Talk:Spam blacklist
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Proposed additions
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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. |
Pharmacy terrorists
canadian-pharmacy-canadian-meds-shop.com
http://canadian-meds-shop.com/ (you can click on it, I linked to the scamfraudalert.com site) is likely to spam. Please block the address! --Lovuschka 02:32, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- This one will need some research for other domains. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 03:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
nofoiegras.org
nofoiegras.org
Current cross-wiki spam. 
Added, but perhaps temp? — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 03:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Nike shoes spammer
branddaze.com
cooljordanshoes.com
nikejordanshoesonsale.com
Continuously spams different domains and tries to pass them as references etc. Various IP's in the same range editted. Mainly on en: but also on zh:. See Coibot reports. EdBever 11:31, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Added thanks --Herby talk thyme 12:19, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
aylak.com
- Domains
aylak.com
fotoambar.com
rottforum.com
rottder.org.tr
mynet.com
- There are over 500 links to this site on tr.wikipedia; it may be a hosting service like Yahoo or narod.ru, so I reverted my blacklisting of this link. --A. B. (talk) 21:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
okeytek.com
weblence.com
eziyetsiz.com
romanticapart.com
rapclips.net
okeycafe.com
netarac.com
- Accounts
User:88.249.98.46(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
- ca:Especial:Contribucions/88.249.98.46
- de:Spezial:Beiträge/88.249.98.46
- wikt:en:Special:Contributions/88.249.98.46
- en:Special:Contributions/88.249.98.46
- fr:Special:Contributions/88.249.98.46
- ht:Espesyal:Kontribisyon/88.249.98.46
- tr:Özel:Katkılar/88.249.98.46
--A. B. (talk) 20:36, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- Added. --A. B. (talk) 20:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- For the record, here are more accounts:
- For the record, here are more accounts:
User:85.101.254.140(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:85.107.138.119(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:85.110.119.94(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:85.110.114.83(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:85.110.54.86(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
zoomcad.com
zoomcad.com
See COIbot xwiki report. Persistent crosswiki linkspamming. Please blacklist ASAP. EdBever 12:11, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- Added thanks --Herby talk thyme 12:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
davemckay.co.uk
Cross wiki spam, active today - has been going on for a long time. There are 467 links in the 57 biggest Wikipedias.
davemckay.co.uk
These are the IPs that has inserted the link on nn.wikipedia, they have all inserted the link on other Wikipedias too. It is likely to be lots more IP's that has been used to insert the link.
User:92.42.149.4(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.50.227(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.65.79.109(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:212.139.16.216(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:194.247.229.86(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.123.142(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:212.1.140.27(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:194.247.238.222(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
--Jorunn 21:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- Some more IPs:
User:79.65.66.177(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.30.17(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.117.253(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.65.104.85(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.123.142(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.65.79.109(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.65.106.201(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.116.50(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.74.102.168(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.115.200(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.55.215(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.57.127(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.69.75.190(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.65.36.120(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.113.92(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.66.92.71(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
--Jorunn 22:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
wiki.d-addicts.com
Hundred's to thousands of external links goes out to "DramaWiki," which is the wiki page for "d-addicts.com" - a massive torrent site for downloading pirated Asian television shows and movies. Continually linking to this site is like the WikiMedia family supporting piracy of Asian copyrighted content.
--Hyo-son Kim 21:46, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
nacho.myweb.io
nacho.myweb.io
If this request is accepted, in Spam blacklist please change:
\bnacho\.miarroba\.com\b
to:
\bnacho\.(?:miarroba\.com|myweb\.io)\b
I found only 9 links in different wikis (may be some people deleted them on some wikis), but it seems the same spammer previously blocked on this sites too:
\bdiegovelazquez\.(?:110mb\.com|webcindario\.com|about\.vg)\b
How they are related? See this diff adding both sites. Mosca 23:01, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Proposed additions (Bot reported)
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COIBot
Running, will report a certain domain shortly after a link is used more than 2 times by one user on more than 2 wikipedia (technically: when more than 66% of this link has been added by this user, and more than 66% of this link were added XWiki). Same system as SpamReportBot (discussions after the remark "<!-- Please put comments after this remark -->" at the bottom; please close reports when reverted/blacklisted/waiting for more or ignore when good link)
| List | Last update | By | Site IP | R | Last user | Last link addition | User | Link | User - Link | User - Link - Wikis | Link - Wikis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vrsystems.ru | 2023-06-27 15:51:16 | COIBot | 195.24.68.17 | 192.36.57.94 193.46.56.178 194.71.126.227 93.99.104.93 |
2070-01-01 05:00:00 | 4 | 4 |
Proposed removals
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This section is for proposing that a website be unlisted; please add new entries at the bottom of the section.
Remember to provide the specific domain blacklisted, links to the articles they are used in or useful to, and arguments in favour of unlisting. Completed requests will be marked as See also /recurring requests for repeatedly proposed (and refused) removals. The addition or removal of a domain from the blacklist is not a vote; please do not bold the first words in statements. |
scififantasyfiction. suite101. com
suite101.com
I wanted to use this article as a reference, but it is blacklisted. Where can i find out why? I would guess it was added to random SF pages as an external link, but it is still a reliable source for referencing. Can it be delisted? I cannot even insert it here for this request!
- suite101.com has been blacklisted for some time after lots of spamming. Please see archived requests. This is
Declined until the issues which led to the initial blacklisting and subsequent denials for de-listing are addressed adequately. Please do some research to show the situation has changed. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 19:54, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
- It's a matter for the local whitelist, where it is already being discussed. JzG 07:18, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
asyncop.com
asyncop.com
can't post because the "page is blocked by a spam filter" are you kidding me?? asyncop.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 148.177.128.81 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 27 October 2008.
- I can't find this in the log. It probably was added around April 30 this year?
- Looking at the history of one of the articles on en.wikipedia where someone, editing from the same IP as you used to post here, inserted the links asyncop.net and multicore.ning.com yesterday, I found that User:Asafshelly had been inserting some asyncop.com links there.
asyncop.net
multicore.ning.com
User:Asafshelly
User:148.177.128.81(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
- It was added to the blacklist in this edit: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spam_blacklist&diff=prev&oldid=979194 --Jorunn 11:49, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- Per [1], this should have been blacklisted on the English Wikipedia. Once it's added there, I'll remove it here. There's no evidence that the spamming was cross-wiki, and no evidence that it will be in the future. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:45, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
General note
A general point to note for all members of Wikimedia - You may not believe you are being used for advertising, however the reality is that you are, big time. If you don't like this association and truly don't want to clearly favour some site over others you must remove all links to profit making web sites. I quite expect some curt retort on this comment or for it to be deleted but it is a fact, whether you like it or not. --09:24, 28 October 2008 (UTC)~ — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pepperpot9999 (talk)
- We are aware of the fact that the wikis are being used for advertising, this blacklist is a part of the work to try to stop some of it. Lots more work is done locally on the wikis. Banning all links to comercial websites isn't an option. We need the information some of them provide, and we need to be able to link to the official website of companies etc. in the articles about those companies.
- If you know of a link you belive has been spammed, please feel free to tell us about it, or just remove it yourself (please state the reason for the removal in the edit summary). --Jorunn 11:09, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
- Additionally, most are not the subject of abuse. But some undoubtedly are, and the fact that this results in some sites being blacklisted while superficially similar sites are not generally comes under the heading of "things you should have thought of before you tried to use Wikipedia for self-promotion". JzG 07:28, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
- Commercial links are very often appropriate, when added with the right reason. If the link to a company homepage is added to the page about the company, then that is a correct use. Also, some companies provide resources on their sites which are very welcome as references, as they generally contain well researched and correct information. However, if the additions to company websites is to promote the content, or strongly suggests promotional use, then that is what we call abuse, and such links are not welcome. We also realise that sometimes appropriate links/links added in an appropriate way can be a victim of that.
- On the other hand, non-commercial sites can just as well be spammed. This may include links to non-profit organisations, public organisations like libraries, musea and governmental sites. These may not get money directly from selling, but get money from people visiting their site and who like their cause, get money depending on how many people visit their site ('measure of the efficiency of the advertising/promotion of the website' e.g. by webmasters), or to promote a certain politician (or his view) to give them a better chance in an election.
- If one wants a final solution to any form of using wikipedia for promotion, add '\.' as a rule to the blacklist, and let everything that is needed first be checked by the community for whitelisting. But I think that would be against the spirit of Wikipedia. In the meantime, we do our best to catch as much as possible .. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:10, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
YouPorn.com
YouPorn.com
It's not possible to add the link to the en:YouPorn article because of this black listing (maybee a request for a local whitelisting is more appropriate?)? Is this a very problematic site with lot of spam linking? I've also raised a RFC on the issue at the talk page nsaa 23:01, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
- It was blacklisted after User:COIBot/LinkReports/youporn.com. I see plenty of abuse there; I suggest making a request for whitelisting instead. Declined, I think. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:11, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
Opus-info.org
opus-info.org
opus-info.org is a multilingual site with lots of documents of interest about en:Opus Dei. It has been added in each corresponding wiki language. Please remove it from black list or add it to white list. Gabuzo 10:56, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, we know it was added in many wiki languages, that's why it was blacklisted. See User:COIBot/XWiki/opus-info.org. It appears not to meet the sourcing guidelines prevalent in most language projects. JzG 12:34, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
- Please consider that this site is in 8 languages and provides very valuable testimonies, as you can see in
www.opus-info.org/index.php?title=Category:Opus_Dei_info
A link to this site was added in the "Links to opposing views" part of article.
Consider also that the organisation has much more money than detractors and owns plenty of DNS entries that all point to the same site with the same content in different languages. Why should readers cannot get more informations in their own language? Why would it need to be limited to 5 different languages? Gabuzo 16:01, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
- Please consider that this site is in 8 languages and provides very valuable testimonies, as you can see in
- OK, you are now suggesting that when this one is blacklisted, other sites are going to be added as a replacement? We are writing an encyclopedia here, not a linkfarm or an internet directory. As such, Declined --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 16:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
- OK, you are now suggesting that when this one is blacklisted, other sites are going to be added as a replacement? We are writing an encyclopedia here, not a linkfarm or an internet directory. As such,
- Remove Opus Dei from blacklist. Wiki is becoming useless because of these nerd behaviours like blacklisting important sites. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.104.207.232 (talk) 00:48, 4 November 2008
- Typically, we do not remove domains from the spam blacklist in response to site-owners' requests. Instead, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their encyclopaedic value in support of our encyclopaedia pages. If such an editor asks to use your links, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and your links may well be removed.
- This blacklist is used by more than just our 700+ Wikimedia Foundation wikis (Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, etc.). All 3000+ Wikia wikis plus a substantial percentage of the 25,000+ unrelated wikis that run on our MediaWiki software have chosen to incorporate this blacklist in their own spam filtering. Each wiki has a local "whitelist" which overrides the global blacklist for that project only. Some of these non-Wikimedia sites may be interested in your links; by all means feel free to request local whitelisting on those.
- Unlike Wikipedia, DMOZ is a web directory specifically designed to categorize and list all Internet sites; if you've not already gotten your sites listed there, I encourage you to do so -- it's a more appropriate venue for your links than our wikis. Their web address: http://www.dmoz.org/.
- --A. B. (talk) 21:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Holocaustresearchproject.org
Holocaustresearchproject.org
I'm using an essay on this website as a source for w:Lyndon LaRouche, but can't add a link because it's on this list for some reason. It's the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, a research project run in collaboration with some British academics, including the history department of the University of Northhampton. My use of the source material is being challenged in part because I can't link to it. SlimVirgin (talk) 22:36, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
- Was added per [2]. Have those concerns been addressed? — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 00:26, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- It's certainly not being spammed anymore, and the site in general has some good material on it. SlimVirgin (talk) 02:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- In a subject as contentious as LaRouche I'd be inclined to steer clear of all but the most impeccable sources anyway. JzG 20:51, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
- The source is good. He's Matthew Feldman, senior lecturer in the history dept of the University of Northhampton in the UK, a specialist in fascism, and coauthor of Fascism: Critical concepts in political science, 2004. The material I'm using as a source is an essay he wrote about LaRouche for a conference in Berlin, and it's reproduced on this site because the archive is run in collaboration with the university he works for. I can use it without a link, which is what I'm currently doing, but this being a LaRouche article, several people want to be able to read it for themselves. That's why I'd like to post the link. SlimVirgin (talk) 02:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Sure it is not spammed anymore, it is blacklisted. If there are still concerns then I suggest to leave it on the blacklist, but if all concerns have been addressed, then it can be removed (but readded if spamming continues ..). If this specific document is OK, and there are no problems with it, then I think whitelisting this specific document on the server for this reference is a better way. As you say 'in general has some good material on it' does not sound good enough to me, especially with the history of spamming .. Would whitelisting sould good, SlimVirgin? --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 09:07, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed - whitelisting the appropriate URL for that use on the appropriate wiki sounds like the preferable course of action here. Declined as such. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 11:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- Whitelisting the link would be great. It is http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/essays&editorials/larouche.html Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) 20:06, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed - whitelisting the appropriate URL for that use on the appropriate wiki sounds like the preferable course of action here.
being-ones-self.org and myegotimes.com
being-ones-self.org
myegotimes.com
These two sites were blacklisted because of scroogle.org, which is itself no longer blacklisted:
#The following sites are being used to get around the scroogle.org spam blacklisting (above) being-ones-self\.org myegotimes\.com
I'm figuring they were probably missed when scroogle.org was de-blacklisted. --Sapphic 03:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- I fail to see how these sites have any utility to our projects. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 12:08, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- Interesting. Looks like the same site in many respect to me (certainly exactly the same frame on the page). Far more importantly where would these sites be usefully linked in the project? Thanks --Herby talk thyme 13:17, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
apelosurgentes.com.br
I require the removal of this site from blacklist. This is an important site and not a SPAM site. It is a very known and contains messages from Our Lady. Wiki is becoming useless because of these nerd behaviours like blacklisting important sites and refusing to remove from blacklist even if people argue and explain and show that the site really does not need to be in a BLACK LIST. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.104.207.232 (talk) 00:48, 4 November 2008
- I'll investigate this a bit later, however I'll note for now that when you say you "require" us to remove your domain and you call us nerds, you certainly aren't starting this blacklisting review on a very promising note. I don't think Saint Mary believed in calling people names but you may want to check that out for yourself.
- Regards, --A. B. (talk) 21:44, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
No investigation necessery, A.B., the data is all there:
apelosurgentes.com.br
User:189.104.207.232(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.104.242.125(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:195.214.255.253(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.12.49.65(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
I see that there are 2 IPs which are close to the one who added this post. This link was spammed cross-wiki (Top 10 wikis where apelosurgentes.com.br has been added: en.wikipedia (4), it.wikipedia (2), de.wikipedia (2), es.wikipedia (2), nl.wikipedia (2), ja.wikipedia (1), hu.wikipedia (1), gl.wikipedia (1), sq.wikipedia (1), fr.wikipedia (1)) by these IPs mainly (Editors who have added apelosurgentes.com.br: 189.104.242.125 (15), 195.214.255.253 (2), EJF (huggle) (1), River matthew (1), 189.12.49.65 (1)) (I believe that the the two named accounts perform vandalism reverts here, which re-insert the links, they were not genuine edits). In other words: 
Declined. If you need the link to be de-blacklisted, seek contact with regular editors on these wikis, and see if they think the link is of interest to their wiki. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:24, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
- The IPs was also inserting link
getway.com.br
--Jorunn 12:31, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Interesting!
- Editors who have added getway.com.br: 189.104.242.125 (16), Tonyhenrique (5), 189.104.236.232 (3), 189.104.207.232 (2), 189.12.49.153 (2), 189.105.11.50 (1), EJF (huggle) (1).
- Top 10 wikis where getway.com.br has been added: en.wikipedia (11), sq.wikipedia (3), cs.wikipedia (2), de.wikipedia (2), es.wikipedia (2), nl.wikipedia (2), pt.wikipedia (2), ja.wikipedia (1), hu.wikipedia (1), gl.wikipedia (1).
User:189.104.242.125(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.104.236.232(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.104.207.232(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.12.49.153(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:189.105.11.50(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
Maybe leading to
kurescek.info
apelosurgentes.com
aparicoesnoamazonas.kit.net
(the first of this three on en and pt wikipedia, the latter two only on en)
Probably involved (only added the domains named here):
User:Tonyhenrique
One of the IPs mentioned above has more on his list:
borko.data.bg
borko@data.bg
bgcd.narod.ru
bulgariainside.ru
Which leads to:
User:Daniela S.
Who has a lot of stuff, including handsfull of email addresses, top ten (out of 70 records, filtered what is already named):
ilianamirtschewa.dir.bg
ku-eichstaett.de
education.uncc.edu
michaelkratky.de
sltruesd@uncc.edu
drreynol@uncc.edu
mstewa53@uncc.edu
Pff .. some of this stuff may be genuine (or added to userspace, I see tracks leading to wikiversity?). But a second look would be nice here. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 13:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
OK, this also reached the administrators incident noticeboard on en: link (permanent link). Maybe more blacklisting is needed here. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 13:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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archive/log searching
Hi!
1. How should the spam archive search be used? At the moment I can't get any results. Is it broken (and has this something to do with our recent archive movings)? If so, perhaps we should link to a google-search as an interim.
2. Is this tool searching the archive only or logs too? What about my log-search-tool [3]? Should it be transferred on our toolserver or may it remain where it is? I suppose to place a link to that tool on this page near the archive-search-tool.
3. I just had a look at [4] and saw that the archive is inconsistent now. What should we do with that? I guess it should be somehow consistent because search tools could depend on that. -- seth 15:20, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- The search tool is hopefully not dependent on how the archives are named. I can get results currently though (and I could get results when we used the subpage convention). This is tied to your third question. Pathoschild is enamoured with his "Standard archival system". However much I hate it, to keep the peace we should all do what he says and use the YYYY-MM convention. sigh
- The archive search tool only searches archives. I'd be happy to see your log search tool run on the toolserver; you can request an account at TS/A.
- — Mike.lifeguard | talk 15:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- 1. Ok, but ehm, if I search for "mustangranch.com" I want to find Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2008/01#mustangranch.com, but I find nothing. What am I doing wrong?
- 2. TS/A#de:user:lustiger_seth
- 3. So shall we leave this like it is? and what about that?-- seth 17:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- Subpages for the logs should not be changed (consistency with that was the reason I had moved the archives to subpages too, but Pathoschild didn't like that). I'll move the remaining subpage archives, and delete redirects wherever possible. — Mike.lifeguard | talk 22:35, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps someone should look at the source code for Eagle's tool, or if he's around, someone should ask him. — Mike.lifeguard | talk 22:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
User: namespace abuse
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Discussion
Local spam (seeking local volunteers)
Similar to the XWiki catching of domains, the linkwatchers (the off-wiki bots that do the actual parsing of the diffs and extraction of external links; reporting the results to IRC) also catch local spam. Until a couple of days that just resulted in on-IRC remarks, but I have now made the bots save that data to off-wiki files on the computer where they run on (data is saved 'per wiki, so a file for en.wikipedia.org, a file for de.wikipedia.org .. etc.'). They tend to catch new links added by users who focus on one link/domainhost, links only added by IP accounts and links that are added by a small range of IPs(they report only when they pass the threshold and not again, what happens after that will have to be retrieved from local searches or with the help of COIBot).
The information there is pretty sensitive, and I think that it is not suitable for unfiltered on-wiki publication; it does contain quite a percentage of good links, and good editors, which I think have to be removed by hand. However, from a list of 80 links from a report on en.wikipedia I did add over 30 to en:User:XLinkBot (and some rubbish might just have to go directly to the local or meta blacklists). I have made the filter a bit stricter, but it will probably still contain quite some good stuff.
If local admins are interested in having a copy of the data, then please give me a sign (maybe I should make a list somewhere, say User:COIBot/Local or something like that) where people can give their username, a link to a wikipedia e-mail page, and which wiki(s) you'd like to have the list from. I will then try, on a 'regular' basis, to send that list to those editors (bit depending on size and how many volunteers per-wiki, etc., but I am thinking once every so many days; I might in the end even try to write a bot to perform the mailings). --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:21, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
(Please feel free to notify local editors on local noticeboards or appropriate talkpages if you feel that that may result in volunteers who are not active on meta, but who may be interested.) --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:33, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
- You know Beetstra, I'm interested. I will notify some Spanish Administrators if they are interested on.
- Dferg (talk) 14:04, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
- I am interested in nl: wiki. Perhaps some other admins as well. EdBever 16:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- If you are interested, just add your name to User:COIBot/Local. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Logging tool
Copied from User_talk:Mike.lifeguard. --Erwin(85) 15:31, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm thinking about making the logging easier with some javascript. I'm thinking of either including the latest oldid of Spam blacklist in bot reports if you made the last edit yourself. (So after adding a URL from a report you reload the report and simply copy/paste the logging snippet.) Another option would be to make the link from Spam blacklist include the current oldid and automatically append that to the log. Any thoughts/suggestions? --Erwin(85) 18:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
- Probably something like commons:MediaWiki:Gadget-DelReqHandler.js would be ideal. I made a flowchart which encompasses the usual stuff we do with additions/removals and declining requests. Probably the Commons script will be a very good framework for handling requests on Talk:Spam blacklist especially. Looking forward to seeing where this takes us.
- I'm also going to see about using inputbox to make adding to the spam blacklist easier. Wish me luck :D — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 19:55, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
- OK, well inputbox is crap. But perhaps I can bribe someone into making LogEntry better. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 21:00, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'm not sure about the actual process though. Logging can be done with AJAX, but I think the spam blacklist should only show the intended differences, similar to your removespam.js. Every edit should need confirmation. In any case I really need to have a script that closes reports for me. I seem to forget that about half the times. --Erwin(85) 11:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
- Me too - bot reports should be comparatively easier to do. Yes, we'd want to confirm the edit on the blacklist itself - show the diff. Upon save, the rest can proceed automatically. I'll see about contacting Dschwen for some help, as he had asked Herby about this previously. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 13:03, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'm not sure about the actual process though. Logging can be done with AJAX, but I think the spam blacklist should only show the intended differences, similar to your removespam.js. Every edit should need confirmation. In any case I really need to have a script that closes reports for me. I seem to forget that about half the times. --Erwin(85) 11:18, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Question/Help
Hi, I am an active user on the English, Spanish and Ladino Language wikis, and I was trying to join the Afrikaans language wikipedia. However, it turned out that any username with the word JEW on it is blocked, as I got this message when attempting to create my username:
Login error
The user name "Jewbask" has been banned from creation. It matches the following blacklist entry: .*JEW.*
I asked for help at the Afrikaans language wiki but it seems nobody knew this could happen and hence, they may not know how to fix it and there is no way to contact the bureaucrat unless I have an username, which I can't have! Is there anyone who can help me out? thanks a lot! --Jewbask 23:23, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, this is blocked via the title blacklist, I recommend to merge Your accounts account, then logging in to any wiki should be possible (make sure to read and understand SUL beforehand), please feel free to contact me if You have any questions. If You chose not to activate sul, we can remove it from the title blacklist.
- Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 23:29, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- I unified my accounts. It worked. Thanks! --Jewbask 23:57, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Jewbask will probably not be able to create a user page there (title), though. As they seem to wanna block JEW in uppercase letters, it's the same like my experience with this issue. --- Best regards, Melancholie 23:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'll make it case-sensitive, however that entry doesn't affect page creations, only the creation of new usernames. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:59, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Jewbask will probably not be able to create a user page there (title), though. As they seem to wanna block JEW in uppercase letters, it's the same like my experience with this issue. --- Best regards, Melancholie 23:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks Mike and Melancholie! Jewbask, congratulations, You have a perfect SULed account, no unattached remains, this means this name is now all Yours on any wmf-wiki, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 00:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)