MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/July 2023


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:18, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

healthline.com
Per RfC Reliable_sources/Noticeboard consensus is to blacklist the domain. I am in the process of removing as many as possible (840 pages) and when done would like to Blacklist. Will post here when ready. -- Green  C  01:27, 8 July 2023 (UTC)


 * All gone. Please blacklist any time. Thank you. -- Green  C  14:45, 8 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I already blacklisted it shortly after I closed the RFC :-) - David Gerard (talk) 15:52, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

admycity.com
Several IP users are adding this website as a reference to articles, but the references don't seem to support the information in the Wikipedia articles to which they're being added. Furthermore, the keywords for this website include "Local businesses, Local directory, Local business center, Local stores, Local restaurants, Hospitals, JCM, Real Estate, Jewelry, Movies, JCM Listing search, Medicines, India search engine, India trade directory, JCM Listing contact, Mumbai, Delhi, Banglore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahemdabad & more", which seems to indicate that the website is being added as a reference for SEO purposes. The fact that four of the five users who added this website summarized their edits as a "minor change", when it was not evidently a minor edit, is of concern as well. Epicgenius (talk) 17:21, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Filmcompanion.in

 * Removing filmcompanion.in from the blacklist per consensus here. Thank you, Lourdes  09:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Lourdes  09:27, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

guidechem.com
Long-term low-value problem (occasional GF use by editors who don't know that) and ramping up now as simple spam. Per Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemicals (current discussion) with other concerns raised for over a decade. They are now also doing x-wiki (a bunch of named accounts were multi-site blocked and g-locked today) and involving widely-numerically-spaced IPs. No prejudice against deferral to global blacklist, but I have not investigated other *wiki yet. DMacks (talk) 16:38, 8 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Guidechem is like the Alibaba for chemical products, with aggressive sales, mostly in Russia and China. On Wikipedia, its chemical information is like a Trojan horse for advertising and maybe spearphishing, appearing as a source where PubChem could be used. Recommend blacklisting. Zefr (talk) 16:52, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
 * All links cleared from mainspace. DMacks (talk) 18:28, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

pgtipsandknowledge.blogspot.com
User is spamming links to his blog Edits: Special:MobileDiff/1164859811 Special:MobileDiff/1164696852 Special:MobileDiff/1164262862 Special:MobileDiff/1164261672 Please blacklist his blog to prevent further spam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notrealname1234 (talk • contribs) 18:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:48, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

rebellionresearch.com
References to AI generated content such as this were added to articles in revisions like this. AI content "references" should be prevented from being added. Kges1901 (talk) 17:03, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

threequbes.com
User's only edits (seven in past three years) have been to link to their blog, sometimes replacing dead links without otherwise editing the citation (see Special:MobileDiff/1165430096). I have blocked the user for three months. - Donald Albury 13:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Escort services




A handy list added today by one spammer today. — Trey Maturin™ 12:18, 17 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 20:55, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

kingessays.com


Being added to random articles about paper mills (ironically) by random socks. No encyclopaedic value. — Trey Maturin™ 13:54, 16 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 20:58, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

balonbee.com


Gambling site, no encyclopaedic value, replacing legitimate sites in URL template on biography pages. — Trey Maturin™ 12:03, 16 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 20:59, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

BBC
BBC has also circulated a lot of fake news in recent days. I propose that it be blocked. There is an entire book that discusses this https://www.amazon.com/FakeNews-Factory-Tales-BBC-land/dp/1999359135 A simple search on google "fake news by bbc" will turn up plenty of results. Are we afraid to blascklist the BBC because it is so big? Will Wikipedia be controlled by the big guys? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.228.67.14 (talk) 22:44, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Your first step would be to have a general discussion at WP:RSN; it may be helpful to read the prior discussions listed at RSPBBC, and to avoid conspiratorial language. Sam Kuru (talk) 23:26, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * No. Stifle (talk) 08:18, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Courcelles (talk) 16:04, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

update4u.net
Third day, second account, still going strong. --Count Count (talk) 19:20, 18 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 20:36, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

threadsigofficial.com
Domain is not for the Threads app, but I can't get it to resolve so don't know what it is. Not good, anyway. Repeatedly added by various "new" users in strange places. — Trey Maturin™ 12:25, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

setmycareer.com
Too many strikes. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist.OhNo itsJamie Talk 04:20, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
 * setmycareer.net was added today; adding to spamblacklist regex. OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:53, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding . OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:54, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Bold 49.43.152.39 (talk) 17:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

electronicbookreadingdevice.com
This domain has been used to promote blog spam in many ereader device wiki entries' External Links sections. Many wiki pages targeted are for long obsolete and discontinued devices, so there is no legitimate reason to add new links to new "articles" they create. Multiple unregistered IP addresses as well as named accounts have participated over multiple months. I have reverted all that I have found. I have not seen any indication that this is a legitimate or notable news site and seems to exist solely to harvest click-through product referrals.

Diffs:
 * Special:MobileDiff/1155330119
 * Special:MobileDiff/1155323283
 * Special:MobileDiff/1155330864
 * Special:MobileDiff/1154968396
 * Special:MobileDiff/1166152322
 * Special:MobileDiff/1164995123
 * Special:MobileDiff/1164894221
 * Special:MobileDiff/1155332139 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contents6762 (talk • contribs) 22:54, 20 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 23:32, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

foyer-salera.it
A sockpuppeter's domain. Please blacklist it to prevent further spam. Diffs: Notrealname1234 (talk) 15:43, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * And other Piermark's sockpuppets.
 * Special:MobileDiff/1166262341
 * Special:MobileDiff/1166259133
 * Special:MobileDiff/1166252067
 * Special:MobileDiff/1166251996


 * @Courcelles please check Notrealname1234 (talk) 15:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Courcelles (talk) 16:02, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

knowmastery.com

 * with confirmed socks:
 * with confirmed socks:
 * with confirmed socks:

Persistent sockpuppetry and spamming. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:10, 30 July 2023 (UTC)


 * to Special:BlockedExternalDomains. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:11, 30 July 2023 (UTC)