MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/July 2022

addition not being blocked
Hello. On Marathi version of blacklist, I am trying to add http://kq6.dedicationlinks.com But it is not being blocked. Could anyone please check mr:मिडियाविकी:Spam-blacklist, and history of it to see what am I doing wrong? The entry right above it is successfully being blocked (warunghepi168). Not sure what I missed. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:58, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
 * solved it with this edit. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:12, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

theinsurancedata.com


Spam campaign over the last two years. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 17:08, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Noting the archives that User:Expert In Insurance deleted this report twice before getting blocked, then proceeded to make ridiculous personal attacks/allegations at WP:UTRS. OhNo itsJamie Talk 19:54, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

exportimportdata.in


Ongoing spam campaign. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:16, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

bacancytechnology.com


One account, Aditya3181, has stated they're an employee of the company. - MrOllie (talk) 13:15, 28 June 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:41, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

areyouok.com


Being refspammed by multiple users. SmartSE (talk) 15:03, 10 June 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:42, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

daxueconsulting.com

 * A marketing consulting company, spamming by the IP above. It won't be WP:RS. --虹易 (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd taken a look at this one before; while I' saw at least one example of spamming, it may have been added in good faith by other users as a reference for Chinese business topics. Per #3 in the instructions above, it's currently used as a refrence on a number of pages. As to whether or not it's an WP:RS, I'd say probably not, but possibly. Might be good to bring up at WP:RSN then take it from there. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 04:45, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * A marketing consulting company, spamming by the IP above. It won't be WP:RS. --虹易 (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd taken a look at this one before; while I' saw at least one example of spamming, it may have been added in good faith by other users as a reference for Chinese business topics. Per #3 in the instructions above, it's currently used as a refrence on a number of pages. As to whether or not it's an WP:RS, I'd say probably not, but possibly. Might be good to bring up at WP:RSN then take it from there. OhNo itsJamie  Talk 04:45, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

tractorguru.in
Persistent spam by sockfarm, see Sockpuppet_investigations/Sharmavijay123. Spicy (talk) 23:32, 26 May 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:48, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

embraceyouhealth.com


There's apparent sockspamming going on with this source with relation to a particular female endocrine disorder. Please see Sockpuppet investigations/Doreenmoore2222 for diffs. — Ⓜ️hawk10 (talk) 03:25, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

comoconfigurarpc.org


Worthless "estimated net worth" auto-generated website. — TREY MATURIN has spoken 15:13, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd agree that it's not at all useful for Wikipedia, but have there been any other attempts to add it? OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:47, 6 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I've only seen this one IP adding it (usually with one edit but once buried within some other less crappy edits) so this might be a one-off, I must admit. Nevertheless, with no useful use here, and without evidence of it not being added before (prove a negative, Jamie! Go on, I dare you. Sorry!) there doesn't seem to be any harm in blocking it. But I may be wrong, after almost a decade here this seems to be the default! :-) — TREY MATURIN has spoken 19:00, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

valueinvesting.io and associates


Typical sockpuppet spamming. Warnings have accomplished nothing. - MrOllie (talk) 12:40, 9 July 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:53, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

howtoabroad.com


Persistent spam from multiple IP addresses. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:32, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

nelsoncreekoutdoors.com


Spammed over the last few years from at least three different accounts/IPs, and again today after a final warning. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 17:55, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 12.11.210.218 blocked again after attempting triggering blacklist then trying to delete this report. OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:15, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Recovered my account and logged in so I can try to straighten this out. Please, do not block me as I am struggling enough. This is an ongoing issue. There is even a current lawsuit. There are hundreds of .xyz spam sites linking to us. Facebook had to help us recover groups. We have a mile long disavow list on Google. I get taunted about it as I was today. All since having to part ways with someone late last year. My se rankings are dropping. Can you block ips instead? Heck, ban my url privately if that helps, but the SEO damage this creates is the goal. I am linked in other Wikipedia articles, am on Research Gate, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianWI (talk • contribs) 17:57, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Assertions that you are being joe jobbed are not credible, given that you are one of the spammers mentioned in the above report. And now you're blocked as well. Please move on. OhNo itsJamie Talk 18:00, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

unicreds.com


Uni-related spam website. Used in WP:ELNO violations. Anarchyte ( talk ) 10:04, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Anarchyte ( talk ) 10:06, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

mapacademy.io


After getting a warning on Pooja Savansukha, switched to sockpuppeting. 5 new accounts or awakened sleeper accounts so far today. Also filing a SPI, this looks like a paid editing ring. - MrOllie (talk) 12:17, 11 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi MrOllie
 * Sorry for the confusion. We work for an online free encyclopedia (specifically on Indian art) launched by MAP Academy this year, and were just adding links to our legitimate articles on those subjects here on wikipedia. We are art writers with a background in art history and we are genuinely interested in contributing to wikipedia.
 * I understand that this can look like spam however. Would it be possible to arrange a wiki editathon, or other collaboration between our two encyclopedias? Please let me know.
 * Regards,
 * Mustafa Khanbhai,
 * Head of Research, Encyclopedia of Art, MAP Academy Mustafa khanbhai (talk) 12:33, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Also noting here that one of the accounts just tried to vandalize this report. - MrOllie (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:58, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

jagatgururampalji.org

 * Majority of links from this site are written in a way to attract readers to Rampal's religious works. The articles usually follow a pattern. The users change or add a reference to an important day (such as father's day or world tobacco day) to this site, the article on the site gives a brief introduction of that day but somehow ends up directing readers to religious practice. For example, an article for Autism day gives a brief definition of the word but ends up claiming that it can be cured with 'this' religious practice. Kenm v2 (talk) 07:16, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
 * was blocked because he was spamming this site.
 * We generally don't block sites that have been spammed by a single user, per point #2 in the criteria at the top of the page. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:08, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, thank you for paying attention my request. It's being used (not spammed though) buy quite a few people but I haven't found a single article that can be characterised as a good refernece. All of them end up promoting their saint at the end of the article.
 * Some examples:
 * https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/rabindranath-tagore-jayanti/#True_Spiritual_Knowledge_Is_the_Biggest_Literature
 * In text: With the birth anniversary of one of the renowned litterateurs Rabindranath Tagore, let us make ourselves aware about the biggest literature of True Spiritual Knowledge or Tatvgyan.
 * https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/26-11-mumbai-terrorist-attack/
 * In text: It is grave ignorance to fight on any issue in the world. Everything is imperishable. Human birth will be fruitful if a person performs the True Devotion of the Absolute Supreme God Kabir Saheb and ensures its place in the Eternal Abode.
 * https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/rajiv-gandhi-assassination-death/
 * In text: The pious soul tried to do his level best for humanity, but he did not find an enlightened saint who could have guided him for the right human life’s purpose. There are many unfortunate pious souls without achieving the right spiritual guide.
 * These are just three articles. Every single article on this site links the topic with the saint's teachings. The last one is claiming that Rajiv Gandhi had no one to guide him to his life's purpose. In my opinion, it is offensive to use an article about his death to make this claim.
 * Thank you. Kenm v2 (talk) 11:40, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Given how extensively news links from this site are currently used, I think you'd need to take it to WP:RSN first to get a consensus on whether or not it should be disqualified as a reliable source. OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Understood, will do. Thank you. Kenm v2 (talk) 09:29, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I did not get a reply on my WP:RSN post so I assume it's not going to get blocked. Please feel free to archive. Kenm v2 (talk) 04:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I did not get a reply on my WP:RSN post so I assume it's not going to get blocked. Please feel free to archive. Kenm v2 (talk) 04:51, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

cedarspark.info


Persistent COI editing despite multiple blocks; to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:43, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

techjockey.com


Has been spammed off and on for years. - MrOllie (talk) 10:57, 19 July 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:14, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

jumeirahbestspa.com,etc
Multiple garbage sites spammed by multiple users and IPs. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist.OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:58, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

idaylummm.com


Spammed by at least three different accounts. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist.OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:57, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

Addition of .xyz not logged
All .xyz domains were added in Special:Diff/961623463; the request is at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/June 2020 but it was not added to MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log. Peter James (talk) 19:27, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Relatedly, this is preventing me from adding talk-page links to mathstodon.xyz, an innocuous twitter-like social media site focusing on mathematics (see e.g. recent discussion at EN:WT:WPM at which I wanted to add such a link). Please whitelist or undo this overbroad blacklist. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:45, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Just a quick FYI that I've added a request for whitelisting this domain at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2022/07 — I'll probably process it in a mo once the reports finish generating :) — TheresNoTime (talk • she/her) 22:09, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —David Eppstein (talk) 02:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I have added the addition to the log here, it got missed by the addition script for some reason.
 * the .xyz TLD is handed out very liberally. Until the blacklisting of the whole TLD we found ourselves blacklisting .xyz TLDs very very regularly (here we were discussing 3 of them reported within 5 days), many of them are spam.  At some point the unrestricted addition of certain domains (or even, whole TLDs) becomes a burden on the editors to keep on removing them, if not plainly disruptive to the whole of the project (the TLDs inlcude copyright violating lyrics and movie download sites, plain spam, blacklist evasion through redirection, etc. etc.).  We are very liberally whitelisting .xyz sites (actually, I was whitelisting them too liberally, one I whitelisted got abused!).  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:31, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Galatta.com
Importantly, the site offers comprehensive coverage of Indian cinema - and has done so for 22+ years! It would be fantastic to whitelist the site so several sources from the early 2000s can be used for old film articles (most coverage of Indian cinema online emerged post-2006) - this really is a goldmine to save some undersourced articles. It offers nothing significantly different in quality to other film sites.

In recent times, Galatta has also brought in big name critics such as Baradwaj Rangan to work with them. Neutral Fan (talk) 10:03, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I support this getting whitelisted. They even have their own magazine. -- Kailash29792 (talk)  10:14, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 * It's blacklisted globally, not locally. Whitelisting is for requesting specific links for specific purposes; we don't whitelist entire domains to circumvent a meta blacklisting. OhNo itsJamie Talk 18:48, 20 July 2022 (UTC)


 * , the disruption by Dot Com Infoway was massive and experience teaches that spamming generally does not stop (especially on the larger cases). This was blacklisted during a request on AN to ban Dot Com Infoway.  You may be able to get this locally whitelisted, but with a proper community consensus (a proper WP:RS discussion may help), delisting on meta would likely require such consensusses on multiple wikis.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

phixman.com

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The account listed above is another sock of the AryaShah LTA. Looking through the editing pattern of these sock accounts, I believe that this is one of the links that has been spammed on their user pages numerous times, as it appears that this is the company this LTA works for (although I can’t check for sure since the pages were deleted, but you can double check if you would like to).  ProClasher 9 7  ~  Have A Question?  07:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Can you please review the 9 editors added above? --Dirk Beetstra T  C 08:06, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:07, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

santactical.com


Spam on Door breaching. Anarchyte ( talk ) 13:57, 27 July 2022 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. -- Anarchyte ( talk ) 13:57, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Request for removing site url from banned list
Hii I'm Moorthi. Sorry for my bad English. I'm a blogger. I am publishing my own quotes and poem's. I have purchased expired domain (lovequotesintamil.com) from hostinger domain provider before 6 months. Recently I'm reading a Tamil article from ta.wikipedia site. That article suitable with my site content. So i was trying to add reference link with that article. But Wikipedia shows that the url was banned. I don't know why the url was banned by Wikipedia. So please remove the url (lovequotestamil.com) from banned list. Vinayagas (talk) 17:22, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * First, that's on the global blacklist and second, that isn't a reason to unlist it. It's actually a reason to keep it on the global blacklist. PRAXIDICAE🌈 17:26, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

pontiart.com
This website offers a lot of important artists biographies (they have more information than in wikipedia in their pages). It should be useful to have it for italian international artists: such as alberto burri, giorgio de chirico, lucio fontana and so on. I would like to put some link of the useful content, but I think it is not possible due to the blacklist
 * This is globally blacklisted in meta, not locally blacklisted. It's highly unlikely this will be removed from meta, given the abusive spam campaign waged in 2020. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:03, 30 July 2022 (UTC)