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The values and distinctions you are trying to stress are so far outside my Overton window that they're not just out the Overton door and down the Overton block--they're 40 miles away on the interstate from the town of Overton.

• In science, any compromise between a correct statement and a wrong statement is a wrong statement. Thanks, user:Stephan Schulz.
• My activity level is 53mKo (milli-Koavfs).
• Sad now. Special:Contributions/Geogre.

You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.

— - Robert A. Heinlein

Obligatory disclaimer

I work for Dell Technologies but nothing I say or do here is said or done on behalf of Dell. You knew that, right?

About me

JzG reacting to yet another drama

I am in my fifties, British, have been married for over quarter of a century to the world's most tolerant woman, and have two adult children. I am an amateur baritone and professional nerd. I do not tolerate racism, or any kind of bigotry. I sometimes, to my chagrin, mention that I have been an admin for a long time: some people think this is me invoking admin status in order to subdue dissent, actually it's just me as a middle aged parent of young adults saying "oh no, not this shit again". I am British, I have the British sense of humour (correctly spelled) and I absolutely do not have an accent, since I went to a thousand-year-old school. Everything I do or say could be wrong. I try always to be open to that possibility. If you think I am wrong, please just talk to me nicely, and it can all be sorted out like grown-ups.

On politics See User:JzG/Politics for a statement of my views.

Spam

{{duses}} produces an insource search and a Linksearch search. The former is flaky in my experience but does have the benefit of focusing on mainspace. {{Link summary}} is the canonical search but produces a lot of extraneous items such as links on other wikis that are not always useful when managing non-spam bad sources. {{deprecated publisher}} and {{deprecated journal}} help with fake journals.

Filter

• 869 (hist · log)

Includes many bogus sites includiong Royal Ark.

The elephant

• amazon.com  
• Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:ASIN

XYZ

Almost all links to this domain are spam. Pass 1: Remove or whitelist existing refs to .xyz (244 links found in mainspace as of 220-16-10).

• xyz: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • 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 • Alexa

Advocacy

• saynotodogmeat.net  

Predatory open access publishing

• Self-published: Filter 894 / log
• Predatory: Filter 891 / log

These publishers are on Beall's list, feel free to suggest others with DOI roots I can work on.

• DOI 10.5897: Academic Journals
  • academicjournals.org  
  • academicjournals.com  
  • academicjournals.net  
  • Nigerian-based publication mill used for fact-washing climate change denialism. Definitely dodgy.
• DOI 10.4172: OMICS Group (also SciTechnol, shares same 10.4172 DOI)
  • esciencecentral.org  
  • [^Cc]omicsonline.com  
  • omicsonline.org  
  • omicsgroup.org  
  • scitechnol.com  
• DOI 10.11648: Science Publishing Group
  • sciencepublishinggroup.com  
• DOI 10.4236: Scientific Research Publishing (mainly done)
  • scirp.org  
• Biomedical Research (search/all) biomedres.info   Likely or proven predatory open access - imprint of Allied Academies
• Center for Natural Science & Engineering Research (CNSER/CenNSER) (search/all) cennser.org   Likely or proven predatory open access
• Center for Promoting Ideas (search/all) cpinet.info   abused for promotional purposes Likely or proven predatory open access
  • International Journal of Business and Social Science (search main/all) [ijbssnet.com] {{ISSN|2219-1933}} {{ISSN|2219-6021}}
  • International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (search main/all) [ijhssnet.com] {{ISSN|2220-8488}} {{ISSN|2221-0989}}
  • International Journal of Applied Science and Technology (search main/all) [ijastnet.com] {{ISSN|2221-0997}} {{ISSN|2221-1004}}
  • American International Journal of Contemporary Research (search main/all) [aijcrnet.com] {{ISSN|2162-139X}} {{ISSN|2162-142X}}
  • International Journal of Business, Humanities and Technology (search main/all) [ijbhtnet.com] {{ISSN|2162-1357}} {{ISSN|2162-1381}}
  • American International Journal of Social Science (search main/all) [aijssnet.com] {{ISSN|2325-4149}} {{ISSN|2325-4165}}
  • Journal of Business & Economic Policy (search main/all) [jbepnet.com] {{ISSN|2375-0766}} {{ISSN|2375-0774}}
  • Journal of Education & Social Policy (search main/all) [jespnet.com] {{ISSN|2375-0782}} {{ISSN|2375-0790}}
  • Journal of Agriculture & Life Sciences (search main/all) [jalsnet.com] {{ISSN|2375-4214}} {{ISSN|2375-4222}}
  • International Journal of Language & Linguistics (search main/all) [ijllnet.com] {{ISSN|2374-8850}} {{ISSN|2374-8869}}
• Current Pediatric Research (search/all) currentpediatrics.com   Likely or proven predatory open access - imprint of Allied Academies
• David Publishing (search/all) davidpublishing.com  , davidpublisher.org   {{DOI|10.17265}} Likely or proven predatory open access
• OPR Science (search/all) oprscience.org   Likely or proven predatory open access
• Research Publisher (search/all) researchpub.org   Likely or proven predatory open access
• SciEP (search/all) sciepub.com   Likely or proven predatory open access (currently appears to be down)
• Scientific Journals International (search/all) scientificjournals.org   Likely or proven predatory open access
• WFL Publisher (search/all) world-food.net   {{DOI|10.1234}} Likely or proven predatory open access - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive: [1]
• WIT Press (search/all) witpress.com   {{DOI|10.2495}} Likely or proven predatory open access
• World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET) (search/all) waset.org   {{DOI|10.1999}} Likely or proven predatory open access
• World Scholars (search/all) wscholars.com   Likely or proven predatory open access
• World Science Publisher (search/all) worldsciencepublisher.org   Likely or proven predatory open access (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
• World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSAES) (search/all) wseas.org   No DOI abused for promotional purposes Likely or proven predatory open access see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
• World Wide Journals (search/all) worldwidejournals.com   {{DOI|10.15373}} Likely or proven predatory open access
• Wudpecker Research Journals (search/all) wudpeckerresearchjournals.org   Likely or proven predatory open access
• Zenith International Research and Academic Foundation (ZIRAF) (search/all) zenithresearch.org.in   abused for promotional purposes Likely or proven predatory open access

Also generally shite:

• Frontiers (search/all) frontiersin.org  , frontiers.in   {{DOI|10.3389}}
• Insight Medical Publishing (IMedPub) (search/all) imedpub.com   {{DOI|10.36648}}

ijddr.in   - has published scraped Wikipedia content

Vanity press

An on-demand print house, masquerading as an academic publisher:

• DOI 10.4018: IGI Global - igi-global.com  
• lulu.com in mainspace/everywhere - lulu.com  
• onlinegatha.com  

Spam

• raex.com  
• beastcoins.com  
• robin-quinn.co.uk  
• countryhouseweddings.co.uk  
• brideshead.co.uk  
• holiday-lakeland.co.uk  
• spartacus-educational.com  
• britishessaywriting.co.uk  
• smartessaywriters.co.uk  
• lawessayteacher.co.uk  
• christianhistoryinstitute.org  
• Genealogy spam
  • leighrayment.com  
  • royalark.net  
  • worldstatesmen.org  
  • thepeerage.com  

Web hosts

• geocities.com  
• force9.co.uk  
• angelfire.com  
• angelfire.lycos.com  
• rootsweb.com  

Citation spamming and Vanispamcruftisement

Multiple additions of citations to the same author from predatory and other journals, by multiple editors with no history other than adding that material (i.e. probable citation spamming):

• Koszowski, M / Koszowski, Maciej
  • Amelkoon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Andywoorhole (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Angy55555n (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Antoninscell (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Doorwaythegreat (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Foolingtool (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Ivaniwanow (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Joobik (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Lawmaker222 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Lawmander (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Layerlayer (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Looky1222 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Mooroverduper (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Soonerthanlater2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

• Pearce, J.M.
  • 74.219.71.20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  • 206.47.39.210 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  • A.Buitenhuis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Batboys (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (formerly Recyclebotboy)
  • Chum2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Coylyre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • EconomistfromtheFuture (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Enviro1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Farmbob (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Farmerbob2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Fwarre (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Geralu1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Gihiw (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Goih1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Gredr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Greeny9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Guill8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Jillcet (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Joefull (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Kisds (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Loins5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Lynher1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Offsobe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Richardbrt (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Sochyh (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Stonejm9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Tatiana1112 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Toasty22 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Vanstrato (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Wendsjinnit (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Wendydi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Wikiwarrior77 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Wooda52 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • Yugoyugo1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

• Bishop, J. / Bishop, Jonathan.
  • Jonathanbishop (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • VCHunter (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • crocels.com  
  • crocels.info  
  • crocels.org  
  • jonathanbishop.com  
• Snodgrass, Brett

• Walid, MS
  • mswalid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • 72.210.76.148 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
  • 70.184.4.10 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

• Moustafa, Khaled / Moustafa, K

• Mraz, M (also potentially Pospisilova, S)
  • Europeanhematology (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
  • 78.102.206.133 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 85.248.18.227 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 89.221.212.98 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 94.113.98.71 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 98.155.90.49 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 147.251.157.75 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 147.251.157.92 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 147.251.89.170 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 147.251.89.175 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 176.74.129.208 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 193.86.126.99 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 195.168.25.212 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)
  • 213.220.227.250 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

• Brázda, V / Brazda, V
• Korstanje, Maximiliano / Korstanje, M

• David W. Solomons

• • dwsolo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

• • dwsolo.com  
  • dwschorale.com  
  • Special:Search/DWS Chorale
• thaut.io  

• Trevisani, Daniele
  • Culturalresearch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

• Igor Janev

Shitty sources

The Media Bias Chart is widely referenced in reliable sources. It appears to be accepted as broadly correct.

It has two axes: partisanship and reliability. In Wikipedia terms, the following seems to be true:

• Hyper-partisan sources are not reliable for unattributed statements of fact. This includes the likes of The Intercept, Mother Jones, HuffPos, Slate, National Review, Reason, Weekly Standard. These sources are always open to challenge and should be removed if challenged and only reintroduced if there is consensus.
• Unreliable sources are unreliable, and also usually highly partisan. Only the National Inquirer seems to publish bollocks pretty much regardless of its political angle.

As a principle I would have zero problem with the following:

• Sources in the green box (AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ, WaPo, FT etc. are generally considered reliable for factual statements because they clearly distinguish them from editorial. They are generally acceptable for editorial when attributed with a few qualified exceptions such as the WSJ's inexplicable promotion of climate change denialism, which qualifies for exclusion under WP:FRINGE.
• Sources in the yellow box are generally reliable for reports of fact but require care and attribution for statements of opinion. The position on the axes matters. CNN is more reliable than the Washington Times or HuffPo (equal quality but less bias), Slate is more reliable than Washington Examiner (equal bias but better quality). There is internal variability. Rachel Maddow is pretty scrupulous about fact-checking, but much of MSNBC is just unsourced opinion and should not be cited.
• Sources in the orange box - "extreme / unfair interpretations" - should not be used unless there is a compelling reason and consensus on Talk among editors of multiple ideological viewpoints.
• Sources in the red box - "nonsense, damaging to public discourse" - should be blacklisted. That is massively controversial right now, because it includes a handful of liberal sites that most liberal editors know not to use (Palmer Report, Wonkette, Bipartisan report, Occupy Democrats) and virtually all the conservative outlets popular with MAGA types, including InfoWars, WND, Blaze, Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller.

Note that Alternet is in the same box as the NY Post, Daily Mail and Daily Wire here. I agree with that. Neither are appropriate sources and both could be blacklisted: nothing of value would be lost. In fact I would also include Daily Kos, Second Nexus, OAN and Fox News. It's highly unlikely that any of these would be the sole source for any genuinely significant fact.

Also sites with no evidence of WP:RS:

• insidesources.com  

Bag o'shite

• WP:DAILYMAIL dailymail.co.uk  , dailymail.com  
• News of the World newsoftheworld.co.uk  , newsoftheworld.com  
• takimag.com  
• lifesitenews.com  
• prageru.com  
• askmen.com   - crap aggregator
• epochtimes.com   / theepochtimes.com  

Red box sources

• alternet.org  
• bipartisanreport.com  
• theblaze.com  
• breitbart.com   (blacklisted)
• conservativetribune.com  
• dailycaller.com  
• dailykos.com  
• dailymail.com  
• dailywire.com  
• thegatewaypundit.com  
• guacamoley.com  
• Infowars:
  • infowars.com   (blacklisted)
  • infowars.net  
  • infowars.tv  
  • newswars.com   (blacklisted)
• occupydemocrats.com   (deprecated)
• palmerreport.com  
• patribotics.com  

• WorldNetDaily
  • worldnetdaily.com  
  • wnd.com  
• wonkette.com  
• worldtruth.tv  

Egregious fake news and other "fuck no" violations

• amren.com  

2,292 links prior to September 2018 (UTC)

58 links, sources in 2 articles including self-source as of 08:34, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

2 links, valid in 2 articles as of 13:26, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

• worldnetdaily.com  

910 links as of 08:36, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

• stormfront.org  
• prisonplanet.com  
• Blood & Honour
  • bloodandhonourworldwide.co.uk  
  • bloodandhonourcentral.co.uk  
• globalresearch.ca   - see Michel Chossudovsky

Think-tankery

We should never source anything directly to a think-tank, their function is policy-based evidence making and is the absolute antithesis of everything Wikipedia stands for.

• Libertarian think-tank spammed by user:Vipul and others: Liberty Fund / Library of Economics and Liberty / EconLib / econlib.org / EconLog / Bryan Caplan
  • econlib.org  
  • libertyfund.org  
  • econtalk.org  
• freetrade.org  
• margaretthatcher.org  
• marxists.org  
• setamericafree.org  
• socialisthistory.org  
• ccel.org   - mainly replaceable from free online sources
• conservative.org  , spammed by PoliticalScientist3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Fake universities

• liberty.edu   (creationist whacknuttery)
• mruniversity.com  
• prageru.com  
• bircham.edu  

Unofficially official and personal pages

• fandom.com  
• Castlecruft
  • ecastles.co.uk  
  • castlewales.com  
  • castleuk.net  
  • gatehouse-gazetteer.info  
  • laverocks.co.uk  
  • thecumbriadirectory.com  
  • eastthewater.co.uk  
  • castlesfortsbattles.co.uk  
  • tracesofwar.com  
  • britishlistedbuildings.co.uk  
  • keystothepast.info  
  • roman-sites.com  
  • victorianforts.co.uk  
  • pastscape.org.uk  
  • castleexplorer.co.uk  
  • castles99.ukprint.com   (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)

• Mansoncruft
  • tatelabianca.blogspot.com  
  • 2ndofficialtate-labiancamurdersblog.blogspot.com  
  • truthontatelabianca.com  
  • charlesmanson.com  
• Old spam nest
  • billofrights.com  
  • citizensmedal.com  
  • defenseoffreedom.com  
  • historyhotline.com  
  • iraqiwar.com  
  • koreanwar.com  
  • latinamericans.com  
  • medaloffreedom.com  
  • medalofvalor.com  
  • mexicanamericans.com  
  • 1stamendment.com  
  • spanishamericanwar.com  
  • terrorismmedal.com  
  • usconstitution.com  
  • vietnamwar.com  

• alanwood.net  
• geocities.com  
• www.lsb3.com  

Woo

• Explore (NY)
  • explorejournal.com   - in mainspace
  • deanradin.com   - in mainspace
  • deanradin.org   - in mainspace
• Frontiers - frontiersin.org  
• SCAM advocacy sites that should never be cited as sources:
  • avn.org.au  
  • childrenshealthdefense.org  
  • cmsri.org  
  • collective-evolution.com  
  • davidwolfe.com  
  • drtenpenny.com  
  • foodbabe.com  
  • greenmedinfo.com  
  • healthnutnews.com  
  • i-sis.org  
  • medicalveritas.com  
  • mercola.com  
  • modernalternativehealth.com  
  • modernalternativemama.com  
  • momsacrossamerica.com  
  • naturalnews.com  
  • nvic.org  
  • organicconsumers.org  
  • peteevans.com  
  • realfarmacy.com  
  • townsendletter.com   / tldp.com  
  • wddty.com  
• Cold fusion
  • lenr-canr.org  
  • newenergytimes.com  
• Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
  • ewg.org  
  • pesticideinfo.org  
  • centerforfoodsafety.org  
  • foodandwaterwatch.org  
  • fwwatch.org  
  • pan-international.org  
• Climate change denialism
  • thegwpf.org  

• Just plain old woo
  • telekinesisworld.com  
  • indiahealthguru.com  
  • sis-group.org.uk   - Velikovskian nutters
  • dr-rath-foundation.org  
  • candida-international.org  

• Agecruft
  • lef.org  
  • worldhealth.net  
  • grg.org  

Random junk sources

• liveleak.com  
• royalark.net  
• routesonline.com  
• familytreemaker.genealogy.com  
• liliputing.com  
• lifesitenews.com  
• conservativehq.com  
• mavenroundtable.io  

Gunwanking

• inetres.com  
• globalsecurity.org  
• jedsite.info  
• pancerni.net   / pancerni.abajt.pl  
• reloadbench.com   (blacklisted: malware)
• thetruthaboutguns.com  

Royalcruft

• royalark.net   (formerly 4dw.net  /royalark)
• worldstatesmen.org  
• thepeerage.com  
• rootsweb.ancestry.com  
• jacobite.ca  
• englishmonarchs.co.uk  
• nobility-royalty.com  
• genealogy.euweb.cz  
• nobilitytitles.net  
• unofficialroyalty.com  
• noblecircles.com  
• angelfire.com/realm/gotha  
• Fake sites (see Talk:Almanach de Gotha)
  • almanachdegotha.org  
  • imperialcollegeofprincesandcounts.com  
  • almanachdechivalry.com  
  • imperialcollegeofheraldry.com  
  • almanachdeholyromanempire.org  
  • imperialteutonicorder.com  
  • almanachdechivalry.org  
  • imperialcollegeofheraldry.org  
  • almanachdeholyromanempire.com  
  • imperialteutonicorder.org  
  • nobilityregister.com  
• Turned up during cleaning:
  • kutchtourguide.com  
  • itihas.wordpress.com  
  • chiefacoins.com  
  • kutchguide.blogspot.com  
  • gujaratguideonline.com  
  • members.iinet.net.au  

Wikis & fancruft

• gameo.org  
• theraider.net  

Possible medispam

• thyroid-info.com  
• lipidsonline.org  

Abortion activism

• texasrighttolife.com  

Russian propaganda

• 112.ua  /112.international