Proposed blacklisting lukeisback.com per discussion at lukeisback and sexherald dot com.
Despite past discussions and porn project guidelines, it continues to be used as a source, primarily in porn articles. It's an old gossip blog maintained by an apparent replacement gossiper. -- Lightbreather ( talk) 19:08, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Proposed blacklisting sexherald.com per discussion at lukeisback and sexherald dot com.
It's a commercial site (for FUCKINGMACHINES, maybe? others) posing as an "adult entertainment news authority." Lightbreather ( talk) 19:15, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
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This is more of a BLP issue here, as it contains allegations against living persons that have no place on the English Wikipedia as a source or as a link. Someone attempted to use it as a source here and due to the sensitive nature of this article we need to take care of this post-haste.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 00:40, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Another attempt.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 08:51, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I am requesting that this site be removed from the blacklist. It is preventing the use of the source as the official statement by the movement as to their intentions. There, clearly, is an incorrect statement within the "Gamer Gate controversy" article about it's relevancy to sexism. It has to do with questioning the alleged violations of the ethical standards within journalism, more specifically gaming journalism, as stated by the Gamer Gate official site. If this blacklist is not removed, it clearly is not allowing the use of it as the official statement of the Gamer Gate movement and it seems to invoke an agenda by Wikipedia itself. - QuantumMass — Preceding unsigned comment added by QuantumMass ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Request for removal
Declined, reasons for adding it are still valid now.
Zad
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It is a PR firm masking as an entertainment "news" site. the "about us" page states " Apart from conceiving and executing promotional campaigns targeted at the Media, Marketing & Television Trade online, it also offers similar services offline, thus providing clients with a 360 degree media service and marketing solution. " they are widely used [1] often to establish the "notability" of "up and coming" stars. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Adding 3 more wings of the firm per the bottom of the indiantelevision page.
Please let me know what other information might be helpful. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:07, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Site using scraped Wikipedia content without credit to build a "How old is celebrity X?" service; every page's "About" description is Wikipedia's lede section, every illustrating photo is lifted without credit from the infobox. An out-of-date mirror of Wikipedia lede sections is of no use to the Wikipedia project. I've cut the few cases where an article was using it as a source for a birthdate. -- McGeddon ( talk) 15:39, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Redirects to a blogspot.in page which claims to be the official website of Adele. There is a Download PDF there which would actually download a .com file. The link was added by the following ips.
I mentioned this at WP:HELPDESK where someone has just uncovered the downloadable element. Not sure if this is malware, but it looks a bit suspicious. This is Paul ( talk) 20:52, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
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Came across one replacement of a dead link with a link to dotnewz.com by Smartalex4 and noticed that's about all the user has done. More importantly, I think, is that every page on that site appears to be copy/pasted from a reliable publication, framed as an archive. See this removed from Miami Dolphins, this link removed from Dolly (sheep), this one removed from Univision.--— Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:21, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
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Find a politically-oriented topic on Wikipedia coatracked to the point of utter uselessness, and you'll see Media Matters all over the references like a rash. (I don't think I've ever seen a Media Matters reference deployed in an NPOV manner.) Big, loud, brash, and flush with Soros cash, Media Matters for America has definitely been around awhile and is therefore notable, but virtually all content to date consists of non-RS blogging ("Blog" is the first link on their masthead banner). In ten years time, they've never matured beyond a positioned role of unabashed internet propaganda attack mill.-- Раціональне анархіст ( talk) 06:43, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
URL shortener/falsifier. The main site (newsjack.in) allows user to seemingly create a link to a cnn or fox story through a URL shortener but in reality they edit the title and content of the article. No reason this should ever be used on Wikipedia. Ravensfire ( talk) 16:40, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
There's really no reason to have this on the site, as HJ Mitchell and I were having a discussion off-wiki and I was alerted to the presence of persons trying to add this to multiple articles. Because of that, I am placing the link here to see what others think, as I would be supportive of blacklisting this site from the project. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 00:42, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
IP from India. I've seen the URL added to other articles by other IPs, but I can't find those now. 208.81.212.222 ( talk) 01:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
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Multiple IPs and accounts adding this link to multiple pages (mostly recently to Laminate flooring, Renovation, Kitchen work triangle, Fence). The IP 107.77.66.65 was already blocked for spamming. The account Jaskilgore should probably be indef blocked as promotion-only account. Gnome de plume ( talk) 15:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Have removed the ones we contained already and warned user in question. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 22:49, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
In addition to copy-violations (including song lyrics), the user makes intention to spam clear with a hyperlink to the .me domain and then the path to the WordPress subdomain as clear text in the description. [2] and no other supporting references.
The user Akash Guhathakurta ( talk · contribs) does not seem to respond to AfD on her/his talk page and per discussion at WikiProject_Songs#Indian_Song_Notability this user appears to be a sockpuppet for a deleted account Baghdad Ki Raaten.
I suspect this person will persist until there is a domain (and subdomain) block so the user can no longer link back to the blog. Whoops, forgot to sign 009o9 ( talk) 14:56, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Not a reliable source of good EL. Being spammed around, please blacklist. Thanks Jytdog ( talk) 12:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
marketsandmarkets.com
Combining: crossover of spamming IPs. Guy ( Help!) 17:15, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Not a reliable source of good EL. Being spammed around, please blacklist. Thanks Jytdog ( talk) 12:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
This site uses sources that have been deemed unreliable at Talk:The Flash (2014 TV series). While I disagree, if the consensus feels that screenrant.com is referencing unreliable sources then that, in itself, makes screenrant.com an unreliable source that should be added to the blacklist. Pjstar35 ( talk) 18:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Domain has been spammed by at least these two users to multiple articles ( [3], [4], [5]). Most edits by these users are for the movihall.com domain although they are also spamming sportstopnews.com. Ravensfire ( talk) 15:13, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Domains have repeatedly been added to List of Six Sigma certification organizations, Professional certification, and any other places they can be crammed in. Sites are for a group of apparently related, anonymous certification mills with no indication of reliability or significance. User:TristramShandy13 and User:Jenny Evans 34 were both blocked for spamming these domains, but a range of IPs have consistently tried to sneak them in anyway, such as just today. [6] Edits like this one are kind of funny, but indicate that the problem is becoming disruptive. Grayfell ( talk) 23:37, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
The IP that added the most recent link also blanked this blacklist request, which is informative, I guess. Grayfell ( talk) 06:30, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Persistent ref-spamming by three closely similar accounts. Example here. The company is a ticket agency. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 16:43, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
This IP user keeps adding the same spam link even after being blocked. The link is a site to watch free porn. -- TL22 ( talk) 18:32, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
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Formerly legit domain apparently hijacked by domain squatters / spammers. Guy ( Help!) 19:21, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Links go to an Indian law firm's blog. In addition to the links contained in the link summary, the following articles have had edits reverted because they contained perry4law: [7], [8], [9] and [10]. All articles were edited by different IP addresses.
I was alerted today on my talk page of another editor who reverted because of spam. A couple articles contained a wikilink to Praveen Dalal's user page. Praveen Dalal is the managing partner at perry4law. A link to the law firm's website as well as email addresses are on the user page. Bgwhite ( talk) 05:15, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikia link that keeps being spammed on Balloon. Has been protected twice, and is still currently protected, but spam is likely going to be resumed after protection expires. -- TL22 ( talk) 22:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
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I was about to remove this from an article as it's pure fringe/conspiracy, when I noticed that [www.viewzone.com/ken.visit.html] contained copyvio material from a newspaper. A couple of almost random clicks took me to [www.viewzone.com/wasabi/xxx.html], video using copyvio material from a tv show. Dougweller ( talk) 11:01, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
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Attempts to spam by User:HaydenJarman. Added some decent refs first which makes it appear this is likely one of there many sock accounts. Currently blocked. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 19:24, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Posted link twice under external links in different articles. Site is solely promotional, no foreseeable need for it in an encyclopedia. This would be best protection against future spam, as it seems a business was doing this. 99.238.114.76 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
I've already undone the changes and posted a warn on the IP's TP.
Keeps getting added to articles about robotic surgery. ugh. Jytdog ( talk) 19:14, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
I've blocked this static IP for one year and have undone a number of sneaky ref to
ref spam replacements. Reporting this to check if cross-wiki abuse exists.
—
Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
It's not really "spammed" currently, but like its eHow.com counterpart (already blacklisted) this site is not suitable as reference or external link. The UK version shares all the flaws of the .com site, namely no real editorial oversight and the large-scale inclusion of low-quality articles. Luckily the site is rarely used (just cleaning it up), but it should be blacklisted nonetheless to avoid further usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 09:16, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Random IPs have been adding this link to random articles and talk pages during the last 24 hours. Pages affected include List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes and its talk page, Google Translate, Talk:Google, Talk:Anime, Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga, and Talk:Naruto.— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFarix ( talk • contribs)
We have, for a long time, blacklisted petition sites due to a combination of problems: petitioners spamming Wikipedia, editors naively citing "there was a petition" to active petitions, and active solicitation to individual petitions via Talk and other pages. The worst issue, of course, is where a petition is added - even if in good faith - to an article, in a way that serves to imply that Wikipedia endorses it.
As noted below, two widely used petition sites have domains not including the word petition, and thus escape blacklisting. I have been reviewing some of the mainspace links for change.org and a lot were deeply problematic - not just the usual primary source issue, but "See Also" links soliciting signatures on multiple articles referencing a topic. I think we need to blacklist these sites as well. Guy ( Help!) 17:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Spammer is continuing to spam even after coming off a block. Also reported IP at AIV. Jytdog ( talk) 13:45, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Per ANI thread - all are worthless to the encyclopaedia. Guy ( Help!) 15:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
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Regular morphing IP adding a handful of spams at a time, often to irrelevant articles about web development.
Note that if looking for string matches, they tend to add it as "Revescom .Com" with the embedded space. Andy Dingley ( talk) 22:36, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
real estate agency spamming their website around WP, and IP hopping. Jytdog ( talk) 00:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
IPs geolocating to Romania (85.*) and Pakistan (39.*) adding both refspam and external links pointing to a new non-RS bloglike website (hosted by godaddy.com) that rehashes news from other sites in order to generate traffic to them, to articles of all kinds, from cars and football clubs to mobile phones and computer operating systems. I have removed all links so far (running {{Link summary|bergspider.net}} from an own spam-tracking page I have here...) but one or two IPs pop up each day now, adding new links, making me believe they intend to increase their spamming on en-WP, to get a higher rating on Google.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas.W ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 15 June 2015 he is lying i am not a spammer My website contain all these categorizes if you dont believe me check my website ...and i am just trying to give people more and more latest information ... Please remove my webiste form blacklist ..i dont want my website in blacklist
Dirk Beetstra Clear my website im not spamming — Preceding unsigned comment added by GawenBerg ( talk • contribs) 15:32, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
There's a regular spam problem [12] [13] [14] where throwaway Indian IPs add links to an Australian furniture selling site. The .com.au site looks like a simple candidate for blacklisting, if it isn't already.
Recently though they seem to have switched to an Indian blogspot redirect to the main site. Wordpress too: [15]. This warrants a blacklist as well. It set me thinking though, isn't blogspot already blacklisted? If so, then shouldn't the blogspot.in local variant be treated similarly? Andy Dingley ( talk) 12:00, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Haven't seen this one as much, but it's the same route of these Indian spammers plugging an Australian site Special:Contributions/124.253.83.150 Andy Dingley ( talk) 14:54, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Old case, active back in 2008 (see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Seatreker), now back with again ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Seatreker; who said that if something is blacklisted for more than # years it is sufficient to assume it stopped ...). Time to blacklist this and keep an eye on it. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
User is here just to add spamlinks to website he says is own. Was blocked for it and came right back and did it again. They appear likely to keep doing so after they are blocked again - we can expect IP editing, socking, etc. Jytdog ( talk) 11:42, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Sockpuppeter keeps adding links to this professional movers site to random pages. Have reverted them all for now, but they have used 1 2, 3 different socks for this purpose already, so blocking and protection will not work. I also cannot see how this site would ever need to be linked to Cannolis ( talk) 10:41, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
Persistent introduction of spam links on a variety of articles even tangentially related to shipping by sea, by multiple IPs after warning. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] General Ization Talk 15:31, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Per this report. Guy ( Help!) 11:06, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Link is located on the SURBL list. Take note: SURBL Blacklist lookup and WOT Scorepage. Ana r chyte 10:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
claimadjusters.wordpress.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 Spamming by multiple single-use accounts: [ [36]], [ [37]], [ [38]],
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thetestingadvisor.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
nytimes.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 Don't understand why this was blacklisted. Peter Rehse ( talk) 09:56, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
How can the site be useful This website is a legitimate source for local news.
Why it should not be blacklisted I'm unsure as to why it was blacklisted at all.. The site has lots of coverage of local news and sports that is useful for fleshing out articles. For example, I was trying to source information on some minor league baseball teams and the best sources I could find were from local beat writers that post to this website.
How can the site be useful Seems a legit secondary source for sailing info including stuff not covered elsewhere about 20th century sailing history.
Why it should not be blacklisted Has been requested to be removed before, as genuinely a normal site ... no idea why perception in the past seems to have been toward the opinion that they were self-delisting (would they really even know/care?) ... MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2012/06#Yachtpals previous request. prat ( talk) 22:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
This website is a secondary source which includes specific information on photovoltaic projects throughout the world. It was used legitimately in a number of photovoltaic power stations articles and is generally reliable. It was discussed in May 2011 for spamming.
How can the site be useful It is used as a reliable source. Often this website is the only English secondary source with a specific information.
Why it should not be blacklisted It is useful as a source for many articles. Despite that the website was spammed, it is a valuable resource for myself and others who works with energy-related articles. When discussed in 2011, it was said that "If a non-COI editor makes a later request, it could be reconsidered". Accordingly I am making that request. Additional issues are that the blacklisting seems punitive, not preventive, and it was blacklisted without prior notifying relevant Wikiproject. Beagel ( talk) 07:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
This website is a secondary source which includes good, detailed information on different type of energy projects throughout the world. It was used legitimately in a number of energy-related articles and is generally reliable and, notwithstanding blacklisting, it is still in use in some articles. It was discussed in October 2009 whith several other website for spamming. I myself have never seen it spammed on Wikipedia, just used as a reference.
How can the site be useful It is used as a reliable source. Often this website is the only English secondary source with a specific information.
Why it should not be blacklisted It may have been spammed with several other websites but it is most useful as a source for many articles. Despite that the website was spammed, it is a valuable resource for myself and others who works with energy-related articles. Additional issues are that the blacklisting seems punitive, not preventive, and it was blacklisted without prior notifying relevant Wikiproject. Beagel ( talk) 07:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
Was blacklisted 6 years ago because somebody seemed to spam links to it [57].
Seems to contain much useful info. Concretely I wanted to reference the list of contracts from www.army-guide.com/eng/product116.html to add a unit cost estimate to BTR-80. The German and French Wikipedias use it on many pages, but the uses seem relevant and not overly spammy.
Just because the site was spammed to Wikipedia 6 years ago, an eternity in Internet time, doesn't mean it will happen again today. Lets try unbanning it and see. Thue ( talk) 16:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
You are linking in the beginning to 3 years of spamming of http...spam.army-guide.com (maimed link, my bolding), which links back to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Dec_1#http:.2F.2Fspam.army-guide.com .. I see at least 14 accounts worth 3 years of spamming. That, for me, is enough to first want to see some discussion on specific links and their general use. Then we have this discussion, where the one link (and as far as I can see, the only time any link) was requested for whitelisting, it was deemed unreliable. This would be the second request, which does not give much to go on as to really how much general use there is. As it is an aggregator site, as you confess, that information is available from other sites (another thing the lack of whitelisting requests is suggesting is that others use those other sites). As I said, we have companies blacklisted in 2009/2010 which are still spamming Wikipedia using other domains (or spamming while avoiding to use the domain). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:35, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Note, of those 14 editors, 12 are IPs - not a 'few overenthusiastic regulars'. And we are not here to learn spammers a lesson (which is a futile action anyway), we are here to stop the abuse of Wikipedia. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:39, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
This site is a compendium of information about the Blue Öyster Cult and related bands and artists, which appears to have been blacklisted since an unfortunate editing dispute way back in 2008. There is some info on this revision of WikiProject Spam talk page, and then it was blacklisted as logged at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log/start to 2009#March 2008.
There was also a request for unblocking at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/March 2008#hotrails.co.uk which was rejected on the grounds that it was the original anon editor making the request, but which does make a case for instance that it contains an interview with drummer Albert Bouchard which he described as the most in-depth he had given, and which would certainly be a reference for sections of the main article.
The site contains a great deal of information that would be useful as references, such as the most complete list anywhere of Blue Öyster Cult live performances, and numerous interviews with band members, crew and associates that are not available anywhere else.
Given that there didn't seem to be any serious issue with the site itself, just a dispute with an aggressive anonymous editor more than six years ago, I feel that it is probably safe to unblock. As an administrator I could do it myself, but having not been particularly active on Wikipedia for quite some time, I thought I'd put in a formal request. -- Stormie ( talk) 04:41, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
How can the site be useful
I want to provide the best news about the ongoing legalization of gambling in The Netherlands. A lot of people are interested in this news. I couldn't find any information about blacklisting my website.
Why it should not be blacklisted
Apparently, the previous owner created spam on gokkentotaal.nl, but also on Wikipedia. I am now cleaning up the mess he made, and i cleaned almost everything. I think after 5 years and also a new owner, that my website should be unblocked. I also research the content I publish.
I would like to request that homelesshub.ca be removed from the blacklist. I have reviewed the logs and past deletion requests ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion/Archive_56#homeless_hub) and gather that both the creation/multiple deletions of a Homeless Hub page and requests from people affiliated with the Homeless Hub in 2010 have kept it on the blacklist. It appears that the owners of the site didn’t know what they were doing and were not following guidelines, but I don’t think the website is inherently spammy, or that Wikipedia is at risk of further misconduct from removal at this time.
I am not affiliated with this organization; rather, I noticed a broken link on a related researcher/professor's bio page and tried to update it with a suitable replacement. it looks like the page I tried to add is on this blacklisted domain (see talk page here). But upon reflection it seems to me that Wikipedia is missing out on a significant citation resource for an area of knowledge while this entire scholarly website is banned.
Browsing the site it is evidently a repository of original reports from a wide variety of publishers, researchers and organizations. It is clearly run by a reputable organization: The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (previously the Canadian Homelessness Research Network - the name change is the reason for the broken link I was updating in the first place when I discovered the blacklist issue).
I am a librarian, and am always kind of blown away to find websites with this volume of freely available information relevant to a specific topic, especially when it comes to Canadian sources (it often seems like everything is American). Documents on this site can probably enrich Wikipedia articles in this area: for example, there have been new Housing First developments in Canada regarding homeless youth that could be added to ( /info/en/?search=Housing_First#Canada) but which it cannot be effectively cited, as the report is hosted on homelesshub.ca (see www.homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/HFFWYouth-FullReport_0.pdf). Not all of these reports appear to be available on other websites.
Most of my contributions to Wikipedia have been anonymous; only a few have been under this account, and this is certainly the first time I've had to do something as involved as request that something be removed from the blacklist. If any other information is required I am very interested in learning how this process works! Onshisan ( talk) 00:17, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Anyone can help me to remove the website named timesofbook.com from wiki blacklist? The thing is i purchased newly this website. after that slowly i found that this website is blacklisted in wiki spam list. i apologies that what things happened previously. This is very great website which is provide more info about books info and authors info to its customer. it have more than 200 facebook followers.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbiinformer ( talk • contribs)
I purchased it on mid of February, 2015. -- Sbiinformer ( talk) 10:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
How can the site be useful LoveBugFans is recognized by VW of America and occasionally monitored by Disney. It's on the up and up and a tremendous resource about the history of the Herbie character and how to build a replica or see an original. The information and downloads are in a free, easy to navigate, family friendly universal format. I remember when this was going on, and the repeated reposting of the hacked links was an attempt to thwart a known scammer, who's no longer an issue... and hasn't been for several years now. If you take a look at the site and various drop down menus, there's tons of cool free stuff, including music and a custom made Atari-like game, and a message board with free image hosting. All ad-free and member supported. It has been on line since 2001.
Why it should not be blacklisted I found this site in the June, 2010 blacklist 1 along with three other Herbie related sites. One of them, lovebugcentral, was being run as sort of a scam by the owner (Bob K.) where unsuspecting people would ask him to locate a Herbie replica for an appearance, and he would then locate and convince a Herbie replica owner to show up at kids birthday party or whatever free of charge. Then afterward, he'd start calling, emailing, and hassling the people who requested an appearance for a sizable "donation." He set up his site up as a mirror of LoveBugFans after being ousted from the greater community for theft. He was eventually called out on it and his site went defunct sometime in 2013. He was forever deleting the legitimate links on Wikipedia, changing the code to direct to his site while leaving the visible text unchanged, in an effort to direct traffic his way. He also peppered the internet with links on other VW club sites and forums and never provided links in kind. Once his scam was discovered, I know people were also removing his links. We're pretty protective of the character's integrity.
The short version is that a scammer was using an innocent character for his own gain, and kept deleting legitimate links form Wikipedia and replacing them with is own. Thank you for looking into this.
Dirk Rockland.
It is a radical Islamist magazine, that promotes terrorist activities.
There's an article about it in English language here. However, since it is a Serbo-Croatian language magazine, most of news reports were in that language, from various places. For example, by the Večernji list from Croatia ( here). -- AnulBanul ( talk) 18:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
please remove sgs.com from blacklist
12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC) Rainer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.110.101.138 ( talk) 12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Summary: websites called "petition" are blacklisted, but petition websites with other names are not, resulting in an nonsensical and inequitable application of the ban on "soapbox" promotions. Given that high-profile petition services are not presently blacklisted, we would request that "petition" domains are removed from the blacklist.
For illustration purposes, here is the relevant section of the global blacklist < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist>:
#Petition sites \bthepetitionsite\.com\b \bgopetition\.(?:com|co\.uk|us)\b \bipetition\.com\b \.ipetitions\.com \bpetition(?:online|s24|site|spot|-?them)\.com\b \bwebpetitions\.com\b #end of petition sites
thepetitionsite.com was added to the blacklist in June 2010 by editor Stifle, in response to a request from Dirk Beetstra. Here is the initial request/justification: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist&oldid=365606869#thepetitionsite.com
I agree with these editors that banning "soapbox" promotions is just. But I disagree that a domain-wide ban is an appropriate measure, for these two reasons:
For these reasons, we would prefer a solution in which Wikipedia bans spammers rather than blacklisting legitimate websites.
COI disclosure: I am associated with the website in question. Nonetheless, the inequity of the current blacklisting solution -- namely, where sources of potential soapbox promotions are banned only if they happen to use the term 'petition' in their domain -- seems like something Wikipedia admins would want to take action on, regardless of my professional affiliations.
Thank you.
Mcglynn (
talk)
19:18, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
This site was blacklisted by an incorrect request, from a user who does not seem to understand the purpose of this black list. This site is not spam, and is definitely a reliable source. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 17:31, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Done Delisted. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 07:23, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
This
edit request to
MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Kindly remove my website from blacklist: bergspider.net. Someone has been posting my website on Wikipedia which is very embarassing for me. Please remove the links that were posted.
My website adds value to its visitors by giving them relevant and up-to-date information on the latest technologies.
I share the same vision as is of Wikipedia to make information accessible to more and more people.
As we share the common goals so it would be kind action on your part to remove all the links that are posted and remove my website from your spam filter.
Thanking You,
GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)Best Regards, GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)BergSpider.net Team GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
i have no iead why this site blocked !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esmail Al Gathuth ( talk • contribs)
@Versageek can you remove it from blacklist cuz i got all information from this site — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esmail Al Gathuth ( talk • contribs) 20:23, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
sysoon.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 The website was blacklisted a few years ago - including regex term "sysoon" ( globally blacklisted by \bsysoon\b ) becose there is more international websites worldwide sysoon.com, sysoon.uk, sysoon.be, sysoon.de, etc... Please check if blacklist is necessary anymore, becose there is many userful information to use. How can the site be useful: Funeral and cemeteries resource, more languages suport, easy and fast research Why it should not be blacklisted: My research show that new owner is not using any bad practices. In 2012 and 2015 - WebbyAwards honoree, or see article Article: The rise of the e-funeral— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.212.54.54 ( talk • contribs) 11:13, 11 July 2015
The podcast site follows DMCA guidelines and blocks playback of violating material it can detect. It is at least as ethical as allowed archive.org. The sited blog does not list when or why mixcloud was banned. Tearaway ( talk) 17:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes. I'm of no status or experience to DO this but can I second Guy's flagging of this as a 'TO DO', please? There is substantial need to reference material archived via Mixcloud across a range of Wikipedia interests and topics! Michaelk xsx ( talk) 07:29, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
Proposed blacklisting lukeisback.com per discussion at lukeisback and sexherald dot com.
Despite past discussions and porn project guidelines, it continues to be used as a source, primarily in porn articles. It's an old gossip blog maintained by an apparent replacement gossiper. -- Lightbreather ( talk) 19:08, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
Proposed blacklisting sexherald.com per discussion at lukeisback and sexherald dot com.
It's a commercial site (for FUCKINGMACHINES, maybe? others) posing as an "adult entertainment news authority." Lightbreather ( talk) 19:15, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
gamergate.me: 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 is more of a BLP issue here, as it contains allegations against living persons that have no place on the English Wikipedia as a source or as a link. Someone attempted to use it as a source here and due to the sensitive nature of this article we need to take care of this post-haste.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 00:40, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Another attempt.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜) 08:51, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
I am requesting that this site be removed from the blacklist. It is preventing the use of the source as the official statement by the movement as to their intentions. There, clearly, is an incorrect statement within the "Gamer Gate controversy" article about it's relevancy to sexism. It has to do with questioning the alleged violations of the ethical standards within journalism, more specifically gaming journalism, as stated by the Gamer Gate official site. If this blacklist is not removed, it clearly is not allowing the use of it as the official statement of the Gamer Gate movement and it seems to invoke an agenda by Wikipedia itself. - QuantumMass — Preceding unsigned comment added by QuantumMass ( talk • contribs) 21:56, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Request for removal
Declined, reasons for adding it are still valid now.
Zad
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00:47, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
It is a PR firm masking as an entertainment "news" site. the "about us" page states " Apart from conceiving and executing promotional campaigns targeted at the Media, Marketing & Television Trade online, it also offers similar services offline, thus providing clients with a 360 degree media service and marketing solution. " they are widely used [1] often to establish the "notability" of "up and coming" stars. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)
Adding 3 more wings of the firm per the bottom of the indiantelevision page.
Please let me know what other information might be helpful. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 13:07, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
Site using scraped Wikipedia content without credit to build a "How old is celebrity X?" service; every page's "About" description is Wikipedia's lede section, every illustrating photo is lifted without credit from the infobox. An out-of-date mirror of Wikipedia lede sections is of no use to the Wikipedia project. I've cut the few cases where an article was using it as a source for a birthdate. -- McGeddon ( talk) 15:39, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
Redirects to a blogspot.in page which claims to be the official website of Adele. There is a Download PDF there which would actually download a .com file. The link was added by the following ips.
I mentioned this at WP:HELPDESK where someone has just uncovered the downloadable element. Not sure if this is malware, but it looks a bit suspicious. This is Paul ( talk) 20:52, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
dotnewz.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 Smartalex4 ( 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)
Came across one replacement of a dead link with a link to dotnewz.com by Smartalex4 and noticed that's about all the user has done. More importantly, I think, is that every page on that site appears to be copy/pasted from a reliable publication, framed as an archive. See this removed from Miami Dolphins, this link removed from Dolly (sheep), this one removed from Univision.--— Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:21, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
mediamatters.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
mediamatters.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 (.com URLs roll straight into .org)
Find a politically-oriented topic on Wikipedia coatracked to the point of utter uselessness, and you'll see Media Matters all over the references like a rash. (I don't think I've ever seen a Media Matters reference deployed in an NPOV manner.) Big, loud, brash, and flush with Soros cash, Media Matters for America has definitely been around awhile and is therefore notable, but virtually all content to date consists of non-RS blogging ("Blog" is the first link on their masthead banner). In ten years time, they've never matured beyond a positioned role of unabashed internet propaganda attack mill.-- Раціональне анархіст ( talk) 06:43, 26 December 2014 (UTC)
URL shortener/falsifier. The main site (newsjack.in) allows user to seemingly create a link to a cnn or fox story through a URL shortener but in reality they edit the title and content of the article. No reason this should ever be used on Wikipedia. Ravensfire ( talk) 16:40, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
There's really no reason to have this on the site, as HJ Mitchell and I were having a discussion off-wiki and I was alerted to the presence of persons trying to add this to multiple articles. Because of that, I am placing the link here to see what others think, as I would be supportive of blacklisting this site from the project. Kevin Rutherford ( talk) 00:42, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
IP from India. I've seen the URL added to other articles by other IPs, but I can't find those now. 208.81.212.222 ( talk) 01:29, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
installationcalculator.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
Multiple IPs and accounts adding this link to multiple pages (mostly recently to Laminate flooring, Renovation, Kitchen work triangle, Fence). The IP 107.77.66.65 was already blocked for spamming. The account Jaskilgore should probably be indef blocked as promotion-only account. Gnome de plume ( talk) 15:40, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Have removed the ones we contained already and warned user in question. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 22:49, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
In addition to copy-violations (including song lyrics), the user makes intention to spam clear with a hyperlink to the .me domain and then the path to the WordPress subdomain as clear text in the description. [2] and no other supporting references.
The user Akash Guhathakurta ( talk · contribs) does not seem to respond to AfD on her/his talk page and per discussion at WikiProject_Songs#Indian_Song_Notability this user appears to be a sockpuppet for a deleted account Baghdad Ki Raaten.
I suspect this person will persist until there is a domain (and subdomain) block so the user can no longer link back to the blog. Whoops, forgot to sign 009o9 ( talk) 14:56, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
Not a reliable source of good EL. Being spammed around, please blacklist. Thanks Jytdog ( talk) 12:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
marketsandmarkets.com
Combining: crossover of spamming IPs. Guy ( Help!) 17:15, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
Not a reliable source of good EL. Being spammed around, please blacklist. Thanks Jytdog ( talk) 12:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
This site uses sources that have been deemed unreliable at Talk:The Flash (2014 TV series). While I disagree, if the consensus feels that screenrant.com is referencing unreliable sources then that, in itself, makes screenrant.com an unreliable source that should be added to the blacklist. Pjstar35 ( talk) 18:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Domain has been spammed by at least these two users to multiple articles ( [3], [4], [5]). Most edits by these users are for the movihall.com domain although they are also spamming sportstopnews.com. Ravensfire ( talk) 15:13, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Domains have repeatedly been added to List of Six Sigma certification organizations, Professional certification, and any other places they can be crammed in. Sites are for a group of apparently related, anonymous certification mills with no indication of reliability or significance. User:TristramShandy13 and User:Jenny Evans 34 were both blocked for spamming these domains, but a range of IPs have consistently tried to sneak them in anyway, such as just today. [6] Edits like this one are kind of funny, but indicate that the problem is becoming disruptive. Grayfell ( talk) 23:37, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
The IP that added the most recent link also blanked this blacklist request, which is informative, I guess. Grayfell ( talk) 06:30, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Persistent ref-spamming by three closely similar accounts. Example here. The company is a ticket agency. Justlettersandnumbers ( talk) 16:43, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
This IP user keeps adding the same spam link even after being blocked. The link is a site to watch free porn. -- TL22 ( talk) 18:32, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
rtnda.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot- Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Formerly legit domain apparently hijacked by domain squatters / spammers. Guy ( Help!) 19:21, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
Links go to an Indian law firm's blog. In addition to the links contained in the link summary, the following articles have had edits reverted because they contained perry4law: [7], [8], [9] and [10]. All articles were edited by different IP addresses.
I was alerted today on my talk page of another editor who reverted because of spam. A couple articles contained a wikilink to Praveen Dalal's user page. Praveen Dalal is the managing partner at perry4law. A link to the law firm's website as well as email addresses are on the user page. Bgwhite ( talk) 05:15, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
Wikia link that keeps being spammed on Balloon. Has been protected twice, and is still currently protected, but spam is likely going to be resumed after protection expires. -- TL22 ( talk) 22:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
viewzone.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
I was about to remove this from an article as it's pure fringe/conspiracy, when I noticed that [www.viewzone.com/ken.visit.html] contained copyvio material from a newspaper. A couple of almost random clicks took me to [www.viewzone.com/wasabi/xxx.html], video using copyvio material from a tv show. Dougweller ( talk) 11:01, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
purevites.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 HaydenJarman ( 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)
Attempts to spam by User:HaydenJarman. Added some decent refs first which makes it appear this is likely one of there many sock accounts. Currently blocked. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 19:24, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Posted link twice under external links in different articles. Site is solely promotional, no foreseeable need for it in an encyclopedia. This would be best protection against future spam, as it seems a business was doing this. 99.238.114.76 ( talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
I've already undone the changes and posted a warn on the IP's TP.
Keeps getting added to articles about robotic surgery. ugh. Jytdog ( talk) 19:14, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
I've blocked this static IP for one year and have undone a number of sneaky ref to
ref spam replacements. Reporting this to check if cross-wiki abuse exists.
—
Berean Hunter
(talk)
15:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
It's not really "spammed" currently, but like its eHow.com counterpart (already blacklisted) this site is not suitable as reference or external link. The UK version shares all the flaws of the .com site, namely no real editorial oversight and the large-scale inclusion of low-quality articles. Luckily the site is rarely used (just cleaning it up), but it should be blacklisted nonetheless to avoid further usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 09:16, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
Random IPs have been adding this link to random articles and talk pages during the last 24 hours. Pages affected include List of Naruto: Shippuden episodes and its talk page, Google Translate, Talk:Google, Talk:Anime, Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga, and Talk:Naruto.— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFarix ( talk • contribs)
We have, for a long time, blacklisted petition sites due to a combination of problems: petitioners spamming Wikipedia, editors naively citing "there was a petition" to active petitions, and active solicitation to individual petitions via Talk and other pages. The worst issue, of course, is where a petition is added - even if in good faith - to an article, in a way that serves to imply that Wikipedia endorses it.
As noted below, two widely used petition sites have domains not including the word petition, and thus escape blacklisting. I have been reviewing some of the mainspace links for change.org and a lot were deeply problematic - not just the usual primary source issue, but "See Also" links soliciting signatures on multiple articles referencing a topic. I think we need to blacklist these sites as well. Guy ( Help!) 17:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
Spammer is continuing to spam even after coming off a block. Also reported IP at AIV. Jytdog ( talk) 13:45, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
Per ANI thread - all are worthless to the encyclopaedia. Guy ( Help!) 15:34, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
revescom.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 revescom .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
Regular morphing IP adding a handful of spams at a time, often to irrelevant articles about web development.
Note that if looking for string matches, they tend to add it as "Revescom .Com" with the embedded space. Andy Dingley ( talk) 22:36, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
real estate agency spamming their website around WP, and IP hopping. Jytdog ( talk) 00:44, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
IPs geolocating to Romania (85.*) and Pakistan (39.*) adding both refspam and external links pointing to a new non-RS bloglike website (hosted by godaddy.com) that rehashes news from other sites in order to generate traffic to them, to articles of all kinds, from cars and football clubs to mobile phones and computer operating systems. I have removed all links so far (running {{Link summary|bergspider.net}} from an own spam-tracking page I have here...) but one or two IPs pop up each day now, adding new links, making me believe they intend to increase their spamming on en-WP, to get a higher rating on Google.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas.W ( talk • contribs) 15:30, 15 June 2015 he is lying i am not a spammer My website contain all these categorizes if you dont believe me check my website ...and i am just trying to give people more and more latest information ... Please remove my webiste form blacklist ..i dont want my website in blacklist
Dirk Beetstra Clear my website im not spamming — Preceding unsigned comment added by GawenBerg ( talk • contribs) 15:32, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
There's a regular spam problem [12] [13] [14] where throwaway Indian IPs add links to an Australian furniture selling site. The .com.au site looks like a simple candidate for blacklisting, if it isn't already.
Recently though they seem to have switched to an Indian blogspot redirect to the main site. Wordpress too: [15]. This warrants a blacklist as well. It set me thinking though, isn't blogspot already blacklisted? If so, then shouldn't the blogspot.in local variant be treated similarly? Andy Dingley ( talk) 12:00, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Haven't seen this one as much, but it's the same route of these Indian spammers plugging an Australian site Special:Contributions/124.253.83.150 Andy Dingley ( talk) 14:54, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Old case, active back in 2008 (see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Seatreker), now back with again ( Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Seatreker; who said that if something is blacklisted for more than # years it is sufficient to assume it stopped ...). Time to blacklist this and keep an eye on it. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 05:05, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
User is here just to add spamlinks to website he says is own. Was blocked for it and came right back and did it again. They appear likely to keep doing so after they are blocked again - we can expect IP editing, socking, etc. Jytdog ( talk) 11:42, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
Sockpuppeter keeps adding links to this professional movers site to random pages. Have reverted them all for now, but they have used 1 2, 3 different socks for this purpose already, so blocking and protection will not work. I also cannot see how this site would ever need to be linked to Cannolis ( talk) 10:41, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
Persistent introduction of spam links on a variety of articles even tangentially related to shipping by sea, by multiple IPs after warning. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] General Ization Talk 15:31, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
Per this report. Guy ( Help!) 11:06, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Link is located on the SURBL list. Take note: SURBL Blacklist lookup and WOT Scorepage. Ana r chyte 10:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
claimadjusters.wordpress.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 Spamming by multiple single-use accounts: [ [36]], [ [37]], [ [38]],
professionalvideo.tv: 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
teluguone.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
clicksgeek.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
thetestingadvisor.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
nytimes.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 Don't understand why this was blacklisted. Peter Rehse ( talk) 09:56, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
How can the site be useful This website is a legitimate source for local news.
Why it should not be blacklisted I'm unsure as to why it was blacklisted at all.. The site has lots of coverage of local news and sports that is useful for fleshing out articles. For example, I was trying to source information on some minor league baseball teams and the best sources I could find were from local beat writers that post to this website.
How can the site be useful Seems a legit secondary source for sailing info including stuff not covered elsewhere about 20th century sailing history.
Why it should not be blacklisted Has been requested to be removed before, as genuinely a normal site ... no idea why perception in the past seems to have been toward the opinion that they were self-delisting (would they really even know/care?) ... MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2012/06#Yachtpals previous request. prat ( talk) 22:50, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
This website is a secondary source which includes specific information on photovoltaic projects throughout the world. It was used legitimately in a number of photovoltaic power stations articles and is generally reliable. It was discussed in May 2011 for spamming.
How can the site be useful It is used as a reliable source. Often this website is the only English secondary source with a specific information.
Why it should not be blacklisted It is useful as a source for many articles. Despite that the website was spammed, it is a valuable resource for myself and others who works with energy-related articles. When discussed in 2011, it was said that "If a non-COI editor makes a later request, it could be reconsidered". Accordingly I am making that request. Additional issues are that the blacklisting seems punitive, not preventive, and it was blacklisted without prior notifying relevant Wikiproject. Beagel ( talk) 07:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
This website is a secondary source which includes good, detailed information on different type of energy projects throughout the world. It was used legitimately in a number of energy-related articles and is generally reliable and, notwithstanding blacklisting, it is still in use in some articles. It was discussed in October 2009 whith several other website for spamming. I myself have never seen it spammed on Wikipedia, just used as a reference.
How can the site be useful It is used as a reliable source. Often this website is the only English secondary source with a specific information.
Why it should not be blacklisted It may have been spammed with several other websites but it is most useful as a source for many articles. Despite that the website was spammed, it is a valuable resource for myself and others who works with energy-related articles. Additional issues are that the blacklisting seems punitive, not preventive, and it was blacklisted without prior notifying relevant Wikiproject. Beagel ( talk) 07:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
Was blacklisted 6 years ago because somebody seemed to spam links to it [57].
Seems to contain much useful info. Concretely I wanted to reference the list of contracts from www.army-guide.com/eng/product116.html to add a unit cost estimate to BTR-80. The German and French Wikipedias use it on many pages, but the uses seem relevant and not overly spammy.
Just because the site was spammed to Wikipedia 6 years ago, an eternity in Internet time, doesn't mean it will happen again today. Lets try unbanning it and see. Thue ( talk) 16:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
You are linking in the beginning to 3 years of spamming of http...spam.army-guide.com (maimed link, my bolding), which links back to Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2007_Archive_Dec_1#http:.2F.2Fspam.army-guide.com .. I see at least 14 accounts worth 3 years of spamming. That, for me, is enough to first want to see some discussion on specific links and their general use. Then we have this discussion, where the one link (and as far as I can see, the only time any link) was requested for whitelisting, it was deemed unreliable. This would be the second request, which does not give much to go on as to really how much general use there is. As it is an aggregator site, as you confess, that information is available from other sites (another thing the lack of whitelisting requests is suggesting is that others use those other sites). As I said, we have companies blacklisted in 2009/2010 which are still spamming Wikipedia using other domains (or spamming while avoiding to use the domain). -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:35, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
Note, of those 14 editors, 12 are IPs - not a 'few overenthusiastic regulars'. And we are not here to learn spammers a lesson (which is a futile action anyway), we are here to stop the abuse of Wikipedia. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:39, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
This site is a compendium of information about the Blue Öyster Cult and related bands and artists, which appears to have been blacklisted since an unfortunate editing dispute way back in 2008. There is some info on this revision of WikiProject Spam talk page, and then it was blacklisted as logged at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log/start to 2009#March 2008.
There was also a request for unblocking at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/March 2008#hotrails.co.uk which was rejected on the grounds that it was the original anon editor making the request, but which does make a case for instance that it contains an interview with drummer Albert Bouchard which he described as the most in-depth he had given, and which would certainly be a reference for sections of the main article.
The site contains a great deal of information that would be useful as references, such as the most complete list anywhere of Blue Öyster Cult live performances, and numerous interviews with band members, crew and associates that are not available anywhere else.
Given that there didn't seem to be any serious issue with the site itself, just a dispute with an aggressive anonymous editor more than six years ago, I feel that it is probably safe to unblock. As an administrator I could do it myself, but having not been particularly active on Wikipedia for quite some time, I thought I'd put in a formal request. -- Stormie ( talk) 04:41, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
How can the site be useful
I want to provide the best news about the ongoing legalization of gambling in The Netherlands. A lot of people are interested in this news. I couldn't find any information about blacklisting my website.
Why it should not be blacklisted
Apparently, the previous owner created spam on gokkentotaal.nl, but also on Wikipedia. I am now cleaning up the mess he made, and i cleaned almost everything. I think after 5 years and also a new owner, that my website should be unblocked. I also research the content I publish.
I would like to request that homelesshub.ca be removed from the blacklist. I have reviewed the logs and past deletion requests ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Requests_for_undeletion/Archive_56#homeless_hub) and gather that both the creation/multiple deletions of a Homeless Hub page and requests from people affiliated with the Homeless Hub in 2010 have kept it on the blacklist. It appears that the owners of the site didn’t know what they were doing and were not following guidelines, but I don’t think the website is inherently spammy, or that Wikipedia is at risk of further misconduct from removal at this time.
I am not affiliated with this organization; rather, I noticed a broken link on a related researcher/professor's bio page and tried to update it with a suitable replacement. it looks like the page I tried to add is on this blacklisted domain (see talk page here). But upon reflection it seems to me that Wikipedia is missing out on a significant citation resource for an area of knowledge while this entire scholarly website is banned.
Browsing the site it is evidently a repository of original reports from a wide variety of publishers, researchers and organizations. It is clearly run by a reputable organization: The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (previously the Canadian Homelessness Research Network - the name change is the reason for the broken link I was updating in the first place when I discovered the blacklist issue).
I am a librarian, and am always kind of blown away to find websites with this volume of freely available information relevant to a specific topic, especially when it comes to Canadian sources (it often seems like everything is American). Documents on this site can probably enrich Wikipedia articles in this area: for example, there have been new Housing First developments in Canada regarding homeless youth that could be added to ( /info/en/?search=Housing_First#Canada) but which it cannot be effectively cited, as the report is hosted on homelesshub.ca (see www.homelesshub.ca/sites/default/files/HFFWYouth-FullReport_0.pdf). Not all of these reports appear to be available on other websites.
Most of my contributions to Wikipedia have been anonymous; only a few have been under this account, and this is certainly the first time I've had to do something as involved as request that something be removed from the blacklist. If any other information is required I am very interested in learning how this process works! Onshisan ( talk) 00:17, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Anyone can help me to remove the website named timesofbook.com from wiki blacklist? The thing is i purchased newly this website. after that slowly i found that this website is blacklisted in wiki spam list. i apologies that what things happened previously. This is very great website which is provide more info about books info and authors info to its customer. it have more than 200 facebook followers.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbiinformer ( talk • contribs)
I purchased it on mid of February, 2015. -- Sbiinformer ( talk) 10:12, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
How can the site be useful LoveBugFans is recognized by VW of America and occasionally monitored by Disney. It's on the up and up and a tremendous resource about the history of the Herbie character and how to build a replica or see an original. The information and downloads are in a free, easy to navigate, family friendly universal format. I remember when this was going on, and the repeated reposting of the hacked links was an attempt to thwart a known scammer, who's no longer an issue... and hasn't been for several years now. If you take a look at the site and various drop down menus, there's tons of cool free stuff, including music and a custom made Atari-like game, and a message board with free image hosting. All ad-free and member supported. It has been on line since 2001.
Why it should not be blacklisted I found this site in the June, 2010 blacklist 1 along with three other Herbie related sites. One of them, lovebugcentral, was being run as sort of a scam by the owner (Bob K.) where unsuspecting people would ask him to locate a Herbie replica for an appearance, and he would then locate and convince a Herbie replica owner to show up at kids birthday party or whatever free of charge. Then afterward, he'd start calling, emailing, and hassling the people who requested an appearance for a sizable "donation." He set up his site up as a mirror of LoveBugFans after being ousted from the greater community for theft. He was eventually called out on it and his site went defunct sometime in 2013. He was forever deleting the legitimate links on Wikipedia, changing the code to direct to his site while leaving the visible text unchanged, in an effort to direct traffic his way. He also peppered the internet with links on other VW club sites and forums and never provided links in kind. Once his scam was discovered, I know people were also removing his links. We're pretty protective of the character's integrity.
The short version is that a scammer was using an innocent character for his own gain, and kept deleting legitimate links form Wikipedia and replacing them with is own. Thank you for looking into this.
Dirk Rockland.
It is a radical Islamist magazine, that promotes terrorist activities.
There's an article about it in English language here. However, since it is a Serbo-Croatian language magazine, most of news reports were in that language, from various places. For example, by the Večernji list from Croatia ( here). -- AnulBanul ( talk) 18:41, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
please remove sgs.com from blacklist
12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC) Rainer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.110.101.138 ( talk) 12:56, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
Summary: websites called "petition" are blacklisted, but petition websites with other names are not, resulting in an nonsensical and inequitable application of the ban on "soapbox" promotions. Given that high-profile petition services are not presently blacklisted, we would request that "petition" domains are removed from the blacklist.
For illustration purposes, here is the relevant section of the global blacklist < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist>:
#Petition sites \bthepetitionsite\.com\b \bgopetition\.(?:com|co\.uk|us)\b \bipetition\.com\b \.ipetitions\.com \bpetition(?:online|s24|site|spot|-?them)\.com\b \bwebpetitions\.com\b #end of petition sites
thepetitionsite.com was added to the blacklist in June 2010 by editor Stifle, in response to a request from Dirk Beetstra. Here is the initial request/justification: http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist&oldid=365606869#thepetitionsite.com
I agree with these editors that banning "soapbox" promotions is just. But I disagree that a domain-wide ban is an appropriate measure, for these two reasons:
For these reasons, we would prefer a solution in which Wikipedia bans spammers rather than blacklisting legitimate websites.
COI disclosure: I am associated with the website in question. Nonetheless, the inequity of the current blacklisting solution -- namely, where sources of potential soapbox promotions are banned only if they happen to use the term 'petition' in their domain -- seems like something Wikipedia admins would want to take action on, regardless of my professional affiliations.
Thank you.
Mcglynn (
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19:18, 31 May 2015 (UTC)
This site was blacklisted by an incorrect request, from a user who does not seem to understand the purpose of this black list. This site is not spam, and is definitely a reliable source. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 17:31, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
Done Delisted. -- Gogo Dodo ( talk) 07:23, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
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Kindly remove my website from blacklist: bergspider.net. Someone has been posting my website on Wikipedia which is very embarassing for me. Please remove the links that were posted.
My website adds value to its visitors by giving them relevant and up-to-date information on the latest technologies.
I share the same vision as is of Wikipedia to make information accessible to more and more people.
As we share the common goals so it would be kind action on your part to remove all the links that are posted and remove my website from your spam filter.
Thanking You,
GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)Best Regards, GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)BergSpider.net Team GawenBerg ( talk) 16:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
i have no iead why this site blocked !! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esmail Al Gathuth ( talk • contribs)
@Versageek can you remove it from blacklist cuz i got all information from this site — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esmail Al Gathuth ( talk • contribs) 20:23, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
sysoon.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 The website was blacklisted a few years ago - including regex term "sysoon" ( globally blacklisted by \bsysoon\b ) becose there is more international websites worldwide sysoon.com, sysoon.uk, sysoon.be, sysoon.de, etc... Please check if blacklist is necessary anymore, becose there is many userful information to use. How can the site be useful: Funeral and cemeteries resource, more languages suport, easy and fast research Why it should not be blacklisted: My research show that new owner is not using any bad practices. In 2012 and 2015 - WebbyAwards honoree, or see article Article: The rise of the e-funeral— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.212.54.54 ( talk • contribs) 11:13, 11 July 2015
The podcast site follows DMCA guidelines and blocks playback of violating material it can detect. It is at least as ethical as allowed archive.org. The sited blog does not list when or why mixcloud was banned. Tearaway ( talk) 17:58, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
Yes. I'm of no status or experience to DO this but can I second Guy's flagging of this as a 'TO DO', please? There is substantial need to reference material archived via Mixcloud across a range of Wikipedia interests and topics! Michaelk xsx ( talk) 07:29, 25 May 2015 (UTC)