MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/April 2023

clickspeedstest.com


Part of a perennial trend of single-purpose sites being spammed on articles concerning computer peripherals. Adding these particular links constitutes all the contributions of the following IPs: — Preceding unsigned comment added by MasqueDesRonces (talk • contribs)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:49, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

dryshield.ca and associates






Based on overlap of IP ranges, these domains are associated with the already blacklisted ones at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December 2022 - MrOllie (talk) 12:30, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:50, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

igaming sites




Lots of sock editing. Technically igamingpenn hasn't been spammed yet, but I noticed it is in development so it is probably just a matter of time. - MrOllie (talk) 12:57, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:44, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

pics.io




This is some sneakier sockpuppetry. Pattern is that each sock edits for a while and slips in a single link to pics.io - sometimes, but not always, hijacking an existing citation. Then they make a few more edits before abandoning that sock for the next account. - MrOllie (talk) 00:43, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Nice catch, to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie  Talk 01:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

abishekadhikari.com.np




IP range is probably has too many other users to handle this with blocking. - MrOllie (talk) 21:41, 25 April 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:52, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

royalark.net
This is a personal page, many links were added by the site owner back in the day, it's been purged dozens of times and keeps being reinserted despite an edit filter, including for contentious claims about living people. It's a titanic waste of time (I just removed about 40). Guy (help! - typo?) 09:21, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

theodora.com
A site that scrapes public domain data and presents it with a delightful web 1.0 wrapper of links for dick pills and the rest. One from the golden age of refspam, I guess. Guy (help! - typo?) 12:49, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

photoaid.com
The address of a legitimate business from Poland. Apparently, there were ridiculous marketing attempts in 2021, and a number of outgoing links were added. I'd like to add the current "Official website" link in an article about PhotoAid that I've edited on en and pl, like other Polish companies I've been enthusiastic about, that have grown globally. — Kochas 15:56, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

lyricsovera2z

 * Please UNBLOCK THIS URL. lyricsovera2z.com
 * I Don't Know How It's Gone to the Wikipedia Spam-list. I Don't Able to Edit / Fix Articles. Past Year, I Worked Very Well. Please Check & Unblock MY SITE URL. I Don't Know What is the Mistake I Have Done in Past Year. I Don't Know. Please Forgive & PLEASE UNBLOCK MY SITE URL & Remove From Spam-List. LyricsOverA2z2023 (talk) 15:38, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ We don't unblock sites at the request of site owners. Wikipedia is not a platform to promote your site, which in addition to being spammed violates copyrights. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ We don't unblock sites at the request of site owners. Wikipedia is not a platform to promote your site, which in addition to being spammed violates copyrights. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:46, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

sysoon removal
Hi, The word "sysoon" has been on the global blacklist for +- 10 years. A lot has changed since then. Please is it possible to remove sysoon from the global blacklist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:AB04:2C3B:1400:30B6:A785:2189:1383 (talk) 05:49, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

verywellmind.com removal
Hello, I am not allowed to cite verywellmind.com when I am writing about psychology. I think the cite has beneficial information and it should be allowed for references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Druss321 (talk • contribs) 01:19, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

northerntransmissions
Hello, I am not allowed to cite northerntransmissions.com This website is important because they have exclusive interviews of smaller, independent music artists that are not available on other websites. It was originally blocked because of the website being hacked, but it has been brought back to it's original owners. I am writing about a song entitled "East of Eden" by Zella Day, and she was in an interview with said music website. It is a great source of information, but it is blacklisted, disabling me from using their source. Can you remove it from the blacklist? Let me know as soon as possible, thanks.

AlpineH (talk) 02:27, 24 April 2023 (UTC)