MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December 2020

flight-status.info


Too many strikes, you're out. OhNo itsJamie Talk 01:55, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

masterbundles.com
Persistently added to the font and mandala articles by a series of socks which have made no other edits. Website has no information content. Blythwood (talk) 17:29, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 06:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

mangaip.com
Intentionaly remove original valid references then points to random Indonesian blog instead Special:Diff/959900932 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thiekus (talk • contribs) 21:22, 30 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, and I indeffed the user (I foresee no use for the domain). --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:12, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

worldwideheritagesites.com
See COIBot report. Aggressive spamming, complete with misleading edit summaries and an impersonation account. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 19:28, 24 November 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:13, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Itsallbee
Travel blog spam:
 * Link

Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 03:50, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Spammers:
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:27, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

bevinsprize.org

 * Link


 * Spammers


 * Examples
 * Special:Diff/992072879
 * Special:Diff/991905847
 * Special:Diff/992279807
 * Special:Diff/990438474
 * Special:Diff/990439061
 * Special:Diff/990439728
 * Special:Diff/990440013
 * Special:Diff/990440399
 * Special:Diff/990440749
 * Special:Diff/990441011
 * Special:Diff/990441148
 * Special:Diff/990441497
 * Special:Diff/990441810

Note that the site violates Wikipedia's own copyright. --Yamla (talk) 13:47, 4 December 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:28, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

catalyzer.co


Request to delist catalyzer.co from spam. The company in the article Catalyzer Entrepreneurship Centre (Catalyzer Startup Accelerator) has sufficient evidence in credible news media for verification. KFIHydKFI — Preceding undated comment added 16:50, 5 December 2020 (UTC)


 * , not blacklisted. You have blacklist hits on yourstory.com, which is not a reliable source, nor a good resource to show 'notability' of a subject (it is 'your story', not independent).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:43, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

darkfail.live
I recently created dark.fail and it was immediately vandalized to darkfail.live. The site has a bunch of impersonators listed here I would like blocked:


 * darj.fail
 * darkfail.org
 * darkfail.link
 * darkfail.live
 * darkfail.us
 * fail.li

Deku-shrub (talk) 21:26, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

mecitizen.in


Junk site being added by multiple throw-away accounts and IP's, time to toss it out.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:12, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

sreenathakkineni.in
Spam has continued after direct and blunt warnings.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:26, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:12, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

jrbooksonline.com
Not necessarily spam, but it is a racist/anti-Semitic website that we shouldn't be using as source or EL. External link search It's used mainly as a link to works by racists and anti-Semites. Doug Weller talk 16:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

onlineflix.in
Three strikes, you're out! to blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 19:24, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Spam from 37.111.224.0/20


Reblocked this spam-heavy range; I went back as far as April 2020 and collected these spam targets. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:22, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * all to blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:55, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Backdroid

 * Link

See Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 10:59, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Spammers:


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 15:22, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

ricardocosta links






See also Sockpuppet investigations/Tertulius/Archive

Has recently become active again with the 95.95 IP. These are well past due for black listing. - MrOllie (talk) 16:17, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:07, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

news98.info






Junk site being spammed by the creator - see User:Abhi0424/sandbox for proof of that. Zero reason to tolerate. There is some low-level spam at other wiki's but it seems for only one article (which is a dead link now).  Ravensfire  (talk) 01:24, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 02:09, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

splusnews.in


Dear wikipedia. We are splusnews network, a govt registered private media news agency in west bengal india. Some of our reader object that they cannot edit wiki with refarence our link its says block or blacklist.we are not doing any inapproprite behavior with wikipedia.so we think our content is valuable for wiki refference.plz unblock our site www.splusnews.in Thank you Snigdha patra Managing director Splus news network pvt ltd Juienbrandy (talk) 18:09, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * because there is nothing to do. The domain https://www.splusnews.in/ is not blacklisted on the English Wikipedia, and it is not blacklisted globally. As you can see, I was able to link to it in this comment.
 * Bear in mind that if you start adding links to your own site, you would be violating the conflict of interest guidelines, resulting in a likelihood that your site will be blacklisted. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:17, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

New script
Since I recently came across a situation where I had to track down which line in a spam blacklist caused a hit, and since it was fairly tedious even with mediawiki.org's short local blacklist, I wrote a script to automate checking all of the lines of the blacklist to find a match: m:User:DannyS712/FindBlacklistEntry.js. Documentation is at Documentation now at m:User:DannyS712/FindBlacklistEntry, and I hope this is helpful to anyone else that deals with unexpected hits - it checks both the local and global blacklists. Let me know if there are any questions. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:32, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

vouchertoday.uk


Domain was marked for spam but no reason given. Please remove from list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMKWeb (talk • contribs)


 * , see MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2020. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:00, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Dewelpro

 * Link


 * Spammers

Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 22:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:40, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Dewelpro blacklist circumvention
Attempts to circumvent blacklist, see and. -KH-1 (talk) 00:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 02:02, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Dewelpro blacklist circumvention 2
Thanks, looks like there's another one - no users found? -KH-1 (talk) 03:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:47, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Dewelpro blacklist circumvention 3
See and Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 11:44, 13 December 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:09, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Blacklist circumvention 4
See and, links redirect to Dewelpro.-KH-1 (talk) 00:52, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 08:55, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

mcafees.ml


I want to suggest adding a regex to catch any URL containing "mcafee" and ending in ".ml" or ".cf", or even just any domain containing "mcafee" that doesn't end in ".com". We have a particular link hijacker who is the reason McAfee is extended-protected, is now gaming extended-confirmed just to be able to spam more links. We have previously added something from this user to this blacklist but they just create new mcafee domains. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:42, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Would something like: work? We could possibly even go to blacklisting 'mcafee' and then whitelist mcafee.com, so that that term cannot be used at all in other domain names (but we may see some collateral damage there, which can then also be whitelisted). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:05, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * (i.e., the | is not displayed by the template))
 * Yes either would be good. If mcafee is blacklisted in second level domains, the following would need whitelisting: mcafee.com, thepatmcafeefoundation.com, mcafeeinstitute.com, mcafeesecure.com, mcafeesecurity.com. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)



Per above, first whitelisting. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:45, 21 December 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. The official domains have been whitelisted as logged in diff--Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:47, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Migh it be necessary to change the regex to mcafee.*?\.? Should approximately catch domains but not the path parts of URLs. – Thjarkur (talk) 13:23, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , the primary regex only catches the domain. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Backdroid


Hello, My site (Backdroid) goes in backlist of Wikipedia I don't know why some of my haters do this spamming links everywhere. Now i understand you don't want this on Wikipedia. Please remove it, Now i deleted my channel because people are searching, and spamming my website sorry for this. Now it will not spam. Please remove it Kunal Kashyap981 (talk) 06:32, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Hey! I'm kunal from Backdroid, Sorry to say some of my haters are doing this mass spamming in Wikipedia, I know that it's completely wrong, I agree with that. Now if you can remove my website from spam list, I promise that this will not happen again in any condition. I hope you at this from heart. Kunal Kashyap981 (talk) 06:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ I don't believe your story. Furthermore, the link has no use on Wikipedia. OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)


 * . Whether it was you, your competitor orhe queen of England spamming does not matter: the blacklist is here to protect Wikipedia against unwanted link additions. Removal would only facilitate, as you describe it, haters spamming yoursite and result in a lot of wasted volunteer time.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:13, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

gmac4247.000webhostapp.com
Please remove from blacklist. It contains valuable information.
 * ❌ 000webhostapp is on the global blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:02, 17 December 2020 (UTC)


 * , for specific links on this domain. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 15:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

mobilemarketer.com
I wouldn't mind an extra pair of eyes through WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/mobilemarketer.com. It looks likes unreliable links to me though maybe I am a little harsh. — billinghurst  sDrewth  07:31, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

It is hosted on

Which leads to a whole set of reports and blocked users. Is there any relation there? --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:05, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I have a feeling that its being part of marketingdive.com is a new thing, or a new means of presentation. We have a lot of links to mobilemarker, and with so many eyes here it seems unusual for that level of linking to sneak its way in, hence my question. — billinghurst  sDrewth  21:21, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Spam servers

 * server IPs
 * hosting:
 * hosted on
 * hosting:
 * hosted on
 * hosted on
 * hosted on
 * hosted on
 * hosted on
 * hosted on
 * hosted on

I've removed all named users from the list, the handful I checked were at worst not obvious spammers, and most were even obviously genuine editors. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:03, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
 * users

Possible to blacklist all domains on an IP?
I've got a couple of IPs where every domain on the IP that's been added on-wiki is spammy. Is there a way to blacklist everything from that IP? I assume that if I add the IP itself to the blacklist, it will only catch literal additions of that IP. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:46, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , there is not an automatic way of doing that (would be a nice feature though to add to m:Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Admins and patrollers/Overhaul spam-blacklist‎‎). There are online tools to see what websites are all hosted on that IP, and with that list you can start a thread here.  You can however add 'resolve ###.###.###.###' to XLinkBot's revertlist (and possibly to its more aggressive lists) and have it revert any website that resolves to that IP.  You'll still have to blacklist the new domains, but at least (most of) the cleanup should be done.  (I am not sure whether posting  reports additions of the IP or of websites that resolve to that IP, there is an IRC command that does that which I don't recall anymore, have to look in the code ). Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:28, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks - I actually found the command you're referring to yesterday, reports are at WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/166.62.29.189 and WikiProject_Spam/LinkReports/192.186.218.4. I'll look into the revertlisting later today. GeneralNotability (talk) 13:57, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
 * shifting the domains and users this to the requests: . --Dirk Beetstra T  C 06:03, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

hbarel.com



 * users


 * Self published blog, has been refspammed on and off for years. Lohat was blocked for this in 2010, so this is likely block evasion. Couple of the IPs have been blocked as server colocations, which is suspicious as well. - MrOllie (talk) 16:05, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
 * OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:15, 30 December 2020 (UTC)


 * explanation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.86.79 (talk) 11:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Just saw this, as I own this server (www.hbarel.com). It is a personal blog indeed; this is where I publish my scientific essays for the past 15 years; none of the essays is even close to self-promotion or to ads. I suggest not judging before taking a quick look. I do note a few contributions that were done from the server's network IP address, by a couple of users, and they are all merely citations to professional articles on the server. If you count it as self-promotion, then I don't mind if those are removed (as they were), but calling this server a spam source is a bit too far and completely unsubstantiated. Regarding co-location: the domain is about 20 years old, it did move across ISPs, otherwise it would still be sitting in AOL... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.166.86.79 (talk • contribs)
 * That's great. The site is now blacklisted due to your recent efforts to spam this the past year despite a numerous warnings and a block. Please find another platform to promote your blog. OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:19, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Quadrishattari/Qadrishattari



 * users


 * Blog links being added as citation, under further reading and external links by various IPs and registered users. qadrishattari.xyz seems to be an upgrade from quadrishattari.blogspot.com in an effort to hide that it is a blog. Aside from low-quality content the blog offers Live-Islamic Help, which has been referenced to even in articles (e.g. Ta'wiz). NJD-DE (talk) 20:16, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

searchquarry.com

 * It is a search engine for US public records. Useful to Wikipedia for providing factual Public Records such as court records, death records, all of it being information that is public and free of copyright. The.Barbaryan (talk) 18:14, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * It is a search engine for US public records. Useful to Wikipedia for providing factual Public Records such as court records, death records, all of it being information that is public and free of copyright. The.Barbaryan (talk) 18:14, 31 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Said site is a fee-for-service site that asks for money before revealing any real information (and won't give info without payment, as far as I can see). There are dozens like it on the Internet, and I think that, if it were not blocked, we would start to see a bunch a linkspam and refspam promoting the site popping up all throughout the encyclopedia. I recommend against it. &mdash; UncleBubba ( T @ C ) 20:47, 31 December 2020 (UTC)