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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.
There are 4 sections for posting comments below. Please make comments in the appropriate section. These links take you to the appropriate section:
Each section has a message box with instructions. In addition, please sign your posts with ~~~~ after your comment.
Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.
Addition of the templates {{Link summary}} (for domains), {{IP summary}} (for IP editors) and {{User summary}} (for users with account) results in the COIBot reports to be refreshed. See User:COIBot for more information on the reports.
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.
- Does the site have any validity to the project?
- 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.
- 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).
- Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regex — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
- 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.
- 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 - 819218732 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
- →snippet for logging: {{/request|819218732#section_name}}
- →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|819218732#section_name}}
- →snippet for logging: {{/request|819218732#section_name}}
- →A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler
- →A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler
Proposed additions
defence.pk
defence.pk: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
This is forum and no a reliable source, however I can see its usage widely to cite controversial claims. Its better to black list it. --Saqib (talk) 17:08, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
- @Saqib: Declined, it was abused back in 2011, but not ever since. This can be handled by normal reverting. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:53, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
socialdevelopment.in
socialdevelopment.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
Continuous spamming for a questionable NGO website without any credentials, new spam in December. No foreseeable encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 12:46, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:55, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
valentineday2018.com
valentineday2018.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 spamming, particularly at Valentine's Day. General Ization Talk 06:08, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- @General Ization: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, I recall similar stuff from last year ... --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:56, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
promosource.com.au
promosource.com.au: 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
Spam link being added, retail site selling promotional items. General Ization Talk 06:32, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
koplayer.info
koplayer.info: 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 Spam links to various video content, as at Golden Globe Award. General Ization Talk 03:14, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
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
- pv-magazine.com/2018/01/06/solars-new-fertile-crescent/
- Its a good article and I wanted to use it as reference but it appears that the site is blacklisted and I am not sure why.. Makeandtoss (talk) 19:41, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Makeandtoss: Declined, Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. --Dirk Beetstra T C 22:01, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
files.wordpress.com
schwartzlist.files.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
- schwartzlist.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/the-sherleys-and-the-shah_tmp_39_06021409-24-00buch_persien_e_schwartz.pdf
- A good article that I have used on Teresia Sampsonia (a GA candidate), but for some reason it was blacklisted by a bot recently. - LouisAragon (talk) 19:46, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: The blacklist entry is on a global blacklist, not a local one. It can't be removed here. With that being said, since the addition of it to the global blacklist has caused massive collateral damage, I have whitelisted it locally. You should be able to add links to that domain now.—CYBERPOWER (Happy 2018) 21:50, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks! - LouisAragon (talk) 16:21, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
- @LouisAragon: The blacklist entry is on a global blacklist, not a local one. It can't be removed here. With that being said, since the addition of it to the global blacklist has caused massive collateral damage, I have whitelisted it locally. You should be able to add links to that domain now.—CYBERPOWER (Happy 2018) 21:50, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
Logging / COIBot Instr
Blacklist logging
Full instructions for admins
Quick reference
For Spam reports or requests originating from this page, use template {{/request|0#section_name}}
{{/request|213416274#Section_name}}
- Insert the oldid 213416274 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
- Use within the entry log here.
For Spam reports or requests originating from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam use template {{WPSPAM|0#section_name}}
{{WPSPAM|182725895#Section_name}}
- Insert the oldid 182725895 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
- Use within the entry log here.
- Note: If you do not log your entries, it may be removed if someone appeals the entry and no valid reasons can be found.
Addition to the COIBot reports
The lower list in the COIBot reports now have after each link four numbers between brackets (e.g. "www.example.com (0, 0, 0, 0)"):
- first number, how many links did this user add (is the same after each link)
- second number, how many times did this link get added to wikipedia (for as far as the linkwatcher database goes back)
- third number, how many times did this user add this link
- fourth number, to how many different wikipedia did this user add this link.
If the third number or the fourth number are high with respect to the first or the second, then that means that the user has at least a preference for using that link. Be careful with other statistics from these numbers (e.g. good user who adds a lot of links). If there are more statistics that would be useful, please notify me, and I will have a look if I can get the info out of the database and report it. This data is available in real-time on IRC.
Poking COIBot
When adding {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and/or {{IPSummary}} templates to WT:WPSPAM, WT:SBL, WT:SWL and User:COIBot/Poke (the latter for privileged editors) COIBot will generate linkreports for the domains, and userreports for users and IPs.
Discussion
Have started a discussion here about using the blacklist to prevent students from linking to the inside net of your university. These links are useless for anyone who does not have a password to that specific institution. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:31, 4 December 2017 (UTC)