing this will yield the same page appearance, but without the lint. —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:57, 11 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist&oldid=846544761

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