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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Ohnoitsjamie (talk | contribs) at 18:36, 13 June 2024 (→azlanweb.com: Added to Blacklist using SBHandler). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

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    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 – 1228880551 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions


    securityamericamortgage.com

    securityamericamortgage.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 Persistent spam from multiple IPs/users. --Count Count (talk) 09:00, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Spamming continued from Jeomatami (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as well as numerous IPs I concur, please blacklist. - MrOllie (talk) 13:48, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

     Done, added to blocked domains. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    lroomapk.com

    Endless spam on Adobe Lightroom. Unfortunately there are more URLs than this involved, but this seems to be a principal offender. They insert links (example) to their dodgy-looking download site ... I assume it is illegal but, worse than that, it is irrelevant and annoying. Thanks DBaK (talk) 11:11, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Securityamericamortgage

    Link
    Spammers

    Persistent spamming, please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 13:39, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

     Done, added to blocked domains. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:48, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    National File

    Reraising an earlier request per the discussion at User talk:Newslinger#National File.

    National File is an Alex Jones website created to launder content from WP:INFOWARS per the Southern Poverty Law Center: [1][2] Isi96 (talk) 06:33, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Isi96: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Thanks for reporting this. — Newslinger talk 06:35, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    scottishkiltshop.com

    Kilt is a spam magnet; this link has been added around a dozen times over the last 6 months. No encyclopaedic value. Also added, as a pretend reference, to Tartan, Kira (Bhutan), Red Legs Greaves and Carolina tartan. All reverted by me just now. 90.251.20.238 (talk) 19:52, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:57, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    azlanweb.com

    This user appears to be creating subdomains with the same articles in some form of SEO spam. Recommend blocking main domain and all subdomains. ~ Matthewrb Talk to me · Changes I've made 03:07, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Matthewrb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:36, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    pv-magazine.com

    pv-magazine.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

    Not clear why this domain should be blacklisted. "Miasolé sets new flexible CIGS efficiency record" is cited in Copper indium gallium selenide solar cell and I was trying to fill in with a URL to the news page, but was blocked.  — Chris Capoccia 💬 14:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Seconded. Came here to write the same. I also saw this previous request from 2021 MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/March 2021#pv-magazine.com. Apparently the domain is blacklisted from 2011. Definitely time to remove it. {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  talk 13:14, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I was trying to add this link: www.pv-magazine.com/2024/06/06/worlds-largest-solar-plant-goes-online-in-china-2/ to update the List of photovoltaic power stations and this is the most complete source. {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  talk 13:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This has been waiting for a while. It is the third request to remove this from the Spamlist and no reason to maintain them on the list has been presented. {{u|Gtoffoletto}}  talk 18:14, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    ftiuae.com

    ftiuae.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
    ftiaudit.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 domain is blacklisted. Need to cite some english tests statistics & was blocked. I couldnt find any violation but would love to know why it was blocked

     Not done This should make it more clear. You'll need to find some other venue to promote your sites; you are done promoting them here. Also, you're range blocked. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Discussion

    While running IABot on a page I was hit with a message that it could not submit the edit(s) due to the domain everyculture.com being blacklisted which I have confirmed. It appears this domain is used in 217 articles on Wikipedia.1 How do I find out why the domain is blocked and how do I remedy this?
    1 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=everyculture&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1 skarz (talk) 16:52, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This was added to the local blacklist five years ago as part of this request back in 2019. I see a higher count of extant links to this site: 512 in both article and draft space. There's a also an old Wikipedia mirror on that domain - I'll clean up the refs to that. For the rest you can 1) debate the wholesale addition to the blacklist, 2) evaluate the links and whitelist them individually, or 3) remove the links per the logic of the original blacklisting. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:30, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Can someone please fill me in on why, exactly, archive.ph is on the blacklist, but archive.org isn't? I really have no idea why archive.ph would be on the blacklist. It is the second-largest internet archive in existence and, as such, is incredibly useful.--LadybugStardust (talk) 04:28, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    On a quick search, that does not appear to be on the local or global blacklist, but there are some complicated pattern blocks that may be impacting it. I can see that you hit the blocked list when trying to add "healthyceleb.com", but I do not see anything related to "archive.ph"; can you provide any more specifics on the problems you're running in to with that archive? Sam Kuru (talk) 11:40, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It was actually years ago when I tried to add it and was told that it was on the spam blacklist. Let me try right now: [3] Okay, that appears to have worked. Did it used to be on the spam blacklist for whatever reason, but got taken off?--LadybugStardust (talk) 16:59, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, archive.today and its subdomains were on the blacklist once. They were delisted in 2016 as a result of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 4. * Pppery * it has begun... 03:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

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