User:JzG


 * In science, any compromise between a correct statement and a wrong statement is a wrong statement. Thanks, user:Stephan Schulz.
 * My activity level is 53mKo (milli-Koavfs).
 * Sad now. Special:Contributions/Geogre.


 * Obligatory disclaimer: I work for Dell Technologies but nothing I say or do here is said or done on behalf of Dell. You knew that, right?

About me

I am old, British, married to the world's most tolerant woman, and have two adult children. I was an amateur baritone prior to developing debilitating tinnitus. I do not tolerate racism, or any kind of bigotry. Being British, I have the British sense of humour (correctly spelled) and I absolutely do not have an accent, since I went to a thousand-year-old school. Everything I do or say could be wrong. I try always to be open to that possibility. If you think I am wrong, please just talk to me nicely, and it can all be sorted out like grown-ups.

On politics See User:JzG/Politics for a statement of my views.

Spam
produces an insource search and a Linksearch search. The former is flaky in my experience but does have the benefit of focusing on mainspace. Link summary is the canonical search but produces a lot of extraneous items such as links on other wikis that are not always useful when managing non-spam bad sources. deprecated publisher and deprecated journal help with fake journals.

Filter


Includes many bogus sites includiong Royal Ark.

The elephant

 * Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:ASIN
 * Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:ASIN

XYZ
Almost all links to this domain are spam. Pass 1: Remove or whitelist existing refs to .xyz (244 links found in mainspace as of 220-16-10).

Predatory open access publishing

 * Self-published: Filter 894 / log
 * Predatory: Filter 891 / log

These publishers are on Beall's list, feel free to suggest others with DOI roots I can work on.

Also generally shite:
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.5897%2F 10.5897: Academic Journals
 * Nigerian-based publication mill used for fact-washing climate change denialism. Definitely dodgy.
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.4172%2F 10.4172: OMICS Group (also SciTechnol, shares same 10.4172 DOI)
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.11648%2F 10.11648: Science Publishing Group
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.4236%2F 10.4236: Scientific Research Publishing (mainly done)
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * (currently appears to be down)
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.11648%2F 10.11648: Science Publishing Group
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.4236%2F 10.4236: Scientific Research Publishing (mainly done)
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * (currently appears to be down)
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * (currently appears to be down)
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * - imprint of Allied Academies
 * (currently appears to be down)
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * (currently appears to be down)
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * - using DOI 10.1234, but this seems to be fake as it's listed as Inactive:
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * (domain hijacked as of 2017-11-17)
 * see Articles for deletion/Wseas, deleted at Wseas, WSEAS, World scientific and engineering academy and society, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society.
 * - has published scraped Wikipedia content
 * - has published scraped Wikipedia content
 * - has published scraped Wikipedia content

Vanity press
An on-demand print house, masquerading as an academic publisher:
 * DOI |\||%3A)+*10\.4018%2F 10.4018: IGI Global -
 * lulu.com in / -

Spam

 * Genealogy spam
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Citation spamming and Vanispamcruftisement
Multiple additions of citations to the same author from predatory and other journals, by multiple editors with no history other than adding that material (i.e. probable citation spamming):
 * Koszowski, M / Koszowski, Maciej


 * Pearce, J.M.
 * (formerly Recyclebotboy)
 * (formerly Recyclebotboy)
 * (formerly Recyclebotboy)
 * (formerly Recyclebotboy)


 * Bishop, J. / Bishop, Jonathan.
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett
 * Snodgrass, Brett


 * Walid, MS


 * Moustafa, Khaled / Moustafa, K


 * Mraz, M (also potentially Pospisilova, S)


 * Brázda, V / Brazda, V
 * Korstanje, Maximiliano / Korstanje, M


 * David W. Solomons




 * Special:Search/DWS Chorale
 * Special:Search/DWS Chorale
 * Special:Search/DWS Chorale


 * Trevisani, Daniele


 * Igor Janev

Shitty sources
The Media Bias Chart is widely referenced in reliable sources. It appears to be accepted as broadly correct.

It has two axes: partisanship and reliability. In Wikipedia terms, the following seems to be true:
 * Hyper-partisan sources are not reliable for unattributed statements of fact. This includes the likes of The Intercept, Mother Jones, HuffPos, Slate, National Review, Reason, Weekly Standard. These sources are always open to challenge and should be removed if challenged and only reintroduced if there is consensus.
 * Unreliable sources are unreliable, and also usually highly partisan. Only the National Inquirer seems to publish bollocks pretty much regardless of its political angle.

As a principle I would have zero problem with the following:
 * Sources in the green box (AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ, WaPo, FT etc. are generally considered reliable for factual statements because they clearly distinguish them from editorial. They are generally acceptable for editorial when attributed with a few qualified exceptions such as the WSJ's inexplicable promotion of climate change denialism, which qualifies for exclusion under WP:FRINGE.
 * Sources in the yellow box are generally reliable for reports of fact but require care and attribution for statements of opinion. The position on the axes matters. CNN is more reliable than the Washington Times or HuffPo (equal quality but less bias), Slate is more reliable than Washington Examiner (equal bias but better quality). There is internal variability. Rachel Maddow is pretty scrupulous about fact-checking, but much of MSNBC is just unsourced opinion and should not be cited.
 * Sources in the orange box - "extreme / unfair interpretations" - should not be used unless there is a compelling reason and consensus on Talk among editors of multiple ideological viewpoints.
 * Sources in the red box - "nonsense, damaging to public discourse" - should be blacklisted. That is massively controversial right now, because it includes a handful of liberal sites that most liberal editors know not to use (Palmer Report, Wonkette, Bipartisan report, Occupy Democrats) and virtually all the conservative outlets popular with MAGA types, including InfoWars, WND, Blaze, Breitbart, Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller.

Note that Alternet is in the same box as the NY Post, Daily Mail and Daily Wire here. I agree with that. Neither are appropriate sources and both could be blacklisted: nothing of value would be lost. In fact I would also include Daily Kos, Second Nexus, OAN and Fox News. It's highly unlikely that any of these would be the sole source for any genuinely significant fact.

Also sites with no evidence of WP:RS:

Bag o'shite

 * WP:DAILYMAIL ,
 * News of the World ,
 * - crap aggregator
 * - crap aggregator
 * - crap aggregator
 * - crap aggregator

Red box sources

 * (blacklisted)
 * Infowars:
 * (blacklisted)
 * (blacklisted)
 * (deprecated)
 * Infowars:
 * (blacklisted)
 * (blacklisted)
 * (deprecated)
 * Infowars:
 * (blacklisted)
 * (blacklisted)
 * (deprecated)
 * (blacklisted)
 * (deprecated)
 * (blacklisted)
 * (deprecated)


 * WorldNetDaily

Egregious fake news and other "fuck no" violations

 * 2,292 links prior to September 2018 (UTC)
 * 58 links, sources in 2 articles including self-source as of 08:34, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 2 links, valid in 2 articles as of 13:26, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 2 links, valid in 2 articles as of 13:26, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


 * 910 links as of 08:36, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 910 links as of 08:36, 27 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Blood & Honour
 * - see Michel Chossudovsky
 * Blood & Honour
 * - see Michel Chossudovsky
 * - see Michel Chossudovsky
 * - see Michel Chossudovsky

Think-tankery
We should never source anything directly to a think-tank, their function is policy-based evidence making and is the absolute antithesis of everything Wikipedia stands for.


 * Libertarian think-tank spammed by user:Vipul and others: Liberty Fund / Library of Economics and Liberty / EconLib / econlib.org / EconLog / Bryan Caplan
 * - mainly replaceable from free online sources
 * , spammed by
 * - mainly replaceable from free online sources
 * , spammed by
 * - mainly replaceable from free online sources
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 * - mainly replaceable from free online sources
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 * - mainly replaceable from free online sources
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Fake universities

 * (creationist whacknuttery)

Unofficially official and personal pages

 * Castlecruft
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)
 * (Paul Martin Remfry, self-published author)


 * Mansoncruft
 * Old spam nest
 * Old spam nest
 * Old spam nest
 * Old spam nest
 * Old spam nest



Woo

 * Explore (NY)
 * - in mainspace
 * - in mainspace
 * - in mainspace
 * Frontiers -
 * SCAM advocacy sites that should never be cited as sources:
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Cold fusion
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Purveyors of dodgy information (e.g. anti-GMO "safe food" labelling BS)
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism
 * Climate change denialism


 * Just plain old woo
 * - Velikovskian nutters
 * - Velikovskian nutters
 * - Velikovskian nutters


 * Agecruft

Gunwanking

 * (blacklisted: malware)
 * (blacklisted: malware)
 * (blacklisted: malware)
 * (blacklisted: malware)
 * (blacklisted: malware)

Royalcruft

 * (formerly /royalark)
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