Talk:Spam blacklist
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casarealdeportugal.org
casarealdeportugal.org
There has already been extensive discussion in IRC and on the XWiki report. I don't know if there is enough disruption to justify blacklisting - up to now it seems the local wikis involved have been able to manage it OK using block (though not blacklisting, AFAIK). I think I'd prefer to see more efforts locally to combat the POV-pushing & spamming before resorting to blacklisting here. But, I've listed it here to solicit wider input. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Very clear-cut to me after reading the discussions -- blacklist it here. --A. B. (talk) 06:58, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
royalhouseofportugal.org
- The link above points to the same website --Enric Naval 03:50, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- And it has been widely used by IPs as well, XWiki report on the way (if my programming of a new feature does not fail ..). --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Also
casarealportuguesa.org
— Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:18, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Added -- a sufficiently bad problem that multiple projects have issued warnings and requests to stop; one has even blacklisted the domains locally. If projects want to use these links, they are welcome to whitelist them locally, however, I strongly recommend against removing this from the meta blacklist. --A. B. (talk) 17:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Adding of mass .ru spamlinks
Example. Has anyone seen this on other wikis recently (and is it therefore worth blocking all these domains)? --Thogo (talk) 23:44, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Looks like a very unsophisticated spambot to me:
<ekimmargni> coibot whatadded 220.134.175.133 <COIBot> 136 records; Top 10 domains added by 220.134.175.133: 8591-game.blogspot.com (11), 104-game.blogspot.com (11), gameswu.pixnet.net (11), freegamesbase.com (11), 168games.blogspot.com (11), miniclip.net.ru (11), playgames.pp.ru (11), videogames.net.ru (11), fun-games.net.ru (11), freeonlinegames.net.ru (11). <ekimmargni> lucky us
- I'll investigate more a bit later... — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:50, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, lucky us... ;) Thanks. --Thogo (talk) 00:16, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Also spammed on bg, eo, sv and de wikipedias
- --A. B. (talk) 00:36, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
User:218.174.152.121(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:220.134.174.124(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:220.134.175.133(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:60.249.56.130(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:60.249.56.139(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
104-game.blogspot.com
168games.blogspot.com
8591-game.blogspot.com
free-games.net.ru
freegamesbase.com
freeonlinegames.net.ru
freetitle.net.ru
fun-games.net.ru
gameswu.pixnet.net
harry-potter.pp.ru
inkheart.net.ru
miniclip.net.ru
mlb.net.ru
onlinegames.net.ru
playgames.pp.ru
secondlife.pp.ru
videogames.net.ru
User:Gameswu
The domains have all kinds of spammy stuff on them, it seems, but maybe also good stuff:
- 1440 records; Top 10 subdomains on net.ru: kitap.net.ru (164), abovo.net.ru (71), miniclip.net.ru (36), neuro.net.ru (33), plagiata.net.ru (32), mybasket.net.ru (30), caute.net.ru (29), fun-games.net.ru (23), videogames.net.ru (22), free-games.net.ru (22).
- 502 records; Top 10 subdomains on pp.ru: orlovs.pp.ru (76), zigane.pp.ru (49), klk.pp.ru (44), forum.orlovs.pp.ru (36), playgames.pp.ru (22), viagra.rx.pp.ru (19), tramadol.rx.pp.ru (19), hydrocodone.rx.pp.ru (19), allstars.pp.ru (18), esperanto-mv.pp.ru (13).
etc. etc. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:50, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Just a note that pp.ru redirects to caravan.ru, and is a "public domain" - likewise for net.ru (though I guess only corporations can register those subdomains. So, there is probably good content on both & we should blacklist only the specific subdomains. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 20:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Full conversation (with permission):
<Mike_lifeguard> enhydra: Do you have a few minutes to help with something? <Mike_lifeguard> I just need help evaluating a website that's in russian <Mike_lifeguard> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Spam_blacklist#Adding_of_mass_.ru_spamlinks -- pp.ru is the main one I'm concerned with <Mike_lifeguard> there's lots of spammy subdomains, so we're not sure if it's safe to block the whole thing or not <Mike_lifeguard> any recommendation on that would be most welcome <qq[IrcCity]> Mike_lifeguard, pp.ru is a public domain. <enhydra> pp.ru is used for free registrations, mostly "domestic" ones <Mike_lifeguard> oh, like geocities or something <enhydra> (that is, I frequently see .pp.ru pointing home computers) <Mike_lifeguard> so personal webpages etc <enhydra> not really <enhydra> I am sure that there are a plenty of .pp.ru domains containing useful info <qq[IrcCity]> Mike_lifeguard, pp.ru is not hosting, but a public domain, like org.ru etc. <enhydra> Mike_lifeguard, the most widespread Russian-language analogue of Geocities is narod.ru <qq[IrcCity]> domains like name.pp.ru are available for private persons. <Mike_lifeguard> and then I guess the same thing is true for net.ru <enhydra> Mike_lifeguard, yes <Mike_lifeguard> ok, so we will blacklist the subdomains then. Thanks <qq[IrcCity]> net.ru and org.ru are public domains also. <enhydra> .net.ru, .org.ru, .com.ru, .pp.ru <qq[IrcCity]> but only Russian companies are permitted to make registrations in net.ru and org.ru. <Mike_lifeguard> qq[IrcCity]: May I quote you too? <qq[IrcCity]> Russavia> qq, that's a technicality easy to get around ;) // sure. <enhydra> no <Mike_lifeguard> I would like to copy-paste from the log of this to WM:SPAM so others can read what you've told me. <enhydra> kalan@sundance:/mnt/me/etc/lighttpd$ curl pp.ru <enhydra> curl: (6) Couldn't resolve host 'pp.ru' <qq[IrcCity]> pp.ru is a public domain managed by RIPN.
— Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 20:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:02, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
wow-account.net
wow-account.net
wow.xtrablog.dk
gamemobile.com
wow-accounts.org
wowaccount.xtrablog.dk
goldups.com
wowgold51.net
ugg4sale.com
wowaccount.obolog.com
blogs.albawaba.com/wowaccount
blog.mook.com.tw/wow_account
wowaccount1.indiainteracts.com
item4sale.com
accountsbay.com
thsale.com
samyibiz.com
- Spammers
User:Wowaccounts
User:Monluna
User:Zhanghao0513
User:Wowmsale
User:JimDoolittle
User:LingXXX
No redeeming value, pure spam. Some of these domains are splogs, so these are hardcore spammers. See also WikiProject Spam item (permanent link) MER-C 08:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- ugg4sale.com is already blacklisted ([1]) & I swear there is another, older set of domains that we blacklisted, but I can't find them. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 17:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added more domains and users above. Regarding accountsbay.com, see complaintsboard.com. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:15, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:20, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
More WoW/gold
This research was already done by A.B. (on w:User talk:Menalisha - a blocked account). Brought here on the assumption that there is cross-wiki spamming - similar themes to the above & I think I have come across a few of these previously.
- Spam domains
chinatravelvip.com
howtogold.com
wowchina.us
wowgoldsell.com
wowgoldservice.com
yogawww.com
Google Adsense: 0297173028504789, 9235015264310318
- Related domains
These were either blog-spammed together elsewhere or are hosted on the same servers:
acupuncture-points.medicalspecialists.info
acupuncture.medicalspecialists.info
brogame.com
buy-mmorpg-money.com
buycd-key.com
cheap-vanguard-gold.com
cheapest4ffxigil.com
cheapestwowgoldworld.com
cheapwow-gold-us-eu.com
colleges.findyourschool.info
detoxification.findhealthinfo.net
detoxtreatments.medicalspecialists.info
epicwower.com
ffxi-sale.com
ffxi4gil.com
findgamecheats.net
flightschools.aircraftdata.net
gameisok.com
gamersell.com
goldcheapest.com
golf-swing-instructions.thegolfplanet.info
gosuperplayers.com
gp4runescape.com
guildwars-sale.com
haomianfei.com
ibuymils.com
idspire.com
item4sale.com
mmorpg-currency-store.com
mygamestock.com
purchasers2money.com
purchaserunescapemoney.com
rs2moneystore.com
rs4sale.com
runescape4gold.com
shoppingrs2.com
uses-of-acupuncture.medicalspecialists.info
vanguard-gold-sell.com
watches.realbeauty.info
wow-paypal.com
wowgame.cn
wowgold-shopping.com
wowgold.org.cn
wowgoldorder.com
wowgoldprice.org
wowgoldshopping.com
wowgoldvip.wordpress.com
wowgoldvip.wordpress.com
wowsuibian.com
yogawww.com
— Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Apparently there are no link additions in COIBot's database. I suspect there are deleted edits on enwiki which were spamming & COIBot didn't pick them up. I think this set of domains can be considered as domains related to the above section. Given the clear spamming here I'd be inclined to add these. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:27, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Car financing spam
cardollarsforall.com
carmoneyrealfast.com
carloan123.net
super-avi-converter.com
auto-loan-refinance.net
allmyhealth.net
User:Griffithstar
User:CabellGreen
User:CalderFrank
User:Griffithstar
User:Secure Car Loans
User:CarLoan123
User:JerryK
— Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 15:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added. --Erwin(85) 15:25, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
parowozownia.pilska.prv.pl, www.parowozownia.ovh.org
User wrote articles with the text from this cite in several wikis (see interwikis in [2].--Ahonc 13:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- Did they spam the domain? If they're just copying text from the site then blacklisting it isn't going to do anything to stop them. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 00:58, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
parowozownia.pilska.prv.pl
parowozownia.ovh.org
Some IPs for the first one:
User:79.163.71.89(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
- {{IPSummary|79.163.180.104
User:79.163.168.173(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.163.173.47(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:79.163.178.110(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
The second one are completely other users (and no IPs). Is this coincidental, or really related? --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 20:48, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
xr.com
xr.com
Moved from en, as it's a URL redirect site, so should be on meta instead of local wiki.
This is a link shortener / redirect site. Functionally equivalent to sites such as tinyURL.com. Has been used on en to bypass a blacklisting. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 15:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Good catch.
- Added --A. B. (talk) 18:18, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
zi.ma
zi.ma
URL redirect site. --A. B. (talk) 00:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 19:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Proposed additions (Bot reported)
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This section is for domains which have been added to multiple wikis as observed by a bot.
These are automated reports, please check the records and the link thoroughly, it may report good links! For some more info, see Spam blacklist/Help#COIBot_reports. Reports will automatically be archived by the bot when they get stale (less than 5 links reported, which have not been edited in the last 7 days, and where the last editor is COIBot).
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COIBot
The LinkWatchers report domains meeting the following criteria:
- When a user mainly adds this link, and the link has not been used too much, and this user adds the link to more than 2 wikis
- When a user mainly adds links on one server, and links on the server have not been used too much, and this user adds the links to more than 2 wikis
- If ALL links are added by IPs, and the link is added to more than 1 wiki
- If a small range of IPs have a preference for this link (but it may also have been added by other users), and the link is added to more than 1 wiki.
| List | Last update | By | Site IP | R | Last user | Last link addition | User | Link | User - Link | User - Link - Wikis | Link - Wikis |
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| 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. |
racetotheright.com
racetotheright.com
This site has never at any point in its history sent out an email, let alone spam.--71.82.134.111 23:53, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
- This was added apparently because it was an attack site. Today, however, it redirects to tonytalk.com, which is not a useful site for our projects. I don't see any reason to remove the domain at present. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
- Pending some reasoning on this, let's say
Declined. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Pending some reasoning on this, let's say
rlalique.com
rlalique.com
This site just was put on your list. We are not a spam site. Our only goal was to be in the biography section you have on Rene Lalique in each of your different language sites. Our link has been in the Rene Lalique page of the English version of your site since August, and we recently added the link to other languages Rene Lalique pages where we have users and readers. We have a worldwide audience of Rene Lalique enthusiasts so we put the link in the Rene Lalique biography section in the different languages of Wikipedia. We have the most extensive informational site on this subject anywhere in the world. The link we placed was to our biography page, which we felt was appropriate. Also, several of the entries were made after we changed the URL of our biography page, and we were just putting in the new correct URL so that the link would work right. These were just updates and not added entries. Please reconsider. We are good faith site, we are careful, and we have never had any problems. We know you say that typically you don't remove sites based on site owner requests, but we would appreciate your taking a serious look. And we also hope we are making this request in the right place in the right way. Thanks Kidcobra 14:45, 6 February 2009 (UTC)Kidcobra 15:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- The goal of being in the article on Rene Lalique in every language of Wikipedia is not one that we share. Our projects are not here to promote your domain. If your domain is to be included at all, it'll be to benefit our projects. Since this was spammed, and it seems not to be needed to benefit our projects, I don't think this should be removed. Thanks — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hi Mike. We appreciate your time and consideration. One clarification.... we didn't mean to say we wanted to be in every language in that specific page. After being in the English version for however many months, and getting positive feedback about the added bio info, and having users in other languages and countries, we put in the same bio link in something like 5 or 6 languages only on the exact same biography page, in places/languages were we have people interested in the subject. We did not put it in all or every language, or anyhwere else on your site, and our only interest was to be where there there are enthusiasts and interest, not in every place obviously. And we did not put any other links anywhere on your site to anywhere on our site. The benefit we believed was two ways not one, with a handful of distinct links only to a detailed biography page enhancing the info your project contains on this biography. If we thought were were stepping out of bounds, violating your guidelines, or doing anything that could (well would) be called spamming, we would not have done it. Anyway, you don't know us, and have zero olbgation to us, and we assume your are plenty busy, so we appreciate the time you took to look at it. (70.176.51.54 03:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)).
- Given assurance you'll not be adding further links, this could be removed, I think. You can suggest improvements to our content by posting to the talk page; that includes addition of external links which meet the relevant policies or guidelines. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 20:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hi Mike. We appreciate your time and consideration. One clarification.... we didn't mean to say we wanted to be in every language in that specific page. After being in the English version for however many months, and getting positive feedback about the added bio info, and having users in other languages and countries, we put in the same bio link in something like 5 or 6 languages only on the exact same biography page, in places/languages were we have people interested in the subject. We did not put it in all or every language, or anyhwere else on your site, and our only interest was to be where there there are enthusiasts and interest, not in every place obviously. And we did not put any other links anywhere on your site to anywhere on our site. The benefit we believed was two ways not one, with a handful of distinct links only to a detailed biography page enhancing the info your project contains on this biography. If we thought were were stepping out of bounds, violating your guidelines, or doing anything that could (well would) be called spamming, we would not have done it. Anyway, you don't know us, and have zero olbgation to us, and we assume your are plenty busy, so we appreciate the time you took to look at it. (70.176.51.54 03:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)).
Mike you have our assurance that we will not add any links in any additional places from Wikipedia to our website, and that we'll go thru the talk page to suggest any further link to the appropriate person. Mike, we appreciate your reconsideration, we really want to do the right thing in the right way. And we apologize for running afoul of your project guidelines and taking up your time dealing with it. This is the pretty much the last kind of situation we ever would want to find ourselves in, and we are going to take great pains to ensure that we are not involved in anything similar here or anywhere else. We'll contribute to your project in the right way in the future. 70.176.51.54 10:26, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
- OK,
Removed & we'll monitor the situation. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 20:18, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Figure it this way. If you have even a small regret, it means we will likely have big regrets, so hopefully it will be no regrets all "round :). Seriously, thanks. 70.176.51.54 20:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
www-2.net
I can still not add source information to my donated pictures because (my own dowmain) www-2.net is still blocked. The previous discussion is (archived here, Summary: Yes, www-2.net will be whitelisted). For example I have donated this photo to Wikipedia and accept merciless commercialisation but I wish to reference the source on www-2.net where users can find the original photo and other versions thereof. Wikipedia encourages referencing and there are many examples of pictures that have a link to the author's own website, see: [3] [4] [5] [6]. I again respectfully request www-2.net to be removed from the spam blacklist. Y23 22:32, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- I thought that it was going to be whitelisted on commons (here)? You should upload your images on that server (so that they are available on all wikis using commons), and you can add your link there. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 22:51, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
- Bedankt for the quick answer, Dirk. I am requesting removal of the spamblock alltogether. While I will -- in future -- upload pictures to commons, I would like to source-reference the already existing ones first. I am not sure why I am treated differently than other photographers (see examples above), but respectfully ask for mercy. Y23 00:12, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
This is whitelisted on Commons already. Any images elsewhere should be moved there. Since you can add links for sourcing on Commons, I don't see the need for links elsewhere. Images on English Wikipedia should simply be uploaded to Commons. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:06, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- How do you move images? Can I delete images? Do I have to update articles? Why make me jump through this hoop? I already promised to comply with the rules -- and in future upload images to commons. What is the advantage for wikipedia of keeping www-2.net blacklisted? Y23 03:25, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Please, I request a removal from the blacklist!! 124.197.37.39 05:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- The link is whitelisted on Commons, where else do you need the link and for what? --Jorunn 06:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
- I would like to reference my already existing photos. 124.197.37.39 11:35, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
- Generally images should be on Commons. If there are images on other Wikimedia wikis they should preferably be moved to Commons. --Jorunn 22:25, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
cypress.com
cypress.com
Browsing around Wiki just realized that Cypress.com was added to the wiki blacklist. Cypress has just come out with some new products which seem to have caught the imagination of a few newbies who have littered wiki with external links. Can we remove this domain from the spam list. Belmond 05:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)Belmond
- This is a recent case of massive cross wiki link pushing. At least five IPs and six singel purpose users were warned not ito nsert the link on en.wikipedia before the link had to be blacklisted. I don't think this link should be removed from the blacklist any time soon. When the link is needed for some article the specific URL can be whitelisted locally. --Jorunn 03:32, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Belmond, I presume you mean that the link is of use to wikipedia as well? Is for en User:XLinkBot a means to keep the linkspam to a minimum, and a (couple of) users who can also keep an eye on the rest? Then whitelisting there would solve the problem. It has been quite excessive though (I see 7 different wikis, 218 link additions), if we are to consider removal here, then I hope that we can be 'sure' that disruption is kept to minimum. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:35, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Dirk, Cypress has some products like Capsense, PSoC, True touch, which can find a place with Wiki, hence I think we can look at white listing some links across these product pages. Belmond
- Please see Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2009-02#cypress.com where this was predicted. I suspect we may have reached the end of the blacklisting lifespan for this one. Let's hope the bad linking goes away & monitor the domain. Removed — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
holocaustresearchproject.org
holocaustresearchproject.org
It's good resource for Wiki. --Pessimist2006 08:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- According to this discussion it isn't. --Jorunn 12:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
This should be added to /recurring requests too. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 23:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
- Declined until the concerns which brought the domain here are dealt with. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
tatsoul.com
tatsoul.com
This website is not a spam site. It is a great resource for any tattoo artist looking for good products. 99.191.143.219 09:11, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, but wikipedia is not the yellow pages. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:30, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
This string has only had 1 violation in many years. It was placed on the list because of failure to follow a policy. There was no further attempt to spam the list. Because this has not been a recurrent violation, I do not believe it should be on the blacklist. Mistakes of posting originally are understandable, and to place it on a blacklist forever is very detrimental to this site. Even felons are set free after they have served their time. 68.120.84.117 02:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- When a link is on the blacklist it can't be inserted as a working link. It is hard to determine if there has been any further atempts to spam the link, the blacklist will have blocked such atempts from being successful.
- Links does generally not get removed from the blacklist in response to owners requests to get it removed. You saying it is detrimental to the website to keep it on the blacklist makes med belive you are talking for the tatsould.com website rather than for the quality of the articles on the wikis.
- The question is rather: Is this link needed on any of our wikis? I hope we can find a better reference, but this should be left to the established users who write the articles on the subjet. When such a user says he/she needs the link for reference removal from the blacklist will be carefully considered.
- This link seems to have been blacklisted before there were really good logging and good tools to find cross wiki spam, and possibly before there were local blacklists on the wikis? The only reference I can find is to spamming on en.wikipedia. It is possible the links should be blacklisted there rather than on this global list. --Jorunn 00:55, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Yes, this should be moved to enwiki. Probably a lot of the old ones should - we should do so as we come across them. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Added to enwiki's BL by Versageek; Removed here. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 19:06, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
tourmycountry.com
The website is the most extensive source of information on historic buildings in Vienna in English; I noticed it being quoted in at least two articles, namely http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnerin_am_Kreuz and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtpalais_Liechtenstein
In the one on Spinnerin am Kreuz, an entire paragraph of the source was copied from the article on TourMyCountry.com - yet, when I tried to link the reference appropriately, I got a message that stated that this would be supressed due to spam filter action. I think it is unfair to use information from a website without linking to it. 80.109.113.18
- I agree. It's absolutely not fair to plagiarize copyrighted material from others' web sites. Illegal, too -- and totally against our policies. I have removed the plagiarized material -- thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Done -- problem resolved. --A. B. (talk) 20:00, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
![[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_phoebe_sayornis_nigricans.jpg){kind=link}
![[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leopard_shark_in_kelp.jpg){kind=link}
![[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:05-03-23_InsideTheSoukeAleppo.JPG){kind=link}
![[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alepp0fashion.jpg){kind=link}
- You are welcome. What about the removal of the website from the spam filters? Even with fair use of it as a reference, it cannot be linked.80.109.113.18
- This domain was spammed repeatedly. Numerous requests were made to stop, but the spammer ignored them, leaving no choice but to blacklist the domain:
- We de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume, registered 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 these links, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and individual links may well be whitelisted.
- 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.
- Declined --A. B. (talk) 17:13, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you for your consideration.80.109.113.18
genovagay.com
genovagay.com
Request reconsideration for website: www.genovagay.com The link was blacklisted, although it is very important since the city is going to host the national gay pride next June. Blacklisting a webiste with useful information for the Glbt community appears to be a really not ethical thing to do. Moreover the website is no-profit. Useful guide for the town that should be removed from the balcklist and restored for infos about the city.
- The website was not blacklisted for its content, but for it being spammed. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a linkfarm. There's no need to link to each useful site. That's not our goal. Would articles benefit from linking to this site? I don't think so, but please prove me wrong. --Erwin(85) 20:30, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
asianmediawiki.com
asianmediawiki.com
Request for removal of asianmediawiki.com. One of the largest & independant Asian film/drama resources on the web. Last year external were links provided from wikipedia to asianmediawiki, without knowledge of wiki customs. Our website would be particular useful for more up to date listings in the Asian media realm on wikipedia. thanks --RamenLover 20:24, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a linkfarm. If useful information can be added to an article rather than linking to an external source, we prefer the former. In light of the history of abuse I see no reason to remove it from the blacklist. If a long-time contributor requests removal we will consider it, but for now this request is Declined. --Erwin(85) 20:37, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
On the assumption that RamenLover isn't going to be adding links willy-nilly any longer (& the domain is monitored) let's remove this. Any further additions should be in consultation with other editors, for example those involved in WikiProjects. In particular, links should not be added only as a pointer to further encyclopedic content on asianmediawiki.com. Instead, that content (in particular, the biography sections) should be integrated into the Wikipedia article. Wikipedia is not a linkfarm; the domain is already in dmoz. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 00:32, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
kalev.ee
kalev.ee
First of all I confess I don't speak Estonian, however the link I want to use is www.kalev.ee/est/?news=905156, which looks for all the world to me like an online newspaper article (in its automated translation too), supporting information I want to keep in w:Lenna Kuurmaa. Please consider removing this site from the blacklist. --Rogerb67 00:07, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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User: namespace abuse
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This section is for reporting abuse of userpages for promotional purposes; 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). Abuse across several wikis should be reported here; please provide links to example behaviour. Completed requests will be marked as {{added}} or {{declined}} and archived. |
Referral links
Is it ok to put referral links on your user page?
Neobux examples:
--Jorunn 07:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- No, it's spam. --Erwin(85) 20:39, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Discussion
Screencasts
I was thinking of ways to get new contributors to the SBL & decided that simply not knowing what to do and how to do it is probably a big barrier for people. So, I'm going to make a series of screencasts to cover some of the tasks we do here, which should hopefully be helpful for recruiting new people.
Your comments about the one I've already done are welcome. Mardetanha has said this is helpful, so I think this will be a worthwhile project to continue. I've already learned a few things that should make the end result higher quality for the next ones. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:32, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Toolserver replication halted
FYI: cluster s3 won't be replicated to the toolserver for the time being, see mailarchive:toolserver-l/2009-January/001766.html. This affects the results of the toolserver's tools for most wiki's, e.g. tools:~erwin85/xwiki.php won't be up-to-date. The English Wikipedia is on cluster 1 and the German Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia and a handful of other projects are on cluster 2. --Erwin(85) 21:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- New hardware has been ordered & should arrive in about 2 weeks. s1 will be moved to the new server at that point, and s3 will be re-imported on it's own server. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 01:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
- Earlier today:
<ekimmargni> Do we have an estimate for hardware delivery? The masses are getting rowdy. <DaBPunkt> later <DaBPunkt> should be this month <ekimmargni> that seems incredibly slow... is that a normal length of time for hardware of this type? <DaBPunkt> for us: yes <DaBPunkt> it's not only the delivery; somebody has to travel to amsterdam and montage [mount, or more properly, rack] it