MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/March 2023

mediwastemngment.site
See above. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:03, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

medicalmngmt.online
Another (see above)  to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist.OhNo itsJamie  Talk 22:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

newswire.eu.org, insidexpress.com
Two garbage sites (newswire is just at RT.com mirror) spammed by at least two accounts. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 02:04, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

mrexamples.com


Indef blocked as Misbah6666 and Adamfosterq, the rest have been apparent block evasion. - MrOllie (talk) 13:05, 3 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

udyamregistrationform.com and associates




One of these sites doesn't even work, but was spammed anyway. - MrOllie (talk) 12:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:48, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

fluidstream.it
Spammed by multiple accounts with interesting usernames. to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:35, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

gooogle.ca
User in good faith avoided linking to google.ca but this website is actual spam/non google affiliated ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 16:21, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * gooogle.* to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. This is a browser hijacker. It isn't just gooogle.ca but also gooogle.page and possibly others. See discussion here. While gooogle.com actually does redirect to google.com, there should be no collateral damage because we shouldn't be using redirect URLs anyway. --~Anachronist (talk) 20:33, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

themoviedb.org
I'd propose a de-blacklisting of TMDb to allow it to be used the same way as an external Link as IMDb. TMDb a legitimate database website with as much credibility and usefulness as IMDb and should be treated as such accordingly. UnkreativeFrog (talk) 17:31, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

rtiguru.com


Spammed off and on since 2020. Most of these accounts are evading the indef block on 9oue. - MrOllie (talk) 20:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:34, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

i20accidents.com
Several IPs from the same general range of addresses in Bangladesh keep adding a link to a website ostensibly run by a law firm seeking clients related to vehicle accidents on I-20. Once the link was added to the external links section, but typically it is inserted as a reference even though it is clearly not an RS nor does it reference the content of the article. Special:Diff/1142971753 (March 5, 2023), Special:Diff/1140262032 (February 19, 2023),Special:Diff/1140260731 (February 19, 2023), Special:Diff/1140260198 (February 19, 2013), Special:Diff/1140024496 (February 17, 2023), Special:Diff/1139854135 (February 17, 2023)  Imzadi 1979  →   19:53, 9 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 20:35, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

webeski.com
Website:

Involved IPs:

Diffs: 1, 2, 3, 4

At one point in time, these bunch of IPs were involved in adding the same webeski.com website to various articles.

AP 499D25 (talk) 05:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

saunaspa.ca
Website:

Involved users:

Diffs:

1, 2, 3

Sock/meatpuppetry involving a few users and IPs. I believe the 66.* IP is posting different spam links. See also Sockpuppet investigations/Andrei Fimine. Liliana UwU (talk / contributions) 02:48, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

udyamregisteration.org




Spammming has continued with this alternate URL for the udyam-registeration.org domain that was blacklisted last month. - MrOllie (talk) 14:04, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:29, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

calltracer.in




Currently at SPI to look for sleepers, but might be worth heading future sockfarms for this URL by blacklisting. No possible encyclopaedic use from this site; the 'services' it claims to offer don't even work. A regex for calltracer.* might be in order (sorry, my regex is terrible, I'm not going to even try). — Trey Maturin™ 17:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


 * SPI closed as ✅. — Trey Maturin™ 16:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

calltracer.org




Currently at SPI to look for sleepers, but might be worth heading future sockfarms for this URL by blacklisting. No possible encyclopaedic use from this site; the 'services' it claims to offer don't even work. A regex for calltracer.* might be in order (sorry, my regex is terrible, I'm not going to even try). — Trey Maturin™ 17:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


 * SPI closed as ✅. — Trey Maturin™ 16:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

‎codelivly.com and pecoinvestment.com

 * Dear Wikipedia Moderators,
 * I am writing to request the removal of the site codelivly.com from the Wikipedia blacklist. As you may be aware, the site has been blacklisted due to concerns over spamming and block evasion.
 * However, I would like to bring to your attention that this decision may be causing undue harm to the reputation of codelivly.com, which is a legitimate website that provides valuable resources and services to the community. Moreover, the actions of a few individuals should not reflect on the entire site and its users.
 * In addition, the blacklisting of codelivly.com may also be affecting the ability of Wikipedia editors to access and use the site as a source of information for their articles.
 * I understand that the concerns over spamming and block evasion are important, but I would like to propose a more targeted approach that focuses on dealing with the specific individuals responsible for these actions, rather than punishing the entire site and its users.
 * Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to your response. 2400:1A00:B060:324A:40E4:9B85:730B:673A (talk) 12:45, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Moved from MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/Archives/December 2022. IMO this request has clearly no merit, but it should still at least be seen. * Pppery * it has begun... 03:26, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * . There's so many problems here. First, the sites were blatantly spammed by multiple accounts and multiple IPs; at that point, the only reliable way of controlling the problem is to block the domains. Second, we can see your failed attempts to re-add the spam to Day trading, so the problem would clearly recur. Third, neither of these would be a reliable source in any way - there is zero value in whitelisting or removing these from the blacklist. Fourth, we do not act on COI requests - this request comes from the same obscure range as the spammer. Fifth, these are blacklisted globally across all versions of Wikipedia, not here - you'd need to request removal there. You'll get the same response, I fear. If you're concerned about your reputation, perhaps you could consider more ethical approaches to promoting your sites? Sam Kuru (talk) 11:48, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

getcricketidonline.com












Site has been spammed for over a month from a broad range of IP's and articles. Time for this to be stopped.  Ravensfire  (talk) 14:49, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I added the link to the global spam blacklist due to crosswiki linkspam . Johannnes89 (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Johannnes89; please add cricketidonline.net as well; . OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Johannnes89 (talk) 16:45, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * someone is doing spam by using our domain i request to you please remove domain from your blacklist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:808D:BA35:F070:F9FF:FE4A:69F0 (talk) 13:50, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Someone. You just tried to spam it again, and then tried to circumvent the blacklist with a URL shortener. I think the entry is working just fine. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:10, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

kvmswitchtech.com


Users are throwaway accounts, created within the past five weeks and with one or two edits each, all of them to add links to kvmswitchtech.com. Something tells me they are all the same person... --bonadea contributions talk 18:12, 22 March 2023 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNo itsJamie Talk 14:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

jenhair.com


Has a block on Amna129, so this is block evasion. Switched to throwaway accounts and IPs after the block. - MrOllie (talk) 18:29, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅, blocked the accounts as well. All edited in the same way and spammed the same link. Left the IPs alone - let me know if you seem them fire up again. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:07, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

dreammedicine.in
Spammed by and sockpuppets. &mdash; The Anome (talk) 07:59, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Creation of original, now-deleted, spam article with keyword-stuffed links: diff
 * Re-creation in user space, now also deleted: diff
 * Returns with yet another sockpuppet, recreates it again: diff
 * then, when that's deleted, starts a stealthy linkspamming campaign before being reverted and blocked: user contribs.
 * seems to have linkspammed it at sahwiki, too, note attempt at link identity deception: diff - perhaps consider also adding this to the global blocklist?