Long-term spamming across multiple articles recently hit the acute phase on Doppler effect ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), which has now been protected to stop the link spam. Guy ( Help!) 11:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
What do You mean Link spam? 176.23.194.99 ( talk) 10:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
semper-excelsius.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
This website is blocked (for reasons I do not know). It has good analysis of catholic faith and morals. I would like to use it as a reference. Could you please unblock it? Stijn Calle ( talk) 07:44, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Being spammed in, even this morning. Jytdog ( talk) 13:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
IP in credenceresearch report above has just begun doing this one. Jytdog ( talk) 13:15, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
9 months of spamming, now blocked for a year:
checking further. --
Dirk Beetstra
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C
16:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Credit company, spammed by an anonymous user over 2 days. There's no encyclopedic value. -- Luk talk 09:20, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Seems to have spammed more. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:31, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Three more, seem related. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Luk: This is going to be fun. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:41, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Spamming after final warning on previous occasions (the spammer uses a dynamic IP, but that's not our problem). See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Travel site spam for more details. @ Beetstra: would it be possible to blacklist "*.com-maldives.com" and "*.com-seychelles.com", or is the risk of collateral damage too high? No idea, if any legitimate site would use such a pattern. GermanJoe ( talk) 15:33, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
user:GermanJoe split these out so I can script blacklist only the top domainsif I decideto do so. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:45, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
immigrationvoice.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
This website is block, and I follow they directions and did not find any reason why the page is in the blacklist or by who they page was put in the blacklist. This website contains really specific information about the non-profit organization "Immigration Voice". This website will be perfect to use a a reference for my topic. Is it possible to have this link removed from the blacklist? Maartaacruz ( talk) 01:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, it's been added at least six times that i've noticed to six different actress articles. The site is an internet scraper and asks readers to send in corrections, so it's USG as well, thanks Atlantic306 ( talk) 19:37, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
Commercial Indian website for study-related information, learning and advice (founded in 2014 per their about page). Some of the additions might be good-faith edits by inexperienced students, but the large number of SPAs and drive-by IPs indicates recurring intentional spamming. The site re-publishes information from official sources (which should be used directly), aswell as their own "rankings", reviews, online courses, tests, and student advice. It is not a reliable source for encyclopedic information. GermanJoe ( talk) 19:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
arquivo.pt: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Was here https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Planetary_boundaries&type=revision&diff=854104468&oldid=854104337 probably for years, Emsisoft identifies the domain as potentially malicious. prokaryotes ( talk) 00:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
I will separately file at SPI to get these three indeffed and to look for sleepers. Jytdog ( talk) 18:58, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Blog spam (and socking), continued after final warning. As a personal blog the site has no encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:56, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
I've been nuking these buggers for years, the site owner keeps registering new domains and spamming them. No. 1 use is illegal copies of newspaper stories substituted for web archives.
Blacklisting now. Guy ( Help!) 16:38, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
thechels.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Not spammed per se, as it's used in good faith by over-eager editors, but clearly not a WP:RS and it's used in many, many pages, and I can't keep on top of removing it. Giant Snowman 07:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Page being spammed by user now blocked and by IP user. While probably the same person, no reason to not nip this in the bud as user ignored multiple warnings. Ravensfire ( talk) 19:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Originally posted here back in May and added to XLinkBot but the spamming has continued. Still not really frequent that I can tell, barring others removing links to this site, but the folks behind it obviously aren't going to stop. The IPv6 seem be be generally from similar ranges but look to be too broad for a block. Ravensfire ( talk) 02:31, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Getting spammed into Carvana. Jytdog ( talk) 00:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spam for a NFL streaming site (and a mirror) by various IPs. Has been recently reported as possible scam at help desk. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 12:48, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Already blacklisted:
Mirror site of tcsteluguchristiansongs.com (blacklisted in June 2018, spamming with throwaway accounts, multiple warnings). Continued spamming with the shortened .in domain (without TCS). GermanJoe ( talk) 13:34, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
URL shortener being spammed. Ravensfire ( talk) 18:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Spammer (changing IP addresses) to add multiple tiny.tw/3rCx (peoplesbiography.in/2018/05/wisconsin-child-tax-rebate-child-tax-rebate-2018.html) to Neil Simon. Page protected, and three address blocked. Ronhjones (Talk) 18:57, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
beatthefish.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Hello. I work for the site mentioned above and the site hired some one for SEO who we did not know would be adding links to Wikipedia. We were also not informed that they will not be following paid editing rules of wikipedia and as a result they added our website link to a Wikipedia page in this post: [1]. Subsequently they were found out to be taking similar projects from countless companies and they were blocked along with all their fake accounts. It appears that due to this reason, our website was added to the Wikipedia black list.
I would like to request that beatthefish.com be removed from the black list with a promise on behalf of beatthefish.com that they will not be adding the site to Wikipedia on their own - but the removal from the black list will allow normal / volunteer Wikipedia editors to use this site as a reference where and when needed, if they decide it is suitable as a reference at any specific occasion. Beatthefish will have no interference to it and if it does, the link can always be added back to the black list and the user blocked.
This request is being made because in all fairness, beatthefish.com is a reliable source and a good resource which is considered as a reliable news source by google given that the site has been peer-reviewed and included in the Google News program. Furthermore, it is a peer-reviewed website that was added for inclusion to the DMOZ peer-reviewed directory.
Since the website justifies the criteria Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources, and that we are promising not to add this site to wiki again against my understanding that Wikipedia system is in no way WP:PUNITIVE and is only a preventive model. People are not penalized here. I have also read that wikipedia is not a bureaucracy and therefore my request is probably an all reasonable one for a neutral admin to consider and neutral editors to support. It is of course up to Wikipedia editors if they actually want to include the website as a source to anything on Wikipedia or not - my request is merely for the removal from the black list so that the possibility of inclusion remains if some legit Wikiepdia editor chooses to do so in their own right.
I look forward to the admins' fair consideration, keeping in mind WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY.
-- Pez Seiq ( talk) 10:20, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, atleast 1 final warning and 1 block given to IPs. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, apparently the same spammer as filipinawife.com above. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, apparently the same spammer as filipinawife.com above. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Long-term spamming across multiple articles recently hit the acute phase on Doppler effect ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), which has now been protected to stop the link spam. Guy ( Help!) 11:01, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
What do You mean Link spam? 176.23.194.99 ( talk) 10:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
semper-excelsius.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
This website is blocked (for reasons I do not know). It has good analysis of catholic faith and morals. I would like to use it as a reference. Could you please unblock it? Stijn Calle ( talk) 07:44, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Being spammed in, even this morning. Jytdog ( talk) 13:10, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
IP in credenceresearch report above has just begun doing this one. Jytdog ( talk) 13:15, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
9 months of spamming, now blocked for a year:
checking further. --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C
16:37, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Credit company, spammed by an anonymous user over 2 days. There's no encyclopedic value. -- Luk talk 09:20, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Seems to have spammed more. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:31, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Three more, seem related. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:34, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Luk: This is going to be fun. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 13:41, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
Spamming after final warning on previous occasions (the spammer uses a dynamic IP, but that's not our problem). See also Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam#Travel site spam for more details. @ Beetstra: would it be possible to blacklist "*.com-maldives.com" and "*.com-seychelles.com", or is the risk of collateral damage too high? No idea, if any legitimate site would use such a pattern. GermanJoe ( talk) 15:33, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
user:GermanJoe split these out so I can script blacklist only the top domainsif I decideto do so. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:45, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
immigrationvoice.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
This website is block, and I follow they directions and did not find any reason why the page is in the blacklist or by who they page was put in the blacklist. This website contains really specific information about the non-profit organization "Immigration Voice". This website will be perfect to use a a reference for my topic. Is it possible to have this link removed from the blacklist? Maartaacruz ( talk) 01:30, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, it's been added at least six times that i've noticed to six different actress articles. The site is an internet scraper and asks readers to send in corrections, so it's USG as well, thanks Atlantic306 ( talk) 19:37, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
Commercial Indian website for study-related information, learning and advice (founded in 2014 per their about page). Some of the additions might be good-faith edits by inexperienced students, but the large number of SPAs and drive-by IPs indicates recurring intentional spamming. The site re-publishes information from official sources (which should be used directly), aswell as their own "rankings", reviews, online courses, tests, and student advice. It is not a reliable source for encyclopedic information. GermanJoe ( talk) 19:26, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
arquivo.pt: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Was here https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Planetary_boundaries&type=revision&diff=854104468&oldid=854104337 probably for years, Emsisoft identifies the domain as potentially malicious. prokaryotes ( talk) 00:30, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
I will separately file at SPI to get these three indeffed and to look for sleepers. Jytdog ( talk) 18:58, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
Blog spam (and socking), continued after final warning. As a personal blog the site has no encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:56, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
I've been nuking these buggers for years, the site owner keeps registering new domains and spamming them. No. 1 use is illegal copies of newspaper stories substituted for web archives.
Blacklisting now. Guy ( Help!) 16:38, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
thechels.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Not spammed per se, as it's used in good faith by over-eager editors, but clearly not a WP:RS and it's used in many, many pages, and I can't keep on top of removing it. Giant Snowman 07:40, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Page being spammed by user now blocked and by IP user. While probably the same person, no reason to not nip this in the bud as user ignored multiple warnings. Ravensfire ( talk) 19:41, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Originally posted here back in May and added to XLinkBot but the spamming has continued. Still not really frequent that I can tell, barring others removing links to this site, but the folks behind it obviously aren't going to stop. The IPv6 seem be be generally from similar ranges but look to be too broad for a block. Ravensfire ( talk) 02:31, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
Getting spammed into Carvana. Jytdog ( talk) 00:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spam for a NFL streaming site (and a mirror) by various IPs. Has been recently reported as possible scam at help desk. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 12:48, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
Already blacklisted:
Mirror site of tcsteluguchristiansongs.com (blacklisted in June 2018, spamming with throwaway accounts, multiple warnings). Continued spamming with the shortened .in domain (without TCS). GermanJoe ( talk) 13:34, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
URL shortener being spammed. Ravensfire ( talk) 18:24, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Spammer (changing IP addresses) to add multiple tiny.tw/3rCx (peoplesbiography.in/2018/05/wisconsin-child-tax-rebate-child-tax-rebate-2018.html) to Neil Simon. Page protected, and three address blocked. Ronhjones (Talk) 18:57, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
beatthefish.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Hello. I work for the site mentioned above and the site hired some one for SEO who we did not know would be adding links to Wikipedia. We were also not informed that they will not be following paid editing rules of wikipedia and as a result they added our website link to a Wikipedia page in this post: [1]. Subsequently they were found out to be taking similar projects from countless companies and they were blocked along with all their fake accounts. It appears that due to this reason, our website was added to the Wikipedia black list.
I would like to request that beatthefish.com be removed from the black list with a promise on behalf of beatthefish.com that they will not be adding the site to Wikipedia on their own - but the removal from the black list will allow normal / volunteer Wikipedia editors to use this site as a reference where and when needed, if they decide it is suitable as a reference at any specific occasion. Beatthefish will have no interference to it and if it does, the link can always be added back to the black list and the user blocked.
This request is being made because in all fairness, beatthefish.com is a reliable source and a good resource which is considered as a reliable news source by google given that the site has been peer-reviewed and included in the Google News program. Furthermore, it is a peer-reviewed website that was added for inclusion to the DMOZ peer-reviewed directory.
Since the website justifies the criteria Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources, and that we are promising not to add this site to wiki again against my understanding that Wikipedia system is in no way WP:PUNITIVE and is only a preventive model. People are not penalized here. I have also read that wikipedia is not a bureaucracy and therefore my request is probably an all reasonable one for a neutral admin to consider and neutral editors to support. It is of course up to Wikipedia editors if they actually want to include the website as a source to anything on Wikipedia or not - my request is merely for the removal from the black list so that the possibility of inclusion remains if some legit Wikiepdia editor chooses to do so in their own right.
I look forward to the admins' fair consideration, keeping in mind WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY.
-- Pez Seiq ( talk) 10:20, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, atleast 1 final warning and 1 block given to IPs. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, apparently the same spammer as filipinawife.com above. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Repeated spamming by various IPs, apparently the same spammer as filipinawife.com above. No encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 10:08, 29 August 2018 (UTC)