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citrus-cleaning-supplies.co.uk

Recurring spam with dynamic IPs, previous warnings have been ignored. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:42, 1 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- GermanJoe ( talk) 17:43, 1 May 2020 (UTC) reply

azlyrics.com

No reasons to blacklist it. This website is fully licensed to provide song lyrics via Musixmatch. One of the cleanest designs (without ads between verses) and most accurate lyrics out there. Top 2000 according to Alexa rank.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.228.253.223 ( talk • contribs)

Strange, it still says the same as when blacklisted: ‘... lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. “...” lyrics provided for educational purposes and personal use only.’. That is not the same to me as ‘fully licensed’. — Dirk Beetstra T C 18:24, 2 May 2020 (UTC) reply
But they have Musixmatch logo and tracking code on every lyrics page and featured in their Customer Stories with MTV and Metrolyrics so I assume they're legal now. 87.228.253.223 ( talk) 18:53, 2 May 2020 (UTC) reply
And your relationship with the site is ... Ravensfire ( talk) 22:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC) reply
All this information is from open sources. I have contributed to some of their lyrics pages from time to time, 'cause I'm using it for years. Thanks for asking. 87.228.253.223 ( talk) 01:31, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Add lyric content yourself to a website does not make the copyright go away. WP:LINKVIO; see previous request. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:44, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Sure, but the licensing is not about obtaining the copyright, it's about the right to distribute the copyrighted content. I am not sure if this site was licensed in April 2013, when the previous request was made, but I'm pretty sure it's legal now. I tried to google for this info and found the articles from October 2013 and November 2013 where azlyrics mentioned as licensed. 87.228.253.223 ( talk) 07:07, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

aiouassignment.com

Being spammed on a university article, nothing that should be on Wikipedia. Johny has also been spamming links to a download site - Tamil Rockers - as well, reporting them to AIV. Ravensfire ( talk) 02:24, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Just blocked User talk:Johny005900 for spamming as well, concur with Ravensfire for adding this website. Spencer T• C 02:49, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Spencer and Ravensfire:  Defer to Global blacklist, should be further developed, but this is clearly a case for global blocking. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:45, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Spencer and Ravensfire: Handled on meta. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:24, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Beetstra, thanks - that went deeper than I thought it would. Ravensfire ( talk) 15:40, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

greatexplain.com

Blog spam, warnings and an initial block have been ignored. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- GermanJoe ( talk) 17:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply
I was just about to add it to the blacklist so support from me. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 17:40, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

blockchainbriefing.blogspot.com

See COIBot report. Aggressive spamming by four users and counting. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 20:35, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 22:44, 3 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Naming

I have opened a discussion at m:Talk:Spam blacklist about renaming the feature to something like "external link deny list" to remove the black/white terminology and reflect the fact that (e.g.) URL shorteners are blacklisted preemptively and may not be spam. Guy ( help!) 13:55, 4 May 2020 (UTC) reply

biographypro.xyz

See COIBot report (but wait a bit, there was a new one a few minutes ago). Being spammed by duckfarm. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 02:54, 8 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Oh, it looks like blog.biographypro.xyz is already on the blacklist. So just remove the blog\. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 03:05, 8 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  JJMC89 ( T· C) 03:08, 8 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plasticspot.io

Being spammed by a bunch of IPs.

197.251.190.111 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

81.15.104.13 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

41.99.23.68 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 04:36, 8 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Doc James: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Guy ( help!) 10:41, 8 May 2020 (UTC) reply

pratiyogitakosh.com

See COIBot report. Spammed by multiple accounts and IPs over the past few months. Note that two additions are to other wikis; if that is enough for the global blacklist, let me know and I'll move this request there. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 04:11, 9 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow:  Defer to Global blacklist, please do. Note that this was already flagged earlier at WT:WPSPAM by Newslinger. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC) reply

pv-magazine.com

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: PV-Magazine is one of the most respected and cited sources of information on the global photovoltaics sector.

Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: I don't know why they were blacklisted, but they would be a useful source for many pages on this topic. RaAmun ( talk) 12:26, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply

For the reviewing admin, the most recent discussion. Praxidicae ( talk) 12:47, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ RaAmun: no Declined. it was blacklisted because it was badly, heavily spammed. I know they promised to stop shortly after it was blacklisted, but 5 years later someone of the company did comment again on a thread regarding this site - they are following this.
Most of the material is churnalism, more than original journalism. They republish material. Examples, quoting from their front page: "The EU research group tasked with optimizing renewable energy auction procurement processes said ..."; www.pv-magazine.com/2020/05/11/solar-canopies-can-put-pv-panels-in-some-new-and-interesting-places/ is completely recombined from the information presented here, here, here, and here (including the pictures), and another headline on the front page "Scottish start-up Gravitricity is planning a project to store surplus power from renewables at Port of Leith", leads to the article @ www.pv-magazine.com/2020/05/11/storing-wind-and-solar-with-new-gravity-based-system/: "Scottish start-up Gravitricity has developed a gravity energy storage system it says ..." (all my bolding). It is all rewritten from the original sources. They are, basically, a primary source pretending to be a secondary source. For the (very, very) few cases where the material can be shown to be original enough, the whitelist will suffice. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:20, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply

newsstudio18.com

A terrible attempt to be passed off as a legitimate news site. Let me quote from their (www.newsstudio18.com/contact/) "contact us" page: "Act so surprised your highness. You mercy mission this time several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies" Praxidicae ( talk) 13:21, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Praxidicae: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:44, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply

smartbusinessbox.in

Already blocked spammer User:Nikhilmalve was posting this to numerous pages. RickinBaltimore ( talk) 15:18, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply

mentaldaily.com

The archives show that the URL was previously blocked due to a user, named Scorpion293, who engaged in paid advertising/spamming/sockpuppets.

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: I am in the process of expanding a section of the Aurora, Texas page. I found the website on the University of North Texas At Dallas Library Resources page [1] and would like to add an in-depth story they published that's on Google News, as there aren't others on the web with that information, I've looked through search engines already. The Dallas Morning News is the only other source that provides some of the information for my edits on the section of the Airship incident from the 1890s.

Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: This is perhaps the only reliable source where I can find this particular information to make the edits on the section of that page. The site is also listed on other universities and academic institutions. HSE001 ( talk) 02:09, 6 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ HSE001: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:55, 10 May 2020 (UTC) reply
HSE001, As a rule of thumb, when a blog is the only source for something, it's not significant. And in this case, given that the blog was almost certtainly started well after the incident, you should be able to identify the original source and use that. Guy ( help!) 19:23, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Suite101.com

This website has been offline since 2017, according to the Wayback Machine. -- Zanimum ( talk) 17:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Correction: it went down around 2013 or 2014, when the domain became a redirect to "Suite.io", a blogging/social networking platform of some sort. -- Zanimum ( talk) 17:59, 1 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Zanimum, is it of any use now? Dirk Beetstra T C 19:18, 1 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Zanimum, thanks for this. If it's still blacklisted, it was resolvable earlier this year. We recently purged unresolvable domains and those with no hits for five years - we'll do the same again, but right now I think we probably should wait a bit to check it isn't hoovered up by cybersquatters. Guy ( help!) 19:26, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply

www.themoviedb.org

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: I tried to add a movie link to themoviedb.org, but was surprised to see it flagged as spam. I believe themoviedb.org is a reasonable portal for movie information. Also flagged is tmdb.org, which redirects to themoviedb.org Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: I wondered why it was flagged in the first place, but even if the site was low quality in the beginning, it is acceptable now. 81.170.243.50 ( talk) 19:16, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply

no Declined. This was spammed very hard. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:50, 13 May 2020 (UTC) reply

covid19india.org

A user-generated-data providing website which is not even close to being WP:MEDRS. Many users have been adding the site's links to various articles to source information regarding COVID-19 pandemic in India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.213.165.156 ( talk) 01:58, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

sarvcrm.com

See COIBot report. Heavily spammed back in 2016, stopped, then picked up again last year. Still ongoing as of yesterday. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 22:01, 13 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, users indeffed. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:16, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

mimzo.net

See Special:Diff/956118175 and Special:Diff/956045444, etc. The IP address is in the IP range that is associated with the report in #Google Play Store listings for Android apps by "pub" (com.sbdtube). —  Newslinger  talk 04:51, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Google Play Store listings for Android apps by "pub" (com.sbdtube)

The IP range has spammed external links to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sbdtube.indianews&hl=en across dozens of articles. —  Newslinger  talk 05:06, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk 05:07, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Bali-related spam

See COIBot reports. Multiple sites spammed by a /25 range over the past few weeks. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 19:27, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. There is also a user. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 19:37, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

quick.md

Being added by

Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 10:38, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Doc James: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 10:41, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

breitbar.com

Removed a link to this from an article. Very probably a mispelling of breitbart... Should be added to blacklist as no legitimate content can be sourced from there ( WP:BREITBART), and it should not be possible to add mistaken (either intentionally, to avoid the blacklist) or accidentally, if the user is not aware of policy) links like this one either. RandomCanadian ( talk | contribs) 17:42, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ RandomCanadian: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:59, 15 May 2020 (UTC) reply

whatreallymakesyouill.com

Blatant conspiracy theory website; IP used it as a "source" at Talk:COVID-19 pandemic linking to a subpage claiming that germ theory is "a deadly fallacy"; with links to anti-vax and other kind of nonsense... No legitimate use. RandomCanadian ( talk | contribs) 01:50, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ RandomCanadian: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, but we can move it to an edit filter if anyone feels strongly about it. -- Guy ( help!) 10:29, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

mediaworldasia.dk

Links were spammed in "External links" sections across dozens of articles. The accounts were blocked in 2009, but the links were never removed. —  Newslinger  talk 11:01, 14 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Newslinger, this is old spamming, is it still current? Regardless, there's a cleanup operation required first or we'll get lots of noise. Guy ( help!) 10:38, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply
​I doubt it's current, but I wanted to trace the COIBot logs. Perhaps WP:RSPAM would have been more appropriate for this. I'll clean up the links. —  Newslinger  talk 10:54, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

newsindialive.in

SEO spam from dynamic a IP. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 18:16, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 19:01, 16 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Blanked this report. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:53, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Moscow Media Group

A few months ago you all may recall that I came across a bunch of black hat SEO sites masquerading as "real" media outlets, usually operating under the name of similar notable and reputable media outlets (ie. Boherald.com was mistaken for Boston Herald etc...) well it appears one major group running these sites is an SEO firm Moscow Media Group which publishes content to falsely inflate the importance of various clients (ie. PR firms pay MMG to publish on one of their many websites which may have been legitimate at one point in time and sniped, or never legitimate but are made to deceive.) Here is a link to MMG's (now defunct) website. Praxidicae ( talk) 13:08, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Praxidicae: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:43, 11 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Praxidicae:, @ Beetstra: I don't understand this black-list, London Post and Essex Magazine are no longer working with Moscow Media Group, they are just using their web design structure. You might want to get your facts right. This has no bering on news content that's independent to each website. Govvy ( talk) 10:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Whatever, they're operated by a black hat SEO agency. They have no legitimate use on Wikipedia or anywhere else. There are 0 credible articles on any of the three and they have no editorial oversight and are being used to intentionally deceive readers. Praxidicae ( talk) 11:58, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply
No they are not, it's just like a wordpress skin created by Moscow Media Group. Govvy ( talk) 12:37, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply
They are indeed a blackhat SEO firm's site. Take a look at the owner(s). I've looked into this extensively. This is not a site that should be used anywhere on Wikipedia, unless of course you can come up with some proof that it's legitimate. Praxidicae ( talk) 15:23, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply
This domain is used entirely to inflate the importance individuals who pay firms to do this work. Google "A 2Trom News Group Company" for yourself and take a look at their "editorial staff." And if you still don't believe me, take a look at these ads: five-rr.com/m4tty1/publish-article-or-interview-on-celeb-news-site (rmv -) , prnews.io, fiv-err.com/hudsoncoldblue/publish-your-news-article-or-press-release and I can link about a hundred more. So it's clear they absolutely do allow guest posting (and that's all they do) and somehow, don't identify any of their paid articles from what is supposedly "legitimate" journalistic publications. This is typical black hat nonsense and simply put, can never be considered a reliable source for Wikipedia and is used only to spam unencyclopedic crap. Pretty much fits the definition of what this list is for. Praxidicae ( talk) 15:25, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply

doxbin.org

Spamming and doxxing, a perfect storm. Guy ( help!) 11:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ JzG: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

celebprofile.blogspot.in

Blog, obviously, with some evidence of COI/spam in article histories but mostly just a hopeless source that keeps being added by editors from India. Can we add to the revert list please? Guy ( help!) 10:28, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ JzG: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Blogs are on XLinkBot (\bblog(?:cu|fa|harbor|mybrain|post|savy|spot|townhall)?\.(com|in)\b), so if it is spammed ... -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:56, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

lailaformation.blogspot.com

Add to COIbot watchlist? Guy ( help!) 10:32, 17 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ JzG: watchlist? Meh. There is also an IP. plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

allpmyojana.in

Usual Indian spam junk site, it's been spammed to several articles by a named user and an IPv6 user at a minimum. They are probably the same, but the IP doesn't have a small range to be blocked. Worth consideration. Ravensfire ( talk) 13:40, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 14:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

More blackhat SEO sources

dailymusicroll.com: Linksearch en (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

aboutinsider.com: Linksearch en (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

muziquemagazine.com: Linksearch en (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

As per my observations here, these are fake sites like the several others I've requested recently. Ping me if more information is needed. (The staff page on aboutinsider is particularly hilarious.) Praxidicae ( talk) 18:23, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply


SEO is evil. Guy ( help!) 18:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Praxidicae: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Guy ( help!) 18:34, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

getresponse.com

getresponse.com: Linksearch en (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

Was spammed by an IP. Signed, The4lines |||| ( You Asked?) ( What I have Done.) 18:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ The4lines: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Guy ( help!) 18:36, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

toiletsandbaths.com

IP and new account spam, see COIBot report, the IPs are rangeblocked but clearly they're willing to create accounts as well. Popped up on commons once, don't think that's enough for a global blacklisting. creffett ( talk) 14:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply

already plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist by User:Creffett (I guess we ran the script at the same time. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 14:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Yeah, think so, not sure why my run didn't post the "added" response. creffett ( talk) 14:38, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Creffett, I am not sure whether the script understands edit conflicts, maybe I pressed save just before you, and the script ignored your edit conflict and just went on. Then you confirmed a tad earlier than me. Meh .. it got blacklisted. Dirk Beetstra T C 14:55, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply

theindiantechguy.com

Found this egregious spam, and while I probably would have withheld report this to the blacklist, I also noticed that the URL was being used at a number of TechCrunch articles in different languages, and I tracked down that spam to this edit at WikiData, so that compels me to submit this report. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:57, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Cyphoidbomb: in that case, likely  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. Involving WD in spam becomes more and more a problem. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 18:49, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Cyphoidbomb: Handled on meta. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 19:41, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Beetstra: Thank you, mate! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 19:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply

healkit.in

See COIBot report. Spammed by a dynamic IP. Suffusion of Yellow ( talk) 23:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Suffusion of Yellow: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 03:34, 21 May 2020 (UTC) reply

mbarendezvous.com

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: We are an Education based news site and help Students preparing for MBA Education.We try our best to help students publish relevant content so that they can not only get the information but also clear various MBA Entrance exams.

Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: This happened due to an SEO agency we hired to help us improve our rankings since we belong from academic side of the industry. However we later came to realize that we have been blocked from wikipedia. The agency is fired hence we can assure the spamming won't happen again.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.64.76.87 ( talk • contribs)

How do you explain that you are using an IP in the same range as the SEO agency you hired to improve your rankings? And have you read WP:COI and m:Terms of use? -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Hi, Thanks for having a look into our request. Sure, the agency operates from the same co working premise as we do. Yes have read them now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.212.151.175 ( talk) 14:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ 182.64.76.87: no Declined, per WP:BROTHER and lack of any credible reason to think it would be a useful source for Wikipedia. -- Guy ( help!) 21:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply

weirdcrap.com

This site was previously usurped by domain grabbers and blacklisted in May 2011, but the site was restored later that year (c. 3 July 2011 - see wayback) and has been the same ever since. I would like to restore the URLs that were removed from Chick tract and possibly other places.-- Auric talk 14:11, 10 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Auric, how is that a reliable source? Guy ( help!) 19:20, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply
I'm not sure what you mean. The source was previously usurped and is now fine. No problem was found previously and I can't see any now.-- Auric talk 19:26, 12 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Auric, sure, but removing it from the blacklist allows links, and I'd like some credible reason why that might be a good idea. Guy ( help!) 21:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply
As I stated above, so that the references in Chick tract can have the urls put back. Currently the reverences are missing their urls and as such have a "Missing or empty |url=" error and a hidden note that is now inaccurate. -- Auric talk 21:30, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply

420chan.org

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: I am trying to write an article about the site, to be moved to 420chan (after a WP:RFUP). Perhaps the site is not broadly useful, indeed, it most likely isn't. However, if possible, it should be unblocked for at least two pages: 420chan and my draft at User:Psiĥedelisto/420chan. I only strictly need the index unblocked, but I might need to refer to other pages (e.g. about pages, keeping in mind the limited ways I may use WP:PRIMARY/ WP:SPS) in references.

Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: It was added a very long time ago, 2009, due to WP:LTA/Grawp. Certainly spam of it could start again, but then again, any domain can be spammed. There's no intimation that 420chan benefited in any way from this spam or caused it to happen, and the other domains blocked at the same time, by the same admin, for the same reason, are other "shock" sites or "porn" sites. Psiĥedelisto ( talk • contribs) 08:47, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Psiĥedelisto, we can whitelist a single About page as a link in the article. Guy ( help!) 09:39, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ JzG: If only one page will be whitelisted, please whitelist the index. Psiĥedelisto ( talk • contribs) 09:41, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Psiĥedelisto, sure,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. The site itself is of no merit as a source and was definitely abused. We recently purged blacklist entries with no recent hits, so this is still likely to be needed. Guy ( help!) 09:42, 19 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Merged from other section

the site was blacklisted in 2009 for spam, and has only recently received a wikipedia page. imho the risk of spam has long since passed and the site should be removed from the blacklist so it can be linked to in its own page. 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕪𝕖𝕕𝕤 / אפרים ( talk) 20:32, 23 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Vernyeds: I've merged your request to my earlier request; there's no reason to make two sections for the same site. I disagree that any further links need to be whitelisted, most of the ones you wanted to add to 420chan are not suitable for inclusion anyway. Psiĥedelisto ( talk • contribs) 02:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

percona.com

Recurring promotional editing and recurring spam, immediately continued after several clear warnings and a previous block for the same IP. GermanJoe ( talk) 15:48, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- GermanJoe ( talk) 15:49, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

filmybubble.com

Recent blow-up of edits, but the guy I spotted was also spamming in November 2019. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 15:34, 10 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

famousbirthdays.com

Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia: It can be useful as a source for information on birthdays, ages, and locations for articles about YouTubers.

Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore: Blacklisting is no longer needed because because it could be a source of info about YouTubers containing ranks, ages, birthdates, locations and more! Famousbirthdays.com = more information. 2601:8B:C300:4A70:2074:7CC6:BDAE:539E ( talk) 00:21, 25 May 2020 (UTC) reply

 Not done It doesn't qualify as a reliable source, and thus has no use here. OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:31, 25 May 2020 (UTC) reply

jesustechnology.com / robertyave.org / robertyavo.org

Blocked all of these for spam, but likely to re-appear unless the links are blacklisted. Left quite a mess of advert screenshots on Commons that also need to be deleted. Spencer T• C 01:24, 13 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Spencer: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 11:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I want to see userreports for these, lets see if we got all domains. — Dirk Beetstra T C 13:28, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

  • Don't think I see any additional domains. Went through and blocked the rest, and found a variety of additional images (G10 or copyvios) to tag as well. Spencer T• C 13:53, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply
    Spencer, good, thanks! I hope this stops it, but I expect that they will try workarounds. We’ll need to keep an eye for a bit. Dirk Beetstra T C 15:45, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

A few submissions

Thanks, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Added two more. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 18:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Added moviesdude.in. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 14:29, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Poking/tracking the users. — Dirk Beetstra T C 15:46, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Cyphoidbomb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:50, 26 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Peoplepill.com

Mirror that trips up a lot of good faith new contributors, and only ever has Wikipedia or other user generated content, Sadads ( talk) 00:22, 27 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Just a note on this; I've always tried to avoid blacklisting mirrors since they're really not what the spam blacklist was created for. This one is just way out of control at the moment (at one point yesterday there were 30+ articles with a peoplepill ref added in the last day). For whatever reason it's ranking pretty high on google, and a large number of new editors are getting confused. The attribution to Wikipedia is there, but on a large copied article it can be easily missed. Additionally, the images they scrape (usually not the ones from Wikipedia) do not seem to have a license or attribution, making this a bit of a copyvio farm. I'd be in favor of just adding this one to the blacklist - it will never be a useful link here for any reason - but would prefer not to do it myself since I've been chasing it down for many years (it used to be "upclosed.com" previously). Kuru (talk) 01:33, 27 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Sadads and Kuru: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk 04:30, 27 May 2020 (UTC) reply

Moroccan spam

Blog spam. Guy ( help!) 23:18, 28 May 2020 (UTC) reply

tamilrockerskannada.com

"Tamil Rockers", I guess, is some sort of a torrenting site. See Tamil Rockers. This article attracted tons of spam just on its own. The link I'm reporting today I found at Saaho, and after about five seconds of research saw that a similar IP had added that to other articles in April. Short story, it might be wise to blacklist any site that references "Tamil Rockers" in some way, since it's almost never likely to be a legit site. Regards, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:26, 28 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Cyphoidbomb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 02:10, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Beetstra: Hey mate, thanks for the assist. Do you suppose you might consider my bolded suggestion of getting nasty with anything "tamilrocker" related? Seems like the quick solution to cover a variety of spammage. I'm not smart when it comes to RegEx, lest I'd do it meself. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 04:00, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply
Cyphoidbomb, you mean, any domain with ‘tamilrockers’ in it? Dirk Beetstra T C 05:21, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Beetstra: That's what I'm thinking. If "Tamil Rockers" is a pirate torrenting entity, then it's unlikely you'd ever see a legit domain with that structure: thetamilrockers.com, tamilrockers.blogspot.com, happytamilrockers.in, gotamilrockerz.sx, etc. any more than you'd expect thepiratebay.in to be legit. Regards, Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 14:54, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply

tamilrocker[sz]

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: tamilrocker[sz]

@ Cyphoidbomb: Like this! — Dirk Beetstra T C 16:17, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 16:18, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply
@ Beetstra: If I tried that, it would have broken everything. Thanks for the help! Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 17:25, 29 May 2020 (UTC) reply

safwa.pk

In addition to the IPs listed above, more IPs are listed at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2020_Archive_May_7#safwa.pk. Following that report, Pakistani clothing was semi-protected. This slowed them down, but it still occurred in other pages as can be seen in every contribution by the IPs listed above. Now that the semi-protection has expired, they are right back to Pakistani clothing. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 13:22, 30 May 2020 (UTC) reply

dudhwa-national-park.com

Continued spam for a travel site after warnings and a block. GermanJoe ( talk) 11:17, 31 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- GermanJoe ( talk) 11:19, 31 May 2020 (UTC) reply

footslopestours.com

Persistent commercial spam as "official website" of unrelated articles; not useful as a source either ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:36, 31 May 2020 (UTC) reply

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- ~ ToBeFree ( talk) 14:39, 31 May 2020 (UTC) reply
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