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MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist

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"Wikipedia:Spam-blacklist" redirects here. For a description of the spam blacklist, see Wikipedia:Spam blacklist. For instructions on administering the spam blacklist, see Wikipedia:Spam-blacklisting.
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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.

    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.

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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 – 1244584976 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions


    pakmag.net

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    pakmag.net: 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 self-published source was added to hundreds of articles. It took me several days to remove them all so It's best to blacklist this to prevent future inclusion. --— Saqib (talk I contribs) 07:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Saqib:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:43, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    halmblogmusic.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    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

    AI generated articles, using Wikipedia as the source, then linked into Wikipedia (Special:Diff/1237527530/1238370082). -- GreenC 15:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @GreenC:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    sclpackersandmovers.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    sclpackersandmovers.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

    Website spammed on Éric Guillemain for advertising purposes. User:page named after company, SUNEETA CARGO LOGISTICS AND PACKERS AND MOVERS, was responsible for edit and taken down via speedy deletion. Solitaire Wanderer (talk) 18:16, 4 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

      Declined I only see a single instance of spamming. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:09, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    viraje.ir

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Spambots, see also:

    Only 2 so far, but it will probably get worse. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 01:23, 6 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @ClumsyOwlet:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    breakingbattlegrounds

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
    Link

    Almost 40 IPs flagged for spamming, it's probably time for blacklisting.-KH-1 (talk) 00:45, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @KH-1:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    thepiratebay.org

    Latest comment: 2 months ago10 comments4 people in discussion

    This link is in the infobox at: The Pirate Bay. Apparently it is also used in some articles as links to download copyrighted material, but I haven't looked at them. I used this link a couple dozen times using three browsers, with and without incognito, using the direct link and Google, and using a sandbox to protect my PC when I clicked on popups. Problems included: Several times immediately redirected to nudebay.org. Popups claiming that I had different numbers of viruses according to McAfee and Norton (neither of which I use) and to click to resolve. This is a common method used to install malware. A warning from Windows Defender of a blocked attempt to install a keylogger. A warning from BitDefender (which I use) of a blocked attempt to load a trojan. O3000, Ret. (talk) 17:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    There are quite a lot of existing links in mainspace; I personally do not like to blacklist when doing so will immediately start triggering blacklist hits when someone tries to edit any of those articles. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Yeah problematic. I looked at some and basically they looked like links to download copyrighted material illegally which is, I think, against policy. But I haven't looked at all that many. I originally wanted it removed from The Pirate Bay article before realizing the extent of usage. When attempting such removals in the past, I've run into a great deal of resistance from editors who don't believe in copyright. Tis a problem beyond my ken. O3000, Ret. (talk) 00:07, 13 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Links to copyrighted material can be deleted on a case by case, according to rules. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 19:15, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    They are links to torrents that link to copyrighted material. We can try. But we will have a long battle with the anti-copyright editors even though Wikipedia respects copyright. And didn't you just !vote to retain the link in The Pirata Bay article? O3000, Ret. (talk) 21:20, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    That is a link to main page of the website. Completelly different. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 23:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I find little difference. Like saying you are not guilty of murder if you hire a hitman. The courts and/or governments in multiple countries found no difference either. Why ignore this? O3000, Ret. (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Because this is your opinion.
    Guidelines disagrees, other courts disagrees, consensus disagrees. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 10:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    What? O3000, Ret. (talk) 10:42, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Nit: if an article already contains a link the spam blacklist does not block edits to that article that don't add another blacklisted link. But it's still unideal to have articles with blacklisted links because if a vandal blanks part of the article and removes the link then you know what happens. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:02, 21 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Caratbee

    Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
    Link
    Spammers

    Persistent spamming.-KH-1 (talk) 06:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    More.-KH-1 (talk) 10:50, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @KH-1:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    autokhabari.ir

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Spambots. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 15:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @ClumsyOwlet:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:09, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    polevaulter.ai

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Self-published source that is being added by various IPs and accounts. Diffs: [1] [2] and half of this guy's edits. --Un assiolo (talk) 12:43, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Un assiolo:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    callbiotec.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    callbiotec.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
    Website for a company repeatedly added to our Crime scene cleanup article. The website is purely promotional, and in no way supports anything it is supposedly being cited for. This has been going on for some months, using multiple accounts and IPs. [3][4][5][6] AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @AndyTheGrump:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:08, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    directmacro.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Persistent spamming by multiple accounts. Annh07 (talk) 17:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Annh07:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:44, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    SEO spammer group

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
    memer.studio
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    brandywineestateandelderlaw.com
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    execcapital.co.uk
    108.28.123.7 (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)
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    donaldsonweston.com
    68.132.96.239 (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)
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    karaapts.com
    100.37.109.58 (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)
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    gameone-casino.com
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    Mass spamming by proxies. Please look at the contribution history of the most recent IP addresses. You'll notice a common pattern, suggesting that these domains might be spammed by the same individual or group. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 18:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @XXBlackburnXx:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    manualslib.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion

    Used to link to copyright violations, which is exclusively what the site is hosting. See LinkSearch. 1234qwer1234qwer4 21:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    There are too many existing links/references to that. Those need to be cleaned up first. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Ohnoitsjamie, no more links in mainspace thanks to @GreenLipstickLesbian (thank you!). 1234qwer1234qwer4 15:52, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
      Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    litarchive.online

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Spamming by rotating IP addresses, one edit per IP, apparently to avoid scrutiny. Some of these links are to copyright violations. - MrOllie (talk) 14:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @MrOllie:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    More from spam ring

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

    Noticed this from spamming hitting blacklist on previously blacklisted links. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:18, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

      Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    bhaktvatsal.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Earlier users have been blocked, so latest ones are block evading. Has taken to mixing spam link additions in with lots of edits adding Wikilinks. - MrOllie (talk) 13:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @MrOllie:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    scotlandkiltcollection.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

    Being added by multiple IPs today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @HJ Mitchell:   Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:57, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    signconverter.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    First two are blocked, so later edits are block evasion. - MrOllie (talk) 12:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

      Done. Obvious socks blocked, and a /64 applied to the IP. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:36, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    stefitalman.info

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    --Wotheina (talk) 16:09, 1 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Same as #crocsjibbitz.com, both domains added to the global blacklist. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 16:10, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    crocsjibbitz.com

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    tenderalert.pk

    Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

    Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 20:37, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Proposed removals

    Remove BiglyBT.com

    Latest comment: 3 months ago12 comments4 people in discussion
    The disruptive adding of the content that caused the blacklisting in 2019 has ceased, as you can see with the activity of the accounts on the COIBot page. There's also rough consensus at Talk:Vuze#May 2024 (pretty much the only recent discussion of the topic) that BiglyBT has or may have notability enough for its own article, and I'm preparing a draft for it at Draft:BiglyBT. Aaron Liu (talk) 17:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Oppose There is no rough consensus. Just two people desperately trying to push BiglyBT after it being shot down I don't no how many times for lack of notability and spamming. The Banner talk 23:02, 1 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    You presented no arguments against its notability other than your OR of limited market share removing notability. I'm not sure if I could have a chance of going through AfC if I cannot link to sources. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:11, 2 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Nothing prevents you from linking to sources. You don't need a link to a primary source to pass AFC; the blacklisting is irrelevant. To pass AFC, you need multiple citations to secondary sources that are independent of BiglyBT. We have plenty of articles about blacklisted websites. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Aaron Liu:   Declined,   Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:21, 2 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    The article would also use the homepage, which would theoretically be used by spammers if The Banner's claimed spamming still continued. I don't think there's a per-page whitelist. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:09, 2 August 2024
    @Aaron Liu, have you read my decline remark? ‘…for specific links on this domain…’. Please read instructions at the whitelist. Dirk Beetstra T C 04:33, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Beetstra Yes, I have. By "per-page whitelist", I meant per Wikipedia page. I don't think anyone would approve whitelisting pages the spammers use. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:01, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Yes, so we whitelist specific links to use, not the whole domain or de-list it completely. So again,   Declined for delisting. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:36, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Pretty much the only thing I need to link to is the homepage, which obviously has been used in the spam campaigns in 2019. If the homepage is whitelisted from the blacklist then the blacklist entry wouldn't have any use. Aaron Liu (talk) 20:35, 5 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    We generally whitelist a website's "about" page if it's available. The closest thing in this case would be www.biglybt.com/features.php ~Anachronist (talk) 14:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Okay, thanks. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    That is why I pointed you to the instructions on the whitelist, it states there that we generally do not whitelist root, rather specific pages. And there have been cases where we do not whitelist at all because spamming or abuse would pursue (we had a website repurposing their about page …). We are not obliged to show a suitable link, IAR to make the encyclopedia less bad … Dirk Beetstra T C 04:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Remove change.org

    Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Request to Remove Change.org from Local Blacklist for Use in References

    I am writing to request the removal of the change.org from Wikipedia's local spam blacklist. This link is intended to be used as a reference in the article about the Economically Weaker. Below is a case that highlights the platform's credibility and significant impact (www.change.org/UpliftmentofEconomicallyWeakerSection):

    Extended content

    Case Study: Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Reservation Petition

    • Petition Overview: On December 11, 2018, a petition was launched on change.org advocating for a reservation system based on economic status, addressing the limitations of the caste-based reservation system.
    • Public Support: The petition quickly garnered over 82,000 signatures, reflecting substantial public backing.
    • Legislative Impact: The widespread support for the petition played a crucial role in influencing public discourse and shaping policy. This led to the introduction of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) bill in the Lok Sabha on January 8, 2019, its passage in the Rajya Sabha on January 9, 2019, and its enactment on January 12, 2019.


    Justification for Removal

    • Verifiable Impact: The petition's role in the rapid enactment of the EWS bill is well-documented, demonstrating change.org's influence on legislative changes and making it a reliable reference for significant events.
    • Credibility: The petition's success highlights change.org's capacity to mobilize public opinion and drive substantial societal and legislative changes, validating its credibility.
    • Information Accuracy: The documented impact of this petition meets Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources, ensuring the accuracy and relevance of references to change.org.

    Conclusion

    Given the documented success and credibility of change.org in facilitating meaningful societal and legislative changes, I urge reconsideration of its inclusion on Wikipedia's local spam blacklist. Allowing references to change.org would enable Wikipedia to provide a more comprehensive and accurate account of significant public advocacy efforts in the article about the Economically Weaker Section.

      Defer to Whitelist Change.org is blacklisted for a good reason. For cases where a link may be appropriate, you may request an exception at the whitelisting page. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:07, 2 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I have raised my request on adding a particular link (change.org/UpliftmentofEconomicallyWeakerSection) on the whitelist, please get it added to the whitelist as it is my only corroborating primary source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:6007:80E3:24CB:E3B4:9A79:D1EF (talk) 09:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Latest comment: 2 months ago6 comments3 people in discussion

    piratebayo3klnzokct3wt5yyxb2vpebbuyjl7m623iaxmqhsd52coid.onion: 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 the official onion The Pirate Bay link. It is useful to access the site from the TOR network and I don't see how it relates to spam in any way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cinemaandpolitics (talk • contribs) 12:55, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Of all the sites we might want to whitelist, this has to be one of the last. O3000, Ret. (talk) 14:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    The founders of The Pirate Bay were convicted, lost all appeals, and jailed. Since then, the site has moved from country to country to avoid repeated bans in each country. I do not see a reason why we should make an exception to our blacklisting of Onion links for this particular site. That blacklisting was not related to SPAM. Onion links are blacklisted because Edge, Chrome, FireFox, Safari, etc. cannot access the dark web and we do not include dead links. Readers who wish to use the site can easily Google it. O3000, Ret. (talk) 13:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
      Declined. Absolutely not. There is absolutely no reason to link to thepiratebay anywhere on Wikipedia. It cannot be used as a source, and is not necessary in the article about it. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:55, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Why? And what's the difference with other torrent websites? Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 19:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Alas, after I removed the non-Onion link to TPB, Cinemaandpolitics restored it. O3000, Ret. (talk) 20:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    betterauds

    Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

    Hello, my website url is Global wikipedia Block. UnBlock my website Url https://betterauds.com Marksmes (talk) 08:59, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

      Defer to Global blacklist This has been blocked globally across all projects, not just here on the English Wikipedia, since it was abused across several different projects. You'll need to make a request there. Please follow the instructions there carefully; you've completely failed to provide any of the requested information here.Sam Kuru (talk) 12:18, 18 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Remove rugbydatabase.co.nz from blacklist

    Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

    rugbydatabase.co.nz: 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

    Requesting the removal of rugbydatabase.co.nz from the blacklist. It was blacklisted due to being spammed by unregistered users based in Australia.
    This site is the biggest, most reliable, accurate and up to date source of all international & domestic rugby game/player/team stats and data available online, after ESPN's Statsguru (espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/) database was shut down at the end of 2020. It's therefore an essential source in keeping rugby teams and players pages up to date (caps, tries, game starts, points breakdown, etc, etc). There's simply no other reliable and accurate alternative.
    Blacklisting Rugby Database means needing to find articles online to source all the different information for each player & team, instead of simply using those sources supplementally, secondary to RD. It's a lot more work to maintain all of these pages if there isn't a database available to cite that has all the info reliably in one place. I can't say that the spamming by unregistered users will completely stop, as I simply don't know, but even to reference a specific page from Rugby Database (which is all I want to do) would mean getting each differing page whitelisted, I believe. Please help me and the rugby community in maintaining rugby pages by removing rugbydatabase.co.nz from the blacklist TazMcPunty (talk) 04:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Discussion

    A bunch of recent requests got archived Special:Diff/1239133035/1239171878 but no action was taken. In fact the log has no updates since May 2024: MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/log. Is this think on auto pilot? -- GreenC 04:19, 8 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    The bot will archive it after seven days with no comments, even if it hasn't been done (Another example). ClumsyOwlet (talk) 00:30, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Nothing has been done since May... maybe we should increase the archive bot timer to at least 3 months. -- GreenC 00:56, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Increased to 90 days -- GreenC 14:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    SPAM mass removal

    Hello, Is there a method, such as a script or bot request, for mass-removing an unreliable source that is deemed Deprecated and is cited across multiple pages? --— Saqib (talk I contribs) 10:20, 16 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    @Saqib not to my knowledge. Logically, this should be done manually or semi-autoamted basis as there are source deprecations that are partial, i.e. WP:FORBESCON (deprecation for a subset of articles written by a group of people) or WP:CNET (deprecation of articles written in a defined time period). Furthermore removal of deprecated sources without considering if the accompanying content that the source is being used for reference should be removed as well is troubling as it can make such content unverifiable now with the source removed and not reintroduced or replaced. – robertsky (talk) 00:53, 24 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    geeksandgamers.com

    Looking at the references to this website across Wikipedia article, talk, and other pages, it appears that it's commonly used to push pro-Gamergate, Comicsgate (1, 2) or adjacent positions (1), with a number of the talk pages describing it as an unreliable source (1, 2).

    Searching for Alex Gherzo, a name that appeared in this recent edit, the very first DuckDuckGo result is a Medium blog post describing the person as the website's editor-in-chief and pointing at their alleged far-right interests, which is consistent with the aforementioned positions.

    Could the source be assessed for inclusion in the blocklist or any other action to reduce or eliminate the need for editors to repeatedly undo edits or talk about its unreliability if it is indeed generally unreliable? Daisy Blue (talk) 18:00, 23 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    geeksandgamers.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
    @Daisy Blue, the discussions thus far have been locally done on individual Talk pages. A broader discussion to evaluate if the source should be deprecated projectwide should at least to be done at WP:RSN first. Putting on this list here is akin to using a sledgehammer as a nutcracker if it is not proven that the links from the site are being spammed on the wiki after considering edits made with good faith. – robertsky (talk) 00:44, 24 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Makes sense! It's easy to get lost in the guidelines, so I appreciate the suggestion. I'll take it there. Daisy Blue (talk) 01:58, 24 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Migration to Special:BlockedExternalDomains

    I'm here again asking you migrate MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist to Special:BlockedExternalDomains. At least for new entries most admins use the new system but some admins (e.g. User:HJ Mitchell User:Ohnoitsjamie) are adding to the old system. This is adding time to save to every edit in English Wikipedia because regexes are heavy and expensive. The new system has a lot of limitations (doesn't work with whitelist, you can't block based on path, e.g. linking to a youtube channel, doesn't work if the user adds the link in edit summary) but it's much safer, it's easier to read and keep track of and most importantly, it doesn't slow down edits. And the limitations of the new system doesn't apply to 99% of the cases you add (if you need to block something on the path, by all means, use the old system).

    On the speed, for example I copy-pasted the old Spam blacklist of Portuguese Wikipedia into testwiki and the result is 80ms slow down of every edit that adds one link (more if you add more links). They had only around 3k regexes, you have more than 6K. Ladsgroupoverleg 21:03, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

    I do use the new system for most one-offs, but it's much easier to process multi-domain requests from others here using the old system which integrates with User:Beetstra's blacklist handler gadget. If someone makes a request with 10 domains it's very slow to add those using the new system without some sort of helper script. OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:12, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Ladsgroup thanks for the ping. I had no idea about the new system. Is there a documentation page somewhere? It should probably be advertised more widely if it's intended as a replacement for the Mediawiki blacklist. @Beetstra: is it possible to modify User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler to work with the new list? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:11, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    We need the whitelist, a full migration isn't possible until that works in the new system. MrOllie (talk) 21:30, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @MrOllie Even if you keep 500 or even 1000 of them in the old blacklist (the ones that need a whitelist entry), just migration of the rest will make a massive improvement in experience of editors. Admins are exempt, that's why you don't feel the slow down. Ladsgroupoverleg 09:41, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Admins are exempt from what? I've never been able to add blacklisted links as an admin. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Admins are exempt. You can try it now. Ladsgroupoverleg 22:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    And bots Ladsgroupoverleg 22:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    I see that I'm exempt hitting the new blacklist, but admins still aren't exempt from the original list; I thought that's what you were talking about when you said "that's why you don't feel the slow down." OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:45, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Maybe it got reverted but sboverride is given to any user with "editprotected" right: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/SpamBlacklist/+/814196/1/extension.json Ladsgroupoverleg 10:56, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Hmm... if the speed is a concern to the editing experience, shall we do an one-off transfer of domains that do not have whitelist entries from the spam-blacklist to the latter? – robertsky (talk) 00:58, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    If someone can be very careful MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json can be edited directly (in JSON markup) and bulk load lots of entries at once. — xaosflux Talk 15:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    Curiosity got the better of me and I did an exploratory look to see how one can migrate part of the list to BlockExternalDomains while preserving the original log messages and identify the admin who actioned on it. The sbl logs entries do not tally with the existing entries. Upon further digging, there was an exercise back in 2020 to remove entries that did not trigger the checks for a time since their inclusion. It removed quite a bit, while I did not count the number of entries, it was 120.6kb of data removed (according to xtools) or roughly 50%.
    I am half a mind that we should empty the current list of similar zero-hit entries first before migrating the rest over, and/or do a yearly (periodic) maintenance work to keep the lists here and there slim. – robertsky (talk) 15:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
    @Robertsky OTOH, if you have it in json format, it'd be easier to review the entries than the current mess of regexes :D Ladsgroupoverleg 11:58, 6 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

    Troubleshooting and problems

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