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MediaWiki Talk:Spam-blacklist
Mediawiki:Spam-blacklist is meant to be used by the spam blacklist extension. Unlike the meta spam blacklist, this blacklist affects pages on the English Wikipedia only. Any administrator may edit the spam blacklist. See Wikipedia:Spam blacklist for more information about the spam blacklist.

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There are 4 sections for posting comments below. Please make comments in the appropriate section. These links take you to the appropriate section:

  1. Proposed additions
  2. Proposed removals
  3. Troubleshooting and problems
  4. Discussion

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Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

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Instructions for admins
Any admin unfamiliar with this page should probably read this first, thanks.
If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

Please consider using Special:BlockedExternalDomains instead, powered by the AbuseFilter extension. This is faster and more easily searchable, though only supports whole domains and not whitelisting.

  1. Does the site have any validity to the project?
  2. Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
  3. Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
  4. Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regular expressions — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
  5. Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
  6. Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number – 1269220692 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

Proposed additions


Goldbroker

Link

Long term spamming, see [1]. Recent activity [2]. Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 04:50, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KH-1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 05:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial spam. These domain has already blacklisted on Chinese Wikipedia. --SCP-2000 12:17, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

information Note: plus Added to the global blacklist. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 00:03, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

msnmag.co.uk

Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 20:47, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

plus Added to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). OhNoitsJamie 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

usdolly.rocks

I think that user User:Mojakabira is trying to promote their own website and cryptocurrency by vandalizing the following page: Dolly_(sheep). They have created a new subsection and posted about this cryptocurrency and a link to the website. Website is just 34 days old and owner/admin of the website has the same username: https://usdolly.rocks/index.php/author/mojakabira/ Thank you. Margarita byca (talk) 22:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. I've blocked the user in en. OhNoitsJamie 14:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Windsurfing article additions were legitimate and pentasmoulding.com is just a regular website, the page linked in the article mentions Ten Cate Sports a lot.
But I don't know much about windsurfing though. Margarita byca (talk) 21:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

pakapepe.com

Linkspam (with proxies) XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

plus Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie 18:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

vtforeignpolicy.com

vtforeignpolicy.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

May be a a different domain of confirmed disinformation site Veterans Today as it was added to the corresponding article over a year ago. ToThAc (talk) 02:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ToThAc: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sci-hubse.com

sci-hubse.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 accounts have been spamming this fake Sci-Hub domain: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex Aci. SmartSE (talk) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Smartse: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant IP range and users already blocked at SPI, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hompp/Archive § 31 December 2024 for more details. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 01:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dan Leonard: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopaedia Metallum

metal-archives.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 There is long-standing consensus since 2007, and affirmed in 2015, that Encyclopaedia Metallum/Metal Archives is unreliable as a source since it is user-generated content, similar to Wikipedia. It nonetheless constantly gets added as a source. I wasn't opposed to it as an external link, but at this point, I think any potential value to that (which was slim to begin with since the type of information on there should be in more reliable sources, anyway, or else on Discogs) is offset by the sheer amount of continuous misuse in articles and lists.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:24, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blacklisting a domain used in 5000 articles would require a much broader consensus than this venue can produce. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:54, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Even though most of those usages are contrary to consensus, and fail WP:USERG?-- 3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, looking at those usages, I see that there are a lot of links on image files to denote where the image came from. In light of that, I rescind my request.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 12:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@3family6 how many of those images are originally from them? For NFCC we should link to the original, not to where someone found them … Dirk Beetstra 16:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The images should be from the media (physical or digital copy) itself? I would pretty confidently say that none of those are from Encyclopaedia Metallum, unless there's some compilation they've released that has an article, which I'm unaware of. This would further make my point above, then, about how nearly all of the thousands of usages are contrary to consensus (and apparently, policy as well for many of those).-- 3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:47, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

custompackbox.com

Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 01:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Added to blacklist. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sonixify.com

Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 16:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Annh07: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra 16:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed removals

www.blog.roblox.com

I'm creating a wikipedia article on the late co-founder of Roblox, Erik Cassel. But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links. The blog.roblox.com domain is the official blog maintained by employees of ROBLOX Corporation, giving accurate information about the company. The specific links are a tribute written by the current founder, and an interview with the person in question. I tried to go through the whitelist, but apparently the whole thing is blacklisted. The article on Erik Cassel would benefit from these sources, as it provides first-hand details about his professional achievements, contributions to ROBLOX, and personal qualities. This information is otherwise unavailable in comparable detail and reliability. Ge0loz (talk) 05:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Defer to Whitelist OhNoitsJamie 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links -> then he's not notable and doesn't deserve an article. * Pppery * it has begun... 05:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I think it was blacklisted because of the links possibly being used for spam and promotion. Is that correct? NicePrettyFlower (talk) 11:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

www.halmblogmusic.com

halmblogmusic.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 halmblogmus.com is a music promotion platform which profile famous songs, artists as well as articles related to music. It seems that several artists have their main profile there. Links to the documents of halmblogmusic.com are often placed in Wikipedia articles as sources. As a consequence, it is not possible to publish an edit with such a link now. So I guess it should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nunaklenam (talk • contribs) 14:02, December 26, 2024 (UTC)

Added to block list here MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/August_2024#halmblogmusic.com. Nunaklenam's first two edits in October 2024 were to change the url on the original request from halmblogmusic.com to halmblog.com [3]. Ravensfire (talk) 04:38, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no Declined. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

gcaptain.com

gcaptain.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 Unclear why this is blacklisted. There was a request more than a decade ago to unlist it that didn't get a response AFAICT. Further, we have at least one article with a recent link to it: National Security Multi-Mission Vessel. I don't know it at all, but I'm not seeing a reason to block it. It was put on the blacklist in 2010 for spamming links into our articles. I have no COI, never heard of it before today to my knowledge, and was just copying the link from the NSMV article to another one. Hobit (talk) 21:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blacklisting discussion at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/August_2010#gcaptain.com. Many prior whitelisting or deblacklisting discussions, most of which are declined. No opinion on what to do here. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?. This is regarding blacklisting the Heritage Foundation for their plans to harvest the IP addresses of Wikipedia editors. –Novem Linguae (talk) 08:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Troubleshooting and problems

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