MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2021

CBR Online

 * It's impossible to add a legitimate news item into the Lotus 1-2-3 article. - Mardus /talk 17:42, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * It's impossible to add a legitimate news item into the Lotus 1-2-3 article. - Mardus /talk 17:42, 31 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , for specific links on this domain.  This is a site that mainly regurgitates original sources.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:57, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Copyright violating/piracy sites
Is this the proper venue to request domains that host pirated material not be added to pages as references or otherwise? The "Proposed additions" sections emphasizes spam domains, so I wasn't sure if this is the right place. It's not really spam, but it's definitely something that should be declined when hitting the submit button—similar to what this spam blacklist does. As WP:COPYVIO states: Copyright infringing material should also not be linked to. Allowing links to such sites helps propagate access to them. See the revdel summary at Endless Winter for some context. -2pou (talk) 19:53, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , we tend not to blacklist on single instances of linking to copyvio material. They often just get removed and not re-added.  If there is persistence then we do blacklist these.  Often that is the individual document (e.g. someone uploaded a document into their account on blogspot, then that one document can be blacklisted, not the whole of blogspot), but for some sites (where the vast majority of the material is hosted in violation of copyright, think scihub and similar) we blacklist the whole domain (and may do so before systemic abuse/misuse takes place). Dirk Beetstra T  C 06:44, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dirk Beetstra. It does look like the site has propagated to additional use at other pages.  I'm not sure if this constitutes persistent use at this point, but it is worth pointing out.  The content of pretty much this entire site is pirated copyright material, so I don't think this would be a case of an individual document block.  On a related note... pretend that this site is blacklisted, is there automated way to clean up revdels that linked to the site at one point, or is that a painstakingly manual process?  (Or is that a question for the WP:CP board?) Dealing with spam, removing the link seems enough, but linking to illegitimate sites seems like a different animal. -2pou (talk) 22:16, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * , Please report the domain above in the appropriate section. Regarding the second question, no, there is no automated cleanup.  If there is a lot of use of a site, it is better to cleanup before the blacklisting is performed as it may result in some disruption in some cases of vandalism. Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:42, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. After re-reading, I reverted the report temporarily to try and clean up in the meantime. -2pou (talk) 00:41, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

ciaworldfactbook.us

 * - commercial site that piggybacks on the CIA World Factbook. Should probably not be allowed on our projects. The link appeared about 5 times in EN.wiki, I changed the link to the correct https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ link SpamHunters (talk) 09:07, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:37, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Local removal request for petitions.whitehouse.gov/
At least on We the People (petitioning system) we should be able to add that URL in my opinion. I tried adding an archive.org URL and even that wasn't allowed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnkgr (talk • contribs) 23:38, 28 January 2021 (UTC)


 * , this is not going to be removed from the blacklist, and a suitable link is whitelisted already. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:58, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

The current blacklist setting even prevents editors from adding an archive.org link. I think this is over-reaching given that we're talking about a local white list for the article mentioning the very platform. Gnkgr (talk) 01:43, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * - you'll see in the archive history this has been declined many times, and will continue to be declined for reasons already given. OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:19, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

kanbantool.com




Promotion has been going on and off since 2014 or so, when their article was deleted at AFD. They've recently moved to adding one or two links and then moving on to the next sock account to avoid scrutiny and/or warnings, so I think it is time to blacklist this one. - MrOllie (talk) 14:33, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:51, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Manning
Please remove \bmanning\.com\b from the local English language wikipedia blacklist.

Manning Publications is a respected publisher of technical content and publishes or links nothing in violation of wikipedia policies. Inclusion in this list has resulted either from an unintentional error or a misattribution. Many Manning authors are contributors to Wikipedia pages and the large volume of Manning content freely available to support technical topics is currently being excluded from reference in wikipedia. 184.170.167.136 (talk) 13:10, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ per reasons already enumerated in this request. for trusted/high-volume editors, who can make whitelist requests for particular links. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 15:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

.xyz top domain blacklisting
There's an entry  which prevents any domain under the .xyz top level domain from being linked. --D A Hosek (talk) 22:15, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, the .xyz top-level domain was blacklisted in June 2020 due to persistent abuse among .xyz domains. From the logs, it looks like you attempted to add finl.xyz, a personal blog, to your user page. Unfortunately, we generally do not whitelist websites unless they are intended to be used in Wikipedia articles, and there is a specific use case for the website in the request. —  Newslinger  talk   17:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Not a big deal, it just seems a bit over-reaching to blacklist an entire top-level domain. D A Hosek (talk) 18:45, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Loomsolar

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Long term link spamming and promotion, please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 12:38, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. There are many more accounts in the COIBot report that is generated for the link.  One of the userpages is a bluelink, which has a sock-tag on it (and, obviously, the users in the COIBot report are obviously socks of each other).  Can you check whether this has any relation to Sockpuppet_investigations/Pakistanpedia.  Note that there is a small xwiki component to this, we might want to .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 12:58, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

The Ukraine Business Journal
I don't know if this was ever a legitimate publication but as of 2020, it was either sniped or a continuance of some dubious claims. The journal is currently owned by ASTNT Technologies Private Limited, an Indian technology and SEO company and unlike it's name, posts neither business journal articles, nor articles about the Ukraine and is just a blackhat SEO op. CUPIDICAE💕  19:18, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:42, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Metapress
Similar to the above, Metapress was once a decent site (though I debate it's reliability even then, personally) but as of 2017 it was taken over by some dubious SEO firm as per their about us page and has no encyclopedic value and is used only as a method of SEO spam. Also similar to past requests of mine, you can find certain authors under various names on different websites. Lakisha on Metapress, Carol Miller on this random site, Jenna of Penn State, Stephanie your chat assistant. CUPIDICAE💕 13:20, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

go.kr/board
\.kr/(?:cloud|software|board)/.+/\d+  # MER-C #

was blocked because of spam edits, but this also included reliable domains. I tried to add a citation to www.gangnam.go.kr/board/article/2932/view.do which was blocked because of this domain filter, although it is an official government website. I don't think that the intention of the original block was to exclude government domains, as the spam edits were all using .co.kr domains. I request to refine the block to only include the commercial .co.kr domains or to whitelist government owened .go.kr domains. Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 13:56, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * . the best approach would be to whitelist the link at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist. I think this is a good case for whitelisting the domain instead of the path to that page. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * The ANI is now here (for future reference of the complete thread). --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:50, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

cell-phone-list.net


Repeated spamming from multiple IP ranges. to blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 00:27, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

startupsgeek.com





 * Got a linkspam warning as 1868mike and then proceeded to switch to sockpuppets (one link per account) to avoid scrutiny. - MrOllie (talk) 16:39, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   22:15, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ all associated accounts indefinitely. —  Newslinger  talk   22:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

whyworried.com


Spammed links in Referral marketing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hello world 6 (talk • contribs)


 * (for now), one editor on mainly one page. Thanks for reporting!  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:44, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

fandom.com


Improper link as these are usually open wikis; specific exceptions to such usage are rare (maybe only as a link to one the page of the few such wikis which would be notable, if there is any). Ex. see the alternate history additions by Special:Contributions/72.229.7.184. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:59, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , Hmm, yes, they are open wikis, but there are thousands and thousands of links everywhere (see Aquagirl, that linking in itself is questionable). This would first need a massive cleanup as otherwise blacklisting may result in quite some disruption.  Note that there are also a lot of wikia's linked on some pages (see Lois Lane). Dirk Beetstra T  C 06:12, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Would the edit filter (to simply tag these edits) be a better idea? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)
 * , probably. And the template that is making the display on Aquagirl should be cleaned (and maybe we should consider to get most Fandom links removed, they are failing WP:ELNO as open wikis. Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:45, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

ivapegreat.com


Heavy spamming/advertising of a vape company from at least three accounts. to blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:12, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

cargear.in
This new user is constantly citing cargear.in in automotive articles, possibly linkspamming. Andra Febrian (talk) 06:46, 26 February 2021 (UTC)


 * for now. One user who has not even been warned yet.  Blocking the single user is generally preferred over blacklisting.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:50, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

setindiaprize.com


Back in November there was a problem with fake websites being spammed across a couple of pages, creating several new domains as the old ones were blacklisted. They've returned with a new domain that needs to be shut down.  Ravensfire  (talk) 04:23, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 * a new prize; a free blacklisting. OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:16, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
 * New winners with every new domain!  Ravensfire  (talk) 23:18, 28 February 2021 (UTC)