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==Proposed additions==
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===spambot abused search regex (August)===
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* gameinformer\.com/search {{BLRequestRegex|gameinformer\.com/search}}
Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Mass page removals
* speakingtree\.in/search {{BLRequestRegex|speakingtree\.in/search}}
* behance\.net/search {{BLRequestRegex|behance\.net/search}}
* healthynewage\.com/\?s {{BLRequestRegex|healthynewage\.com/\?s}}
* sportsrants\.com/\?s {{BLRequestRegex|sportsrants\.com/\?s}}
* shewrites\.com/main/search\/ {{BLRequestRegex|shewrites\.com/main/search\/}}
* ourmidland\.com/search {{BLRequestRegex|ourmidland\.com/search}}


&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 10:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
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:{{rto|billinghurst}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 10:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Mass page removals


===redirects.ca===
Error:
{{spamlink|redirects.ca}}
Your action has triggered the Abuse Filter Please do not remove deletion requests.
Redirect site, likely malicious. --<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 05:12, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
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:{{rto|Igna}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 11:30, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Error: This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Mass page removals


===spambot abused search regex (August) 2===
Error:
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bdict\.leo\.org/\?search}} <!-- seems use of /ende?search -->
Your action has triggered the Abuse Filter Please do not remove deletion requests.
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bajaxtime\.com/\?s}} <!-- domain blockable, not used -->
Please do not remove deletion request tags from pages. If you do not agree that the page should be deleted, you can express your opinion on the talkpage. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the page in question.
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bherfeed\.com/\?s\=}} <!-- domain blockable, not used -->
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bpurevolume\.com/search}} <!-- domain used legitimately -->
* {{BLRequestRegex|\btopofblogs\.com/tag}} <!-- domain blockable, not used -->
&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 23:14, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|billinghurst}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 23:17, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

===822b.urls.to===
{{spamlink|urls.to}}
URL shortener. --<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 05:22, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Igna}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 05:30, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

===spam bot abused search regex (August) 3===
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bblogher\.com/search}} {{tick}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bcaringbridge\.org/search}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\brenewableenergyworld\.com/_search\?}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|link=\btraveldescribe\.com/\?s\=}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\btravelpod\.com/s/}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bchaseresults\.com/mail_to_friend}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bphoto.net/gallery/tag-search/search\b}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bsquidoo\.com/search}}
All repeating patterns of search links being spambot abused, being of little value, and checked for either no usage, or negligible usage on wikipedias. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 01:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|billinghurst}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 01:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

===seeking input on two regex===
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bphotobucket\.com/images}}
<blockquote><blockquote>{{linksummary|photobucket.com}}</blockquote></blockquote>
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bsearch\.com/search\?q}}
<blockquote><blockquote>{{linksummary|search.com}}</blockquote></blockquote>
Spambots are adding the url strings <code>photobucket.com/images</code> and <code>search.com/search?q</code> into their links as a means to try and show some relevance, and sometimes as an indirect link to their spam. Some are easy to eradicate, however, these two have a light, and maybe possibly legitimate usage so I am seeking input on whether others believe there is usefulness in these regexes. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 08:10, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
::[[c:Category:Files from Photobucket]]
::[[c:Category:Files from Photobucket with OTRS permission]]
::[[c:Category:Files that mention Photobucket]]
::..not that I expect this to be of much use [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 10:05, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
:::My concern is similar to Alexis': Photobucket is a reasonable source of images, for OTRS-with-permission at least (I don't know if they have a mark-your-license option), and outright blacklisting would make it harder to add more such images. Also consider en:WP fair use; someone's picture of a piece of art or of a dead notable person may be a solid candidate for a fair-use claim, and again this request would make it difficult or impossible to add such images. [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 02:32, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
::::{{ping|Nyttend|Alexis Jazz}} I am not suggesting the whole domain, I am suggesting the regex <code>\bphotobucket\.com/images</code>. I have reformatted above to hopefully make that clearer. The LinkSumary templates are added to allow for easier link checking. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 08:59, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

=== Ban .club ===
After 18 (rough count) blacklisted websites with this TLD, and being likely that we'll find none or very few (that can be handled locally) domains that will contain useful encyclopaedit content, I suggest that we outright ban the spammy <code>.club</code> domains. &mdash;[[User:MarcoAurelio|MarcoAurelio]] ([[User talk:MarcoAurelio|talk]]) 12:03, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
:{{ping|MarcoAurelio}} I have already been down that path, then followed it with discussion at Commons and enWP. enWP said that it was problematic, so I reversed that block. As we already have [[Special:AbuseFilter/162]] doing some of that (which was the resulting approach), what I have done is split .club out to a new filter [[Special:AbuseFilter/175]], and we can use that to escalate problem TLDs. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 13:05, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
::and as a note, I have added .space to /175 as I find it equally problematic as a spambot addition, and equally (un)useful. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 01:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
:::I found four more .club sites, for example [[wikiversity:it:Rencontre_Flirt|1]] and [[wikiversity:it:Utente:RamonReinhardt|2]]:
{{LinkSummary|agustina.club}}
{{LinkSummary|rebbecca.club}}
{{LinkSummary|sherley.club}}
{{LinkSummary|lezlie.club}}
--<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 05:08, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
=== clyfc.com ===
{{LinkSummary|clyfc.com}}
Spambot link. --<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 05:11, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Igna}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 11:09, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

=== iplogger.org ===
{{LinkSummary|iplogger.org}}
URL shortener. --<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 18:21, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Igna}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 21:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

===truv.is===
{{linksummary|truv.is}}
url shortener &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 23:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|billinghurst}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 23:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

===iplogger.ru===
{{linksummary|iplogger.ru}}
URL Shortener --<font color="black">[[User:Igna|Igna]] [[File:Flag of Uruguay.svg|17px|link=Special:Contributions/Igna]]<font face="Eras Demi ITC"><small> [[User Talk:Igna|(talk)]]</small></font></font> 04:58, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Igna}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 11:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

===spambot regex domain (August) 4===
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bventurebeat\.com/\?s}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bccmixter\.org/api/query\?}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\btheepochtimes\.com/n3/search/}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bparamuspost\.com/search\.php}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bchange\.org/search}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bbroowaha\.com/search}}
more spambot regex abuse urls, not used in wikis &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 13:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|billinghurst}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 13:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)

===spambot regex domain (August) 5===
* {{BLRequestRegex|\btwitpic\.com/tag}}
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bsharkbayte\.com/keyword}} <!-- domain not evidently used -->
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bexeideas\.com/\?s}} <!-- domain not evidently used -->
* {{BLRequestRegex|\bfin24\.com/search}}
next batch of repeating search or tag regex with extended abuse by spambots &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 04:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 04:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

===rebrand.ly===
* {{Link summary|rebrand.ly}}
URL shortener spotted on en. [[User:Ravensfire|Ravensfire]] ([[User talk:Ravensfire|talk]]) 20:35, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Ravensfire}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> (en: [[:en:User:Beetstra|U]], [[:en:User talk:Beetstra|T]]) 20:37, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

===tiny.tw===
{{linksummary|tiny.tw}}
Another unblocked url shortener used in highly visible spam on EN. Maybe add to the existing entry switch at ''"tiny\.(?:cc|vj\.e\.pl)"'' [[User:Kuru|<font color = "#cd853f">'''Kuru'''</font>]] [[User_talk:Kuru|<font color = "#f5deb3"><sup>''talk''</sup></font>]] 19:21, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

:{{rto|Kuru}} {{Added}} to [[Spam blacklist]]. --&nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 22:52, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

== Proposed additions (Bot reported) ==
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=== genetherapynet.com ===
{{linksummary|genetherapynet.com}}
I tried adding this and found it was blacklisted here. It seems that someone with a COI to that site and others was spamming it on articles cross wiki. As far as I can tell the editor has not been here for quite a long time (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cassie72 here], [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam&oldid=408987946#LT_Spamming_of_adsense_related this] and [[Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2011-02]]). Was wondering if it could be removed. Not sure about the other websites that were blacklisted at the same time as I have not explored them. [[User:Aircorn|Aircorn]] ([[User talk:Aircorn|talk]]) 06:28, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
:{{ping|Aircorn}} it was being spammed in 2011. A removal needs more than "I want to add it", it usually needs firm reasoning about why it is usable at the sites. You can always ask about whitelisting at [[w:en:mediawiki talk:spam-whitelist]] &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 09:32, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
::It is quite hard to find sites that explain genetic engineering and are user friendly. It would make my editing life a little bit easier if I could use it as a reference, but it is not a site I would regularly use as there are much better (although less accessable) resources out there. I figured that since it was (as far as I could tell) only blacklisted due to spamming a long time ago then it would be relatively easy to unblacklist once that was no longer an issue. I will look at whitelisting if I really need it. Thanks for the response. [[User:Aircorn|Aircorn]] ([[User talk:Aircorn|talk]]) 09:44, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

=== thecompany.pl ===
{{linksummary|thecompany.pl}}
I am asking you to consider removing this site from the blacklist. {{unsigned|Kocury}}
:{{ping|Kocury}} You will need to make a stronger case than "please remove this site". Why should it be removed? What is the value of the site to the wikis, especially the Wikipedias? How are you proposing to use the link? etc. It has been blacklisted, and was done for a reason at the time. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 22:57, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
::This is the homepage of the free project that deals with the conversion of games from the Commodore Amiga computer to a Windows. I would like to add this address to the polish page about "Amiga". https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga - I wrote to Polish wikipedia moderators, but they wrote that I should write a request here to remove site from global blacklist filter.

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===False positive===
* {{LinkSummary|iqpc.com}}

I had a problem saving an archived page from www.iqpc.com — possibly because of the blacklisting of \biqpc\.com\b.<br>
Can this be solved ? --[[User:GeeTeeBee|GeeTeeBee]] ([[User talk:GeeTeeBee|talk]]) 00:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
:My apologies — I misread the syntax of the blacklist, and now realise I should have ignored the preceding letter 'b' ... — Would it however be possible to allow the ''archived'' version of the page (https://web.archive.org/web/20080704130516/https://www.iqpc.com/UK/luv/ediary) to be linked to in an article ?
: By the way, the original is a dead link anyway. --[[User:GeeTeeBee|GeeTeeBee]] ([[User talk:GeeTeeBee|talk]]) 12:53, 18 June 2018 (UTC)
::{{declined|nothing to do}} at meta or globally. This is blocked by English Wikipedia, so you will need to follow-up at [[w:Mediawiki talk:Spam-blacklist]] &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 22:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

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Latest comment: 5 years ago34 comments8 people in discussion
This section is for proposing that a website be blacklisted; add new entries at the bottom of the section, using the basic URL so that there is no link (example.com, not http://www.example.com). Provide links demonstrating widespread spamming by multiple users on multiple wikis. Completed requests will be marked as {{added}} or {{declined}} and archived.

spambot abused search regex (August)

  • gameinformer\.com/search Regex requested to be blacklisted: gameinformer\.com/search
  • speakingtree\.in/search Regex requested to be blacklisted: speakingtree\.in/search
  • behance\.net/search Regex requested to be blacklisted: behance\.net/search
  • healthynewage\.com/\?s Regex requested to be blacklisted: healthynewage\.com/\?s
  • sportsrants\.com/\?s Regex requested to be blacklisted: sportsrants\.com/\?s
  • shewrites\.com/main/search\/ Regex requested to be blacklisted: shewrites\.com/main/search\/
  • ourmidland\.com/search Regex requested to be blacklisted: ourmidland\.com/search

 — billinghurst sDrewth 10:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Billinghurst: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 10:35, 14 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

redirects.ca

redirects.ca

(LinkSearch: meta | en | es | de | fr | ru | zh | simple | c | d | Wikipedias: top 25 · 50 · major wikis · sc · gs)(Search: Google | en (G) | fr (G) | de (G) | meta (G) | backlinks | → links ←)redirects.ca
(Reports: Report ← track | XWiki | Local | en | find entry)(DomainTools: whois | AboutUs | Malware?)

Redirect site, likely malicious. --Igna (talk) 05:12, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Igna: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 11:30, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

spambot abused search regex (August) 2

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bdict\.leo\.org/\?search
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bajaxtime\.com/\?s
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: your regex contains an '='; please prefix the link with 'regex=' within the template to render the link correctly
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bpurevolume\.com/search
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \btopofblogs\.com/tag

 — billinghurst sDrewth 23:14, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Billinghurst: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 23:17, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

822b.urls.to

urls.to

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URL shortener. --Igna (talk) 05:22, 16 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Igna: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 05:30, 16 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

spam bot abused search regex (August) 3

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bblogher\.com/search YesY
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bcaringbridge\.org/search
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \brenewableenergyworld\.com/_search\?
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \btraveldescribe\.com/\?s\=
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \btravelpod\.com/s/
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bchaseresults\.com/mail_to_friend
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bphoto.net/gallery/tag-search/search\b
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bsquidoo\.com/search

All repeating patterns of search links being spambot abused, being of little value, and checked for either no usage, or negligible usage on wikipedias.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Billinghurst: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 01:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

seeking input on two regex

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bphotobucket\.com/images

photobucket.com

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  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bsearch\.com/search\?q

search.com

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Spambots are adding the url strings photobucket.com/images and search.com/search?q into their links as a means to try and show some relevance, and sometimes as an indirect link to their spam. Some are easy to eradicate, however, these two have a light, and maybe possibly legitimate usage so I am seeking input on whether others believe there is usefulness in these regexes.  — billinghurst sDrewth 08:10, 18 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

c:Category:Files from Photobucket
c:Category:Files from Photobucket with OTRS permission
c:Category:Files that mention Photobucket
..not that I expect this to be of much use Alexis Jazz (talk) 10:05, 18 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
My concern is similar to Alexis': Photobucket is a reasonable source of images, for OTRS-with-permission at least (I don't know if they have a mark-your-license option), and outright blacklisting would make it harder to add more such images. Also consider en:WP fair use; someone's picture of a piece of art or of a dead notable person may be a solid candidate for a fair-use claim, and again this request would make it difficult or impossible to add such images. Nyttend (talk) 02:32, 19 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Nyttend and Alexis Jazz: I am not suggesting the whole domain, I am suggesting the regex \bphotobucket\.com/images. I have reformatted above to hopefully make that clearer. The LinkSumary templates are added to allow for easier link checking.  — billinghurst sDrewth 08:59, 19 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ban .club

After 18 (rough count) blacklisted websites with this TLD, and being likely that we'll find none or very few (that can be handled locally) domains that will contain useful encyclopaedit content, I suggest that we outright ban the spammy .club domains. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 12:03, 19 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@MarcoAurelio: I have already been down that path, then followed it with discussion at Commons and enWP. enWP said that it was problematic, so I reversed that block. As we already have Special:AbuseFilter/162 doing some of that (which was the resulting approach), what I have done is split .club out to a new filter Special:AbuseFilter/175, and we can use that to escalate problem TLDs.  — billinghurst sDrewth 13:05, 19 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
and as a note, I have added .space to /175 as I find it equally problematic as a spambot addition, and equally (un)useful.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
I found four more .club sites, for example 1 and 2:

agustina.club

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rebbecca.club

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sherley.club

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lezlie.club

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--Igna (talk) 05:08, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

clyfc.com

clyfc.com

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Spambot link. --Igna (talk) 05:11, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Igna: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 11:09, 20 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

iplogger.org

iplogger.org

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URL shortener. --Igna (talk) 18:21, 21 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Igna: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 21:34, 21 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

truv.is

truv.is

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url shortener  — billinghurst sDrewth 23:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Billinghurst: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 23:57, 21 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

iplogger.ru

iplogger.ru

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URL Shortener --Igna (talk) 04:58, 22 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Igna: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 11:42, 22 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

spambot regex domain (August) 4

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bventurebeat\.com/\?s
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bccmixter\.org/api/query\?
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \btheepochtimes\.com/n3/search/
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bparamuspost\.com/search\.php
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bchange\.org/search
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bbroowaha\.com/search

more spambot regex abuse urls, not used in wikis  — billinghurst sDrewth 13:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Billinghurst: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 13:41, 22 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

spambot regex domain (August) 5

  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \btwitpic\.com/tag
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bsharkbayte\.com/keyword
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bexeideas\.com/\?s
  • Regex requested to be blacklisted: \bfin24\.com/search

next batch of repeating search or tag regex with extended abuse by spambots  — billinghurst sDrewth 04:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 04:32, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

rebrand.ly

rebrand.ly

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URL shortener spotted on en. Ravensfire (talk) 20:35, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Ravensfire: Added Added to Spam blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 20:37, 24 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

tiny.tw

tiny.tw

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Another unblocked url shortener used in highly visible spam on EN. Maybe add to the existing entry switch at "tiny\.(?:cc|vj\.e\.pl)" Kuru talk 19:21, 26 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Kuru: Added Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 22:52, 26 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Proposed additions (Bot reported)

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Proposed removals

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genetherapynet.com

genetherapynet.com

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I tried adding this and found it was blacklisted here. It seems that someone with a COI to that site and others was spamming it on articles cross wiki. As far as I can tell the editor has not been here for quite a long time (see here, this and Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2011-02). Was wondering if it could be removed. Not sure about the other websites that were blacklisted at the same time as I have not explored them. Aircorn (talk) 06:28, 19 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Aircorn: it was being spammed in 2011. A removal needs more than "I want to add it", it usually needs firm reasoning about why it is usable at the sites. You can always ask about whitelisting at w:en:mediawiki talk:spam-whitelist  — billinghurst sDrewth 09:32, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
It is quite hard to find sites that explain genetic engineering and are user friendly. It would make my editing life a little bit easier if I could use it as a reference, but it is not a site I would regularly use as there are much better (although less accessable) resources out there. I figured that since it was (as far as I could tell) only blacklisted due to spamming a long time ago then it would be relatively easy to unblacklist once that was no longer an issue. I will look at whitelisting if I really need it. Thanks for the response. Aircorn (talk) 09:44, 9 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

thecompany.pl

thecompany.pl

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I am asking you to consider removing this site from the blacklist. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kocury (talk)

@Kocury: You will need to make a stronger case than "please remove this site". Why should it be removed? What is the value of the site to the wikis, especially the Wikipedias? How are you proposing to use the link? etc. It has been blacklisted, and was done for a reason at the time.  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:57, 26 August 2018 (UTC)Reply
This is the homepage of the free project that deals with the conversion of games from the Commodore Amiga computer to a Windows. I would like to add this address to the polish page about "Amiga". https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga - I wrote to Polish wikipedia moderators, but they wrote that I should write a request here to remove site from global blacklist filter.

Troubleshooting and problems

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False positive

iqpc.com

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I had a problem saving an archived page from www.iqpc.com — possibly because of the blacklisting of \biqpc\.com\b.
Can this be solved ? --GeeTeeBee (talk) 00:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

My apologies — I misread the syntax of the blacklist, and now realise I should have ignored the preceding letter 'b' ... — Would it however be possible to allow the archived version of the page (https://web.archive.org/web/20080704130516/https://www.iqpc.com/UK/luv/ediary) to be linked to in an article ?
By the way, the original is a dead link anyway. --GeeTeeBee (talk) 12:53, 18 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
 nothing to do at meta or globally. This is blocked by English Wikipedia, so you will need to follow-up at w:Mediawiki talk:Spam-blacklist  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:51, 18 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

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