MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/October 2020

uniacco.com
Recurring spam since early 2020. Several warnings and two blocks have been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 12:29, 2 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 12:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

fgsltd.com
Spam by multiple registered accounts, see COIBot report. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:44, 2 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 16:44, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

autokhabar.in
Recurring spam on automotive-related articles, particularly cars sold in India. The user Auto Khabar has been banned, proposing link blacklist to make sure the link spam won't happen again. Proof of link spam before it was reverted Andra Febrian (talk) 07:31, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:45, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

kovaidaily.com
Recurring spam on India-related articles. Proof of link spam before it was reverted Andra Febrian (talk) 07:31, 3 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:47, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

officialproudboys.com
Promotes the far-right,  neo-fascist    and male-only  organization affiliated with white supremacists   that promotes and engages in political violence. Proud Boys and we do not want their terrible links anywhere on Wikipedia 🌸 1.Ayana 🌸 (talk) 10:41, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , I can't disagree with your concerns about the group, but we don't put websites on the spam blacklist just for their ideology (as far as I know, at least). Their website is only linked from the page on them and the Unite the Right rally, which seem like reasonable places to link it from. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:03, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

mcafeee.cf
Affiliate spam repeatedly edited into McAfee article in place of official website - 1, 2, 3 Ocram (talk) 11:34, 7 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   11:47, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

vpnoverview.com


Refspam from a series of socks. Each is used for a single edit, so there has been no response to talk page warnings. - MrOllie (talk) 13:30, 5 October 2020 (UTC)



Couple more. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:59, 5 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 14:01, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Because this domain was spammed on three different Wikipedias, I've submitted a request for this domain to be added to the global spam blacklist at . —  Newslinger  talk   12:32, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The global spam blacklist request was declined due to insufficient cross-wiki disruption, but the domain remains blacklisted on the English Wikipedia. —  Newslinger  talk   08:17, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

chiefacoins.com
Refspam, purged a month ago and now back to 50@ references. Guy (help! - typo?) 22:04, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

csq1.org


After his article about CSQ Research was deleted, along with his contributions to Transition Economics, the article creator and website owner began surreptitiously adding external links to his Talk page posts]. Reverting them brought this comment and eventually this result and this comment about a "stalker". It's a clear case of spamming by the back door, and could be stopped by blacklisting the website without needing to block the editor. Deb (talk) 07:34, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Blatant WP:REFSPAM. --Guy (help! - typo?) 13:02, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

sustainsocieties.com
Redirects to above. Guy (help! - typo?) 13:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist as a redirect to a blackllisted site. --Guy (help! - typo?) 13:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

I will be appealing this nonsensical blacklisting of multiple websites containing: 1) A six-year-old Fact-Tank, 2) The Largest Econometric Library on the net, and 3) a dissertation of thesis on a science in Economics. Blacklisting as Spam, is an unwarranted, inappropriate response - circumventing the rapid delete process as well - and appears to be in response to my observation that this administrator  and one other, began following my actions - beyond the rapid-delete  Conflict Resolution that I raised - and which she appeared to take offense to. This is a case of an over-zealous admin, with ?, given too much authority.

If this is the link for Appeal, then I request Appeal and removal from Spam Blacklisting immediately. If there is another link for that process, I couldn't find it here on the Blacklist Wiki Page and request that link if anyone knows what that is. I am not asking that punitive measures be taken against this administrator at this time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edtilley4 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ . The COIBot report at WikiProject Spam/UserReports/Edtilley4 shows a long-term pattern of external link spamming from this account. —  Newslinger  talk   22:31, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

plandemicseries.com
This URL needs to be blacklisted due to lack of COVID-19 misinformation. --122.2.10.69 (talk) 05:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It's ghastly, but I don't see any evidence it's being added. Guy (help! - typo?) 15:56, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
 * But it is a misinformation website, needs to be blacklisted. --122.2.100.134 (talk) 21:58, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Normally we would use an edit filter for a non-spam site like this. Guy (help! - typo?) 22:06, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * But also contain conspiracy theories, and false facts (unlike InfoWars), were evidence is shown. --122.2.100.134 (talk) 10:30, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

paullee.com
I am appealing the blacklisting of paullee.com, which was added to the blacklisted in August 2007.

I discovered the domain was blacklisted when I attempted to cite this website when on Titanic: Honor and Glory (sorry; I was not logged in at the time).

It struck me as odd since Paul Lee is a reasonably well known (though not celebrity-level) Titanic historian. It perhaps wouldn't have struck me as being so odd if the majority of the article didn't use youtube videos from the T:HG developers as sources. I am an 'add' rather than 'delete' kind of editor, so I had to rephrased my contribution to avoid mentioning anything not contained in the source, though referencing the source would have been preferable.

After this, I contacted the owner of the paullee.com domain (Dr. Paul Lee) to query if he knew why his domain was blocked, and he reported that the domain has been blocked since 2007 and he did not know why. After digging through the archives I manged to find the original listing.

The edits presented come from similar IP addresses adding 'external links' to the paullee.com domain. Whilst I consider it highly likely that Paul Lee was the individual addings these links, I will also note they were only added to relevant articles. I believe the links were added in good faith by an over-exuberant new editor who had just discovered Wikipedia (this is 2007, remember!). As proof of this; these same IP addresses also 'own' many good faith edits within the same time period, some examples of which are listed here.

EXAMPLES (All from 2007):

90.206.243.115

In this article, the editor removes a claim about the RMS Carpathia making 17 knots (3 knots above her design speed) when racing to assist the RMS Titanic. The same article today reads: "Rostron ordered the ship's heating and hot water cut off in order to make as much steam as possible available for the engines", with no reference to the 17 knot claim which was deleted. Clearly this is not a dubious edit.

Added "He portrayed Captain Stanley Lord of the SS Californian in the BBC dramatisation Trial by Inquiry: Titanic in 1967", which remains in the article today.

90.204.41.200

Added "(...the master tapes) were given to a fan at the 1983 Longleat celebrations by Hodgson and were never returned (...) lacking the repeated notes at the beginning of the music"

Today this article reads "The master tapes were given to a fan at the 1983 Longleat celebrations by Hodgson and were never returned. (...) lacking the short bassline stutter at the beginning of the music"

In conclusion, I believe adding paullee.com to the blacklist to be an over-reaction to something that may have just as easily been solved through talk pages and am requesting its removal. Paul Lee has not made any attempt to remove his blacklisting in 13 years so I believe the threat of re-spamming is virtually non-existant.

Qarnos (talk) 12:08, 9 October 2020 (UTC)


 * , for specific links on this domain.  We also had spamming of e.g. www.paullee.com/ghosts/ghostresearch.html to Most Haunted ... it were a large number of IPs adding a large number of pages.  IPs clearly knew that their behaviour had to stop (that edit, and more, were after a warning).  Lets first see of how wide use this site really is by convincing admins of specific cases.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 18:18, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

biggbosslivevote.com


Indian live television show spam.  Ravensfire  (talk) 23:49, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   06:14, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Quality
Hello Sir I am Ritwik Mondal, from West Bengal, India. I'm Students and my hobby Blogging.

I have a domain biggbosslivevote.com

I searched in internet for more details about Bigg Boss. But I can't find any valuable information that why I decided to start a blog where I share all kinds of information related Bigg Boss( 7 different types of Bigg Boss). Now I started to provide information related Bigg Boss Hindi and Bigg Boss Kannada.

Sir I have a account on Wikipedia. I noticed that some of Wikipedia pages have dead link or link not valid, so I replace that with biggbosslivevote article link that link help readers.

Today I got a email that my Wikipedia account and domain is blocked. Reason spamming.

Sir I don't do that types of work. You can visit our site that I genuine site, daily quality article published.

Site: www.biggbosslivevote.com Wikipedia username:- ritwik20 Rph.ritwik (talk) 05:39, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ as a promotion-only account. —  Newslinger   talk   06:17, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

konaequity.com
WP:REFSPAM, mainly added by single-purpose account. Guy (help! - typo?) 13:22, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ as a promotion-only account. This website reminds me of ZoomInfo . I'm not sure if the COIBot report is enough to bother with blacklisting, and I'll leave that decision to you. —  Newslinger   talk   06:48, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

thoughtmedia.ca and qshvac.ca




After getting blocked as Maryphilip19, has moved on to link spamming with sockpuppet accounts. - MrOllie (talk) 18:49, 8 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Good catch, thanks. --Guy (help! - typo?) 22:05, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

circumvent on thoughtmedia.ca and qshvac.ca
- Attempts to circumvent blacklist on Society of Graphic Designers of Canada; Websites redirect to Thoughtmedia



Please block/blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 04:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , please file an SPI, the list is much longer, and they may be able to block the underlying IPs. For cross-reference, please add the LinkSummaries as well. Dirk Beetstra T  C 05:17, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

northeastjob.in
Spammed on a wide range of India related articles by various IP addresses.  Ravensfire  (talk) 23:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


 * , cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:02, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

nhanlucnhatban.com


Heavy spamming from range. OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:23, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

HubPages.com niche domains
Administrator User:Beetstra suggested I nominate these here.

HubPages is a hosting site for user generated contents where people from the internet can sign up for an account and upload a page. The page gets plastered with click ads that generate revenue that is shared between HubPages and the author, so there's naturally that incentive to slip in links. HubPages.com is currently spam blocked. Appeals have been made over time, but they've been denied and requesters have been advised to request white-list on link specific basis. Now, some of legacy contents on HubPages are spread out to different domains by topic and new contents and new contents are created on different domains of HubPages depending on the subject matter. Quality is all over. Given this fact, perhaps it's appropriate for all of their domains to join the blacklist and have editors request whitelisting on case-by-case basis as with HubPages. You can confirm that this portfolio of URLs are indeed Hubpages by going to HubPages.com manually and looking at the landing page. The niche domains like owlcation.com/editorial-policy says there's some oversight but still not sure if they fact check. The editorial process is unexplained. One example of axleaddict.com contributor profile that does not pass such criteria in any manner. "S K F1 Enthusiast | Michael Schumacher Fan | Grown to Respect Ayrton Senna | Discovering Past Masters in F1 | Amazed by F1 Cars | Bringing Interesting Duels for My Readers | That's me in short!"

Another example anchor line. This one is on the healthproadvice.com. It's better than the first example, but I still doubt it would pass at the SPS expert level without published recognition as expert. "BRANDON YOUNG Brandon practices as a community pharmacist in MN. He started as a pharmacy tech in 2003 and received his PharmD in 2011 from the U of M."

Some of them don't have anything, but owlcation is particularly heavily used. Some, I have already manually removed.


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zero left, all cleaned out


Graywalls (talk) 01:03, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , not opposed but do you have a plan to remove them from the articles, or alternatively discuss and whitelist valid existing links? Guy (help! - typo?) 22:36, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I wanted to discuss it before nominating here, but when I posted to Wikiprojects-Spam talk Beetstra said to report this here. I've already been working on removing them; and replacing them with other sources when necessary. Sometimes these monetized sources are tacked on as supplemental (piggy backed onto existing source to verify non-controversial statement) source in conspicuous place where it offers no value. Sometimes, unnecessary statements are added into prose to shoehorn the monetized links into place, other times they're added by well intended editors not knowing better. The editorial process at HubPages(which run all of those subject specific domains) "The Quality Assessment Process incorporates several factors, including: Ratings of an article's quality as determined by automated metrics Reviews from a HubPages moderator" The article's search traffic over an extended period of time". The process is pretty much all based on aesthetics and traffic volume and moderator discretion. None about fact checking, source quality checking etc and it is essentially contradictory to Wikipedia purpose. I don't see being Owlcation.com should be treated any differently from being hubpages.com/owlcation (which is blocked at the top domain). Given that contents are user generated and fact checking is the last thing on their editorial process and the simple fact that HubPages.com is blacklisted and have been denied to be unlisted multiple times, I think we have a good case of listing all of them. Do they ALL need to be removed first before they can be blacklisted? Graywalls (talk) 22:50, 17 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help! - typo?) 07:09, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , by added, I mean all. 68 refs is not so many that they can't be fixed during normal editing, but please do carry on with your cleanup. Much appreciated. Guy (help! - typo?) 07:13, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Crowdfunders


Consensus to blacklist in. GoFundMe had already been blacklisted. —  Newslinger  talk   11:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk   11:45, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

fliarbi.com


Aggressive spam campaign. to blacklist. OhNo itsJamie Talk 15:58, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

hifives.in



 * Chaudhurisagar was blocked for sock puppetry and Undisclosed paid editing after writing a promotional draft and link spamming the above website. Since their block they seem to have resorted to using sockpuppets to continue to spam links to this HR blog, sometimes dressing them up in a cite journal template. See Sockpuppet_investigations/Chaudhurisagar for diffs to support my suspicion of sockpuppetry. I can see no reason this encyclopaedia would ever need to cite a HR blog, so am requesting addition to the blacklist. 192.76.8.82 (talk) 22:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Chaudhurisagar was blocked for sock puppetry and Undisclosed paid editing after writing a promotional draft and link spamming the above website. Since their block they seem to have resorted to using sockpuppets to continue to spam links to this HR blog, sometimes dressing them up in a cite journal template. See Sockpuppet_investigations/Chaudhurisagar for diffs to support my suspicion of sockpuppetry. I can see no reason this encyclopaedia would ever need to cite a HR blog, so am requesting addition to the blacklist. 192.76.8.82 (talk) 22:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Chaudhurisagar was blocked for sock puppetry and Undisclosed paid editing after writing a promotional draft and link spamming the above website. Since their block they seem to have resorted to using sockpuppets to continue to spam links to this HR blog, sometimes dressing them up in a cite journal template. See Sockpuppet_investigations/Chaudhurisagar for diffs to support my suspicion of sockpuppetry. I can see no reason this encyclopaedia would ever need to cite a HR blog, so am requesting addition to the blacklist. 192.76.8.82 (talk) 22:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Chaudhurisagar was blocked for sock puppetry and Undisclosed paid editing after writing a promotional draft and link spamming the above website. Since their block they seem to have resorted to using sockpuppets to continue to spam links to this HR blog, sometimes dressing them up in a cite journal template. See Sockpuppet_investigations/Chaudhurisagar for diffs to support my suspicion of sockpuppetry. I can see no reason this encyclopaedia would ever need to cite a HR blog, so am requesting addition to the blacklist. 192.76.8.82 (talk) 22:27, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ OhNo itsJamie Talk 22:42, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

gnews.org


See. —  Newslinger  talk   08:28, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk   08:29, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

GTV Media Group (gtv.org)


Possible host of child pornography. Related to GNews. —  Newslinger  talk   09:44, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk   09:45, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Soft redirects to the above sites


—  Newslinger  talk   00:12, 27 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. —  Newslinger  talk   00:13, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

6hw.info


Usual Indian lyrics website spam.  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:35, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. —  Newslinger  talk   02:58, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

interviewcoach.me
Three strikes, you're out. OhNo itsJamie Talk 13:17, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

whatculture.com


I have no evidence of spam, but WhatCulture is practically useless, with so many listicles, rumors, so much editorialization, speculation, and downright junk news that may or may not be fake, but is not to be trusted anyway. I do have evidence of a consensus considering the source to be useless, so nothing appears to be at stake when it comes to banning the domain. There is a Wikipedia article about it, so if it is notable, its main URL may need to be whitelisted.  Free Media  Kid!  22:52, 31 October 2020 (UTC)