This is a "radical Islamic website". Providing disinformation about the Caucasus region/world. I've also asked about this page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Kavkaz_Center_.28everyone_can_help.21.29 to get opinions/experience from other users about this page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.254.85.208 ( talk) 15:51, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:12, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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Website lists information without citing most of it, many of the figures look inflated. It has an overuse as a source on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations and should be added to the block list so credible sources can be used. Mokaiba11 ( talk) 20:10, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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This request is to add the above website to the blacklist. This website had been used as citations to support various dubious claims made in articles related to battery technology (mainly lithium based rechargeable batteries). This request is made following a discussion at Talk:Lithium-ion battery#Dubious information originating from discredited source (plus subsequent threads and other discussions linked from that talk page) where there is a consensus that this source was not a reliable source. To recap: this request occurs for the following reasons.
Although there are no specific users who are using this web site to facilitate an edit war, nevertheless it has been used by several users to support claims from that website (in fairness: probably in good faith). This may well come about because a Google search for any battery related query often turns up batteryuniversity in the first two or three hits (along with Wikipedia). DieSwartzPunkt ( talk) 17:14, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
The misinformation in the batteryuniversity Web site (picked up and repeated in many other places), is not just technically in breach of Wikipedia guidelines, but has cost me time, money, and bad decisions. Pol098 ( talk) 09:20, 30 May 2014 (UTC)A source to help judge the reliability or otherwise of batteryuniversity: batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries says (as of the date of this comment) in an article with title "How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries": "The author of this essay does not depend on the manufacturer’s specifications alone but also listens to user comments. BatteryUniversity.com is an excellent sounding board to connect with the public and learn about reality. This approach might be unscientific, but it is genuine. When the critical mass speaks, the manufacturers listen. The voice of the multitude is in some ways stronger than laboratory tests performed in sheltered environments." In other words, information is derived from manufacturers' specifications and unverified comments by anybody rather than tests—what Wikipedia would class as a blog. Pol098, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Please blacklist this propaganda webiste as it is known for spreading hatred and to inflame the communal issues. Edward Zigma ( talk) 20:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
(already blacklisted). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Please blacklist. - KH-1 ( talk) 09:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Per [1], unanimous consensus to blacklist this fake news website. Guy ( help!) 12:33, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Group 1:
Group 2:
These appear to be related to the sockfarm at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Timlaieditor. Worked my way through a bunch of COIBot reports to see who was adding what, then using that to find more spam accounts. All of these domains are getting inserted as "refs" by spam accounts and do not appear to be legitimate additions. GeneralNotability ( talk) 17:37, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Recurring blog spammer (misusing a deceptive URL). Previous warnings have been ignored. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:44, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Looks like a recent flare-up. Most additions have been reverted. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 03:18, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
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- KH-1 ( talk) 12:11, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
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Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
holistictechnologies.com.pk: 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
Previously reported in early June, MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/June 2020#4everwhite.com. At that point there had been no additions, but yesterday and today the accounts and IPs above have been refspamming it into a few different articles – looks like burner accounts created to add the link to one article each, pretty much. -- bonadea contributions talk 22:23, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
One user repeatedly cited this particular website (https), possible conflict of interest. Andra Febrian ( talk) 14:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
1. I'm requesting that hubpages.com be unblocked from WikiPedia 2. HubPages is one of the largest user generated sites and now has editors doing extensive fact checking on many of the most popular articles that could be resources for many articles here. 3. The two main articles to be updated are /info/en/?search=Squidoo (acquired by HubPages) and /info/en/?search=HubPages 4. I am an employee of the site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauledmondson ( talk • contribs)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello Sir,
Greetings for the day!!!
This is to bring to your kind notice that our website's External Link is blocked on Wikipedia. Our Wikipedia Page is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infibeam.
We, request you to kindly unblock our site: Infibeam.com. Due to unknown reasons this link is blocked and shows in the Spam Blacklist.
Infibeam.com is an authorized Indian e-commerce company. We provide our customers with best deals and make their hectic life easy with the online shopping facility from their homes or offices. Any customer that visits Wikipedia will be able to go to our home site link directly and would not have to face the any problem for searching the link through Wikipedia.
We assure that we will abide by the content policies of your sites in the future to avoid any such issues.
I am an Employee of Infibeam.com. I work here as a Content Writer. I have been assigned with the responsibility to take care of the Wikipedia page of our site. Therefore kindly request you to take this mail into your consideration and solve this problem at your earliest.
Kind Regards Rachna Rawat Content Writer
(Redacted).
Hello! My name is Yuri. I am working for music magazine "Northern Transmissions". I was trying to create a page for this magazine for wikipedia, i was playing with posting some stuff and the page got to spam list. Actually, that's true, it was not format encyclopedia format, but we changed it.
If it's possible, could you please remove this address from spam list, i think this page is good for wikipedia for several reasons:
1) Helps people to communicate with music 2) Helps people to learn a new things about music in the world 3) Supporting music business
list: en-wikipedia blacklist \bnortherntransmissions\.com\b I kindly appreciate your decision, thanks for your time,
Cheers, Yuri— Preceding unsigned comment added by YuriChicago ( talk • contribs) 05:56, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
{{ denied}}, the link was used for advertising, and from what you say, that was the intention. We do not provide shopping links, or support businesses DGG ( talk ) 23:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, wikipedia's adminstrator.. I own a website named as earpixels.com and my website is nomore available to be added on wikiepdia...it was the first time when i tried to add a link of my website in any portion of wikiepdia...it show sthe link is reported several times before...i just want to request you to remove it from blacklist..as i never have added i before to wikipedia...and yes i am sure that...any user of my website might have done this thing....intentionally to gain more followers..at his or her profile of earpixels....but please tell me..and forgive my website as i never have done mistake and have never violated any term of wikipedia..!! my website is actually a music social network...so i am sure some users might have added their profile links to wikipedia..but was it my mistake or mistake of my website..no..it wasn't !! please review...THNX! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.99.27 ( talk • contribs)
Why did you guys ban this link? I was going to post this link and it was leading to an organizationi but I can't because of this. Please un-ban this link. It would be greatly appreciated.
The cause is for supporting a person who died, and It would be greatly appreciated if I could post the organizations link. It will be the reader's choice whether or not they will donate.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 123nutshell123 ( talk • contribs)
gocinema.in: 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
It has come to our attention that our site has been blacklisted on Wikipedia. This apparently because of the following two reasons.
Primarily, an arbitrary account has been found repeatedly using 'gocinema' as a reference to add information. The links we reviewed that appeared on Wikipedia are genuine news links. We are not aware of why our site was used to cite these facts. In-dubiously,we do not consider that as a reason to penalize the site for posting genuine news content.
@Cyphoidbomb has stated that ‘It appears to be yet another faceless Indian blog. Main page is an endless wall of posts’. None of the statements hold any relevance, besides appear as vacuous vandalism.‘gocinema’ is a private limited company which is set up for more than 2 years. The company is sanguine about its authenticity. The site aims at providing news, assessments and evaluations of motion pictures and song albums for movie enthusiasts. The source of our content is genuine and original as it is either provided directly from the movie production houses or from our editorial team.
The company further disapproves the second charge stating ‘Their GoCinema Exclusive is useless’. A cursory look at the site will amply indicate that the ‘Gocinema Exclusive’ are aggregation of feature articles, related to motion pictures of a particular language. The 'About' section of any and every other movie contains detailed information, which has been ignored.
'gocinema' aims at providing veritable entertainment information. The platform is a genuine compendium which delightfully feeds the interests of movie enthusiasts.
The company requests for its removal from ‘:Spamblacklist’ and will also look into the process of being listed in the RSN, as we are a genuine source of movie information for multiple Indian languages.
From Soumi Dhar, Content Manager - Gocinema Product of Sky10 Social Media Pvt Ltd.
Soumi22dhar ( talk) 15:03, 4 January 2017 (IST)
Soumi Dhar Soumi22dhar ( talk) 14:56, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
www.resumevogue.com has been blocked Due to unknown spam policy of Wikipedia It got blocked. I have created wiki id from the site name and when I try to edit references link I got ban.I am not a spammer and I was not using Wikipedia for advertising . I have read all the spam policy of Wikipedia . Please remove this site from Wikipedia local blacklist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganpati Baba ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I am getting a blacklist message when I try to submit a link from the Russian agency Rambler News Service. However, the domain (rns.online) doesn't come up in the tool that shows if it is meta or local. The article I'm working on is Sergei Gorkov but I feel it should be unblocked anyway. Rambler is like Yahoo for Russia and their news agency is sort of an aggregator of Russian news stories. I'm not aware that it's been involved in anything shady, so I think it's the .online that is blocking it. —Мандичка YO 😜 22:18, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am the owner of themagzone.com where we do several contents on recent issues and even do several celebrity interviews.
I am unaware of the cause of being blocked but I would definitely like to add some value to wiki celeb pages by putting information and excerpts from the interviews /info/en/?search=Jal_(band), /info/en/?search=Sapan_Saxena are some pages where the links will be used.
I will personally look into the cause of block. I assume the reason must be because of some activities by our employees or any of our competitors.
I am attaching the facebook page of our company just to ensure the authenticity and to give an idea of kind of content we are into. (facebook.com/themagzone)
Just to explain, The MagZone is an online platform which publishes about recent happenings, events, social issues and our opinions about them. We also conduct several celebrity interviews, and surveys about opinions of the general public on the issues that matter to them.
I hope a positive response. It would be a great favor.
Apologies.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.177.157.150 ( talk) 12:35, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello i am writing about a site for music lyrics.The owner of the site is no longer the same. The site is having a new owner and it was terrifaing to understood that Listn.to was blocked from wikipedia.A week ago we tried to make a biography of bulgarian jazz musicians Alex & Vladi and then we found that Listn.to link to the site is blocked.Plese help us and remove the Listn.to website from the blocked esternal.. links
The site is called Listn.to
And Here is the Biography that we wanted to post in wikipedia :— Preceding
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-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I’m associated with HideMyAss!, and have recently submitted a Wikipage to articles for creation [2]. In my initial attempt to submit, I got a message saying that the page included a URL link hidemyass.com which is a site registered on Wikipedia’s blacklist. I suspect that it got blacklisted because it has "ass" in the URL. I would like to ask that this URL be removed from the blacklist as this is a legitimate site and company and the URL would be used in the recently submitted article. Empey at Avast ( talk) 21:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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I would like to formally request that navymutual.org be removed from the blacklist. Blocked in 2012, the activity that caused said block did not originate from the company itself, and no such activity has occurred since then. The URL is critical to the Wikipedia page of "Navy Mutual Aid Association", and may indeed provide value on other pages that, presently, mention Navy Mutual (AAFMAA, Life insurance, List of veterans organizations, Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance). Thank you for your time.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.46.34 ( talk) 16:09, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Our site staterecords.org was blacklisted. We have a hired a SEO company which were spamming Wikipedia by adding a links from our subdomains.
At the moment we are not working with them and our site is one of the biggest in United States which provides the access to public records in all states of America.
We have some valuable information. For example: staterecords.org/whatinformationisincludedinthearrestrecord.php california.staterecords.org/understandingthegoldenstatescriminaljusticesystem.php
We don't want to add more links to Wikipedia...
Thanks in advance.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MrGarkaviy ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
1. Website: wikifinancepedia 2. Reason: Our site is quite an older domain and have valuable articles. Many people trust wikifinancepedia for personal finance and financial planning. And the content does not violates any copyrights rule. 3. Articles like: Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Management, Personal Finance where the links were used. 4. At this point.
But since it was considered as spamming then we will not add any further links to wikipedia. Appreciate all your efforts in advance. Thanks!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.243.82.177 ( talk) 04:18, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
unblock some sites for better experience of user or publisher in Wikipedia to avail profit of publishing
It happened to be a mistake or violated rules but site spiritualsadhana.com has been in block mode. This site has good content on astrology which can be worth to share on wiki astrology pages. Please consider unblocking it.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sritulasi1 ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
helpaxis.com has been blacklisted from Wikipedia due to self-promotion words on the username: Amooroy. Please help to remove this website from the Wikipedia backlist. It's affecting the website SERP ranking. Please know that I do not intend to offer any promotional words on Wikipedia. I'm the only person managing both the blog and the SEO and i was only trying to create a Wikipedia page. Please help to remove the website on Wikipedia backlist as more care will put in place to avoid this from occurring.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Amooroy ( talk • contribs)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I was trying to edit the article 2014 Ukrainian revolution, where I was trying to replace a depreciated source (a Daily Mail link) with a more reliable source: the Ukrainian newspaper Ekspres, which I have found to be reliable through (admittedly not much research, but nothing I have seen suggests it is unreliable) research. However, when I went to replace the source, I was met with an error stating that the website was blocked - apparently due to the .online part of the URL. The webpage I was trying to source can be found here: expres.online/archive/digest/2014/02/24/102431-leninopad-komunistychnogo-vozhdya-zvilneno-vzhe-90-mist-ukrayiny
This site benefits Wikipedia through reporting of news that can generally be considered reliable, and able to be used as a source for many articles beyond the Ukrainian revolution. If it is blocked for a reason other than its .online link, please let me know.
Thank you.
Second hand Work 12:35, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I request Wikipedia admins to remove Shufti Pro from the local blacklist.
Below is the information required for unblocking request:
website address: shuftipro.com
The reason(s) why links to the site should be allowed, and would benefit Wikipedia:
It has some really good resources (blogs, news) that would add value to Wikipedia. The information on Wikipedia is always in the process of improvement so linking to the information provided by industry experts on relevant articles will prove to be a valuable addition to the information on Wikipedia. Shufti Pro is an active member on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. It’s content will add value to Wikipedia.
Also, none of the entities who used Shufti Pro’s name are officially connected to it. So it would be fair to remove it from the blacklist.
The article or articles on which the links would be used:
/info/en/?search=Know_your_customer#KYB /info/en/?search=Identity_verification_service
If you are connected to the site, then please declare this at this point. Failure to do so will, if discovered, be treated negatively.
Yes, I'm connected to Shufti Pro, indirectly. They requested me to create a Wikipedia page for them. It will help people gain first-hand knowledge about the company. As Wikipedia is a source for all it is a superior place for a company to exhibit its information.
I am a third-party source of Shufti Pro and assure you that the information provided by me will be unbiased and just to help the masses have a ready source to know Shufti Pro when looking for it online. Ruby049 ( talk) 07:00, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Sir/Madam
My website roshandaan.com is blocked on Wikipedia due to some policy violations. I am unaware of these policies. Please unblock it. I will be very thankful to you. Next time, I will not violate any policies. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by नरेन-सिंह ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
okguri.blogspot.com is my blog. My blog has been put on the blacklist of Wikipedia on 24 March 2020.
plz REMOVE this.
From now on I will keep in mind the mistake I have made. I follow your policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:3973:44C0:0:0:0:1 ( talk) 20:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
hello Cyphoidbomb. I will share good information on Wikipedia through my website and blog. I will be sharing important information on Wikipedia in the future. I request you That you remove my blog Okguri.blogspot.com from the blacklist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:3961:4565:0:0:0:1 ( talk) 09:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
1. bangla-love-sms.com 2. Someone doing spam with my site, this site is very popular in bangladesh and there is huge information so wikipedia get a value from it. 3. https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE 4. I am admin of this site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.220.205.92 ( talk) 13:19, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Lviv about IT outsourcing as well as our website hireukrainiandevelopers.com has an article with current data on this topic (hireukrainiandevelopers.com/blog/why-clients-choose-lviv-for-it-outsourcing-research/)
I am working as a Marketing Manager at HUD and was surprised to see that our website is blocked prnt.sc/s55517
I would kindly ask you to remove our website from the blacklist, as we work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.65.249.96 ( talk) 14:46, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Cyphoidbomb,
As well as we've discussed this issue, may our company ask about deleting this ticket from current page?
Thanks in advance, HUD team— Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxhireez ( talk • contribs)
Hello Wikipedia Team, I Want to Say you that My Website Link is in Wikipedia Blocklist. So Please My site be removed from the block list entirely.
My Website Link - Mintsofindia.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Techly360 ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Please unblock yourstory.com site from Wikipedia. Why this website publishes the world's news. If you want, You can also search in the news section of Google. And yourstory founder is Shradha Sharma. Whose Wikipedia article mentions Wikipedia as the founder. Please unblock. Mr. Bikaneri ( talk) 11:27, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Mindmajix is an online education portal, which has been providing valuable technology related content to the users across world Since 2013. This site blacklisted in 2019 March due to some unexpected link building activities by some of our ex-employees here. Previously our employees reportedly done spam link building activity with out considering warnings from wikipedia & with out intimate to us. spam link search . My request is to remove Mindmajix from blacklist. We never repeat such a stupid kind of mistakes in future. Consider that we are one of the best education provider across world.(Learn more about us in the Internet) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anjaneyulu.appmajix ( talk • contribs)
Hi,
I want to disclose up front that I work for the Confucius Institute U.S. Center in Washington, D.C. It was recently brought to our attention that our site ciuscenter.org was blocked from being used as a source on Wikipedia, unbeknownst to us. We are not sure why we are blocked, but what I can say is that in doing so Wikipedia's coverage on Confucius Institutes has been extremely misleading, inaccurate, and biased against the Confucius Institute program as a whole. Specifically, the page reads like a laundry list of unsubstantiated accusations against institutes (many of which were disproved by a nonpartisan GAO report from last year year that conveniently, has been seldom cited) or an attempt to vent frustrations with the CCP without providing any substantiated information about what Institutes actually do, the universities who actually run them, what their programs are like, and what is actually covered in individual CI program's curriculum.
It is not in the stated mission of Wikipedia to let their pages operate like hit pieces or to be weaponized in this manor-where our critics are able to publicly asking for transparency in bad faith, knowing our attempts to be transparent have preemptively been blocked from being cite-able on your website. This gives the false impression that we are not engaging with criticism or are unwilling to change as a result of it.
We are not asking for positive coverage of the Confucius Institute program, just for the page to have the ability for others, people with actual firsthand experience with our programs, to show a balanced perspective on this organization and at least accurately portray our programs and our students, especially if our critics are also going to be provided ample space to tear us apart. We welcome criticism, but allowing a page like this to be so divorced from the reality of our programs or our organization hurts the integrity of your website and calls into question the reliability of other pages.
Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from someone soon. CIUSCenter ( talk) 20:23, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
socialnews.xyz: 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
My Name is Gopi Adusumilli the editor and owner of SocialNews.XYZ. I see that our news website is added to the blacklist and was marked a spamming blog. Please let us know what we should do to get off the blacklist.
We are a genuine Indo-American news website. We cover most of the Indian and American news from reputed sources likes AP/PTI/IANS. We are also an approved news source for google news.
As part of our coverage, we post first look posters of Indian(from Producers) and Hollywood movies(sourced from EPK.TV). Movie fans tend to use those images and add them to Wikipedia since we are usually seen on top of google searches.
Please help us get off the blacklist and we are ready to make any changes you propose.
Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agk4444 ( talk • contribs)
I can understand your concern. It happens on my site all the time with freelance writers who tries to link other sites.
How about starting clean? I will remove all the links posted by me on the site and promise to not post any link from my site and you can put the block back if I break any rules. I know I am reaching here but I am desperate since I am working hard on this site for the past 5 years and do not want to be blacklisted by Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agk4444 ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam, Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Razia_Sultana about sharing some extra information with the users of wikipedia than I was surprised to see that this website is blocked. I would kindly ask you to remove this website from the blacklist, as they work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. I always try to share the maximum knowledge among the people so they get the maximum points for clearing their confusion and increase their knowledge. In regard of historical information historypak provide the best content which may further contribute to wikipedia sources. Thanks The website was started sharing the information from 2013 and still providing the best content.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.50.106.222 ( talk • contribs)
Dear Sir/Madam, Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Razia_Sultana about sharing some extra information with the users of wikipedia than I was surprised to see that this website is blocked. I would kindly ask you to remove this website from the blacklist, as they work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. I always try to share the maximum knowledge among the people so they get the maximum points for clearing their confusion and increase their knowledge. In regard of historical information historypak provide the best content which may further contribute to wikipedia sources. Thanks The website was started sharing the information from 2013 and still providing the best content.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Waseemkhan0011 ( talk • contribs)
The .xyz TLD is by way of being a frequent flyer here. There are some (but not many) that are usable (e.g. abc.xyz, Alphabet's domain) but the vast majority of existing and new links are at best crap and very often spam. I think we should blacklist the TLD and whitelist the handful of valid ones. Guy ( help!) 19:29, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, currently one is unable to add links to youtube videos in talk pages in the short form youtu.be/videoid . However one can link to youtube videos in the form youtube.com/watch?v=videoid. Youtu.be is a youtube owned domain. Could we remove youtu.be from the blacklist? Thank you -- TZubiri ( talk) 15:59, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the responses, WP:EL and the discussions from 2006 do not appear to be relevant to links in talk pages as they discuss links in the context of being used as sources. Is there any infrastructure in place to relax requirements in contexts where the link is not being used as a source? I realize that maintaining two blacklists would be untenable, but perhaps categorizing blacklisted websites according to their reason going forward should help here and in other endeavors, like providing concise appropriate error messages. -- TZubiri ( talk) 18:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that some blacklisted websites are already categorized in the form of comments, for example
\bcams\.com/go\b # afiliate\b . Dirk, where these messages posted in article bodies or in talk pages? If you remember an article and date, please share them and I'd like to look them up.-- TZubiri ( talk) 18:21, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
mises.org.br: 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 site is fake news about taxation in the East Timor. 2804:14C:5BB3:A319:199D:BE00:6E42:A58D ( talk) 14:20, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
futufan.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 am working for the requested website and included the site name in one of the external links and as a result (obviously) blacklisted. This was a major wrongdoing on my part and suffering the consequences as of now. I wish it to be removed from the blacklist as no such thing will happen ever again. Aligraying ( talk) 12:05, 3 August 2020 (UTC) Aligraying
As the site is blocked and certainly because of the abuse of TOU, but Currently the website is one of the most reliable and accurate one across India, and just because of its authenticity I guess one of the Biggest Investor and Industrialist from India Ratan Tata has Invested in the company Read This and This, apart from tata big firms like University of California, Berkeley, Kalaari Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and many others have also invested in Yourstory Read This, so I feel like the website is not anymore the subject to be in blacklist, it should be whitelisted, Thanks -- Dtt1 Talk 10:18, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Fake website spammed by IPs. GeneralNotability ( talk) 21:50, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Multiple users have been inserting this link to McAfee over the past few months, and the watchers are missing it. [3] [4] [5] This link stayed there masked as the Official Website for a few months now. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
All of these have been added by members of the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rajumitwa878 sock drawer. These domains are fraudulent domains which look intentionally similar to real ones (e.g. creditkarma.com, equifax.com). I'm not clicking those links but given how pushy they are about sneaking them in as the "official website" I'm pretty sure we don't want people clicking them. Yes, a couple of these have only been added by one person, but this is a persistent spam farm and I'm not taking chances. GeneralNotability ( talk) 20:04, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
creditskarma
creditkarma
truecredit
mysmartmove
equifax
transunion
whitepages
fico
Bigger hammer. — Dirk Beetstra T C 20:46, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Collecting the whole set of broad line names, linking to those where the official domains are going to be. Whitelist request is underway here. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
bestref.net
wikirank.net
mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/5/263
mdpi.com/2073-431X/8/3/60
Massive sockfarm spamming (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Emel Ulusoy). Guy ( help! - typo?) 09:26, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Ping Beetstra, this may be x-wiki? See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard § Refspam across many articles. Guy ( help! - typo?) 09:32, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
I was posting on a *talk page* and my edit was blocked (the offending url was scycrapers.com. I get that that's not a source for an article, but I mean can I not even talk about it? Stuff on that website is data. It's no good for ref'ing, but it is good for having a conversation. (In this particular case, I was pointing to a forum thread. I mean am I not allowed to say "Hey look at all these people on this forum thread saying such-and-such, is this not something worth looking into providing good refs can be found" or something.) Surely the url-blocking code can be modified to not apply itself to talk pages. Or would there be a downside to that? Herostratus ( talk) 18:29, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Recurring blog spam, apparently with some block evasion thrown in for good measure (dynamic IPs). GermanJoe ( talk) 11:11, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Please blacklist.- KH-1 ( talk) 10:05, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
As the archive bot seemed to have some problems with the current talkpage content, I have manually archived a whole bunch of old threads - basically everything that was either stale, older than 15 July or an invalid request. Please see the archive for August 2020, if you need or want to check any of the archived content. GermanJoe ( talk) 14:26, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
(copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Blocked_external_links/Current_requests/Removals&diff=971640857&oldid=971640778)
Please unblock newschant.com site from Wikipedia. Why this website publishes the India's and world's trending news and articles. This news portal is 'Google News' approved portal. If you want, You can also search in the news section of Google.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.246.163.219 ( talk • contribs)
Needs blacklisting, but I need reports on the IPs to see if there is more. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
If Medicinesonlineuk is blocked like Medicinesonline already has been, I have little doubt they will be back with another name spamming the same link. FDW777 ( talk) 13:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
TumTumCabb and TumTum Cab have both been creating userspace articles with that website. They were blocked at least once, they will probably be back spamming the same link. VViking Talk Edits 16:43, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Also see User talk:Cab TumTum-- VViking Talk Edits 16:45, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Flare-up appears to have started circa June 2020 and carried onward. Earlier today there were over 400 links to to this site at the English Wikipedia, most of them added by IPs in the 122.174.* range, like 122.174.60.169 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS). As you can see, those big dumps in their edit history are laden with links to onlykollywood.com. Here they add a whopping 66 links. I reverted them, and of course they made a sneaky no-ping revert here and elsewhere. So it seems pretty clear that this is an organised campaign to flood Wikipedia with these links. And for context, this is a faceless Indian entertainment blog/portal. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
See COIBot report, spammed by both a (now-blocked) registered user and IPs. GeneralNotability ( talk) 21:47, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
While looking for sources I found two extremely similar, extremely strange articles:
These are the same basic article but different outlets and different named authors. Looking closer, these were both plagiarized from the same Buzzfeed News article.
It looks like they were machine-translated and then translated back. For example, "...a video-sharing platform that has long sought to support right-wing content creators" becomes "...a video-sharing platform that has long sought to assistance ideal-wing material creators". Every source I have looked at from both outlets is plagiarized, but most don't even bother with the machine translation.
Unfortunately, for several articles, the original is on aceshowbiz.com which is currently blacklisted. This means that the sources are plagiarism which cannot even be replaced with the original. UpNewsInfo will only cause future headaches. I assume Queenscitizen.ca is the same model, and of course there are probably countless more like it. Grayfell ( talk) 04:42, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Yuck. Still working through these COIBot reports, probably more to find, I'll BL once I'm finished adding them. I know that some have only been added by one user, but overall it looks like there's multiple accounts in this spam farm, so going to knock them all out.
These links have been added by various IPs to real estate articles. The websites promote the services of real estate sales agents, and far as I can tell, they don't contain any resources trustworthy enough to be cited on Wikipedia. They do offer a few "guides" for homeowners, but registration is required to view the guides. See COIBot report for virtualcashhomebuyers.com and cashhomebuyersdallas.com. Also recent additions of cashhomebuyersdallas.com from this June to the present, [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]. No COIBot report for sellmyhousefastdallas.org, but it seems related, was added here. Altamel ( talk) 18:28, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
This is native advertising as it describes itself (ETimes is an Entertainment, TV & Lifestyle industry's promotional website and carries advertorials and native advertising.
) and as I
reported to RSN. It has no place being used as references or anything else here. beautypageants.in redirects to beautypageants.indiatimes.com. ☆
Bri (
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18:34, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
This link has been repeatedly inserted to Fiverr (see history) by IPs and a few new accounts. Each time disguising it as the official link. The WHOIS result shows that it is not official, so likely another case of replacing the official link with a referral link that has been popular lately. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 20:21, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
One IP, 2600:100D:B069:3C4E:9D7D:DD2B:F727:5379, who added the link to Fiverr, went on to try to add the same type of fake link at LiveJasmin as well as SeekingArrangement. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 22:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Currently, "g.co" (URL shortener) is blacklisted by the regular expression "\bg\.co\b", but it can easily prohibit unrelated websites. So I propose replacing this blacklist entry with "/g\.co/". (Perhaps "/g\.co\b" may be more appropriate.)
A specific example prohibited by the blacklist entry is "www. arcs-g. co. jp", a supermarket company in Japan. (In ".jp" domain, ".co.jp" is used for companies.) -- Sinryow ( talk) 09:39, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
These links have been added today to various articles mostly related to F. C. Barcelona by a newly-registered user ( Legend_6_katalonian ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) ), who doesn't have any contributions beyond linkposting. This website is in fact a soccer fan forum severely biased, with articles tended to insult/abuse players and teams, and with very few amount of trustworthy content as compared to other Russian-language sports websites (I have been a user of soccer.ru since 2012). The links posted in early 2010s aren't working now since all the data posted before 2015 has been removed.-- Joél be back ( talk) 21:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC) Not
This is hitting on something for "fico" -- I assume it is unintentional collateral damage, but I don't know exactly what "fico" intended to keep out, so I don't know how to revise the blocked URL appropriately. Calliopejen1 ( talk) 04:58, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Persistent spammer. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:29, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
do I have to send you to the pages that JzG already mentioned in the linked RSN discussionyou do not have to, because there are none. If you mean the search links, like 112.international - it lists refs used in wikipedia. Since they still sit here, I assume there is no abuse in them. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:11, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
euvsdisinfo.eu report: many uk: news copied this report with reference to YeshivaNews , including the non-pro-Russian ones, such as uk:Апостроф (інтернет-видання). Are you saying that this report was cited in Wikipedia? If yes, then it is sloppiness of a wikipedian, who did not trace the report to its origin, prominently cited in all reposts. This is a widely discussed disease of all modern news agencies, including venerable ones, to hunt for "hot news" without bothering to double-check them. Once again, you have to prove systematic abuse before blacklisting. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:11, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
user:112.international: this username was rightfully blocked per our user name rules: "promotional username". This user made not a single edit. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:14, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
3 promotional edits- probably to its own user page. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
control instead of opening floodgates- if without proof of significant abuse, it is called censorship in the civilized world. Wikipedia is not a tabloid to rush and cite primary sources (news reports are mostly primary sources, right?) which cite unnamed "witnesses" for their facts. This mist be a "red flag" for any reasonable wikipedian. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:17, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
lol, it's a deprecated source because it's literally a fake news outlet, of deceptive intent, that was being pushed on Wikipedia with deceptive intent. It is not a usable source if you're here to write an encyclopedia. There is no good reason I can think of to remove it from the list. If you think there are good, practical reasons to remove it from the list, please provide some example good uses that should be whitelisted - David Gerard ( talk) 11:45, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
112 Ukraine was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed overwhelming consensus that the TV channel is generally unreliable and sometimes broadcasts conspiracy theories and Russian propaganda, owing to it being bought out in December 2018 by Ukrainian parliament member Taras Kozak, who represents the Opposition Bloc political party.-- Where is the link to "the 2019 RFC" so that I can take a look at the overwhelming consensus? And exactly what I said: its guilt is belonging to the opposition. According to recent polls, the Opposition Platform is the second-position party in Ukraine, and Wikipedia is blocking its outlets. Good job, Wikipedia, supporting state censorship. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
a fake news outlet, of deceptive intent-- proof, please. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Staszek Lem seems to be correct. The 2019 RfC supposedly behind the WP:RSP entry does not mention the site. The blacklisting is based on another December 2019 RS/N thread which was not a RfC. I opened all the links in that discussion and 112 Ukraine wasn't mentioned in any. It seems out of process to lump the site together with others like this. -- Pudeo ( talk) 18:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The discussion at RSN has concluded, and I think that it might be worth revisiting this topic now. I believe that argument was given for 1) how there exist productive uses for this source, and 2) why the initial blacklisting didn't make sense based upon sources described. If it would be useful, I can summarize that discussion again here. I will note that, though the earlier responders did not change their statements after these arguments were presented, those who commented afterwards were more likely to oppose the blacklisting/deprecation. Jlevi ( talk) 22:15, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
This site has been on the blacklist for a few years, yet there were numerous additions today (see here and here). I'm not familiar enough with regex to understand why these weren't caught. Jauerback dude?/ dude. 00:45, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
\broblox\.com\/\#WhatsRobloxContainer\b
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OhNoitsJamie
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14:12, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
# * Everything from a "#" character to the end of the line is a comment
. \broblox\.com\/#WhatsRobloxContainer\b
for the spam blacklist extension is just \broblox\.com\/
. I've had another case where this was a proiblem. It is uncommon, but some 'about pages' are on the root page.
Dirk Beetstra
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14:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
sonyprize.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
yos100.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
(and others) Spam resumes every time Yös exam is unprotected; better to address the issue at the root. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
This is a "radical Islamic website". Providing disinformation about the Caucasus region/world. I've also asked about this page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Kavkaz_Center_.28everyone_can_help.21.29 to get opinions/experience from other users about this page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.254.85.208 ( talk) 15:51, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:12, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
adherents.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
Website lists information without citing most of it, many of the figures look inflated. It has an overuse as a source on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations and should be added to the block list so credible sources can be used. Mokaiba11 ( talk) 20:10, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
skinhale.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 request is to add the above website to the blacklist. This website had been used as citations to support various dubious claims made in articles related to battery technology (mainly lithium based rechargeable batteries). This request is made following a discussion at Talk:Lithium-ion battery#Dubious information originating from discredited source (plus subsequent threads and other discussions linked from that talk page) where there is a consensus that this source was not a reliable source. To recap: this request occurs for the following reasons.
Although there are no specific users who are using this web site to facilitate an edit war, nevertheless it has been used by several users to support claims from that website (in fairness: probably in good faith). This may well come about because a Google search for any battery related query often turns up batteryuniversity in the first two or three hits (along with Wikipedia). DieSwartzPunkt ( talk) 17:14, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
The misinformation in the batteryuniversity Web site (picked up and repeated in many other places), is not just technically in breach of Wikipedia guidelines, but has cost me time, money, and bad decisions. Pol098 ( talk) 09:20, 30 May 2014 (UTC)A source to help judge the reliability or otherwise of batteryuniversity: batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries says (as of the date of this comment) in an article with title "How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries": "The author of this essay does not depend on the manufacturer’s specifications alone but also listens to user comments. BatteryUniversity.com is an excellent sounding board to connect with the public and learn about reality. This approach might be unscientific, but it is genuine. When the critical mass speaks, the manufacturers listen. The voice of the multitude is in some ways stronger than laboratory tests performed in sheltered environments." In other words, information is derived from manufacturers' specifications and unverified comments by anybody rather than tests—what Wikipedia would class as a blog. Pol098, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
Please blacklist this propaganda webiste as it is known for spreading hatred and to inflame the communal issues. Edward Zigma ( talk) 20:05, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
(already blacklisted). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Please blacklist. - KH-1 ( talk) 09:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Per [1], unanimous consensus to blacklist this fake news website. Guy ( help!) 12:33, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Group 1:
Group 2:
These appear to be related to the sockfarm at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Timlaieditor. Worked my way through a bunch of COIBot reports to see who was adding what, then using that to find more spam accounts. All of these domains are getting inserted as "refs" by spam accounts and do not appear to be legitimate additions. GeneralNotability ( talk) 17:37, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Recurring blog spammer (misusing a deceptive URL). Previous warnings have been ignored. GermanJoe ( talk) 17:44, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
Looks like a recent flare-up. Most additions have been reverted. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 03:18, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
newschant.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
- KH-1 ( talk) 12:11, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
sarkari-info.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
Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:43, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
holistictechnologies.com.pk: 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
Previously reported in early June, MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/June 2020#4everwhite.com. At that point there had been no additions, but yesterday and today the accounts and IPs above have been refspamming it into a few different articles – looks like burner accounts created to add the link to one article each, pretty much. -- bonadea contributions talk 22:23, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
One user repeatedly cited this particular website (https), possible conflict of interest. Andra Febrian ( talk) 14:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
1. I'm requesting that hubpages.com be unblocked from WikiPedia 2. HubPages is one of the largest user generated sites and now has editors doing extensive fact checking on many of the most popular articles that could be resources for many articles here. 3. The two main articles to be updated are /info/en/?search=Squidoo (acquired by HubPages) and /info/en/?search=HubPages 4. I am an employee of the site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauledmondson ( talk • contribs)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello Sir,
Greetings for the day!!!
This is to bring to your kind notice that our website's External Link is blocked on Wikipedia. Our Wikipedia Page is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infibeam.
We, request you to kindly unblock our site: Infibeam.com. Due to unknown reasons this link is blocked and shows in the Spam Blacklist.
Infibeam.com is an authorized Indian e-commerce company. We provide our customers with best deals and make their hectic life easy with the online shopping facility from their homes or offices. Any customer that visits Wikipedia will be able to go to our home site link directly and would not have to face the any problem for searching the link through Wikipedia.
We assure that we will abide by the content policies of your sites in the future to avoid any such issues.
I am an Employee of Infibeam.com. I work here as a Content Writer. I have been assigned with the responsibility to take care of the Wikipedia page of our site. Therefore kindly request you to take this mail into your consideration and solve this problem at your earliest.
Kind Regards Rachna Rawat Content Writer
(Redacted).
Hello! My name is Yuri. I am working for music magazine "Northern Transmissions". I was trying to create a page for this magazine for wikipedia, i was playing with posting some stuff and the page got to spam list. Actually, that's true, it was not format encyclopedia format, but we changed it.
If it's possible, could you please remove this address from spam list, i think this page is good for wikipedia for several reasons:
1) Helps people to communicate with music 2) Helps people to learn a new things about music in the world 3) Supporting music business
list: en-wikipedia blacklist \bnortherntransmissions\.com\b I kindly appreciate your decision, thanks for your time,
Cheers, Yuri— Preceding unsigned comment added by YuriChicago ( talk • contribs) 05:56, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
{{ denied}}, the link was used for advertising, and from what you say, that was the intention. We do not provide shopping links, or support businesses DGG ( talk ) 23:14, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello, wikipedia's adminstrator.. I own a website named as earpixels.com and my website is nomore available to be added on wikiepdia...it was the first time when i tried to add a link of my website in any portion of wikiepdia...it show sthe link is reported several times before...i just want to request you to remove it from blacklist..as i never have added i before to wikipedia...and yes i am sure that...any user of my website might have done this thing....intentionally to gain more followers..at his or her profile of earpixels....but please tell me..and forgive my website as i never have done mistake and have never violated any term of wikipedia..!! my website is actually a music social network...so i am sure some users might have added their profile links to wikipedia..but was it my mistake or mistake of my website..no..it wasn't !! please review...THNX! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.99.27 ( talk • contribs)
Why did you guys ban this link? I was going to post this link and it was leading to an organizationi but I can't because of this. Please un-ban this link. It would be greatly appreciated.
The cause is for supporting a person who died, and It would be greatly appreciated if I could post the organizations link. It will be the reader's choice whether or not they will donate.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 123nutshell123 ( talk • contribs)
gocinema.in: 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
It has come to our attention that our site has been blacklisted on Wikipedia. This apparently because of the following two reasons.
Primarily, an arbitrary account has been found repeatedly using 'gocinema' as a reference to add information. The links we reviewed that appeared on Wikipedia are genuine news links. We are not aware of why our site was used to cite these facts. In-dubiously,we do not consider that as a reason to penalize the site for posting genuine news content.
@Cyphoidbomb has stated that ‘It appears to be yet another faceless Indian blog. Main page is an endless wall of posts’. None of the statements hold any relevance, besides appear as vacuous vandalism.‘gocinema’ is a private limited company which is set up for more than 2 years. The company is sanguine about its authenticity. The site aims at providing news, assessments and evaluations of motion pictures and song albums for movie enthusiasts. The source of our content is genuine and original as it is either provided directly from the movie production houses or from our editorial team.
The company further disapproves the second charge stating ‘Their GoCinema Exclusive is useless’. A cursory look at the site will amply indicate that the ‘Gocinema Exclusive’ are aggregation of feature articles, related to motion pictures of a particular language. The 'About' section of any and every other movie contains detailed information, which has been ignored.
'gocinema' aims at providing veritable entertainment information. The platform is a genuine compendium which delightfully feeds the interests of movie enthusiasts.
The company requests for its removal from ‘:Spamblacklist’ and will also look into the process of being listed in the RSN, as we are a genuine source of movie information for multiple Indian languages.
From Soumi Dhar, Content Manager - Gocinema Product of Sky10 Social Media Pvt Ltd.
Soumi22dhar ( talk) 15:03, 4 January 2017 (IST)
Soumi Dhar Soumi22dhar ( talk) 14:56, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
www.resumevogue.com has been blocked Due to unknown spam policy of Wikipedia It got blocked. I have created wiki id from the site name and when I try to edit references link I got ban.I am not a spammer and I was not using Wikipedia for advertising . I have read all the spam policy of Wikipedia . Please remove this site from Wikipedia local blacklist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ganpati Baba ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I am getting a blacklist message when I try to submit a link from the Russian agency Rambler News Service. However, the domain (rns.online) doesn't come up in the tool that shows if it is meta or local. The article I'm working on is Sergei Gorkov but I feel it should be unblocked anyway. Rambler is like Yahoo for Russia and their news agency is sort of an aggregator of Russian news stories. I'm not aware that it's been involved in anything shady, so I think it's the .online that is blocking it. —Мандичка YO 😜 22:18, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am the owner of themagzone.com where we do several contents on recent issues and even do several celebrity interviews.
I am unaware of the cause of being blocked but I would definitely like to add some value to wiki celeb pages by putting information and excerpts from the interviews /info/en/?search=Jal_(band), /info/en/?search=Sapan_Saxena are some pages where the links will be used.
I will personally look into the cause of block. I assume the reason must be because of some activities by our employees or any of our competitors.
I am attaching the facebook page of our company just to ensure the authenticity and to give an idea of kind of content we are into. (facebook.com/themagzone)
Just to explain, The MagZone is an online platform which publishes about recent happenings, events, social issues and our opinions about them. We also conduct several celebrity interviews, and surveys about opinions of the general public on the issues that matter to them.
I hope a positive response. It would be a great favor.
Apologies.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.177.157.150 ( talk) 12:35, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello i am writing about a site for music lyrics.The owner of the site is no longer the same. The site is having a new owner and it was terrifaing to understood that Listn.to was blocked from wikipedia.A week ago we tried to make a biography of bulgarian jazz musicians Alex & Vladi and then we found that Listn.to link to the site is blocked.Plese help us and remove the Listn.to website from the blocked esternal.. links
The site is called Listn.to
And Here is the Biography that we wanted to post in wikipedia :— Preceding
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-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
I’m associated with HideMyAss!, and have recently submitted a Wikipage to articles for creation [2]. In my initial attempt to submit, I got a message saying that the page included a URL link hidemyass.com which is a site registered on Wikipedia’s blacklist. I suspect that it got blacklisted because it has "ass" in the URL. I would like to ask that this URL be removed from the blacklist as this is a legitimate site and company and the URL would be used in the recently submitted article. Empey at Avast ( talk) 21:00, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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I would like to formally request that navymutual.org be removed from the blacklist. Blocked in 2012, the activity that caused said block did not originate from the company itself, and no such activity has occurred since then. The URL is critical to the Wikipedia page of "Navy Mutual Aid Association", and may indeed provide value on other pages that, presently, mention Navy Mutual (AAFMAA, Life insurance, List of veterans organizations, Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance). Thank you for your time.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.166.46.34 ( talk) 16:09, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Our site staterecords.org was blacklisted. We have a hired a SEO company which were spamming Wikipedia by adding a links from our subdomains.
At the moment we are not working with them and our site is one of the biggest in United States which provides the access to public records in all states of America.
We have some valuable information. For example: staterecords.org/whatinformationisincludedinthearrestrecord.php california.staterecords.org/understandingthegoldenstatescriminaljusticesystem.php
We don't want to add more links to Wikipedia...
Thanks in advance.— Preceding unsigned comment added by MrGarkaviy ( talk • contribs) 14:18, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
1. Website: wikifinancepedia 2. Reason: Our site is quite an older domain and have valuable articles. Many people trust wikifinancepedia for personal finance and financial planning. And the content does not violates any copyrights rule. 3. Articles like: Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Management, Personal Finance where the links were used. 4. At this point.
But since it was considered as spamming then we will not add any further links to wikipedia. Appreciate all your efforts in advance. Thanks!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.243.82.177 ( talk) 04:18, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
unblock some sites for better experience of user or publisher in Wikipedia to avail profit of publishing
It happened to be a mistake or violated rules but site spiritualsadhana.com has been in block mode. This site has good content on astrology which can be worth to share on wiki astrology pages. Please consider unblocking it.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sritulasi1 ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
helpaxis.com has been blacklisted from Wikipedia due to self-promotion words on the username: Amooroy. Please help to remove this website from the Wikipedia backlist. It's affecting the website SERP ranking. Please know that I do not intend to offer any promotional words on Wikipedia. I'm the only person managing both the blog and the SEO and i was only trying to create a Wikipedia page. Please help to remove the website on Wikipedia backlist as more care will put in place to avoid this from occurring.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Amooroy ( talk • contribs)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I was trying to edit the article 2014 Ukrainian revolution, where I was trying to replace a depreciated source (a Daily Mail link) with a more reliable source: the Ukrainian newspaper Ekspres, which I have found to be reliable through (admittedly not much research, but nothing I have seen suggests it is unreliable) research. However, when I went to replace the source, I was met with an error stating that the website was blocked - apparently due to the .online part of the URL. The webpage I was trying to source can be found here: expres.online/archive/digest/2014/02/24/102431-leninopad-komunistychnogo-vozhdya-zvilneno-vzhe-90-mist-ukrayiny
This site benefits Wikipedia through reporting of news that can generally be considered reliable, and able to be used as a source for many articles beyond the Ukrainian revolution. If it is blocked for a reason other than its .online link, please let me know.
Thank you.
Second hand Work 12:35, 18 November 2019 (UTC)
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I request Wikipedia admins to remove Shufti Pro from the local blacklist.
Below is the information required for unblocking request:
website address: shuftipro.com
The reason(s) why links to the site should be allowed, and would benefit Wikipedia:
It has some really good resources (blogs, news) that would add value to Wikipedia. The information on Wikipedia is always in the process of improvement so linking to the information provided by industry experts on relevant articles will prove to be a valuable addition to the information on Wikipedia. Shufti Pro is an active member on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. It’s content will add value to Wikipedia.
Also, none of the entities who used Shufti Pro’s name are officially connected to it. So it would be fair to remove it from the blacklist.
The article or articles on which the links would be used:
/info/en/?search=Know_your_customer#KYB /info/en/?search=Identity_verification_service
If you are connected to the site, then please declare this at this point. Failure to do so will, if discovered, be treated negatively.
Yes, I'm connected to Shufti Pro, indirectly. They requested me to create a Wikipedia page for them. It will help people gain first-hand knowledge about the company. As Wikipedia is a source for all it is a superior place for a company to exhibit its information.
I am a third-party source of Shufti Pro and assure you that the information provided by me will be unbiased and just to help the masses have a ready source to know Shufti Pro when looking for it online. Ruby049 ( talk) 07:00, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Sir/Madam
My website roshandaan.com is blocked on Wikipedia due to some policy violations. I am unaware of these policies. Please unblock it. I will be very thankful to you. Next time, I will not violate any policies. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by नरेन-सिंह ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
okguri.blogspot.com is my blog. My blog has been put on the blacklist of Wikipedia on 24 March 2020.
plz REMOVE this.
From now on I will keep in mind the mistake I have made. I follow your policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:3973:44C0:0:0:0:1 ( talk) 20:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
hello Cyphoidbomb. I will share good information on Wikipedia through my website and blog. I will be sharing important information on Wikipedia in the future. I request you That you remove my blog Okguri.blogspot.com from the blacklist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:3961:4565:0:0:0:1 ( talk) 09:49, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
1. bangla-love-sms.com 2. Someone doing spam with my site, this site is very popular in bangladesh and there is huge information so wikipedia get a value from it. 3. https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE 4. I am admin of this site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.220.205.92 ( talk) 13:19, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Lviv about IT outsourcing as well as our website hireukrainiandevelopers.com has an article with current data on this topic (hireukrainiandevelopers.com/blog/why-clients-choose-lviv-for-it-outsourcing-research/)
I am working as a Marketing Manager at HUD and was surprised to see that our website is blocked prnt.sc/s55517
I would kindly ask you to remove our website from the blacklist, as we work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.65.249.96 ( talk) 14:46, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Cyphoidbomb,
As well as we've discussed this issue, may our company ask about deleting this ticket from current page?
Thanks in advance, HUD team— Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxhireez ( talk • contribs)
Hello Wikipedia Team, I Want to Say you that My Website Link is in Wikipedia Blocklist. So Please My site be removed from the block list entirely.
My Website Link - Mintsofindia.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Techly360 ( talk • contribs) 10:13, 6 May 2020 (UTC)
Please unblock yourstory.com site from Wikipedia. Why this website publishes the world's news. If you want, You can also search in the news section of Google. And yourstory founder is Shradha Sharma. Whose Wikipedia article mentions Wikipedia as the founder. Please unblock. Mr. Bikaneri ( talk) 11:27, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Mindmajix is an online education portal, which has been providing valuable technology related content to the users across world Since 2013. This site blacklisted in 2019 March due to some unexpected link building activities by some of our ex-employees here. Previously our employees reportedly done spam link building activity with out considering warnings from wikipedia & with out intimate to us. spam link search . My request is to remove Mindmajix from blacklist. We never repeat such a stupid kind of mistakes in future. Consider that we are one of the best education provider across world.(Learn more about us in the Internet) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anjaneyulu.appmajix ( talk • contribs)
Hi,
I want to disclose up front that I work for the Confucius Institute U.S. Center in Washington, D.C. It was recently brought to our attention that our site ciuscenter.org was blocked from being used as a source on Wikipedia, unbeknownst to us. We are not sure why we are blocked, but what I can say is that in doing so Wikipedia's coverage on Confucius Institutes has been extremely misleading, inaccurate, and biased against the Confucius Institute program as a whole. Specifically, the page reads like a laundry list of unsubstantiated accusations against institutes (many of which were disproved by a nonpartisan GAO report from last year year that conveniently, has been seldom cited) or an attempt to vent frustrations with the CCP without providing any substantiated information about what Institutes actually do, the universities who actually run them, what their programs are like, and what is actually covered in individual CI program's curriculum.
It is not in the stated mission of Wikipedia to let their pages operate like hit pieces or to be weaponized in this manor-where our critics are able to publicly asking for transparency in bad faith, knowing our attempts to be transparent have preemptively been blocked from being cite-able on your website. This gives the false impression that we are not engaging with criticism or are unwilling to change as a result of it.
We are not asking for positive coverage of the Confucius Institute program, just for the page to have the ability for others, people with actual firsthand experience with our programs, to show a balanced perspective on this organization and at least accurately portray our programs and our students, especially if our critics are also going to be provided ample space to tear us apart. We welcome criticism, but allowing a page like this to be so divorced from the reality of our programs or our organization hurts the integrity of your website and calls into question the reliability of other pages.
Thank you for your time and I hope to hear from someone soon. CIUSCenter ( talk) 20:23, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
socialnews.xyz: 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
My Name is Gopi Adusumilli the editor and owner of SocialNews.XYZ. I see that our news website is added to the blacklist and was marked a spamming blog. Please let us know what we should do to get off the blacklist.
We are a genuine Indo-American news website. We cover most of the Indian and American news from reputed sources likes AP/PTI/IANS. We are also an approved news source for google news.
As part of our coverage, we post first look posters of Indian(from Producers) and Hollywood movies(sourced from EPK.TV). Movie fans tend to use those images and add them to Wikipedia since we are usually seen on top of google searches.
Please help us get off the blacklist and we are ready to make any changes you propose.
Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agk4444 ( talk • contribs)
I can understand your concern. It happens on my site all the time with freelance writers who tries to link other sites.
How about starting clean? I will remove all the links posted by me on the site and promise to not post any link from my site and you can put the block back if I break any rules. I know I am reaching here but I am desperate since I am working hard on this site for the past 5 years and do not want to be blacklisted by Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Agk4444 ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Madam, Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Razia_Sultana about sharing some extra information with the users of wikipedia than I was surprised to see that this website is blocked. I would kindly ask you to remove this website from the blacklist, as they work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. I always try to share the maximum knowledge among the people so they get the maximum points for clearing their confusion and increase their knowledge. In regard of historical information historypak provide the best content which may further contribute to wikipedia sources. Thanks The website was started sharing the information from 2013 and still providing the best content.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.50.106.222 ( talk • contribs)
Dear Sir/Madam, Today I was trying to contribute to the article /info/en/?search=Razia_Sultana about sharing some extra information with the users of wikipedia than I was surprised to see that this website is blocked. I would kindly ask you to remove this website from the blacklist, as they work on the creation of unique and useful content which may also be a good contribution to Wikipedia sources. I always try to share the maximum knowledge among the people so they get the maximum points for clearing their confusion and increase their knowledge. In regard of historical information historypak provide the best content which may further contribute to wikipedia sources. Thanks The website was started sharing the information from 2013 and still providing the best content.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Waseemkhan0011 ( talk • contribs)
The .xyz TLD is by way of being a frequent flyer here. There are some (but not many) that are usable (e.g. abc.xyz, Alphabet's domain) but the vast majority of existing and new links are at best crap and very often spam. I think we should blacklist the TLD and whitelist the handful of valid ones. Guy ( help!) 19:29, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, currently one is unable to add links to youtube videos in talk pages in the short form youtu.be/videoid . However one can link to youtube videos in the form youtube.com/watch?v=videoid. Youtu.be is a youtube owned domain. Could we remove youtu.be from the blacklist? Thank you -- TZubiri ( talk) 15:59, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the responses, WP:EL and the discussions from 2006 do not appear to be relevant to links in talk pages as they discuss links in the context of being used as sources. Is there any infrastructure in place to relax requirements in contexts where the link is not being used as a source? I realize that maintaining two blacklists would be untenable, but perhaps categorizing blacklisted websites according to their reason going forward should help here and in other endeavors, like providing concise appropriate error messages. -- TZubiri ( talk) 18:13, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that some blacklisted websites are already categorized in the form of comments, for example
\bcams\.com/go\b # afiliate\b . Dirk, where these messages posted in article bodies or in talk pages? If you remember an article and date, please share them and I'd like to look them up.-- TZubiri ( talk) 18:21, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
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This site is fake news about taxation in the East Timor. 2804:14C:5BB3:A319:199D:BE00:6E42:A58D ( talk) 14:20, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hello,
I am working for the requested website and included the site name in one of the external links and as a result (obviously) blacklisted. This was a major wrongdoing on my part and suffering the consequences as of now. I wish it to be removed from the blacklist as no such thing will happen ever again. Aligraying ( talk) 12:05, 3 August 2020 (UTC) Aligraying
As the site is blocked and certainly because of the abuse of TOU, but Currently the website is one of the most reliable and accurate one across India, and just because of its authenticity I guess one of the Biggest Investor and Industrialist from India Ratan Tata has Invested in the company Read This and This, apart from tata big firms like University of California, Berkeley, Kalaari Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and many others have also invested in Yourstory Read This, so I feel like the website is not anymore the subject to be in blacklist, it should be whitelisted, Thanks -- Dtt1 Talk 10:18, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Fake website spammed by IPs. GeneralNotability ( talk) 21:50, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Multiple users have been inserting this link to McAfee over the past few months, and the watchers are missing it. [3] [4] [5] This link stayed there masked as the Official Website for a few months now. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
All of these have been added by members of the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Rajumitwa878 sock drawer. These domains are fraudulent domains which look intentionally similar to real ones (e.g. creditkarma.com, equifax.com). I'm not clicking those links but given how pushy they are about sneaking them in as the "official website" I'm pretty sure we don't want people clicking them. Yes, a couple of these have only been added by one person, but this is a persistent spam farm and I'm not taking chances. GeneralNotability ( talk) 20:04, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
creditskarma
creditkarma
truecredit
mysmartmove
equifax
transunion
whitepages
fico
Bigger hammer. — Dirk Beetstra T C 20:46, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
Collecting the whole set of broad line names, linking to those where the official domains are going to be. Whitelist request is underway here. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
bestref.net
wikirank.net
mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/5/263
mdpi.com/2073-431X/8/3/60
Massive sockfarm spamming (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Emel Ulusoy). Guy ( help! - typo?) 09:26, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Ping Beetstra, this may be x-wiki? See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard § Refspam across many articles. Guy ( help! - typo?) 09:32, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
I was posting on a *talk page* and my edit was blocked (the offending url was scycrapers.com. I get that that's not a source for an article, but I mean can I not even talk about it? Stuff on that website is data. It's no good for ref'ing, but it is good for having a conversation. (In this particular case, I was pointing to a forum thread. I mean am I not allowed to say "Hey look at all these people on this forum thread saying such-and-such, is this not something worth looking into providing good refs can be found" or something.) Surely the url-blocking code can be modified to not apply itself to talk pages. Or would there be a downside to that? Herostratus ( talk) 18:29, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Recurring blog spam, apparently with some block evasion thrown in for good measure (dynamic IPs). GermanJoe ( talk) 11:11, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Please blacklist.- KH-1 ( talk) 10:05, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
As the archive bot seemed to have some problems with the current talkpage content, I have manually archived a whole bunch of old threads - basically everything that was either stale, older than 15 July or an invalid request. Please see the archive for August 2020, if you need or want to check any of the archived content. GermanJoe ( talk) 14:26, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
(copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Wikipedia:Blocked_external_links/Current_requests/Removals&diff=971640857&oldid=971640778)
Please unblock newschant.com site from Wikipedia. Why this website publishes the India's and world's trending news and articles. This news portal is 'Google News' approved portal. If you want, You can also search in the news section of Google.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 43.246.163.219 ( talk • contribs)
Needs blacklisting, but I need reports on the IPs to see if there is more. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 08:41, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
If Medicinesonlineuk is blocked like Medicinesonline already has been, I have little doubt they will be back with another name spamming the same link. FDW777 ( talk) 13:13, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
TumTumCabb and TumTum Cab have both been creating userspace articles with that website. They were blocked at least once, they will probably be back spamming the same link. VViking Talk Edits 16:43, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Also see User talk:Cab TumTum-- VViking Talk Edits 16:45, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Flare-up appears to have started circa June 2020 and carried onward. Earlier today there were over 400 links to to this site at the English Wikipedia, most of them added by IPs in the 122.174.* range, like 122.174.60.169 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS). As you can see, those big dumps in their edit history are laden with links to onlykollywood.com. Here they add a whopping 66 links. I reverted them, and of course they made a sneaky no-ping revert here and elsewhere. So it seems pretty clear that this is an organised campaign to flood Wikipedia with these links. And for context, this is a faceless Indian entertainment blog/portal. Cyphoidbomb ( talk) 16:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
See COIBot report, spammed by both a (now-blocked) registered user and IPs. GeneralNotability ( talk) 21:47, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
While looking for sources I found two extremely similar, extremely strange articles:
These are the same basic article but different outlets and different named authors. Looking closer, these were both plagiarized from the same Buzzfeed News article.
It looks like they were machine-translated and then translated back. For example, "...a video-sharing platform that has long sought to support right-wing content creators" becomes "...a video-sharing platform that has long sought to assistance ideal-wing material creators". Every source I have looked at from both outlets is plagiarized, but most don't even bother with the machine translation.
Unfortunately, for several articles, the original is on aceshowbiz.com which is currently blacklisted. This means that the sources are plagiarism which cannot even be replaced with the original. UpNewsInfo will only cause future headaches. I assume Queenscitizen.ca is the same model, and of course there are probably countless more like it. Grayfell ( talk) 04:42, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Yuck. Still working through these COIBot reports, probably more to find, I'll BL once I'm finished adding them. I know that some have only been added by one user, but overall it looks like there's multiple accounts in this spam farm, so going to knock them all out.
These links have been added by various IPs to real estate articles. The websites promote the services of real estate sales agents, and far as I can tell, they don't contain any resources trustworthy enough to be cited on Wikipedia. They do offer a few "guides" for homeowners, but registration is required to view the guides. See COIBot report for virtualcashhomebuyers.com and cashhomebuyersdallas.com. Also recent additions of cashhomebuyersdallas.com from this June to the present, [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]. No COIBot report for sellmyhousefastdallas.org, but it seems related, was added here. Altamel ( talk) 18:28, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
This is native advertising as it describes itself (ETimes is an Entertainment, TV & Lifestyle industry's promotional website and carries advertorials and native advertising.
) and as I
reported to RSN. It has no place being used as references or anything else here. beautypageants.in redirects to beautypageants.indiatimes.com. ☆
Bri (
talk)
18:34, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
This link has been repeatedly inserted to Fiverr (see history) by IPs and a few new accounts. Each time disguising it as the official link. The WHOIS result shows that it is not official, so likely another case of replacing the official link with a referral link that has been popular lately. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 20:21, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
One IP, 2600:100D:B069:3C4E:9D7D:DD2B:F727:5379, who added the link to Fiverr, went on to try to add the same type of fake link at LiveJasmin as well as SeekingArrangement. Apparition11 Complaints/ Mistakes 22:20, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
Currently, "g.co" (URL shortener) is blacklisted by the regular expression "\bg\.co\b", but it can easily prohibit unrelated websites. So I propose replacing this blacklist entry with "/g\.co/". (Perhaps "/g\.co\b" may be more appropriate.)
A specific example prohibited by the blacklist entry is "www. arcs-g. co. jp", a supermarket company in Japan. (In ".jp" domain, ".co.jp" is used for companies.) -- Sinryow ( talk) 09:39, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
These links have been added today to various articles mostly related to F. C. Barcelona by a newly-registered user ( Legend_6_katalonian ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam) ), who doesn't have any contributions beyond linkposting. This website is in fact a soccer fan forum severely biased, with articles tended to insult/abuse players and teams, and with very few amount of trustworthy content as compared to other Russian-language sports websites (I have been a user of soccer.ru since 2012). The links posted in early 2010s aren't working now since all the data posted before 2015 has been removed.-- Joél be back ( talk) 21:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC) Not
This is hitting on something for "fico" -- I assume it is unintentional collateral damage, but I don't know exactly what "fico" intended to keep out, so I don't know how to revise the blocked URL appropriately. Calliopejen1 ( talk) 04:58, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
Persistent spammer. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:29, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
do I have to send you to the pages that JzG already mentioned in the linked RSN discussionyou do not have to, because there are none. If you mean the search links, like 112.international - it lists refs used in wikipedia. Since they still sit here, I assume there is no abuse in them. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:11, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
euvsdisinfo.eu report: many uk: news copied this report with reference to YeshivaNews , including the non-pro-Russian ones, such as uk:Апостроф (інтернет-видання). Are you saying that this report was cited in Wikipedia? If yes, then it is sloppiness of a wikipedian, who did not trace the report to its origin, prominently cited in all reposts. This is a widely discussed disease of all modern news agencies, including venerable ones, to hunt for "hot news" without bothering to double-check them. Once again, you have to prove systematic abuse before blacklisting. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:11, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
user:112.international: this username was rightfully blocked per our user name rules: "promotional username". This user made not a single edit. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:14, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
3 promotional edits- probably to its own user page. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
control instead of opening floodgates- if without proof of significant abuse, it is called censorship in the civilized world. Wikipedia is not a tabloid to rush and cite primary sources (news reports are mostly primary sources, right?) which cite unnamed "witnesses" for their facts. This mist be a "red flag" for any reasonable wikipedian. Staszek Lem ( talk) 10:17, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
lol, it's a deprecated source because it's literally a fake news outlet, of deceptive intent, that was being pushed on Wikipedia with deceptive intent. It is not a usable source if you're here to write an encyclopedia. There is no good reason I can think of to remove it from the list. If you think there are good, practical reasons to remove it from the list, please provide some example good uses that should be whitelisted - David Gerard ( talk) 11:45, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
112 Ukraine was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed overwhelming consensus that the TV channel is generally unreliable and sometimes broadcasts conspiracy theories and Russian propaganda, owing to it being bought out in December 2018 by Ukrainian parliament member Taras Kozak, who represents the Opposition Bloc political party.-- Where is the link to "the 2019 RFC" so that I can take a look at the overwhelming consensus? And exactly what I said: its guilt is belonging to the opposition. According to recent polls, the Opposition Platform is the second-position party in Ukraine, and Wikipedia is blocking its outlets. Good job, Wikipedia, supporting state censorship. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
a fake news outlet, of deceptive intent-- proof, please. Staszek Lem ( talk) 15:33, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Staszek Lem seems to be correct. The 2019 RfC supposedly behind the WP:RSP entry does not mention the site. The blacklisting is based on another December 2019 RS/N thread which was not a RfC. I opened all the links in that discussion and 112 Ukraine wasn't mentioned in any. It seems out of process to lump the site together with others like this. -- Pudeo ( talk) 18:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
The discussion at RSN has concluded, and I think that it might be worth revisiting this topic now. I believe that argument was given for 1) how there exist productive uses for this source, and 2) why the initial blacklisting didn't make sense based upon sources described. If it would be useful, I can summarize that discussion again here. I will note that, though the earlier responders did not change their statements after these arguments were presented, those who commented afterwards were more likely to oppose the blacklisting/deprecation. Jlevi ( talk) 22:15, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
This site has been on the blacklist for a few years, yet there were numerous additions today (see here and here). I'm not familiar enough with regex to understand why these weren't caught. Jauerback dude?/ dude. 00:45, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
\broblox\.com\/\#WhatsRobloxContainer\b
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OhNoitsJamie
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14:12, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
# * Everything from a "#" character to the end of the line is a comment
. \broblox\.com\/#WhatsRobloxContainer\b
for the spam blacklist extension is just \broblox\.com\/
. I've had another case where this was a proiblem. It is uncommon, but some 'about pages' are on the root page.
Dirk Beetstra
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14:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
sonyprize.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
yos100.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
(and others) Spam resumes every time Yös exam is unprotected; better to address the issue at the root. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)