MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/March 2009

=Proposed additions=

mukamo.com

 * See these edits. Links to a Philippine gossip website. Not a reliable reference either. – Howard  the   Duck  17:46, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Howard, I don't see a pattern to suggest there's a spam campaign going on. See this report:
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/mukamo.com


 * The editor you cited above looks more like he/she is building an article than intentionally spamming. I think this is more about editorial choices than bad faith.


 * If I'm missing something, let me know. In the meantime, let's have a bot watch this domain.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:37, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Now listed for monitoring by XLinkBot -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

tagpuan.com

 * See these edits. Links to a Philippine gossip website. Not a reliable reference either. – Howard  the   Duck  17:46, 22 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Howard, I don't see a pattern to suggest there's a spam campaign going on. See this report:
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/tagpuan.com


 * The editor you cited above looks more like he/she is building an article than intentionally spamming. I think this is more about editorial choices than bad faith.


 * If I'm missing something, let me know. In the meantime, let's have a bot watch this domain.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Now listed for monitoring by XLinkBot -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

refinance2day.tk

 * Link


 * Accounts

Added site is to a "blog" front-end, links from it redirect to mortgageloan.com, which is a commercial loan application site. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 16:29, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * also added;
 * Doesen't seem extensive or to have been added since report, so I'll mark this as for now.--Hu12 (talk) 19:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Doesen't seem extensive or to have been added since report, so I'll mark this as for now.--Hu12 (talk) 19:08, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

xr.com

 * Links


 * Accounts

A link shortener / redirect site. Functionally equivalent to sites such as tinyURL.com. The above user has utilized it to get around the blacklisting of closingcost.info. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 03:02, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Update: I've now submitted a blacklist request for this one at meta:Talk:Spam blacklist. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:13, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * See also:
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/closingcost.info
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2009
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/closingcost.info
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2009
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/closingcost.info
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2009
 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/closingcost.info
 * MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/February 2009


 * Good catch. Now blacklisted on Meta.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

movie-critic.net

 * Links


 * Accounts

A recently spammed movie-review site of questionable reliability and utility; user insists on spamming links to it accross a broad spectrum of movie articles, and is persistant in doing so. User has been indef blocked, but blacklisting his site may discourage him from further attempts to use Wikipedia as an advertising tool for his website. --Jayron32. talk . contribs 06:14, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Has also used;
 * Because the User has been Blocked indefinatly, I'll mark this as . Thanks for the report.--Hu12 (talk) 19:22, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Because the User has been Blocked indefinatly, I'll mark this as . Thanks for the report.--Hu12 (talk) 19:22, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Million pixel knock-offs
The spammers are back at Million Dollar Homepage. I will look through the history for others. I'm adding this one now. Guy (Help!) 23:22, 19 February 2009 (UTC)




 * -- this was apparently blacklisted at sometime in the recent past. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

FortMillHomePros



 * Here's a link to one time they spammed Fort Mill, South Carolina and here's a link to them coming back again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fife Club (talk • contribs) 18:56, 26 March 2009 (UTC)




 * They appear to have stopped, thanks to your warning.


 * for now; if they come back, relist at WT:WPSPAM -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:15, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

iranmania.com
As of 2009-02-20, this site is listed by Google as an attack site. At [url snipped because it contains http:// iranmania.com], Google says, in part, that of the 457 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 59 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.
 * ✅ as a malware site. Guy (Help!) 22:18, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

lashtal.com


User self-identifies as owner of site on his user page. He has been reverting removal of links to his site and is now [www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3419.phtml recruiting his site membership] (of a site which he claims is not a social networking site) to come to his aid and support his position on Wikipedia. Give me a break! Will in China (talk) 16:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I see there is significant abuse occuring, first;


 * "This is an appeal from the owner and editor of LAShTAL.COM to Wikipedia specialists and experts ... if you know what you're doing on Wikipedia and are willing to help, please make the necessary changes on the relevant pages (I suspect they will apply to anything that mentions LAShTAL.COM or the Encyclopedia Thelemica) or get in touch by PM or email." [www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-3419.phtml]


 * Accounts acting as meat puppets


 * Secondly,


 * Edit warring and disruption by Owner;
 * Changed username (again) - (permanent link)
 * Changed username (again) - (permanent link)


 * Spam, disruption, edit warring -
 * Source soliciting -
 * These accounts, based on their edit history, in apparent violation of Conflict of interest and anti-spam guidelines, have engaged in disruption, Edit warring and are actively soliciting users Off-wiki on lashtal.com to edit Wikipedia for the sole or primary purpose of promoting lashtal.com. ✅--Hu12 (talk) 20:47, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just a note for clarification: username changed from Acsociety to Ankhefenkhons on instructions received from editor. Ankhefenkhons (talk) 01:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Continued Source soliciting under --Hu12 (talk) 19:04, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

michaelcrook.org
See also Sockpuppet investigations/Blogging4truth/Archive. The user is inserting links to his blog and promoting BLP violations. I have added the site, there may e alias URLs. Guy (Help!) 08:49, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


 * in the last several weeks by Guy. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:20, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

artsales.com
Just deleted one link, here are the others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougweller (talk • contribs) 18:59, 23 February 2009
 * Adsense pub-8211499776931643
 * Accounts Certainly a link not suitable for wikipedia and should be removed. Are there more accounts adding this?--Hu12 (talk) 04:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I think there have been some innocent additions, too. Sounds like a job for XLinkBot.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:22, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Now listed for monitoring by XLinkBot -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

akherhaga.com
Domain:

Accounts:

This site is in Arabic and has been spammed repeatedly to unrelated pages. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:08, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:27, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

theminilaptop.com
Domain:

This site has been relentlessly spammed into the netbook and subnotebook articles by seeimingly random IPs for some time... some edits from the last 24 hours here, here, here and here. -- samj inout 14:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. No value to offset spamming. Guy (Help!) 20:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

eqi.org

 * WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/eqi.org
 * m:User:COIBot/XWiki/eqi.org
 * ✅ due to persistent widespread spamming plus offsite solicitation. Guy (Help!) 20:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

pornhub.com
Domain:
 * Should be obvious why. I've seen this added by quite a few vandals to various articles, I assume to disparage the subject. I'd add it myself, but I don't trust my regex skills. J.delanoy gabs adds  21:14, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. The regex is not hard, you need to escape special characters (e.g. "." and "-") with a backslash and add a boundary marker "\b" before and after the domain name, that's about all. This one goes in as \bpornhub\.com\b Guy (Help!) 23:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. The regex is not hard, you need to escape special characters (e.g. "." and "-") with a backslash and add a boundary marker "\b" before and after the domain name, that's about all. This one goes in as \bpornhub\.com\b Guy (Help!) 23:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

visualtarot.com
Domain:
 * Website selling some sort of tarot software. Has been inserted ca 30 times in the article tarot + in other articles. See: m:User:COIBot/XWiki/visualtarot.com --Jorunn (talk) 09:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Website selling some sort of tarot software. Has been inserted ca 30 times in the article tarot + in other articles. See: m:User:COIBot/XWiki/visualtarot.com --Jorunn (talk) 09:49, 1 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Per m:User:COIBot/XWiki/visualtarot.com, added to meta. The cross-wiki aspect is just small, but edits like this is abusive enough to call it useless for any project, and I don't think that blacklisting it only here will stop them from going to other wikis.  Per meta,  here.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 14:11, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

u-makemoney.com
Given www.u-makemoney.com/2009/03/02/step-by-step-little-known-blackhat-traffic-method-get-167-uniques-per-day-to-your-site-for-free/#comments this article] on how to spam Wikipedia and the contributions of this user, I'm thinking maybe a fast track to the blacklist. :-)  Bobby  I'm Here, Are You There? 14:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I delinked the url. A site which actively campains it users to spam its site and subpages on wikipedia is the fastrack to being Blacklisted, ✅--Hu12 (talk) 19:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I delinked the url. A site which actively campains it users to spam its site and subpages on wikipedia is the fastrack to being Blacklisted, ✅--Hu12 (talk) 19:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

official-pharmacy.com
Added to multiple articles by multiple IP addresses in multiple countries. (IPs can be found in the search below.)-- Ed (Edgar181) 00:19, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts
 * Related site
 * Agreed, ✅. Thanks for reporting--Hu12 (talk) 19:51, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Related site
 * Agreed, ✅. Thanks for reporting--Hu12 (talk) 19:51, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

netbookreview.co.uk
We're having problems again with external link spam at Netbook, only this time with "A Guide to Netbooks", e.g. here and here and a reversion here. -- samj inout 12:18, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * This report, WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/netbookreview.co.uk, shows only 3 link additions and I see the person adding them has been warned just once. We only blacklist for much more persistent spamming. Let's put a bot to work monitoring for link additions as a first step.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Now listed for monitoring by XLinkBot - A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

mpoc.org.my and 4 others
These are constantly added to Palm oil. Many different IPs and several registered users (users were indef banned, IPs often warned... the page has been protected in the past, but they always come back). The sites have no obvious encyclopedic value. .

-NJGW (talk) 07:39, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Additional related Urls


 * Accounts


 * ✅ Note. palmoilhq.com and mpob.gov.my have not been added, however if there is evidence that these are being spammed, please re-report. thanks!--Hu12 (talk) 19:32, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

nurseryclass.com
Sockpuppeteering spammer, 14 spam only accounts so far. . MER-C 12:15, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅--Hu12 (talk) 19:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

themapicus.com

 * Link

I viewed the source for several of the links added. The site does not host any content itself, it's a front-end viewer for flickr.com content. The site is also loaded with ad-revenue links such as google adsense and widgetbucks.com.

The first addition of this link appears to have been by, who received a warning of being blocked if the additions continued. Subsequent SPA accounts that have added the link have all done fewer additions each, in an apparent attempt to draw less attention to the additions by spreading them over multiple accounts.

However, all accounts that have added the link have existed for the single purpose of spamming the link, and all additions of the list have been done just within the past 30 days.


 * Accounts involved

See original report of the link at WT:WPSPAM --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅. Good report Barek, thanks--Hu12 (talk) 20:27, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

molinodelasinviernas.com
Link repeat in Las Inviernas. Sonsaz (talk) 23:38, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- I don't see that this has been a big problem. We reserve the blacklist for truly persistent spam. If I'm missing something, feel free to provide some diffs or user edit histories. -- A. B. (talk • contribs)

inflation.us
Completely promotional link keeps getting added to Inflation and hyperinflation. NJGW (talk) 19:27, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Continues to be added:  NJGW (talk) 04:55, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- this was added a few hours ago with a number of other droplister domains. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 07:49, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Global Quant Recruitment Ltd. spam
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Myriax (Australia) spam
Domains:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:15, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

cbaz.com
Domain:

Accounts: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:18, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Droplister spam
Google Adsense ID: 2236200718340366
 * Spam domains:

There appear to be many more:
 * Related domains:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:51, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts:


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:02, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

bigloveturkey.com spam
Wins domain name of the month award. Bigloveturkey as in "the love turkey" and it's really big? Or a turkey that watches Big Love? Or a bigamist that loves turkey?

You decide.

Domains: Google Adsense ID: 0878222963540895

Accounts: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:05, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

jewelry.com spam
Domain:

Article deleted as spam: Note that jewelry.com may be notable
 * Jewelry.com

Accounts: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:33, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

tanksystems.com
Domains:

Account -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:45, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:01, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

concreteideas.com spam
Domains: Accounts: Deleted pages: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Acid stain -- deleted 4 times (2 versions were unrelated spam from someone else)
 * Concreteideas.com
 * Decorative Concrete
 * Concrete countertops -- deleted 5 times (1 version was unrelated spam from someone else)
 * Polished concrete -- deleted twice


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Scoopmill.com
Take a look at:
 * the entire contributions history of
 * the entire contributions history of.

--  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 01:49, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I agree these link additions are not good but we reserve the blacklist for really bad cases. This guy has had just one warning and now I've warned him a second time. Let's turn it over to a bot to monitor for now.


 * Thanks for reporting this, Blanchardb.


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 00:54, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Now listed for monitoring by XLinkBot -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:32, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

mlballpark.googlepages.com
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 07:36, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:25, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Tao Solutions Inc./ Infophil Inc.(Philippines) spam
Reported in July 2007 or known to have been spammed since then:
 * Domains:


 * Related domains:


 * Spam accounts:


 * Spam pages:
 * Alumni.NET
 * "school friends"

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:58, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Reference:
 * Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2007 Archive Jul


 * Note for future blacklist removal or whitelist requests:
 * 3 of these domains appear to have had some links added by innocent editors:
 * infophil.com
 * travelsmart.net
 * alumni.net


 * I don't think any of these are encyclopaedic and they do not meet our guidelines. These sites' pages have text on various locations or schools; some of those subjects don't have readily available information on the Internet. Nevertheless, it looks self-published without the editorial supervision we look for in sources. I'd try to steer requesters to alternative sources. If they just want to add an external link (not a citation), I'd decline. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:15, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

powerhour advert spam

 * Links


 * Account

Persistent spamming that has been ongoing via a slow-motion edit war for at least the past year. See original report at WT:WPSPAM#powerhour(mixes|dvd|game).com. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:05, 11 March 2009 (UTC)




 * Thanks, Barek, for taking this one on -- looks like it was a pain. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

california-sunrooms.com spam

 * Spam domain:

Definitely related in some way and some share the same toll-free number. However, it's not certain they're for the same business -- there may be something like a manufacturer/dealer or franchisor/franchisee relationship at play. I'd say blacklist on sight if any of them show up in the future. Not blacklisted today but listed here for the record:
 * Possibly related domains:
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below
 * Later blacklisted -- see below

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts:


 * california-sunrooms.com Other domains not blacklisted for now. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:26, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * OK, I see I missed another user who spammed one of the domains above plus two others:


 * Domains:


 * See this exchange:
 * User talk:Vsmith/archive14
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * 3 additional domains. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Still more spam today:
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:50, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Company:
 * Southern California Rooms Inc. - License # 827937
 * 14104 E. Firestone Blvd.
 * Santa Fe Springs, CA 90677
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 15:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)


 * sunroom.cc and sunrooms.cc.


 * I also left a note at:
 * User talk:Patioman3
 * once again asking this guy to stop spamming us and reminding him it makes his company look really cheesy to petulantly deface others' user pages. I'm concerned that this guy's going to keep coming back with more domains; I guess we'll just keep documenting and blacklisting them. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:14, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

vPipes spam
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:51, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Bluegrass music sites

 * Domains:


 * Related domain:


 * Accounts:

Specific pages might be marginally suitable in some cases. These domains were blacklisted based on persistent unstoppable spam.
 * Note for future blacklist removal or whitelist requests:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 21:46, 11 March 2009 (UTC)


 * the 3 spammed domains; did not add the related domain (blueberryrecords.com) -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

mysticschool.org.in spam


-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

indianflick.com spam

 * Spam domain:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:39, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Accounts:


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Indian SMS sites
Spam domains: Google Adsense ID: 3093423856526948

Related domain:

Accounts: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:30, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

axebet.com
Per local report and COIBot meta report. Thanks. -- Dferg (w:en: - w:es:) 19:12, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:01, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

keseksolutions.com
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 23:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:46, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

justinmichie.com spam
Google Adsense ID: 4963127899012701
 * Domains spammed:


 * Related domains:

Performance Marketing
 * Public domain registration record:
 * 75 Horizon View Pl.
 * Calgary, Alberta T3Z 3M3

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam accounts:


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:30, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

vip.asia, articleiq.com, tours.asia, unicycletrials.com, refinance.mobi


...all of which share the same template and overall format, and have their DNS hosted by whypark.com, who appear to be a provider of "domain development" services. All of them seem to be hosted at the same IP address, 98.129.126.138. I've removed all the instances of links to the above I can find.

Spam accounts:
 * 1) (diff) (diff) (diff)
 * 2) (diff) (diff) (diff) (diff)


 * Cross-wiki contributions:
 * ru:Служебная:Contributions/217.42.20.64
 * ru:Служебная:Contributions/217.169.54.253
 * ru:Обсуждение участника:217.169.54.253 -- spam warning
 * v:en:Special:Contributions/217.169.54.253
 * v:en:Special:Contributions/Elmirzaev —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.204.47.47 (talk) 05:30, 15 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Google Adsense IDs: 0224039709443669, 7282099037199898


 * Additional IP:


 * Additional domains spammed:


 * Related domains:
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Concur with blacklisting; doesn't seem to be any worthwhile content. Stifle (talk) 17:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Concur with blacklisting; doesn't seem to be any worthwhile content. Stifle (talk) 17:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 19:45, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Concur with blacklisting; doesn't seem to be any worthwhile content. Stifle (talk) 17:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- these and many, many more have been blacklisted on meta in two batches. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

sanyasunshine.com


Repeated addition of links to the Sanya article from various anonymous IP addresses (different IP address each time; generally the first edit from the IP address).

Diffs:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=278464226&oldid=278250159
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=278245177&oldid=278156333
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=278063367&oldid=277718026
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=277556044&oldid=277388665
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=277318812&oldid=277125797
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=277101151&oldid=276911838
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=276892469&oldid=276682495
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanya&diff=276682133&oldid=276065984

There are others, but I think that's enough to get the idea. The Sanya article seems to attract a large number of spammers, but this one's especially persistent. -- BeezHive (talk|contribs) 03:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

plc-program.blogspot.com

 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman
 * Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cartiman

User is actively attempting to evade blocks by editing from multiple accounts & IPs. Check PLC revision history for many reverts. Did appear to be covered by XLinkBot for some time, but is now evading that by using a slightly different domain (originally program-plc.blogspot.com/). User A1 (talk) 13:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This section is for proposing removals from the spamlist; did you mean to list it under proposed additions? Stifle (talk) 16:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Err yes. Not sure how I managed that. I added .190 and .80 to the list too. User A1 (talk) 15:12, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Added another IP. User A1 (talk) 03:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Added another username. User A1 (talk) 17:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Added another IP. User A1 (talk) 18:03, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * A complete list of sock accounts is now maintained here: Category:Suspected sockpuppets of cartiman


 * --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:28, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

CIPPlanner spam
Spam accounts:

Spam domain: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

finlandiahotelmoga.com
Spam domain:

Spam account: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 02:16, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:40, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

dailyistanbultours.com spam
Adbrite sid=1059739
 * Spam domain:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:03, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam account:


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

wickedtickles.co.uk spam
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 * Spam accounts:

-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Spam domain:


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:42, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

carslibrary.com spam


-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:29, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:43, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

moneysystem84.com spam
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 03:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:44, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

fanstory.com


-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

wenzhou-valves.com spam
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:20, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 17:18, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

"The Obama Deception" spam
-- A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 16:58, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

=Proposed removals=

m-monroe.org
This site is one of the best Marilyn Monroe sources online, it contains over 60.000 photos and a lot of interesting and useful content. It's a FANsite. I don't know why this was blocked, it can be helpful for people who want to know more about Marilyn than what is presented here. It should be in Marilyn Monroe page along with the external links. — Norah21 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * This domain was blacklisted across many Wikipedias, so it's blacklisted on our global blacklist, not this English-only blacklist, so you need to direct your query to:
 * meta:Talk:Spam blacklist


 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 18:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * m:User:COIBot/XWiki/m-monroe.org
 * Seems this was spammed on many "Marilyn Monroe" articles over many Wikimedia language projects. Additionaly this is an fansite (unofficial), which fails inclusion criteria of our External links policy. --Hu12 (talk) 18:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems this was spammed on many "Marilyn Monroe" articles over many Wikimedia language projects. Additionaly this is an fansite (unofficial), which fails inclusion criteria of our External links policy. --Hu12 (talk) 18:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems this was spammed on many "Marilyn Monroe" articles over many Wikimedia language projects. Additionaly this is an fansite (unofficial), which fails inclusion criteria of our External links policy. --Hu12 (talk) 18:50, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Comment. The editor filing this request should be encouraged to seek specific whitelisting for specific pages at Mediawiki:Spam Whitelist -- start with one page/one article -- and make it the strongest case! -- and should be patient and request assistance if it seems the request is unreasonably denied. If such cannot be gained, there is no hope of either whitelisting the entire site here, or of delisting globally. A judgment of "fansite" does not necessarily establish violation of WP:EL, that would be a specific decision to be made in a specific situation. --Abd (talk) 15:57, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Except for one thing. Editor registered to file this request, has only edited here. Ah, well, win some, lose some. --Abd (talk) 22:46, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

mp3lyrics.org
http:// www. mp3lyrics. org /m/missy-higgins/secret/ I've put spaces in to get around spamblocker] lyrics to Missy Higgins song Secret which is a signficant part of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User: (talk • contribs)
 * Lyrics sites very often don't have rights to publish the lyrics, and then they don't necesserily add to the page. If you think that this specific site is really needed, please request whitelisting.  As such, .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

largedogbreedz.com
I can't find any logs or justification for this domain. I'm new here, so I'm not suggesting it doesn't exist, I just cant find it. Could someone point me to it, or delist it? It isn't a great source, but it has useful information on Doberman Pinscher temperament. If theres a good reason for this, no worries, but I can't find it.

Thanks--Thesoxlost (talk) 04:06, 7 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The relevant reports are Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive Mar 2 and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam/2008 Archive May 1. The reason why you didn't find it is the spam blacklist is composed of regular expressions and the . needs to be preceded with a \. MER-C 06:14, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there a specific URL that you need to use as for a citation in an article?--Hu12 (talk) 19:08, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * --Hu12 (talk) 19:01, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

ytmnd.com
Any reason that this was added to the blacklist? - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 14:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * is not blacklisted. -- seth (talk) 15:49, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, the reason it was added was that the YTMNDers were linking every single meme to every single article even vaguely related, at one point there were thousands of links. Since virtually every YTMND uses copyright material (if only on the soundtrack) there was a strong consensus that the site be blacklisted and the homepage whitelisted for the article on YTMND.  It's blacklisted on meta.  And actually that was the result of a productive and co-operative piece of work with YTMNDers active on the article itself.
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2006/07#Googlebombing_by_YTMND
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2006/07#unfunnytruth.ytmnd.com_.26_unfunnysequel.ytmnd.com
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2006/10#ytmnd
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2007/01#ytmnd.com
 * Nothing can make these links encyclopaedic. Not even Doom music. Guy (Help!) 23:34, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * ❌ Stifle (talk) 12:08, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

links.com regex biting nonspammed ready-links.com and broken-links.com
See suggestion by Beetstra re ready-links.com and discussion of similar problem] with broken-links.com. Regex expression (currently \blinks\.com\b) needs fixing, if possible. --Abd (talk) 02:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Original report from log:. The spammed URL wasn't links.com, it was links.links.com. Looks to me like the regex was a simple error, the intention was to blacklist links.links.com, not links.com. links.links.com is dead. I don't see any sign of other reports involving links.com subdomains. --Abd (talk) 02:32, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I could request delisting for links.com, but if someone wants to maintain the original blacklisting, even though continue spamming is very unlikely, the subdomain was apparently removed by links.com probably for the same reason links.links.com was reported, that would be harmless. It's just simpler to remove it than fix it, though. --Abd (talk) 15:14, 13 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Hello? Anybody home? This one should be very straightforward. There was no intention to blacklist ready-links.com, but whitelisting was denied because what needed to be done was fix the regex expression. (The original intention was to blacklist links.links.com, not links.com, apparently, though it's possible the blacklisting admin intended to blacklist the entire site links.com. But certainly not ready-links.com, or broken-links.com, which was just whitelisted on request. However, there seems to be no need to continue the blacklisting of links.links.com, it is dead and very unlikely to come back. And other links.com links being spammed? I couldn't find any. Thanks.--Abd (talk) 21:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)


 * As there don't seem to be any objections, this will be . -- seth (talk) 23:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

travel2macedonia.com.mk
http:// travel2macedonia .com .mk I've put spaces in to get around spamblocker. Not knowing the WIKIPEDIA.org terms I've try to add this portal a long time ago (1 year probably) on almost of the Republic of Macedonia article on several languages. That's how I got as spam.

This web portal tends to become a traveling and tourism portal for Macedonia and provides so much usefull information for travelers and tourists. I will be very thankfull to the Wikipedia Team if you remove it from the spam list. Regards, Goran Atanasovski — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorco (talk • contribs)
 * May I suggest that you contact an appropriate wikiproject (my guess would be WikiProject Macedonia, otherwise, see the directory linked on WikiProject), and ask editors there if they think the site could be of use? Until then, .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 09:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Dear Dirk Beetstra, I will follow your procedure & thank you for fast answer. However many people from the IT (internet & computing area) in Macedonia claim that the project is important (the web is a tourism portal, and not some propaganda or poltical website as many others):

1. http:// it.com.mk/index.php/Vesti/Makedonija/Patuvajte-vo-Makedonija,-nov-portal-za-turisti - here is 1 article about it. 2. The crew of the Macedonian wikipedia, more precise: the Republic of Macedonia article on macedonian language already has it added 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Republic_of_Macedonia I do not know who's editing this but has added it I do not know when.

My point was just to be removed from the black list, so maybe in future other admins/ppl can point from many wikipedia articles if they think that's needed. I will not try to add this link to wikipedia.org unless I have a permission from you or any other, in order not to make this spamming issues any more. Thank you & have a nice day. Goran — Gorco (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * It's blacklisted at meta, see m:User:COIBot/XWiki/travel2macedonia.com.mk. As such we can't remove it here. If there is a specific page that would be useful propose it at MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist; if it is desired to remove entirely, you need m:Talk:Spam blacklist. Stifle (talk) 12:11, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

associatedcontent.com
While AC is not a reliable source for most sources of information, some reputable reviewers of books, music, films and web content use it to publish their reviews. The mere fact that AC pays authors a CPM is no reason to discriminate against them -- I can post a link to my blog in my user page, or in an article where it is genuinely relevant and useful, regardless of whether it runs CPM/CPC ads or not; thus, I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to directly link to my CP page (the preceding is an indirect link). Neon Merlin  02:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * May I defer this to the whitelist (for the specific links). Most documents on associatedcontent.com are not usable as a reference, and articles are too often spammed.  .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:26, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

#aboutmyarea.co.uk
Can someone please remove this from the blacklist as it prevented me referencing it from the Robertsbridge and A21 road articles and it is the only reference for the date of the bypass opening? Regards, FM [ talk to me  |  show contributions  ]  17:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It would be preferable to whitelist the desired article(s). Stifle (talk) 12:13, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

hubpages.com/hub/Airsoft-Safety
The section on Airsoft guns required safety and injury information rather than stating "these guns cannot harm even an infant" The website most useful to parents and other responsible people in the level 2 header is on your list. The need for this information is great because any child can edit as it would seem a child probably did in order to obtain a gun. While the site does contain links to other pages I have read some and nowhere in those I explored did it state other than use of proper education, safety gear and play area is required. The basic safety requirements are a bit more lax than handling of a full power weapon and for the required safety rules I had to link to the NRA. As this is an automatic stop to many parents. A direct link to firearms safety instead of game safety could harm the industry and as such the economy. Also safety should not be linked to any particular manufacturer.--Chad Joseph Wilson (talk) 12:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC)Done


 * Chad, hubpages are considered self-published and therefore not reliable sources. What about the material at:
 * Airsoft pellets
 * Airsoft


 * Here are some other possible sources
 * -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 20:52, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This is per A. B. In any event, we would only whitelist the one or two relevant pages, rather than delisting the entire domain. Stifle (talk) 16:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)