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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.

    Instructions for editors

    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

    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.

    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 – 1240776757 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions

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    emeatribune.com

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    This website is self-published and was spammed by socks associated with DJ Kamal Mustafa. --— Saqib (talk I contribs) 07:36, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Saqib: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:21, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    block porn website

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    You should to block porn website on wikipedia

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peachyo (talk • contribs) 17:02, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I found and reversed one instance of obvious vandalism at Special:Diff/1130438460. TSventon (talk) 18:13, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Is there any evidence of these sites being spammed on Wikipedia, or do you just not like them? We don't block sites unless there has been spamming abuse of them. Canterbury Tail talk 12:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    All I’m seeing here is WP:CIR Dronebogus (talk) 13:02, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    not a necessary comment jp×g🗯️ 14:33, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yet it appears correct (don't remove other people's comments unless they're vandalism, please). Black Kite (talk) 14:42, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    An obviously-ESL user with 15 edits does not need to be followed into a thread -- where they've already had their request turned down by an administrator -- and given a pile-on comment that says literally nothing except to call them incompetent. WP:CIR is an unpleasant accusation that must sometimes unavoidably be made in the context of a more-nuanced analysis: it's not a loophole giving us a special code word for "fuckwit" that we're allowed to call people whenever we feel like it. jp×g🗯️ 15:00, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The difference between WP:CIR and “fuckwit” is immense. Not speaking fluent English is not an excuse to edit incompetently on English Wikipedia. The user’s only recent edits are requests to block porn sites, which plus their extremely low edit count suggest they are also WP:NOTHERE. I was making an observation that the user is not productive and probably incapable and/or uninterested in being productive. Maybe I’m being petty here, but your reverting it and making a big deal out of another admin reverting you is pettier. Dronebogus (talk) 15:52, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yeah, in one of them the [fʌkʰ] is pronounced out loud, and in the other one it's silent. jp×g🗯️ 15:59, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    smmsport.com

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    smmsport.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

    Smmsport.com is a formerly reliable sports news site which stopped updating in August 2023. It appears to have been hijacked by an online gambling operation, with gambling links insidiously inserted into the first top navigation menu. Existing links have been tagged for bot marking as usurped. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:01, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    pakmag.net

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    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: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:43, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    halmblogmusic.com

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    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: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    sclpackersandmovers.com

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    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]

    viraje.ir

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    Spambots, see also:

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

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

    breakingbattlegrounds

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    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: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    thepiratebay.org

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    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]

    Caratbee

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    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]

    autokhabari.ir

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    Spambots. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 15:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    polevaulter.ai

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    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]

    callbiotec.com

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    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]

    Proposed removals

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    Remove BiglyBT.com

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    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: no 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, no 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

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    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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    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]

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    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]
    no 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]

    Discussion

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    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

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    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]

    Troubleshooting and problems

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