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    Mediawiki:Spam-blacklist is meant to be used by the spam blacklist extension. Unlike the meta spam blacklist, this blacklist affects pages on the English Wikipedia only. Any administrator may edit the spam blacklist. See Wikipedia:Spam blacklist for more information about the spam blacklist.

    Instructions for editors

    There are 4 sections for posting comments below. Please make comments in the appropriate section. These links take you to the appropriate section:

    1. Proposed additions
    2. Proposed removals
    3. Troubleshooting and problems
    4. Discussion

    Each section has a message box with instructions. In addition, please sign your posts with ~~~~ after your comment.

    Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

    Addition of the templates {{Link summary}} (for domains), {{IP summary}} (for IP editors) and {{User summary}} (for users with account) results in the COIBot reports to be refreshed. See User:COIBot for more information on the reports.

    Instructions for admins

    Any admin unfamiliar with this page should probably read this first, thanks.
    If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

    Please consider using Special:BlockedExternalDomains instead, powered by the AbuseFilter extension. This is faster and more easily searchable, though only supports whole domains and not whitelisting.

    1. Does the site have any validity to the project?
    2. Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
    3. Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
    4. Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with 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 – 518882001 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions

     

    Instructions for proposed additions

    1. Please add new entries to the bottom of this section.
    2. Please only use the basic URL – example.com , not https://www.example.com.
    3. Consider informing editors whose actions are discussed here.
    4. Please use the following templates:
    {{IP summary}} – to report anonymous editors suspected of spamming:
    {{IP summary|127.0.0.1}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template
    {{User summary}} – to report registered users suspected of spamming:
    {{User summary|Jimbo Wales}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template
    {{Link summary}} – to report spam domains:
    {{Link summary|example.com}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template
    Do not include the "http[s]://www." portion of a URL inside this template, nor anything behind the domain name. Including this template will give tools to investigate the domain, and will result in COIBot refreshing the link-report. ('COIBot')
    {{BLRequestRegex}} - to suggest more complex regex filters beyond basic domain URLs
    {{BLRequestLink}} - to suggest specific links to be blacklisted
    Please provide diffs ( e.g. [[Special:Diff/99999999]] ) to show that there has been spamming!
    Completed requests should be marked with {{done}}, {{not done}}, or another appropriate indicator, and then archived.

    makingsenseofcents.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 All coming from 68.188.100.150 (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). The IP added the same link to three unrelated articles. I already reverted them. Cantaloupe2 (talk) 15:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Opinion blog by a group of South Asian Muslims seeking to reform and make more progressive the political culture of Islam. May be a noble ideal, but seems to me to totally fail our standards of NPOV and notability. Ansdub persists in adding links to this site on any discussion of Islamic topics, even though repeatedly warned and given one short block. First time I've tried to do this, so I apologize in advance for any methodological shortcomings. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:01, 12 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Other people are adding the links besides just Ansdub. One, for instance, is an established editor, Aliabbas aa (talk · contribs · count).
    I think this site is more than a "blog" -- it's apparently weakly notable.[1][2] with a growing profile and some notable writers. The Hindu has a long, interesting profile on the publication. It's possible New Age Islam might be used as a reference in the same way editors use political or religious opinion magazines like Commonweal, The Nation, L'Osservatore Romano, The Spectator or Quadrant -- not as a traditional reporter of facts but as a reliable reference when citing the positions of notable persons writing in the publication.
    I am reluctant to blacklist this domain now, especially since blacklisting here could get noticed by search engine staff investigating possible linkspammers.
    Having said this, you have a vexing situation. We have a bot that can be used to revert link additions under certain conditions; let's try that first. It can be set to block link additions by anonymous or new users.
    Thanks for dealing with this problem.
      Defer to XLinkBot --A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 00:02, 13 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Personal website repeatedly added to book articles, often with large chunks of copied text. Yunshui 雲‍水 18:27, 17 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Obvious Text dumping WP:CITESPAM with the author of the site going by the blogname "The Book Reporter" (newbooksinbrief.com/about/), WP:COI. Seems this is a single account incident in which the account is now blocked. I'm reluctant to add it, unless there is continued attempts to spam under multiple accounts. If spamming resumes, we should reconsider.   Not done (for now). Thanks for reporting Yunshui. --Hu12 (talk) 02:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Domain:

    Spammed article:

    Accounts:

    Persistent addition of this person's company website to the article. Can this be blacklisted? Thanks. - DVdm (talk) 17:11, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

      Added, Thanks for reporting.--Hu12 (talk) 21:42, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Scottaleger (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) This user appears to be doing nothing but spamming Wikipedia. He's had received multiple warnings as you can see on his warning page. The page he is spamming are

    and

    Cantaloupe2 (talk) 17:56, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    This is a case for meta, as COIBot tells me 'Wikis where printsasia.com has been added: w:en (36), w:as (4), w:pa (1), w:ml (1), w:af (1), w:bn (1), w:sa (1), w:la (1)'.   Defer to Global blacklist --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:02, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
      Added on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:14, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Domain:

    Spammed article:

    Accounts:

    Persistent addition of a training institute's website into the article. Can this be blacklisted? Thanks. DVdm (talk) 08:27, 19 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Long term persistent, multi account spamming.   Added. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 21:55, 19 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Domain:

    Accounts:

    Refspammer, likes to add rambling quotes from fairly unknown commentators while calling them 'prominant political scientist's. Always uses a fresh account/sock on each new article, presumably to avoid scrutiny. - MrOllie (talk) 22:29, 19 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

      Done, thanks--Hu12 (talk) 03:31, 20 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Caution: Probably NSFW (I haven't checked).

    Adsense google_ad_client = pub-8051308276480403 (Track - Report - reverseinternet.com • meta: Track - Report)

    Previous incidents
    Sites spammed

    Somewhat related domains:

    Spammers

    MER-C 08:53, 20 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

      Done, also added the related due to previous related abuse.--Hu12 (talk) 15:21, 20 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Completed Proposed additions

    Proposed removals

     Use this section to request that a URL be unlisted. Please add new entries to the bottom of this section.

    Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. Otherwise, follow these steps to post a properly-formatted request:

    • Familiarize yourself with the reasons why a site was blacklisted. Look at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/log to see who blacklisted the link and when, and the reason given for blacklisting.
    • At the beginning of your request, include the domain in a {{link summary}} template (remove the http:// and www from the domain). This provides tools to find more information on the domain. For example, * {{Link summary|example.com}} results in:
    • When previewing your post with an included {{link summary}}, you will find links to a COIBot-report ('COIBot'), linksearches on en ('Linksearch en'), and tracked discussions ('tracked' and 'advanced'). If the log did not provide sufficient information on why a link was blacklisted, these links often yield more information.
    • Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia.
    • Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore.
      • Note that the bar for blacklisting is whether a site was spammed to Wikipedia, or otherwise abused, not whether the content of the site is 'spammy' or unreliable. Please indicate why you expect that that abuse has stopped.

    Providing this information often helps in a faster handling of the request.

    Once you have added your request, please check back here from time to time to get the outcome or to answer any additional questions. We will not email you or otherwise notify you about your request, and if no answer is received to a question, the request will be considered abandoned.

    Administrators: Completed requests should be marked with {{done}}, {{not done}}, or another appropriate indicator, then archived.
    Blacklist evasion:
    MER-C 11:30, 30 September 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Another
    --Hu12 (talk) 15:42, 1 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Range 117.205.128.0/20 (talk • contribs • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
    Blocked, urls   Added--Hu12 (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
      Added 3 related domains: noaho.net, mp3gag.info, mybloggingways.blogspot.in
    --A. B. (talk • contribs) 14:59, 2 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Plain text spamming:

    Username matches discussion above. MER-C 13:07, 8 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Registrant/Owner: Khalid Khan   Spammer(s) blocked--Hu12 (talk) 18:18, 8 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Forgot to mention it here, but a few days ago I changed the regex to catch any TLD of latestmoviez. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:56, 9 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Soundproof Magazine has ended up on the spam blacklist...this is a Montreal music magazine. Can someone please point me toward the discussion that led to this site's blacklisting? Chubbles (talk) 20:54, 4 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Using the archive search in the header of this page turns up MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2009#soundproofmagazine.com. Anomie⚔ 01:27, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    So, according to this discussion, the link was proposed for blocking due to COI spamming issues, which is fair...but it notes that the site was used as a legitimate reference by nonaffiliated editors, and the site is now out of business (which likely solves the spamming issue). Given that it was a third-party music magazine covering independent Canadian music, is it worth my time to campaign for its unblocking, or is the red tape here likely to be time-consuming? Chubbles (talk) 03:24, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Heres the request. If a specific link is needed as a citation, you can request it on the whitelist--Hu12 (talk) 20:15, 5 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Chubbles, you say "the site is now out of business". Would you explain that? It seems to be working just fine, all the way down to copyright notices that pre-date the blacklisting — and, their 'about' page still lists Chris Stevenson, one of the acknowledged spammers, as a co-founder. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)Reply
    Oh, sorry, I missed that this request got moved and only just came back to it. I was on their mailing list and they sent out a notice earlier this year that they were no longer publishing new articles, though the site would continue to function. (Since they don't date their articles, I guess that may not be immediately apparent on the site). They did publish a fair bit of useful review/interview material on Canadian musicians, and while I don't know anything about Stevenson (is this his only site or was he spamming multiple sources? Is he still active?), I do wish I could use the site's material generally for improving musical artist articles. Chubbles (talk) 20:07, 12 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

    Completed Proposed removals

    Troubleshooting and problems

     This section is to report problems with the blacklist. Old entries are archived

    Logging / COIBot Instr

    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

     This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are archived

    There's a question at RSN about a possible malware site. Could someone take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Please_check_the_source? WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

    Ran the url through a few malware/threat detectors, seems its ok.
    Here are a few scanner tools that could be usefull.
    --Hu12 (talk) 19:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)Reply