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- 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 - 839679410 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.
- →snippet for logging: {{/request|839679410#section_name}}
- →snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|839679410#section_name}}
- →snippet for logging: {{/request|839679410#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
- terms.naver.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
- Seeing refs added today with info found by the search engine Naver. We dont allow these general type of search engine results here... University of California, Berkeley library states: "Most pages found in search engines for the web are self-published or published by businesses small and large with motives to get you to buy something or believe a point of view. --Moxy (talk) 20:22, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- This is not a search engine results; See WP:TEA#My quotations. — regards, Revi 10:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- To quote ":Most of the search results one sees on Naver are paid inclusions".--Moxy (talk) 12:01, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- Simply speaking: Prove it. You might be able to say that for search.naver.com. But not the case for terms.naver.com. — regards, Revi 12:25, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- Just need to look at reviews Google search.--Moxy (talk) 16:56, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Moxy: Declined, the links look strange, but the 'terms.naver.com' links are not 'search results', they link to direct IDs which link to pages. There may indeed be a case for search.naver.com / terms.naver.com/search.nhn, but that needs to be looked at separately (and we will need proper evidence to show it is significantly abused). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:31, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Moxy, Beetstra, and -revi: I agree this should NOT be blacklisted, see related discussion at Wikipedia:Teahouse#My_quotations. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:21, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
jayemwarehousing.in
- jayemwarehousing.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
- 106.51.68.61 (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)
- Jayem warehouing pvt ltd (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)
Links added within various articles (most recent) despite warnings. Nzd (talk) 10:27, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Nzd: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:31, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
mydramalist.com
- mydramalist.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
- CherryPie94 (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)
See Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard § mydramalist. Unreliable source spammed primarily, but not solely, by a single user who clearly has no intention of stopping. Guy (Help!) 10:37, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist per ELN discussion. --Guy (Help!) 10:37, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- User CherryPie94 also created an Arabic wikipedia page for "MyDramaList" which is still up. (for those like myself that cannot read Arabic the history link shows CherryPie94 as creator of page). That Arabic Wikipedia MyDramaList page also has a prominent external link in English promoting the affiliate link of Mydramalist and DramaFever. Specifically, the "Watch DramaFever directly on MyDramaList!" external link which was placed by CherryPie94 when he created the page. For those not familiar with the DramaFever affiliate program, Mydramalist as an affiliate website that signed up for the program, gets paid for each stream of the DramaFever videos embedded on their website (see www.dramafever.com/company/affiliates.html which explains the affiliate program). Meanwhile, on Wikidata CherryPie94 has added hundreds of mydramalist links like this https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/CherryPie94&offset=&limit=500&target=CherryPie94 Nicemagnet (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Nicemagnet: Partially, that is WikiData or ar.wikipedia problem. If the links on en.wikipedia are removed (which is a task that should now commence) they cannot be re-added, nor transcluded from WikiData. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:40, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- User CherryPie94 also created an Arabic wikipedia page for "MyDramaList" which is still up. (for those like myself that cannot read Arabic the history link shows CherryPie94 as creator of page). That Arabic Wikipedia MyDramaList page also has a prominent external link in English promoting the affiliate link of Mydramalist and DramaFever. Specifically, the "Watch DramaFever directly on MyDramaList!" external link which was placed by CherryPie94 when he created the page. For those not familiar with the DramaFever affiliate program, Mydramalist as an affiliate website that signed up for the program, gets paid for each stream of the DramaFever videos embedded on their website (see www.dramafever.com/company/affiliates.html which explains the affiliate program). Meanwhile, on Wikidata CherryPie94 has added hundreds of mydramalist links like this https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/CherryPie94&offset=&limit=500&target=CherryPie94 Nicemagnet (talk) 09:15, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
dramafever.com
- dramafever.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
Poking this, just to see. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:40, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- Just to clarify. The external link on the Arabic Wikipedia MyDramaList page created by CherryPie94 titled "Watch DramaFever directly on MyDramaList!" is an advertisement to promote embedded videos placed on mydramalist by mydramalist. Similar to Google having their Adsense program and a third party website owner takes it upon themself to spam their website link on Wikipedia in hopes to get more clicks from the Adsense program. I am saying affirmatively that CherryPie94 created the Arabic Wikipedia MyDramaList page [1] and also placed that external link "Watch DramaFever directly on MyDramaList!" [2] which is an affiliate program where third party websites gets paid for DramaFever videos streamed on their website (see www.dramafever.com/company/affiliates.html which explains the affiliate program). This does not imply that anyone from dramafever is associated with mydramalist. Also if it seems strange that we are talking about an Arabic Wikipedia page, up until April 9, 2018, CherryPie94 had on their talkpage that they were fluent in Arabic [3]. He then removed that after I first posted seeing spamlinks to Mydramalist on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Korea/Popular culture on April 8th.Nicemagnet (talk) 11:57, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
bajajfinserv.in
- bajajfinserv.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
- Add.aadesh170 (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)
- Amankhanaa (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)
- Annanyasharma55 (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)
- Anujkrpandey (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)
- Arwind Sharma07 (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)
- Arwindsharma007 (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)
- Atulkumar.1990 (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)
- Fixeddeposit.interestrate (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)
- Maneerrastogi (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)
- NehaJainInfo (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)
- PBSFan2014 (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)
- Pratapshivu (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)
- Rajsameer001 (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)
- Sathish118 (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)
- Seema953gupta (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)
- Sndeepjn (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)
- Vaibhavbagga (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)
- Vinayr003 (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)
Spamming with single-usage accounts. Aside from the spam itself, there is also a good amount of socking and promotional COI-editing for the Wiki topics related to Bajaj Finserv - spam is unlikely to stop after given warnings. GermanJoe (talk) 11:57, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:20, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
Why is my ID added?? I fail to understand my connection with bajajfinserve.in Vivo78 (talk) 11:36, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Vivo78: You have added a link to the site some time ago. I think that that was indeed in good faith, and that you have nothing to do with the other accounts. I have removed you from above list. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:28, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Clueless? Can you please show me the occurance? Vivo78 (talk) 05:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Vivo78: - see diff. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:22, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
studio-milla.com
- studio-milla.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
This one is being added repeatedly over multiple days to Photograph by several IPs in the 123.108.244.xxx range. Warnings aren't helping; they just aren't getting the hint, and are getting sneakier about adding it - last one was hidden as a citation. PohranicniStraze (talk) 17:11, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
- @PohranicniStraze: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:29, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
supplementforhelp.com
- supplementforhelp.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
This site is being used persistently for promotion with various new accounts every day. I noticed this for over a week. And one suspicious thing is that they only add the promotional material on talkpage, which is intentionally calculated since they understand talkpages are not being deleted. Two examples of new accounts whom their only edits is as described above are 1 and 2 –Ammarpad (talk) 05:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Ammarpad: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Note that I would delete a talkpage if there are no other posts to said talkpage, and otherwise just revert the post (and possibly, in extreme cases, revdel the contents of the post). --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:36, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
omicsgroup.org
- omicsgroup.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
It seems a wikipedia echo. Sample http://research.omicsgroup.org/index.php/List_of_Greeks_by_net_worth and List of Greeks by net worth. Matthew_hk tc 12:15, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- Done. OMICS have previously spammed Wikipedia, to the point that their staff are sitebanned. We do not need this. Guy (Help!) 07:57, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
reviewdekhlo.co.in
- reviewdekhlo.co.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
- Reviewdekhlo8822 (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)
User seems determined to spam his own website as a source in various articles. All but one of his edits revolves around citing this website as a source, though I am doubtful that this is viable as a source, and the user has removed cites to unambiguously viable sources (Times of India) while doing so. —Jeremy v^_^v Bori! 06:28, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
- This appears to be a very inexperienced user, and they have added a number of references using different (and equally hopeless) websites, but this one does appear to be associated with the user specifically. I am minded to block per WP:CIR. Beetstra, what's your view? Guy (Help!) 07:50, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Jéské Couriano: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:13, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
mongolianstore.com
- mongolianstore.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
Spammer keeps on adding links to many Wikipedia pages, example: [4] [5] [6] and [7]. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:3402:B8A3:A3C0:5995 (talk) 06:42, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
- Spammer is now blocked, and it was a single user. I suggest we wait to see if this recurs. Guy (Help!) 07:47, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
- @2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:3402:B8A3:A3C0:5995 and JzG: Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList - this is the second spammer, the other was just active yesterday. We'll let the bot cleanup after him. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:30, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
dumps4download.com
- dumps4download.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
- 180.178.141.164 (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)
- 39.37.141.192 (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)
- 39.55.233.47 (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)
- Beckbates (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)
- Dieselsilvester (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)
- Dumps 4 Download (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)
- Dumps Download (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)
- Isabellaglade (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)
Repeated spam for a download site. Previous warnings and a block (Isabellaglade) have been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 13:11, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:56, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
psymedia.co.za
- psymedia.co.za: 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
- 169.1.162.237 (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)
- 196.210.217.171 (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)
- 196.210.217.219 (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)
- 41.177.109.232 (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)
- 41.177.123.114 (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)
and a few other good-faith additions of non-RS links (see COIBot report).
Psytrance blog and event portal maintained by a total of 2 authors. No independent source to back up their own claims of importance and expertise. Every few months another single-usage IP adds similar spam links to similar topics. GermanJoe (talk) 12:56, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- @GermanJoe: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:58, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
AsianWiki
- asianwiki.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
- blog.asianwiki.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
Rampant spamming per [8]. Guy (Help!) 22:26, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- @JzG/help: Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 22:27, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
World Heritage Encyclopedia mirrors
- worldheritage.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
- self.gutenberg.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
- central.gutenberg.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
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I have a bit of a non-typical problem. One of the problematic links I periodically scan for has been a bit of a challenge. The "World Heritage Encyclopedia" is a simple Wikipedia mirror. Articles are a straight-up copy, usually (but not always) stripping images and some markup, and claiming the material is "Compiled by World Heritage Encyclopedia™." They do provide another clear notice "Help to improve this article, make contributions at the Citational Source, sourced from Wikipedia", with the "Citational Source" usually being a link back to the article's contributor history.
The problem is that they also have about 40 other domains which link back to the "World Heritage Encyclopedia" and claim that as the source (example). Again, images and references are usually stripped. These "mirrors of mirrors" note the "author" as "World Heritage Encyclopedia", and futher note that it is "Sourced from World Heritage Encyclopedia™ licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Help to improve this article, make contributions at the Citational Source." The "citational source" is linked back to the original Wikipedia's history, but that's the only clue that this is a mirror. They also add a "Copyright © 2018 World Library Foundation. All rights reserved." which seems to break our license and cause futher confusion.
Unfortuntely, these fool many people, including competent and long-term editors.
- AFD confusion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nathan Adam Morley, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grand Order of Weird Writers, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gundu English Secondary School, Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GYM, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Wallace (keyboard), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian Championship Golden Boot, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Poseidon 644, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rebecca Masisak, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AVA Productions, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Ridpath, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diego Deiros, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arjun Choudhuri (2nd nomination)
- DYK confusion: Template:Did you know nominations/Günther Lützow
- In some cases, the material swung a debate: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liberal Students Federation
There are hundreds of automated and non-automated copyright notices as well; these are difficult to whitelist as there are many domains. I've removed several speedy deletion tags claiming the article was copied from one of these mirrors, but it's very difficult to catch those after the fact.
I'd like to blacklist all of these (about sixty domains) to avoid further disruption. As this is a non-standard use of the spam blacklist, I'd like other opinions before I do it. Kuru (talk) 15:50, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Kuru: Do I see that gutenberg.us is not owned by Project Gutenberg but by this ... ?? If that type of maiming is in the practice, I agree with at least blacklisting all mirrors-of-mirrors, and likely also for the original. (do we need a blanket discussion on mirrors of Wikipedia, so that we can blacklist these by default?). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:10, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Beetstra: That's correct, he's sitting on the gutenberg.us domain (see the technical contact for the whois). It appears there is a legitimate relationship with gutenberg, though - they run the "central" and "self" subdomains on the actual gutenberg.org site as a "self-publishing" arm. Both of those house a full Wikipedia mirror + a few other public domain works that can likely be sourced elsewhere. Obviously, the gutenberg mirrors cause tremendous confusion. There's a history of odd domains that likely are intended to promote an association with other corporate entities: see ituneslibrary.net, icloud-library.org, sonyebookreaderlibrary.com, zunelibrary.net and others on the extended list. Other pass-through domains seem to confuse people with their seemingly officious names: see militarylibrary.org, and nationalpubliclibrary.org.
- Concur with the need for a general extended mirrors discussion - that's going to be complex. They're not always just copies. Most of these, for example, also hold some public domain works that can likely qualify as legitimate RS. The confusion with the inadequately identified mirrors seems to outweigh that benefit, and we can use whitelisting if needed. A bit gray. Kuru (talk) 17:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- I guess a third opinion would be in order, but for me you can pull the trigger. You may want to put the rest of the domains in a LinkSummary in a collapsed box here, so all trace back to this discussion. —Dirk Beetstra T C 18:48, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- Don't have that much experience with World Heritage Encyclopedia but I would suggest an immediate blacklist prior to any discussion, the potential for BLP violations from this source appear to be too great in my view. A controversial lie could be removed from a BLP and then one of these mirrors could be used as a citation, waiting to blacklist this will just mean that such problems are more likely to occur. Similar could happen with exceptional and libellous claims. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 18:58, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- I probably remove 30-40 or so mirror links a week - this week maybe 200 as I found a new mirror set. Usually, it is people trying to google up sources for obscure birthdays or people who don't read English very well and miss clear attributions back to Wikipedia. With this specific set of mirrors, even experienced editors miss the "attribution." I'm not sure I've even seen a serious BLP problem come up, but you're right, the possibility exists if they're not keeping the mirrors refreshed. I did notice earlier that the owner of these mirrors is in the middle of a copyright lawsuit over his image attribution, but that is not yet concluded and he's actively contesting it. Kuru (talk) 01:49, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
- Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist per the above. Let me know if this goes awry. Kuru (talk) 00:13, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
Proposed removals
econlib.org
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This seems to have been caught in an effort to stop SEO spamming (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist&oldid=769671529#Immigration_law_refspam_round_3), but the Liberty Fund doesn't fit the profile, and it provides access to original content (articles, interviews, etc).— Preceding unsigned comment added by Icebraining (talk • contribs)
- @Icebraining: Declined - there is a clear link between the clear paid-editor and Liberty Fund. Most of the material is replaceable. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:27, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- Clever of the OP to find this list with their first edit since 2015 and fourth edit overall. Guy (Help!) 14:46, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- I am thinking to put this in my records of long term spamming abuse. Quite some pretty new editors come here after the paid editors. —Dirk Beetstra T C 15:55, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
- Clever of the OP to find this list with their first edit since 2015 and fourth edit overall. Guy (Help!) 14:46, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
UpgradedPoints.com
- upgradedpoints.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 trying to add a link to this site for the Norwegian Airline article and noticed that it was blocked. It doesnt fit the criteria for a spammy site. They seemed to have received a good number of press coverage.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Budha Everyday (talk • contribs)
- @Budha Everyday: Declined, Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. Spammed by what is likely a paid editing ring, low value blog. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:15, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
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