Talk:Spam blacklist
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- Please provide evidence of spamming on several wikis. Spam that only affects a single project should go to that project's local blacklist. Exceptions include malicious domains and URL redirector/shortener services. Please follow this format. Reports can also be submitted through SBRequest.js. Please check back after submitting your report, there could be questions regarding your request.
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- Please check our list of requests which repeatedly get declined. 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 value in support of our projects. Please consider whether requesting whitelisting on a specific wiki for a specific use is more appropriate - that is very often the case.
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- Troubleshooting and problems - If there is an error in the blacklist (i.e. a regex error) which is causing problems, please raise the issue here.
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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. |
beacons.ai/
[edit]beacons.ai
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Extensively spammed landing-page site. A beacons.ai/foobar page is similar to a Linktree page. Linktree is blacklisted; so should this one.
As with linktr.ee, only subpages need to be blocked, hence the trailing backslash. However, the company/tool itself doesn't yet have an article on any site, only a Wikidata item (Beacons (Q117798095)), so blacklisting the entire domain is also an option.
Since the domain is added by non-spammers as well, I'm not making a decision on my own. Let's give this discussion a week or so. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 14:18, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
cranefest.com
[edit]cranefest.com
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Cross-wiki spam. Harry Mitchell (talk) 17:03, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell:
Added to Spam blacklist. Ternera (talk) 13:32, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
atmosphereswitch.com
[edit]atmosphereswitch.com
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Spammed cross-wiki by several TAs and one named. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 22:38, 1 August 2026 (UTC)
mitwix.com
[edit]mitwix.com
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Extensively spammed by many accounts across 17 wikis. The latest edit was made in March and the earliest in September 2025. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 05:01, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
888starz.co.ke
[edit]888starz.co.ke
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cross-wiki gambling spam on enwiki and swwiki, see also [1]. Icodense (talk) 11:49, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Icodense: Added to Spam blacklist. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
mmcgbl.com
[edit]apptunix.com
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Cross-wiki spam. Harry Mitchell (talk) 12:57, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Added to Spam blacklist. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:59, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
scand.com
[edit]scand.com
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Extensively spammed on multiple wikis. Not seen for a few months but goes back years. Harry Mitchell (talk) 13:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Added to Spam blacklist. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:59, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
rarible.com
[edit]rarible.com
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Cross-wiki spam. Some may be good-ish faith but most of the ones that aren't intentional spam are junk. Harry Mitchell (talk) 14:50, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Added to Spam blacklist. – DreamRimmer ■ 15:58, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
elguardiandelamusica.es
[edit]elguardiandelamusica.es
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Link spammed by at least the following accounts:
User:Snowcla
User:Snowcar
User:Unitedformusic10
User:Thomas pzicek
User:Richardcanox
User:Berbatovmulgrew
User:Tommylorenzo
User:Loẅlexmc
All these accounts are sockpuppets of Claudio1098 (talk · contribs), a user that, for two years, has attempted to inflate Coldplay sales. The website was apparently created (I can't confirm) around the time the account Claudio1098 was created. This website has only 4 articles, three related to Coldplay or their albums released >20 years ago. There is no indication of who runs this website, so this persistent addition is likely related to that website. This also occurs in other Wikipedias.
...in the following English Wikipedia diffs: [2], [3], [4], [5]. Other Wikis include the Spanish and German versions. Tbhotch (talk) 17:31, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
free-calculator.org
[edit]free-calculator.org
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Cross-wiki spam. Additions weren't especially recent but some of the links were long-lived (I've only just removed some of them). Harry Mitchell (talk) 19:55, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @HJ Mitchell: Added to Spam blacklist. Ternera (talk) 19:59, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
casssinoo.com
[edit]casssinoo.com
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casino spam by several sockpuppets on small wikis today. Icodense (talk) 11:50, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Icodense: Added to Spam blacklist. Count Count (talk) 12:21, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
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. Use a suitable 3rd level heading and display the domain name as per this example {{LinkSummary|targetdomain.com}}. Please do not add the protocol part of domain name, eg. http
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. Notes:
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Archive.today
[edit]archive.today
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Please reconsider this. When users using the Translation tool get blocked because an archive link is the culprit, they would not understand the reason behind blocking the domain. And if viable, shouldn't there be a possible way to whitelist those domains one at the time at all costs? At least there should be a removal because new users are getting slapped in the face and eventually head to the help desk, which can sometimes require some digging from the frequent helpers. ToadetteEdit (talk) 13:02, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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This section is for comments related to problems with the blacklist (such as incorrect syntax or entries not being blocked), or problems saving a page because of a blacklisted link. This is not the section to request that an entry be unlisted (see Proposed removals above). |
Discussion
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This section is for discussion of Spam blacklist issues among other users. |