Croatianwine added spamlinks to the site last April, and was promptly blocked for spamming and having a promotional username, but since two different IPs have also added links to the site today (the second IP appearing well after the first one had been reverted and warned), the site is, IMHO, now being deliberately spammed. - Tom | Thomas.W talk 16:17, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
hxbenefit.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
Seems among other things to defy WP:CIRCULAR. Added despite there being a perfectly acceptable source already. Carl Fredrik talk 13:33, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
2nd case (blocked user):
Lots more to be found under https-search, will see if I can get around to removing it all. Carl Fredrik talk 13:38, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
bmihealthcare.co.uk: 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 Reputable UK healthcare organisation, whose website includes biographies of notable physicians, and decriptions of hospitals, many of which are historic buildings. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:02, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/consultants/lawrence-peter-ormerod
- for example - is blocked.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 22:06, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
"this is now the second time you ask"Where was the first, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/hospitals/bmi-the-priory-hospital/history-of-the-priory
, to be whitelisted. AS indeed it was.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:12, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
creationsdesign.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
Blatent advertising being placed by new account and IP, probably adbots, e.g. [1], [2]. General Ization Talk 12:53, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
indvspaklivehighlights.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
rns.online: 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 thought I had requested this already but can't find it. I just requested it on the global one but was told to try local. Anyway this is the website for the Rambler News Service, which is a news agency. Rambler is sort of the Yahoo of Russia. Rambler creates its own news and runs articles from other agencies. It's quite useful as a Russian-language source. I'm not sure why it's blocked unless the entire .online domain is blocked. I first came up with the error for the article on Sergei Gorkov when using as a source for his being named a member of some board of directors. I haven't been able to find an alternative source. Thanks for your time. —Мандичка YO 😜 06:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
.*\.(ga|cf|ml|gq|online|site)/.*?\d{4,5}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}.*
, blacklisted due to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Isla_Riordan - a curious form of collateral damage on a complex regex.
Done. --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C 07:13, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
steamcommunity.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
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SethMacfarlaneGypsy
Amazon (ref)link spammer, spams 'amazon.<tld><path>B01EJQOOU2', hence:
\bamazon\..*?B01EJQOOU2\b
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:35, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Any edit (even a null edit) to
Squidoo is failing the \bhubpages\.com\b
check, even though the edit isn't adding a matching link, and the article doesn't already contain a matching link. The blacklist entry is (much) older than the last edits to the Squidoo article, so I don't see what's changed. Can anyone see what's wrong? --
Finlay McWalter··–·
Talk 13:01, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
This is a link shortener. A proposal for blocking appears to have met resistance at meta:Talk:Spam_blacklist#itun.es, which I don't quite understand since there is a longstanding policy to block link shorteners. But then again, it's hard to see how this can be abused unless we're actually blacklisting itunes.com for some reason. ~ Anachronist ( talk) 15:43, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Was being spammed all over. I and others have gone through and removed everything but there is nothing encyclopedic at this website. Jytdog ( talk) 20:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
I would like to see themoviedb and tmdb removed from the blacklist. I see no reason why the site is blocked, and like it better then iMDB. Modanung ( talk) 20:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
Website advocating a FRINGE point of view that has no place in WP; was being spammed into all jewish history related articles. Removed all but this should be out of here. Jytdog ( talk) 00:50, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Repeated spamming for a "cyber security training institute", adding everything from promotional material to dozens of external links to their site on each article (sample edits: [7], [8], [9]). - Tom | Thomas.W talk 08:41, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
See AN discussion and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MichelByard77. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
After some recent work on AlphaBay I created a stub for Dream Market which is apparently now the most significant such site, operating since 2013. However, I was unable to include the URL due to apparently broad spam blacklisting of a different site. Looking in to it it may be this one...
\b[_\-0-9a-z]+\.onion\b # was \bsilkroad.*\.onion\b
That should be removed because:
Would someone familiar with the process please de-list? Otherwise I will look in to it myself in a few days. prat ( talk) 14:25, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
See persistent linkspam by multiple SPAs: [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. General Ization Talk 15:14, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
As you can see from the search, multiple IPs and SPAs have been spamming this into WP over the past few months. Lets stop wasting everyone's time, shall we. Jytdog ( talk) 18:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Added multiple times to Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Per this note on my talk page from DMacks, this isn't the first time this site has shown up. Methinks it's time for the hammer to swing... Ravensfire ( talk) 19:45, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Just spam, by a sockfarm. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:15, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Repeated spam for mold removers despite warning. No foreseeable encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 18:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
2checkout.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 noticed this link from a reputable fintech company was blacklisted while working on a page for a different group that recently acquired 2Checkout. The AdSense spamming they were initially blocked for about 10 years ago is no longer even possible due to AdSense updates over the years. I do not see any recent spam activities in their links, keeping in mind that lots of webstores that use 2Checkout also link to them in an acceptable manner. Before reading the logs, I thought it could be related to DDOS attacks 2Checkout experienced in the last couple years, but there was no mention. According to communications sent to 2Checkout users last year, security has been recently improved to prevent further issues there. The group that bought 2Checkout is Francisco Partners under the brand Avangate. -- Alex.gubenator ( talk) 19:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
Croatianwine added spamlinks to the site last April, and was promptly blocked for spamming and having a promotional username, but since two different IPs have also added links to the site today (the second IP appearing well after the first one had been reverted and warned), the site is, IMHO, now being deliberately spammed. - Tom | Thomas.W talk 16:17, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
hxbenefit.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
Seems among other things to defy WP:CIRCULAR. Added despite there being a perfectly acceptable source already. Carl Fredrik talk 13:33, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
2nd case (blocked user):
Lots more to be found under https-search, will see if I can get around to removing it all. Carl Fredrik talk 13:38, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
bmihealthcare.co.uk: 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 Reputable UK healthcare organisation, whose website includes biographies of notable physicians, and decriptions of hospitals, many of which are historic buildings. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:02, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/consultants/lawrence-peter-ormerod
- for example - is blocked.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 22:06, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
"this is now the second time you ask"Where was the first, please? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/hospitals/bmi-the-priory-hospital/history-of-the-priory
, to be whitelisted. AS indeed it was.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:12, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
creationsdesign.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
Blatent advertising being placed by new account and IP, probably adbots, e.g. [1], [2]. General Ization Talk 12:53, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
indvspaklivehighlights.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
rns.online: 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 thought I had requested this already but can't find it. I just requested it on the global one but was told to try local. Anyway this is the website for the Rambler News Service, which is a news agency. Rambler is sort of the Yahoo of Russia. Rambler creates its own news and runs articles from other agencies. It's quite useful as a Russian-language source. I'm not sure why it's blocked unless the entire .online domain is blocked. I first came up with the error for the article on Sergei Gorkov when using as a source for his being named a member of some board of directors. I haven't been able to find an alternative source. Thanks for your time. —Мандичка YO 😜 06:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
.*\.(ga|cf|ml|gq|online|site)/.*?\d{4,5}[-/]\d{1,2}[-/]\d{1,2}.*
, blacklisted due to
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Isla_Riordan - a curious form of collateral damage on a complex regex.
Done. --
Dirk Beetstra
T
C 07:13, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
steamcommunity.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
See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SethMacfarlaneGypsy
Amazon (ref)link spammer, spams 'amazon.<tld><path>B01EJQOOU2', hence:
\bamazon\..*?B01EJQOOU2\b
-- Dirk Beetstra T C 17:35, 11 July 2017 (UTC)
Any edit (even a null edit) to
Squidoo is failing the \bhubpages\.com\b
check, even though the edit isn't adding a matching link, and the article doesn't already contain a matching link. The blacklist entry is (much) older than the last edits to the Squidoo article, so I don't see what's changed. Can anyone see what's wrong? --
Finlay McWalter··–·
Talk 13:01, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
This is a link shortener. A proposal for blocking appears to have met resistance at meta:Talk:Spam_blacklist#itun.es, which I don't quite understand since there is a longstanding policy to block link shorteners. But then again, it's hard to see how this can be abused unless we're actually blacklisting itunes.com for some reason. ~ Anachronist ( talk) 15:43, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
Was being spammed all over. I and others have gone through and removed everything but there is nothing encyclopedic at this website. Jytdog ( talk) 20:50, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
I would like to see themoviedb and tmdb removed from the blacklist. I see no reason why the site is blocked, and like it better then iMDB. Modanung ( talk) 20:17, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
Website advocating a FRINGE point of view that has no place in WP; was being spammed into all jewish history related articles. Removed all but this should be out of here. Jytdog ( talk) 00:50, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
Repeated spamming for a "cyber security training institute", adding everything from promotional material to dozens of external links to their site on each article (sample edits: [7], [8], [9]). - Tom | Thomas.W talk 08:41, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
See AN discussion and Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MichelByard77. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 12:34, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
After some recent work on AlphaBay I created a stub for Dream Market which is apparently now the most significant such site, operating since 2013. However, I was unable to include the URL due to apparently broad spam blacklisting of a different site. Looking in to it it may be this one...
\b[_\-0-9a-z]+\.onion\b # was \bsilkroad.*\.onion\b
That should be removed because:
Would someone familiar with the process please de-list? Otherwise I will look in to it myself in a few days. prat ( talk) 14:25, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
See persistent linkspam by multiple SPAs: [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]. General Ization Talk 15:14, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
As you can see from the search, multiple IPs and SPAs have been spamming this into WP over the past few months. Lets stop wasting everyone's time, shall we. Jytdog ( talk) 18:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Added multiple times to Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Per this note on my talk page from DMacks, this isn't the first time this site has shown up. Methinks it's time for the hammer to swing... Ravensfire ( talk) 19:45, 24 July 2017 (UTC)
Just spam, by a sockfarm. -- Dirk Beetstra T C 15:15, 30 July 2017 (UTC)
Repeated spam for mold removers despite warning. No foreseeable encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe ( talk) 18:39, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
2checkout.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 noticed this link from a reputable fintech company was blacklisted while working on a page for a different group that recently acquired 2Checkout. The AdSense spamming they were initially blocked for about 10 years ago is no longer even possible due to AdSense updates over the years. I do not see any recent spam activities in their links, keeping in mind that lots of webstores that use 2Checkout also link to them in an acceptable manner. Before reading the logs, I thought it could be related to DDOS attacks 2Checkout experienced in the last couple years, but there was no mention. According to communications sent to 2Checkout users last year, security has been recently improved to prevent further issues there. The group that bought 2Checkout is Francisco Partners under the brand Avangate. -- Alex.gubenator ( talk) 19:00, 27 July 2017 (UTC)