Talk:Spam blacklist
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- Please provide evidence of spamming on several wikis. Spam that only affects a single project should go to that project's local blacklist. Exceptions include malicious domains and URL redirector/shortener services. Please follow this format. Please check back after submitting your report, there could be questions regarding your request.
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Proposed additions
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This section is for proposing that a website be blacklisted; add new entries at the bottom of the section, using the basic URL so that there is no link (example.com, not http://www.example.com). Provide links demonstrating widespread spamming by multiple users on multiple wikis. Completed requests will be marked as {{added}} or {{declined}} and archived. |
spambots 2023-5-6
sbobetfull.com
sbobetflix.com
metaeducationworld.com
driftpedia.com
Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 10:56, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
fun88on.com
fun88on.com
requested by Fumikas Sagisavas [1]
- @Fumikas Sagisavas please provide evidence of spamming on several wikis next time you request global blacklisting. Looking at your global contributions I saw you requested local blacklisting at zh:MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#fun88on.com as well. As far as I can see, there are these three spambots involved [2][3][4], am I missing some? --Johannnes89 (talk) 07:13, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- The three spambots are known so far, and the reason for requesting a global ban is that someone added the link to the Finnish Wikipedia, not just the Chinese Wikipedia. The link is currently blacklisted on Vietnamese Wikipedia. СлаваУкраїні! 07:20, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Fumikas Sagisavas:
More SEO spam
realtorinindianapolis.com
thebedbugco.com
User:2601:805:8100:670::/64
- @Wutsje:
pc.evony.com
pc.evony.com
- See it.[5] --СлаваУкраїні! 03:58, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
Declined If pc.evony.com was just spammed by this one account (which is now globally locked), I think global blacklisting is not needed for now. Johannnes89 (talk) 11:20, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
spambots 2023-05-12
smsinindia.com
marijuanaevaluations.net
chaturbate.eu
— billinghurst sDrewth 11:21, 12 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst:
bajrangitandoor.co.in
bajrangitandoor.co.in
see latest spambots [6] --Johannnes89 (talk) 06:57, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Johannnes89:
thewikibasic.com
thewikibasic.com
User:Kalanaz
User:Kalanazu
See also https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/Kalanaz and https://xtools.wmcloud.org/globalcontribs/Kalanazu
- my website gives 200 internal links to Wikipedia now Wikimedia was spam and blacklisted my thewikibasic.com website.
- Why are you spam blacklisting my website I made it for 1.5 years. my website has gaming wiki articles but I can't cite to add Wikipedia but IGN, GamesRadar, polygon, . GameSpot, Game Informer, and Metacritic only can add Wikipedia. (racism Wikipedia) Sunosaw (talk) 06:55, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Wutsje:
IGN.com
IGN.com
this pages has same IGN link https://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-v ( crosswiki linkspam ) Spam blacklisted IGN from Wikipedia
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sunosaw (talk) 05:47, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- en:WP:External links.
- WP:ELPOINT
- 4.In the "External links" section, try to avoid separate links to multiple pages in the same website, as if to provide a portal to that website; instead, try to find an appropriate linking page within the site.
- Why this Rule not valid for IGN and this rule valid for Thewikibasic Sunosaw (talk) 06:39, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- One is an established media company, the other one is your own private website. One link has been used by many established wikipedia contributors, the other one has been spammed by your previous accounts. Johannnes89 (talk) 06:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- IGN and Thewikibasic do the same thing WP: ELPOINT 4. Then Thewikibasic you added to the Spam blacklist. and you told to me we don't remove links at the owner's request, and my account used to not add these links. Sunosaw (talk) 06:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- It's very obvious that you are the same person as Kalanaz, Kalanazu and Rekerom [8], therefore you are responsible for crosswiki spam of thewikibasic.com. Please read Spam blacklist/About, IGN is not considered spam, as it is used by many established contributors across various projects and will therefore not be blacklisted. There is no point in further arguing, request
- this pages has same links http://www.computerandvideogames.com/423020/gta-v-interview-rockstar-north-president-leslie-benzies-on-gta-online/
- en:WP:External links. WP:ELPOINT 4.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E4%BF%A0%E7%9B%9C%E7%8D%B5%E8%BB%8A%E6%89%8BV
- https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_San_Andreas
- https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- www.computerandvideogames.com not established company wikipedia referece add this site's company owner is Future.plc but wikipedia Future.plc article website name is www.futureplc.com and www.computerandvideogames.com redirect to https://www.gamesradar.com/
- give me another reason why Thewikibasic.com spam blacklisted Sunosaw (talk) 07:21, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- computerandvideogames.com ist not a private website either and used 5.000+ times across all wikis [9] -> seems like a trusted source (certainly not a case for global blacklisting), unlike your own website. --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:17, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- It's very obvious that you are the same person as Kalanaz, Kalanazu and Rekerom [8], therefore you are responsible for crosswiki spam of thewikibasic.com. Please read Spam blacklist/About, IGN is not considered spam, as it is used by many established contributors across various projects and will therefore not be blacklisted. There is no point in further arguing, request
futureplc.com
computerandvideogames.com
gamesradar.com
@Sunosaw: These domains have been determined by the communities to be suitably reliable sources for citing as references. That you are here complaining about these domains being used is the completely wrong approach here, that is an argument for the individual sites as they have made that decision which we are looking at collectively. I am wondering whether I should be pointing you to pages about vested and conflict of interest editing, as it seems you have an association with the sites that you mention. Please do seek that out at one of the language wikipedias. — billinghurst sDrewth 04:08, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
investormoney.com
investormoney.com
Cross-wiki spam. Already blocked on enwiki. Warwiki and tlwiki got spammed pretty hard, so there's lots of them open there still. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 16:25, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- @XXBlackburnXx:
more domains same set of paid editing
metasteelbuildings.ca
justchinait.com
dryshield.ca
sprayidea.com
hantencnc.com
thunderlaser.com
adnsolarstreetlight.com
mesh-bags.com
zjmanew.com
uetpcb.com
dawangcasting.com
ept-battery.com
fuchenglhd.com
wakingpools.com
The same editors adding investormoney also collectively spammed these domains between themselves across multiple wikis. Truly smells like paid editing. Also noting someone reverting removal edits. — billinghurst sDrewth 03:58, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst:
a3logics.com
a3logics.com
Continued low level spam over many years. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:45, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst:
gursoydevelopment.com
gursoydevelopment.com
Added to Turkey-related articles cross-wiki, right now by different IPs simultaneously. Most of the times it doesn't verify the statement it's used for. [10], [11], [12]. Also a few dating back to last year: [13], [14]. ~StyyxTalk? 23:26, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
xoilac69.tv
xoilac69.tv
Cross-wiki spam as external link or random source by multiple IPs: [15], [16], [17], [18] + many more on eswiki and enwiki. Currently rolling back. ~StyyxTalk? 23:33, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
mohamedaasik.com
mohamedaasik.com
Cross-wiki spam. --Ocelot (talk) 20:17, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
Proposed additions (Bot reported)
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The LinkWatchers report domains meeting the following criteria:
- When a user mainly adds this link, and the link has not been used too much, and this user adds the link to more than 2 wikis
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Proposed removals
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This section is for proposing that a website be unlisted; please add new entries at the bottom of the section. Use a suitable 3rd level heading and display the domain name as per this example {{LinkSummary|targetdomain.com}}.
Remember to provide the specific domain blacklisted, links to the articles they are used in or useful to, and arguments in favour of unlisting. Completed requests will be marked as See also recurring requests for repeatedly proposed (and refused) removals. Notes:
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thewikibasic.com
thewikibasic.com
My website has gaming wiki articles but I can't cite to add Wikipedia IGN, GamesRadar, polygon, GameSpot, Game Informer, and Metacritic only can add Wikipedia. I don't know how Wikipedia chooses admins for each article but I saw Wikipedia each article adds links to each webpage for any domain that is only from America or UK and Wikipedia's admins don't add any Asian country's website and I see that has racism on Wikipedia. Wikipedia backlink is worth and it tried to give American and UK domains for support earn money Wikipedia admins can ban any account without any reason I advise you to don't donate to Wikipedia — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sunosaw (talk) 05:17, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- this pages has same IGN link https://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-v ( Cross Wiki )
- Spam blacklisted IGN from wikipedia
- https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V
- https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V Sunosaw (talk) 05:33, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
thewikibasic.com
thewikibasic.com
removed reasons
1.en:WP:External links. WP:ELPOINT 4. IGN and Thewikibasic do the same thing and IGN didn't Spam blacklisted ( IGN is used by many established contributors across various projects) -WP:ELPOINT 4-https://www.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-v
2.en:WP: External links. WP:ELPOINT 4. www.computerandvideogames.com and thewikibasic.com do the same thing and there are private websites and www.computerandvideogames.com didn't Spam blacklisted( www.computerandvideogames.com is not used by many established contributors across various projects)-WP:ELPOINT 4-http://www.computerandvideogames.com/423020/gta-v-interview-rockstar-north-president-leslie-benzies-on-gta-online/ — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sunosaw (talk) 08:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
wikirank.net
wikirank.net
Czeva approached me directly, stating she wanted to link Wikirank from cs:Wikipedie:Klub/České Budějovice/2023 to record a related discussion. However, this was not possible due to the tool being listed on the blacklist. It was added based on [20] and "Cross-wiki refspamming by multiple throwaway socks", but I don't quite understand how could eg. wikirank.net/en/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9%20Bud%C4%9Bjovice be interpreted as refspamming. Can this be clarified? Ping JzG as the requestor and Beetstra as the admin performing the blacklisting. Thanks! --Martin Urbanec (talk) 08:00, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- It was a spam campaign by a sockpuppeteer. See Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2020-08. JzG (talk) 17:50, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
- I think Wikipedia has chosen 1000cs domains for internal linking to Wikipedia and they don't take domains other than their own. They instead spam blacklist any domain that they try to enter and they falsely claim to be free online encyclopedias and get donations so they can't be seen doing business. Sunosaw (talk) 18:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec it is not that a link content is refspamming, it is the collective behaviour of editors we consider refspamming. Spamming is a behaviour that needs to be stopped, we don’t blacklist material that many people consider spam if it has not been spammed. I see this is related to mdpi, which we have seen more in campaigns solely aimed at putting their links wherever they want, and that is not how we build an encyclopedia. Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 04:17, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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