MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/November 2018

modiind.com (removal request)
Please remove my website URL modiind.com from Wikipedia blacklist, I don't know anything about this blacklist. Before few month's I have given SEO of my Website to one of company based in India, but I did not receive result therefore stopped SEO. Might be that SEO company person doing something to blacklist My web site. I have just spoken with one of person of SEO company, but I have not received any proper reply. Kindly remove my website URL modiind.com from Wikipedia blacklist, I don't want to be blacklisted on Wikipedia. I don't know which login details have been used for adding my website link on Wikipedia. Kindly remove my website URL from Wikipedia blacklist, I will very thankful to you.

I am daily visiting Wikipedia for reading purposes while reading I found blacklist link and I clicked on. One blacklist page I have found my website URL. Kindly remove my website URL from blacklist as I don't know anything about this blacklist, don't punish my site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunilmodi1988 (talk • contribs) 09:49, October 25, 2018 (UTC)


 * . The site was blacklisted per the entry above on this page, due to repeated linkspamming from several accounts. We generally don't consider requests made by site owners or anyone else associated with a blacklisted site. If a trusted, high-volume editor sees a reason to link to modiind.com and requests delisting, we will consider it. If your SEO company caused problems, you need to seek restitution from them. The fact that you failed to perform due diligence in screening SEO companies for proper SEO practices, is not Wikipedia's problem. From Wikipedia's point of view, the problem is solved. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:08, 25 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes, I understand it's my mistake, I have made mistakes while choosing the best SEO company for my SEO work. I honestly want to tell you that I am totally non technical therefore I have made mistake while choosing the SEO company. Kindly remove my website modiind.com from Wikipedia blacklist, Its not a spamming site. Modiind.com is purely school notebook & paper manufacturing website, its a trusted website in the field of school notebook & paper. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunilmodi1988 (talk • contribs) 12:00, October 31, 2018 (UTC)
 * No. We might entertain this is good-faith editors with a genuine edit history ask, but as the site owner, your views as to the reliability of the site are not considered trustworthy. Guy (Help!) 00:15, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

warrinewspaper.wordpress.com
"warritimes.wordpress.com" and everything else that includes "warritimes" is globally blacklisted because of endless spamming and socking (see Sockpuppet investigations/Vwegba4real), but they have now started to use a new URL to the same blog: "warrinewspaper.wordpress.com". - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 19:20, 30 October 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 00:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

metal-archives.com & lyrics.wikia.com



 * See this RSN post by to show that the link has no value as a reliable source.

I reverted an addition of trivia which had its ref as a link to metal-archives.com which is user-generated content and there are numerous copyright violations. The lyrics of many artists are being published by the users. This can be seen by following the link that I reverted or any of the ref links left by 87.207.50.197. I stopped counting at 2100 links for that site and would need help to assess the number of cross-wiki links. I have a feeling that this would crash a standard link report. Also, lyrics.wikia.com was being added by the IP and it also looks like the same kind of copyvios as the other link. Many of the album cover images are also being sourced to these sites. There are 313 links to lyrics.wikia.com here at the English Wikipedia. I believe that the copyvios make these links good candidates for blacklisting. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:05, 2 November 2018 (UTC) Despite not being spam sites I agree that it makes sense to add both sites to the blacklist and I wouldn't complain if they were removed both as references and ELs. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:39, 2 November 2018 (UTC) — Berean Hunter   (talk)  15:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, there are 5,325 metal-archives.com links on this project not counting cross-wiki links. There are 741 links to lyrics.wikia.com according to the bot report so I assume that counts cross-wiki links. That report didn't complete because of too many additions.
 * Not spam sites but it seems that they are being ref spammed. Some additions to promote while others may be in good faith but if they aren't suitable as RS then they don't need to be in between ref tags.

infowars.com (removal request)
I noticed while trying to edit the InfoWars page that it was on the Blacklist and couldn't understand why the website had been added to spam. Its not redirecting, using url shortner, doing any suspicious activity, serving ads or opening pop-ups once you go to the website. The bot report also seemed unalarming. The reported vandal in proposed additions section above seems to have used it for citation. Not sure if mistakes of some user can be attributed to the website. The website itself has very reliable content, sources, and other information. While the information about the website is available on the page in form of the domain name, adding the link to spam seems like an error. Could this be corrected so that it can be linked to the corresponding page(s) please? Thanks. Thesourwarhead (talk) 20:38, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
 * . The InfoWars domains were added due to spamming.  However, there was later a community discussion which you can find here which further discusses whether it should be allowed anyway - as you can see the answer was no.  Black Kite (talk) 20:56, 3 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Even if you did get it off the blacklist here, the .com domain is blacklisted at Meta because it *was* spammed by a bot. Meta's blacklist applies to all WMF wikis, so unblacklisting the .com domain here would have no effect what-so-ever. —Jeremy v^_^v  Bori! 04:44, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

newswars.com
I noticed that in a new user's attempt to request changes to Infowars on its talk page (see here), they threw in this little gem:


 * In August 2017, Jones announced the launch of [newswars.com NewsWars.com], a site Jones said was intended to battle the fake news media. And yes, they used that new URL in the text of their rewrite of the Infowars lede.

I request that newswars.com be blocked as an obvious attempt to skirt the blocking of Infowars's main URL. --Calton | Talk 10:22, 4 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Strange, request not edited by my script.  .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:36, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

happiitime.news
See and. Doug Weller talk 14:08, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:29, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

dgzmedia.com and kollybuzz.com


Both of these have been the subject of recent spamming by the same operator. Sockpuppet investigations/Rabinrahim has the record. Rabinrahim spammed dgzmedia.com to a bunch of articles. When approached to please stop, he just blanked his page. I indeffed him after he continued. Then, he created account Richardkb to spam mostly kollybuzz.com, but with some dgzmedia.com mixed in. The accounts have been blocked, but it seems that the chief way to dissuade this guy from doing this is to blacklist the sites. Neither of these sources are sufficient as WP:RS. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:27, 11 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Strongly support this request. Sites are not reliable and as typical for Indian film blogs, will be spammed until forcibly stopped.  Ravensfire  (talk) 02:32, 12 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. They tend to be thick, until they face the consequences.  We could consider to bemore strict with these sites, you know that it will continue.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 03:52, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Hard money loan
Pulled from WT:WPSPAM archives where this was originally reported:



Repeated addition of a spam link here. Not sure if anything can be done, besides keeping an eye on it, but mentioning it here. Pinkbeast (talk) 01:14, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I have protected the page. Blacklisting will be the next step if discussion is not forthcoming.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 02:39, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Restarted now that protection has expired. Still no discussion. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:58, 12 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:58, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank. I wish they'd give it a rest. Pinkbeast (talk) 15:36, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

i-sight.com


Repeated spamming for commercial marketing fluff, even after a final warning and short IP block. GermanJoe (talk) 23:48, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 00:13, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

mybeautytopics.com


Spamming by user Ar33j33, who is also a blogger on that site under the alias Areej. No reason anyone should be adding this link to Wikipedia. Domain seems to be created recently, on 12 November 2018. theinstantmatrix (talk) 21:02, 15 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 23:24, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

myworkinghour.com


IP first added this link, and when it was reverted, registered an account and continued spamming from there. No reason for this site to be linked here, as it's nothing but a scam site. theinstantmatrix (talk) 21:57, 15 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:00, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

jscresultbd.com




More Indian standardized test result spam. Just started, so hoping to kill these off quickly.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:44, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:01, 16 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks!  Ravensfire  (talk) 19:47, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

script-o-rama.com


Personal site hosting transcripts of movie scripts (WP:LINKVIO) and links to leaked copies of scripts (ditto), >200 instances prior to my current cleanup, many of them as sources in articles. This does seem to have been added by good faith users and it also seems to be ongoing. Guy (Help!) 12:20, 13 November 2018 (UTC)


 * No objections raised so to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 23:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

ethos.io


Being spammed; user was warned at their talk about spamming and the GS on crypto. User:MER-C may want to indef. Jytdog (talk) 06:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:33, 19 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:34, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

corrieredellenotizie.com
A news website likely hosted in wordpress and seem not run by company. Moreover it was spammed everywhere. Matthew hk (talk) 15:16, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:30, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Allow (only) web.archive.org links to medaloffreedom.com?

 * The German Wikipedia article on Andrew C. Berry has an external link to the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20060329112827/http://www.MOF.com/AndrewBerry.htm ; replace MOF with the domain in question. It appears that this domain, which is now defunct, was added to the spam blacklist on the English Wikipedia in June 2011 by User:Shirik, as “malicious site spam”. From what I can tell, the problem with the website that it was full of ads, possibly some of them malicious. Now that the site is defunct, it should be no longer a problem to link to the web.archive.org copies of pages on the site. Is it possible to allow this? Asking here in "Discussion" instead of "Proposed removals", because IMO the ideal solution would be to somehow allow only https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.MOF.com/* while continuing to disallow the domain itself (though removing it from the blacklist should also be fine, as it's unlikely to come back and start getting spammed again). Shreevatsa (talk) 05:22, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * both options are possible, the former at the whitelist, the latter here as a removal request (for which you IMHO have a good case, please request it there so we can use a scripted removal). --Dirk Beetstra T  C 07:20, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, will request above as a removal request. Thanks Shreevatsa (talk) 07:40, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, will request above as a removal request. Thanks Shreevatsa (talk) 07:40, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

medaloffreedom.com


The German Wikipedia article on Andrew C. Berry has an external link to the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20060329112827/http://www.MOF.com/AndrewBerry.htm ; replace MOF with the domain in question. It appears that this domain, which is now defunct, was added to the spam blacklist on the English Wikipedia in June 2011 by User:Shirik, as “malicious site spam”. From what I can tell, the problem with the website that it was full of ads, possibly some of them malicious. Now that the site is defunct, it should be no longer a problem to link to the web.archive.org copies of pages on the site. So removing it from the blacklist should be fine, as it's unlikely to come back to life and start getting spammed again. (Discussed below.) Shreevatsa (talk) 07:42, 23 November 2018 (UTC)


 * from MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, now defunct, long time ago. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:56, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Who, hold on there. This is a .com site that claims to be the "official site of the Presidential Medal of Freedom", but clearly is not, it links to "our other sites" including billofrights.com, citizensmedal.com and so on - it would never have been a reliable source. Guy (Help!) 17:57, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * JzG, you mean the archive, the current site is defunct? It is used on de as an external link, which here on en would, by the way, likely fail inclusion standards.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:19, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
 * The site was never reliable so should not be included. In fact several of this nest of unofficial "official" sites were cited. Guy (Help!) 23:07, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

statnano.com
commercial market research site; spammed by at these two users at least. Jytdog (talk) 12:07, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 12:49, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

moviesoutnow.co


Spam account adding fake citations to their own site.  Anarchyte ( talk  &#124;  work )  08:36, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * , cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:02, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:03, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Could you also add "getcelebbio.com" to the blacklist? Same article got vandalised.  Anarchyte ( talk  &#124;  work )  13:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

getcelebbio.com


--Dirk Beetstra T C 14:30, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:34, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

globalbooklet.com
spamming high profile medical articles. edit warring to do it. Jytdog (talk) 14:03, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

hongkongoffice.com
An unheard real estate agent (as a native of HK) that spam itself into articles of wikipedia. Matthew hk (talk) 03:32, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Waiting for reports, this nest seems bigger.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 04:12, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

pricekart.com


Hello, pricekart.com is product research and comparison website which provides users with product information. Pricekart website doesn't sell any products, it only provides information about various products to users. It compares prices available on top online stores and provides detailed specifications and reviews of products. I found that pricekart.com is blacklisted on Wiki. On searching more about it, I found that 2 accounts were posting some links from this domain and other domains too. This website is now blacklisted on Wikipedia. I request you to please remove it from wiki blacklist as it is an information website which helps users to make a better buying decision. The reason for request of removal is not because I want to add random links and violate Wiki laws. But, because I found few articles on Wikipedia with insufficient information and pricekart.com being an information and product research site, can add value to wiki pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeshmiDudhat (talk • contribs) 11:27, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * , Wikipedia is not a soapbox, Wikipedia is not the place to make better buying decisions. That thought is likely the exact reason it got on the blacklist in the first place.  And may I ask you to read m:Terms of Use, I have a feeling you are violating that.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 10:39, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I understand that Wiki is not a soapbox. Like I mentioned, I don't want to post any pricekart.com links in Wikipedia. But, since, pricekart is an information site, I feel it should not be blacklisted. I assure that no links will be added to Wiki pages from this domain with a purpose of using it as a soapbox. I Request you to please rethink on your decisions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JeshmiDudhat (talk • contribs)


 * It was (is?) actively spammed (including by you, see WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/mobikart.com, so the 'I don't want to post any pricekart.com links in Wikipedia' is a bit hollow), if it were established editors who were using this site, the situation would be different, but these are all accounts with only one goal: adding links to this site. When established editors feel that they need the information, it can be whitelisted.  Until then .. .  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:42, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

mobikart.com

 * links
 * nethority.com (already blacklisted)
 * pricekart.com (already blacklisted)
 * pricekart.com (already blacklisted)


 * users

Spam that is (coi?) spammed, related to pricekart.com. Unsuitable as source, nor as external link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:41, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:30, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

codecorner.in


Spamming by user Sonu kum, who not only changed links into spam on Samsung Galaxy S III, but also created spam pages on Template spaces. Obviously unsuitable to add the link here on Wikipedia. theinstantmatrix (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

triumph.capital


No use for encyclopedia. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:38, 30 November 2018 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:41, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

the-antiblog.com


Hi, The Anti Blog is a source of information for conspiracy theories. I was trying to cite this earlier, and discovered that it was blacklisted, but could not figure out the reasoning behind it. I checked the log and couldn't find it. I feel like this site can be useful because it provides unbiased views on conspiracy theories, and it seeks to inform. When I was reading the conspiracy theory page on Wikipedia, I discovered that much of the information was biased or not reporting information that is entirely accurate to the theories listed. I do not believe blacklisting the site is necessary because it is not spam. I would really like to use this website and the pages on it to cite pertinent information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.222.173.126 (talk • contribs)


 * , for specific links on this domain.  I will note that this is caught under a possibly/likely unrelated rule on the global blacklist (so we cannot delist here), but blogs are generally not considered proper, reliable sources, where this type of subject needs those. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 08:39, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

chuyenxe.com


Hello, can you please remove chuyenxe.com from all blacklists. chuyenxe.com is the online portal for motorcycles lovers, providing the latest information on the motocycles market in Vietnam. Various brands such as Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, BMW, Kawasaki ... Consultation repair, maintenance, shopping guide.. As an webmaster, i wrote for this issue yesterday but seem like no answer for vi.wikipedia, so now i write in english language, please reply as soon as possible. It would be helpful if you can let know the reasons, if any, for this domain to be blacklisted at the first place. I am unable to find any specific log entry that cites reasons for blocking this domain on English Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haugao (talk • contribs)


 * , we cannot do anything here, this is a vi.wiki blacklist rule. It was blacklisted here, maybe that is of help. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 08:42, 30 November 2018 (UTC)