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	{{notice\|Please add new entries to the '''bottom''' of this section. Please only use the basic URL ('''google.com''' not http://www.google.com). '''Please provide diffs to prove that there has been spamming!''' Completed requests should be marked with {{tl\|Done}} or {{tl\|Notdone}} or other appropriate ] then ].}}

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	==spreekillers.org==
	Was directed here from AN. All details can be derived from .

			==msnmag.co.uk==
	I would appreciate inclusion of this link on the blacklist. ]:] 10:03, ], 2008
			* {{link summary\|msnmag.co.uk}}
			* {{User summary\|Msnmag}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.120.29}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.120.55}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.120.238}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.122.1}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.122.102}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.12.122.197}}

			Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. ] (]) 20:47, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
	:{{MoreInfo}} This could qualify as an attack site, however seems it references (and links to) Bio articles on Misplaced Pages about spreekillers. I've only been able to find 2 users editing;
			:{{Added}} to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). <b>] ]</b> 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
	:*{{spamlink\|spreekillers.org}}
	:{{UserSummary\|Milegue}}<br>{{IPSummary\|71.218.52.156}}<br>
	:Maby more info is needed?--] (]) 23:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

			==usdolly.rocks==
	::Untill more info is added, may want to {{Deferspambot}}--] (]) 23:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
			* {{Link summary\|usdolly.rocks}}
			*{{Link summary\|pentasmoulding.com}}
			* {{User summary\|Mojakabira}}

			I think that user ] is trying to promote their own website and cryptocurrency by vandalizing the following page: ].
	==asianmediawiki.com lunapark6.com==
			They have created a new subsection and posted about this cryptocurrency and a link to the website.
	*{{spamlink\|asianmediawiki.com}}
			Website is just 34 days old and owner/admin of the website has the same username: https://usdolly.rocks/index.php/author/mojakabira/
	*{{spamlink\|lunapark6.com}}
			Thank you.
			] (]) 22:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
			:{{Defermetablack}}, cross-wiki problem. I've blocked the user in en. <b>] ]</b> 14:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
			::I think ] article additions were legitimate and pentasmoulding.com is just a regular website, the page linked in the article mentions Ten Cate Sports a lot.
			::But I don't know much about windsurfing though. ] (]) 21:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

			== pakapepe.com ==
	See ]. ] 03:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
			* {{LinkSummary\|pakapepe.com}}
	:Reposting this, wasn't dealt with. It's still a problem, with one IP per link addition across several ranges. ] 12:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
			* {{IPSummary\|103.48.161.203}}
			* {{IPSummary\|121.164.185.65}}
			* {{IPSummary\|217.178.163.161}}
			* {{IPSummary\|219.240.241.87}}
			* {{IPSummary\|222.101.185.56}}
			Linkspam (with proxies) ] (]) 17:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
			: {{Added}} to blacklist. <b>] ]</b> 18:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

			==vtforeignpolicy.com==
	::{{Done}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 22:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
			{{link summary\|vtforeignpolicy.com}}

			May be a a different domain of confirmed disinformation site '']'' as it was added to the corresponding article over a year ago. ] (]) 02:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
	==Equilibrium Web Design's spam and vandalism on Misplaced Pages==
	;Accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.106.142}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.107.254}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.107.28}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.108.78}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.109.152}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.148.98.243}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.150.245.204}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.150.245.253}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.150.248.231}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.150.251.56}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Wjbarber}}

			:{{rto\|ToThAc}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	;Spam domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|empiretotalwar.co.uk}}
	:*Previously blacklisted
	*howimetyourmother.co.uk/empireredirect
	**Just this subdomain has been blacklisted
	***{{LinkSummary\|howimetyourmother.co.uk}}
	*doaliquid.users47.donhost.co.uk/empireredirect
	**Previously blacklisted but only this subdomain
	*jumpgate.users47.donhost.co.uk/empireredirect2
	**Just this subdomain has been blacklisted
	***{{LinkSummary\|donhost.co.uk}}
	:::*Large hosting service

			==sci-hubse.com==
	;Related domains:
			{{link summary\|sci-hubse.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|eqweb.co.uk}}

			Multiple accounts have been spamming this fake ] domain: see ]. ] (]) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
	;Domain registration information:
	:Equilibrium Web Design
	:29 Rosshill Avenue
	:Glasgow, Scotland G52 4AU

			:{{rto\|Smartse}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	;Previous discussion:
	*]

			==Multiple links==
	;Blacklist request:
			* {{LinkSummary\|joyfulmeanings.com}}
	*Expand howimetyourmother.co.uk blacklist to include entire domain
			* {{LinkSummary\|smartapkhub.com}}
	*Blacklist eqweb.co.uk
			* {{LinkSummary\|crackeadosoft.com}}
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 21:31, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
			* {{LinkSummary\|8171alerts.pk}}
			* {{LinkSummary\|sheetzmenu.info}}
			Relevant IP range and users already blocked at SPI, see {{section link\|Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Hompp/Archive\|31 December 2024}} for more details. <span title="Signature of Dan Leonard"><span style="text-shadow: 1px 1px 4px lightskyblue, -1px -1px 4px forestgreen;font-weight:bold;">]</span> (] • ])</span> 01:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

			:{{rto\|Dan Leonard}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Hum - throw in
	:*{{LinkSummary\|sassquache.users47.donhost.co.uk }} too I guess. For associated IPs check my talk page history! --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 08:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

			==Encyclopaedia Metallum==
	::donhost.co.uk looks listable to me but as I'm involved I'll leave it to others. My recent contribs will explain! (& my individual listings could then be removed) Cheers --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 13:46, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
			{{LinkSummary\|metal-archives.com}}
			There is long-standing consensus ], and ], that Encyclopaedia Metallum/Metal Archives is unreliable as a source since it is ] content, similar to Misplaced Pages. It nonetheless constantly gets added as a source. I wasn't opposed to it as an external link, but at this point, I think any potential value to that (which was slim to begin with since the type of information on there should be in more reliable sources, anyway, or else on ]) is offset by the sheer amount of continuous misuse in articles and lists.--] (] \| ]) 14:24, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
			: Blacklisting a domain used in 5000 articles would require a much broader consensus than this venue can produce. ] ] 20:54, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Even though most of those usages are contrary to consensus, and fail ]?-- ] (] \| ]) 23:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Okay, looking at those usages, I see that there are a lot of links on image files to denote where the image came from. In light of that, I rescind my request.--] (] \| ]) 12:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::@] how many of those images are originally from them? For NFCC we should link to the original, not to where someone found them … ] <sup>] ]</sup> 16:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::::The images should be from the media (physical or digital copy) itself? I would pretty confidently say that none of those are from Encyclopaedia Metallum, unless there's some compilation they've released that has an article, which I'm unaware of. This would further make my point above, then, about how nearly all of the thousands of usages are contrary to consensus (and apparently, policy as well for many of those).-- ] (] \| ]) 16:47, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::::What I mean is that ] should have been sourced from the Sepultura website (https://www.sepultura.com.br/albums ; https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b9b68e_4099fe12cd1d4a5c87b0402f2ef73757~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_600,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg), not via an intermediate host where it may have been affected or possibly (not here in this case) is in violation of copyrights. I just denied a whitelist request for an altered (cropped) picture without attribution on a blacklisted site, where the likely copyright holder / original could be found (though not easy). I feel that is what is meant with the word original in ‘Identification of the source of the original copyrighted material …’ in ]. For most of these images metal-archives is not hosting the original copyrighted material, it is all copies that are hosted there. And yes, it is an argument in favour of blacklisting. ] <sup>] ]</sup> 19:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::::::Okay, thank you for the clarification.--] (] \| ]) 18:59, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

			==custompackbox.com==
	:::donhost.co.uk looks like a hosting service based in Yorkshire; our spammer's in Scotland.
			* {{link summary\|custompackbox.com}}
			* {{User summary\|Mevrik042}}
			* {{User summary\|MrsOrikea}}
			* {{User summary\|Mrskerison}}
			* {{User summary\|Zafar97}}
			* {{User summary\|Reejajay}}
			* {{IP summary\|39.52.197.34}}
			* {{IP summary\|157.20.146.164}}
			* {{IP summary\|2401:BA80:A397:C47:5072:7EE8:F6A4:929A}}
			Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. ] (]) 01:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
			: Added to blacklist. ] ] 20:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

			==sonixify.com==
	:::New IPs:
			* {{link summary\|sonixify.com}}
	:::*{{IPSummary\|78.148.100.25}}
			* {{User summary\|Sonixify tools}}
	:::*{{IPSummary\|78.148.97.190}}
			* {{User summary\|Sonixify}}
	:::--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 15:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
			* {{IP summary\|2409:40E5:B:93CA:8000::}}
			* {{IP summary\|2409:40E4:204A:ED50:8000::}}
			* {{IP summary\|2409:40E4:1307:FE05:8000::}}
			Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. ] (]) 16:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

	~~Looking~~ ~~again~~ ~~how~~ ~~about BL users47.donhost.co~~.~~uk?~~ --] ~~<b>~~<sup>~~<small>~~<span style="color:#~~90F~~">]</span></~~small~~></sup~~></b~~> 14:30, 23 January ~~2008~~ (UTC)		:{{rto\|Annh07}} {{Added}} to ]. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 16:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

			==travelosei.com==
	== Master Magnets Ltd. spam and self-promotion on Misplaced Pages ==
			* {{link summary\|travelosei.com}}
	;Spam domain:
			* {{IP summary\|101.0.35.33}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|mastermagnets.com}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.183.31.54}}
	:*Already blacklisted
			* {{IP summary\|103.183.31.102}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.183.31.150}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.223.8.54}}
			* {{IP summary\|114.134.27.126}}
			* {{IP summary\|180.188.249.6}}
			* {{IP summary\|180.188.249.54}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:138:9C7:DBBB:C579:E92}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:414:9CE9:905A:648D:4A42}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:24F:95BF:50D5:1617:D68F}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:68F:4CC0:1FCE:5F08:9980}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:6F2:95E9:6C51:23AE:84C0}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:1308:599A:8152:25BD:FABB}}
			* {{IP summary\|2404:7C80:24:14D6:9C70:53ED:DFDB:C89C}}
			Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. ] (]) 12:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

			:{{rto\|Annh07}} {{Added}} to ]. May be on its way to global blacklist though ...--] <sup>] ]</sup> 19:55, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
	;Related domains:
	I will blacklist these today:
	*{{LinkSummary\|aluminiumrecovery.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|beltmagnet.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|bulletseparators.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|detectingmetals.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|drummagnet.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|eddycurrentseparator.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|electromagnetseparator.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|ferrousrecovery.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|fragmentiserdrum.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|industrialmagnetseparators.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|intergratedrecycling.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|laboratorymagnets.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|magneticprotection.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|magnetseparation.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|magnetspermanent.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|metaldetection.co.uk}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|metalseparation.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|overbandmagnet.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|pipelinemagnets.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|pulleymagnets.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|recyclingconveyors.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|recyclingseparation.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|recyclingseparators.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|suspensionmagnets.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|transferconveyor.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|vibratingequipment.com}}

			==nodemaven.com==
			* {{link summary\|nodemaven.com}}
			* {{IP summary\|81.111.13.92}}
			* {{IP summary\|121.200.8.198}}
			* {{IP summary\|212.147.41.58}}
			* {{IP summary\|102.141.33.252}}
			* {{IP summary\|94.204.98.36}}
			* {{IP summary\|73.177.91.154}}
			* {{IP summary\|157.143.124.91}}
			Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. ] (]) 13:35, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

			:{{rto\|Annh07}} {{Added}} to ]. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 19:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
	;Spam accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|81.137.121.217}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Ashleano}}


	;Promotional articles deleted as spam:
	*]
	*]
	*]
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 20:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

	::{{Done}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 20:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


	==hummerhummer.com==
	;Domain tracking data:
	*{{LinkSummary\|hummerhummer.com}}
	Google Adsense: 7679382794826210


	;Related domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|generalcontractor.cc}}


	;Accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|65.34.165.104}}
	*{{IPSummary\|75.74.9.226}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Hummerhummer}}


	;Articles:
	*]
	*]
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 02:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

	::{{Done}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 02:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

	==bikecyclingreviews.com==
	Long-running, persistent problem. Links are added by Spanish IPs by one-edit IPs every month or so and are repeatedly deleted.


	;Accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|81.34.181.50}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.34.181.68}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.34.26.39}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.37.174.185}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.37.174.185}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.37.177.208}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.37.178.174}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.39.241.203}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.39.245.196}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.39.246.225}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.39.247.85}}
	*{{IPSummary\|83.42.116.158}}
	*{{IPSummary\|83.42.116.164}}
	*{{IPSummary\|83.42.119.83}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.129.10}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.129.143}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.131.31}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.132.178}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.134.112}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.134.92}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.134.92}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.138.254}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.143.177}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.143.68}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.153.188}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.153.233}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.155.15}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.156.20}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.156.76}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.157.147}}
	*{{IPSummary\|84.123.159.64}}
	*{{IPSummary\|88.27.221.71}}



	;Domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|home-decorating-reviews.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|bikecyclingreviews.com}}
	Google Adsense ID: 3710209712744659


	;Related domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|bike-cycling-reviews.com}}


	;Reference (old):
	*]
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 14:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)



	==Alfaintercom spam==

	;Domain tracking data:
	*{{LinkSummary\|drugsinfo.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|alfadrugs.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|alfaorg.com}}


	;Related domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|adults-toys-sex.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|alfamed.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|alfaus.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|autovenezuela.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|betamed.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|deltamed.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|drjobs.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|mobilephones-t.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|ordermeds.us}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|rmedicalbilling.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|website-hosting-asp.com}}


	;Possibly related domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|centralmechanical-ac.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|europeanstarmotors.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|helendayspa.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|myhoustondenture.com}}


	;Accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|70.187.209.109}}
	*{{IPSummary\|70.174.134.161}}
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 00:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

	== Referral links for Play-Asia ==

	Hey everyone! I am really tired of removing Play Asia referral links. Users add them to articles like common "links", and then convert them to referral by exchanging it. Take {{ipuser\|70.79.75.250}}, for example: his is actually converting a Play-Asia plain link (which in itself is spam) to a referral link (links that start with ''play-asia.com/SOap'' are referral, those starting with ''play-asia.com/paOS'' are plain ones). Since these referrals are easy to catch and are not unique (for any referral link to a page there is a plain link going there) I suggest blacklisting ''play-asia.com/SOap''. There are many other referral sites as well, but these are easy to catch (not like Amazon ones). -- ] (]) 04:16, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
	==electojets.com and related==
	{{report top}}
	electojets.com, elect.awardspace.com/stepper/, 1lo.info/stepping
	Links to numerous examples are listed at with more discussion at
	] (]) 16:20, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

	:This excessive linkage has been casuing considerable disruption on those pages and is continually placed against community consent.
	:I am listing
	:*electojets.com
	:*elect.awardspace.com/stepper/
	:*1lo.info/stepping
	:On the blacklist - thanks for picking this up. {{done}} --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 16:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
	::electojects.com/motors/ Is very relevant and useful website for related Misplaced Pages articles.--] (]) 00:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::Support blacklist and closing--] (]) 00:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
	{{report bottom}}
	==bannu.com==
	Spammer's contribs:
	* ()
	* ()

	==groups.yahoo.com==
	Several different accounts including IP editors keep adding yahoo group spam links to the Shane Diesel article, and other articles are using yahoo groups forum type sites for references, which do not qualify per ]
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	* <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 21:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	::I doubt even 1% of our Yahoo groups links meet either of our relevant guidelines (] or ]) however we have over . Blacklisting them would cause tremendous disruption until all the links were removed, a very labor-intensive process for somebody. Not only that but some of the several thousand editors that placed these links would get pretty annoyed unless we had gotten some community consensus to take this step first. I suggest possibly raising this at the Village Pump first. That, or if you just have specific subdomains you want blacklisted, we could blacklist just those subdomains. --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 23:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::Squelch it, I'd say. ] 07:54, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::Since Myspace has been black listed I honestly thought doing the same to yahoo groups would be just as easy as a decision, but if that's not currently an option the address that keeps getting spammed on the article above is groups.yahoo.com/group/shanediesel ] (]) 18:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::::CrazyRob, I think it's a good idea but a big undertaking. In the meantime, I'll blacklist the subdomain. --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 18:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::::{{Done}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 20:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::::::I agree AB, but groups.yahoo.com needs to be done at some point. --] (]) 20:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

	==More Indian poetry spam==
	*{{spamlink\|obaidazamazmi.netfirms.com}}
	*{{spamlink\|tarzlucknowi.com}}

	Returning vanispamcruftiser, see ]. ] 08:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
	:{{Done}}. added the third listed on WPSPAM also--] (]) 20:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

	==ghthesoap.com==
	From , "All information displayed on the site is fan driven."

	On November 4th of 2005, an anonymous IP added these links to a string of articles, including ], blatantly engaging link-farming.

	<font size="4">]</font> <font face="impact"> ]</font> (]) 18:26, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


	==More Yuwie.com spam on Misplaced Pages==
	;Yuwie spam domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|yuwie.com}}
	:*Now blacklisted
	*{{LinkSummary\|yuwiepal.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|uvmeweb.com}}


	;Yuwie spam articles deleted multiple times:
	*] -- deleted 2 times
	*] -- deleted 2 times
	*] -- deleted 6 times
	*] -- deleted 5 times


	;Yuwie-related accounts:
	#{{UserSummary\|Andolina}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Justinmalcom}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Kaps84}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Kinkycat6969}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Lonnierobinson}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Mikijuq}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Pdgamember}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Thomasturnbull123}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Wbasham}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Yuwieguy}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Yuwiepal}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Yuwieuser}}
	#{{UserSummary\|Zeppelinkris}}


	;Reference:
	*]
	--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 21:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

	=Proposed removals=		=Proposed removals=
			{{Spam-blacklist proposed removals}}
	{{notice\|Use this section to request that a URL be ''unlisted''. Please add new entries to the '''bottom''' of this section. You should show where the link can be useful and give arguments as to why it should be unlisted. Completed requests should be marked with {{tl\|Done}} or {{tl\|Notdone}} or other appropriate ] then ].}}

	==~~VBS~~.TV==		==www.blog.roblox.com==
			* {{LinkSummary\|blog.roblox.com}}
	{{report top}}
			I'm creating a wikipedia article on the late co-founder of Roblox, Erik Cassel. But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links. The blog.roblox.com domain is the official blog maintained by employees of ROBLOX Corporation, giving accurate information about the company. The specific links are a tribute written by the current founder, and an interview with the person in question. I tried to go through the whitelist, but apparently the whole thing is blacklisted.
	I am requesting the removal of VBS.TV from the blacklist based upon the following findings/ reasons.
			The article on Erik Cassel would benefit from these sources, as it provides first-hand details about his professional achievements, contributions to ROBLOX, and personal qualities. This information is otherwise unavailable in comparable detail and reliability.
			] (]) 05:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
			:{{deferwhite}} <b>] ]</b> 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
			:: {{tq\|But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links}} -> then he's not notable and doesn't deserve an article. ] ] 05:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
			:::Also, I think it was blacklisted because of the links possibly being used for spam and promotion. Is that correct? ] (]) 11:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

			==www.halmblogmusic.com==
	1. Vbs.TV is a known media outlet, as it was featured on the cover of the New York Times business section (November 19th, 2007).
			{{Link summary\|halmblogmusic.com}}
			halmblogmus.com is a music promotion platform which profile famous songs, artists as well as articles related to music. It seems that several artists have their main profile there. Links to the documents of halmblogmusic.com are often placed in Misplaced Pages articles as sources. As a consequence, it is not possible to publish an edit with such a link now. So I guess it should be removed. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 14:02, December 26, 2024 (UTC)</small>

			:Added to block list here ]. Nunaklenam's first two edits in October 2024 were to change the url on the original request from halmblogmusic.com to halmblog.com . ''']''' (]) 04:38, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	2. Is contextually relevant for the "Sasha Grey" wiki entry. She links to the site herself from her homepage www.sasahgrey.com and her myspace personal blog. She even has a blog entry on the VBS.TV site. This is an in depth interview, the only one of its kind, and she reveals many details not otherwise covered in her CBS interview or in any talk shows or other existing interviews. The video link can be found here: http://www.v b s.tv/shot-by-kern/sasha-grey/ (sorry wiki wont allow url link)
			: {{Declined}}. --] ] 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

			==gcaptain.com==
	3. Toxic Williamsburg is the only documentary that covers the Williamsburg oil spill. VBS was the only major media outlet to ocver this. It is contextually relevent to the wiki article inclusion in the following section of the Williamsburg wiki entry. The entry would be invalidated if not for the VBS site. The documetary covers the oil leak and the nuclear storage facility. Linking to this content would make a stronger entry into the article. It can be found here: http://www.v b s.tv/toxic/ (sorry wiki wont allow url link)
			{{Link summary\|gcaptain.com}} <s>Unclear why this is blacklisted.</s> There was a request more than a decade ago to unlist it that didn't get a response AFAICT. Further, we have at least one article with a recent link to it: ]. I don't know it at all, but I'm not seeing a reason to block it. It was put on the blacklist in 2010 for spamming links into our articles. I have no COI, never heard of it before today to my knowledge, and was just copying the link from the NSMV article to another one. ] (]) 21:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
			: Blacklisting discussion at ]. , most of which are declined. No opinion on what to do here. ] ] 20:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
			::So what's the next step? Are we really keeping a site blacklisted because of something folks did 14+ years ago? On the off chance the same behavior starts up again, we can blacklist again. ] (]) 04:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

			== forbetterscience.com ==
	"History of Toxic Sites in Williamsburg

			{{Link summary\|forbetterscience.com}}
	Luis Garden Acosta, Founder/President & CEO of El Puente, a highly respected community human rights institution that promotes leadership for peace and justice through the engagement of members (youth and adult) in the arts, education, scientific research, wellness and environmental action has called Williamsburg "the most toxic place to live in America" in a documentary created by Williamsburg based VBS organization. Other rare cancer clusters in Willamsburg have been reported in the NY Post, CBS news and Geraldo at Large on Fox.

			For Better Science is the blog of ], which was added to the blacklist in 2019 at the request of ], and with plenty of discussions over the years here, the latest around 2022 I believe. I would be keen to see if there has been any change in policy since, especially since endorsement by ]. If not, would it be possible to selectively whitelist the following pages:
	4. The wiki entry on "Mountain Top Removal" completely misses the entire documentary by VBS.TV on this. This is, again, the only documentary of its type, and yet it is not sited. This documentary actually gives credibility and indepth information concerning this enivronmental issue. It can be found here. http://www.v b s.tv/toxic/ (sorry wiki wont allow url link)

			* /2025/01/14/fake-o-meat-by-ali-khademhosseini/
	5. The wiki entry on Alberta tar sands (http://en.wikipedia.org/Tar_sands) could be further validated by the VBS.TV documentary on the alberta tar sands, called Toxic Alberta. This film is the only documentary covering the tar sands. It has garned much attention to the tar sands issue by shedding light on a topic that was virtually unknown prior to the films existence.
			* /2017/12/14/predatory-conferences-and-other-scams-of-false-swedish-professor-ashutosh-tiwari/

			Thank you, ] (]) 00:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC).
	There are many examples of even more videos that are contextually relevant. Spike Jonze interviews with M.I.A., Kanye West, and even the lack of inclusion in the Spike Jonze wiki is inappropriate considering he is the creative director of VBS.TV. In closing, this site is a vital media outlet that has consistently put out unbiased media about issues that the main stream covers. There is not a single piece of spam on the site, and I enthusiastically encourage anyone who questions the integrity of the site and content to view it yourself. Read the New York times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/business/media/19vice.html) or the Wired Magazine article (http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/15-11/ff_vice)

			:Individual whitelisting by consensus may be appropriate, but the two you list? Not so much. The former is personal (and promotional) opinion from a primary source and fails . The latter is a personal attack on a personal blog and fails ], as well as exemplifying why we don't need links to his website. ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 19:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
	thanks ] (]) 22:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC) subsystemm

			== TMDB ==
	:Evidence of abuse<br>:'''Accounts'''<br>
	:{{UserSummary\|Cazzer t}}<br>{{UserSummary\|VBS.tv}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Gabrielleshaw}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Vicklane}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Vicebs}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Stickitminister}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Calibrated}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Aslan2007}}<br>{{IPSummary\|99.233.110.46}}<br>{{IPSummary\|66.17.190.246}}<br>{{IPSummary\|132.170.34.38}}<br>{{IPSummary\|74.99.254.60}}<br>{{IPSummary\|69.236.188.94}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Dgbarnes}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Myshkin66}}<br>{{UserSummary\|Subsystemm}}<br> see also →]--] (]) 23:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

			{{Link summary\|tmdb.org}}
	::'''Cross Wiki spam Accounts'''<br>
	{{UserSummary\|Melanieh}} http://es.wikipedia.org/Especial:Contributions/Melanieh<br>{{UserSummary\|Vicegermany}} http://de.wikipedia.org/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/Vicegermany<br>{{UserSummary\|MaiTaiMünchen}} http://de.wikipedia.org/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/MaiTaiM%C3%BCnchen<br>{{UserSummary\|Pepples}} http://de.wikipedia.org/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/Pepples<br>{{IPSummary\|84.191.237.45}} http://de.wikipedia.org/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/84.191.237.45<br>{{IPSummary\|87.187.85.203}} http://de.wikipedia.org/Spezial:Beitr%C3%A4ge/87.187.85.203<br> Time for Meta BL--] (]) 23:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

			{{Link summary\|themoviedb.org}}
	:::{{Declined}} given the site-owner's persistent and widespread abuse in spite of requests and warnings to stop. If an established, high volume editor requests whitelisting of a specific page that can serve as a ] for use in a citation, we can reconsider. --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 23:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

			TMDB is a user-edited movie database, similar to IMDb. It was ] to the blacklist in 2008 after ] regarding edits by Travisbell. A ] by Travisbell was declined. I'd add that the says "Tweets by @travisbell", so there are some apparent ] issues surrounding this user.
	This is not a reasonable and considered answer. Your list of spam includes actual entries that provided source material and article citations that improved the strength and character of an article as VBS.TV is a known and credible media outlet. I've reviewed your "spam" list of what people had done prior to me being here and found that each one was a reasonable addition. I will admit that they made a mistake, but refuse your calling them SPAM. Would it be fair to say that they should contacted, as you call it, a credible Wiki Editor to make the changes? You said that a known and credible wiki editor must of used the VBS site for reference, they did this already. The actions the interns took was due to lack of understanding. Now you want to marginalize a major FREE magazine, TV, and film company that shares a similar vision of keeping information free and unencumbered by outside interest. You might argue that they were acting to gain, but they cannot gain. Everything that is from VICE media is free. Should we interpret that as Misplaced Pages thinks VICE Broadcast Service is irrelevant whilst CNN, New York Times, Wired, Fortune, Forbes, Yahoo News, and many other media outlets site and write about it? I am not getting a sense that you are working in the interest of keeping Misplaced Pages relevant and accurate, you just are punishing the ignorant, which amounts to beating a child. All this said, I challenge you to show me how VBS.TV content inclusion made any of the articles less relevant, biased, and or otherwise harmed the value of information. I argue that VBS.TV has helped Misplaced Pages content, and now you are undermining the value of articles by striking it spam. Very short sited.

			However, the site has actually gained traction as a resource. It's now the primary source of film data for ]. () I don't see any cases where we would want to link to the site within article space, but it does get used similarly to ], as a source of film posters which may not be on other sites. This came up for me in ] where we need to see the copyright notice on a poster, where IMDb doesn't have a high-resolution copy and MoviePosterDB requires account creation to view the full-resolution version. I think we'd be better served by treating the site as we would MoviePosterDB, as in keeping it out of article space but allowing its use in other areas as appropriate and monitoring for COI spam. ] (]) 00:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
	I will collect a list of Wiki Editors writing about every single Wiki entry that VBS.TV has covered, in many cases before Wiki even had an entry, and solicit them to argue on our behalf. Although I feel that lobbying Editors to change and influence a decision is in and of itself inappropriate, as your asking me to send them an unsolicited message which, as defined by the very entry for Misplaced Pages, is SPAM.

	For the record, this will not happen again with VBS content. They had no one to guide them, and now I am here to help them navigate them through things such as this. Can you not recognize this as being an honorable and credible attempt to fix mistakes made by, literally, interns?

	] (]) 18:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

	I second this request. I am trying to add an interview from their site ./player.php?bctid=1364183270&bccl=MTMyMzI3NzIxOV9fRVRD to add content to Penny Rimaud's wikipedia entry. Very justified, seeing as it's a video interview with Rimaud and I do not work for VBS. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:{{declined}} again. Reasons have already been given. The addition of a random IP's request changes nothing --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 09:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

	{{report bottom}}

	==unrealroyal.com==
	This site was added to the blacklist under a presumption of being an "attack site" against a Wikipedian. Whether or not that was at one time true, it is no longer true. Sites which "clean up their act" may be removed from the blacklist. Since this site is owned by a Wikipedian, there should be a presumption of good faith in this case, and it should be removed. Thank you. ] (]) 07:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
	:See ] --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 08:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
	::No evidence is there presented which we can all independently judge. Statements are made, and counter-statements are made, no evidence is shown. The removal section is for the removal of sites previously blacklisted. Removal not only covers the area of sites added by accident but also covers the removal of sites which have "cleaned up their act" as our policy states. I dispute now, and have disputed since I was made aware of it, that this site was ever an "attack site" or a "harassment site" as the allegation, without evidence, was made. The site was and is a criticism site. The blacklist is not a place from which to silence opponents, silence dispute, or solve content issues related around sources. That is not the proper use of this blacklist which was set-up for blocking spam sites. Regardless of all of that, there is a cause for removing a previously blacklisted site, from the blacklist. A criticism site should never be blacklisted, criticism is the basis for democracy. Without criticism we have censorship. Misplaced Pages should never be put in the position of silencing dissent. ] (]) 07:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::*The author may have attempted to clean up his act a bit on his blacklisted site but he hasn't done so anywhere else. See He continues to accuse the subject of a BLP and the subject of his web site of fraud citing other highly dubious sources that would never meet WP:RS policies. The author's intent is clear.--] (]) 20:12, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::Off-wiki criticism does not have and should not have any bearing on blacklisting a site. Whether a site's source meet out WP:RS policies does not have and should not have any bearing on blacklisting a site. A site is blacklisted for a few narrow reasons. This site did not, and does not, meet the criteria for blacklisting IMHO. The blacklisting admin was an involved editor and in-fact was the original creator of the article. This at the very least gives an appearance of impropriety whether or not it actually is such a case. Even if the site had at one time, for which no evidence was presented which we can all independently judge, it does not currently apparently. Thus per our policy that "sites which clean up their act" can be removed, it should be removed from the blacklist. What the owner of the site does in other venues, has no bearing on this case.] (]) 21:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
	*I agree with Wjhonson that the site should be removed from the blacklist. It is undisputed that the subject of the site is attempting to lay claim to a monarchical title. If one is going to attempt to become a king, one can't expect to be immune from public comment. --] ] 02:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

	==szlemberk.xf.cz/==
	I have no idea why it's blocked, I want to use it as an external link in an article.--] (]) 15:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

	:Please don't cross post ]--] (]) 15:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	::Seems to have been blocked at .--] (]) 15:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::Meaning?--] (]) 15:46, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::You need to make the request at ]. thanks--] (]) 16:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::::We will look into the archives to find out why it was blacklisted, but You could consider to put it on the local whitelist, if it is not removed. ], thanks, --] ] 16:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::::Also see Foreign-language links ] on ]--] (]) 17:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

	==hanazagorova.xf.cz==

	I don't know why it's blocked? This web pages contain complete hyperlink discography.

	==idebate.org==
	I don't know why this URL was blocked. The International Debate Education Association is a large debate association that had been referenced in many entries relating to academic debate. If you Google debate, you'll see that the site comes up near the top and offers a lot of information on a variety of debate topics. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 15:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	: this is why it was added--] (]) 17:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
	::Hu12, your reasons for blacklisting wiki.idebate.org are understood (although objectionable to some extent). But, part of the problem is that you've blacklisted www.idebate.org, which is an effectively separate site with dozens of features related to IDEA's work that are entirely unrelated to the newer wiki.idebate.org. The records show that www.idebate.org was never a url that was "spammed". It seems, therefore, that at least www.idebate.org should be removed from the blacklist at this stage. -- ] (]) 04:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

	:::When an organization spams us so persistently and in spite of so many warnings that we are forced to blacklist their site, we go ahead and blacklist all their domains as a defensive move.

	:::Typically, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their ''encyclopedic'' value in support of our ''encyclopedia'' 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.

	:::Unlike Misplaced Pages, ] 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/.

	:::{{Declined}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 05:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

	::::I'm "Debaterx" (I hope it's ok that I've logged in under a different account to make this case/apology since "Debaterx" has been blocked). Certainly, I owe numerous apologies. My intent on Misplaced Pages was, to a degree, to promote Debatepedia (in my editorial involvement on the wiki). Yet, I am not part of the International Debate Education Association. In this way, it's not a case of the IDEA "organization" spamming you, as you say. This seems highly important, given the fact that you're blacklisting the organization's entire domain. Of course, I did some things wrong on Misplaced Pages and pushed too hard, for which I can only ask for forgiveness. But, there are numerous misunderstandings about how this all played out that need to be clarified.

	::::Hu12, you noted multiple times that links were being made to empty debate articles on Debatepedia, and this was a central part of the claim that Debatepedia was "spamming" Misplaced Pages. This is not the case. I think the problem was that numerous pages were down in November for a day or so due to a namespace problem on the site. You may have viewed those pages at that time - unfortunate timing. I hope you're able to check those links again, because they were to highly developed presentations of nearly all the public pros and cons and evidence in the debates covered by those articles. Quite the opposite of them being "empty pages" as you may have seen (which would be the worst kind of "spamming"), those pages were some of the best resources on the web on their respective topics, and seemed to be worthy of an external link on their corresponding Misplaced Pages pages. The reasons I ignored your first warnings was because they were falsely based on the presumption that I was making links to "empty pages", and while I contended that these were not "empty pages", I received no reply. I soon stopped making links on articles after additional warnings.

	::::Regarding links made to discussion pages. I initially thought that this was acceptable to talk on a discussion page about a related wiki article. When I was warned that this was not the case, I stopped. Subsequently, I thought that it was acceptable to talk with users on their personal pages about specific topics they had covered and specific, corresponding debates on Debatepedia. When I was told this was unacceptable and "spamming", I stopped. Finally, I emailed Wikipedians that were going to the December Misplaced Pages:Meetup in DC, that I was also hoping to attend. This is explicitly condoned on the Misplaced Pages:Meetup page, where it says that wiki and open-source projects unrelated to Misplaced Pages can be discussed at the meetup. My emailing those specific users that were attending the Meetup seemed acceptable in that context. It seems this was the source of the black-listing.

	::::Finally, it is important to understand about Debatepedia that it's not exactly a new, unreliable wiki, as is also a major claim leveled against the the links as "spam". Most of Debatepedia's debate articles (around 500) are drawn from the Debatabase, a 7-year old project of the International Debate Education Association, which has a strong editorial review process. So, while the wiki is relatively new, it's content is actually well established, editorially reviewed, and reliable.

	::::But, most importantly, the IDEA "organization" was not spamming you and so it does not make sense to punish them so severely as you have done. Since they have a long-standing page up on Misplaced Pages, it doesn't sound like they'd "spammed" you before. You should note that after you blocked me "Debaterx", no additional links were made to wiki.idebate.org (and none were ever made inappropriately to www.idebate.org). Clearly, blocking me was a sufficient measure as no "spamming" has occurred since. Blacklisting all of IDEA's domains, including wiki.idebate.org, therefore, seems excessive. Why didn't you just block me and see what the result would be first.? It concerns me because IDEA is a reputable organization in the debate world, of which I'm a part. -- ] (]) 08:25, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
	:Closing this as {{Declined}}--] (]) 00:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

	==careers.stateuniversity.com==

	This website contains comprehensive job profiles, using data from sources such as the US Bureau of Labor. It is part of stateuniversity.com, a directory of US state universities. The information appears to be accurate and can be used in many articles. I do not see why this is blocked. ] (]) 16:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

			: As an additional example, TMDB is also the primary film resource for Trakt (). ]<sub>]</sub> 02:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
			:This was discussed recently at ]. ''']''' (]) 02:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

			=Discussion=
			{{Notice\|This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are ]}}
			==Discussion at ]==
			] You are invited to join the discussion at ]. This is regarding blacklisting the Heritage Foundation for their plans to harvest the IP addresses of Misplaced Pages editors. –] <small>(])</small> 08:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)<!-- ] -->

	=Troubleshooting and problems=		=Troubleshooting and problems=
	{{~~notice~~\|This section is to ~~report~~ problems with ~~the~~ ~~blacklist~~. Old entries are ]}}		{{Notice\|This section is for technical problems with existing rules. Old entries are ]}}

	== {{tl\|db-copyvio}} ==
	Problem with the blacklist: I want to use the db-copyvio speedy deletion tag to get an article deleted. The db-copyvio tag has as a parameter the url of the website which is being copied. The website being copied is a blacklisted one, ezinearticles. Oops, the spam filter kicks in. This is bad.--] (]) 19:46, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
	:Try adding without the http:, the checking admin will copy & paste to check it.--] (]) 19:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
	::Or don't provide the link in the db template, and add it below it (put <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> around). Or put it on my talk page and I'll have a look. -- ] <sup>]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

	== ] ==

	I'm new to dealing with this blacklist, so I hope that this is the right place to report my problem and ask for help. Anyway, I want to report the basic facts about ]'s cancer, and the best source seems to be a ] written by Ho (which I'm using, properly, for only basic facts, not opinion or interpretation). Unfortunately, this source is a blog on MySpace (the guy's a musician, after all), which is blacklisted. At first, I tried to get around this by removing the "http://", but that looked terrible (in the <nowiki>{{cite web}}</nowiki> template). So instead I made a ], but that's blacklisted too (and it wouldn't be a good long-term solution anyway). Then I considered abandoning <nowiki>{{cite}}</nowiki> for a URL inside <nowiki>, but that doesn't work very nicely for the reader. Finally, I decided to link to non-blacklisted site that reprints the diary, but it doesn't seem to have an archive of back issues (so it's a decidely inferior resource). The diary (or some of it) is supposed to published as a book this year; but until then, what should I really be doing? (Note that I am an ], if that makes it easier for me to do things by myself.) —] (]) 04:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

	=Discussion=
	{{notice\|This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are ]}}

	== archive script ==
	Eagle 101 said he had one running on meta, is it possible to get it up and going here?--] 10:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
	:Would be good - Eagle hasn't been working on Meta for a while though & I've not seen anything (there was supposed to be a logging script too!) --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 12:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

	*Great news, Ive written a script that can archive this page given the templates that we use, I can create a approved archive along with a rejected archive if people are interested. ] 06:51, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
	:"Interested" - bit of an understatement there :) Great news - please feel free to help/supply the script. I tend to leave stuff around a week in case anyone shouts or adds more (archives once done should be left alone). How would you handle the "discussion" type bits? Cheers --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 09:40, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
	::First question, do you want approved and rejected request in separate archives? as for the discussions we could get Misza bot over here for things older than 30 days. ] 17:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
	:::I would think one archive, seperate sections, like it is currently, not sure if the script can do that, but if so, doubt there would be objections in implementation...--] (]) 00:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
	::::There is no simple way of editing sections using the bot. (section editting is evil). it would just be one large archive. ] 00:59, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

	==blogspot.com==
	{{See also\|Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam#Time_for_blacklisting_blogspot.com.2C_with_whitelisting_of_specific_domains.3F}}

	I added countingcrowsnew.blogspot.com, freemodlife.blogspot.com, and googlepackdownload.blogspot.com to the blacklist. I made a about the blogspot sites and they're being spammed by the same blocked sockpuppet who I filed a report about . ] (]) 22:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

	Update: I've also added b5050-raffle.blogspot.com, gpd2008.blogspot.com, and itsleaked.blogspot.com. They were being spammed by the same blocked sock in that report. ] (]) 05:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	:I'm inclined to blacklist the domain then whitelist where needed but some heavy flak is likely to arrive? --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 08:06, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

	::From an en:Misplaced Pages mission perspective (though possibly not your personal perspective:) a bigger issue than the flak that will be generated is the disruption to editing. I believe a lot of pages, particularly biographies of living people, contain legitimate links to the subject's blog - many of which are hosted on blogspot. Simply blacklisting and then waiting for whitelisting requests will likely
	::# overwhelm the whitelist page here and on meta (which given you are one of the most active admins on both, may not be ideal for you!)
	::# be confusing and frustrating to a lot of editors especially newbies, but also any who are not familiar with the blacklist/whitelist set up
	::# lead to a loss of legitimate links and legitimate edits as people struggle to work out whether to keep their edit and lose the link or the other way round while any whitelist request is ongoing.
	::I think a move like that will take some careful planning and preparation to avoid these issues (might also help cut down some of the heat). One way or another, I think we need human editors to assess the current blogspot links on article pages and enter appropriate ones on the whitelist ''before'' the blacklisting goes into effect. I don't think such a move will cut out most of the flak though, so we might want to ensure there are other admins involved to help spread the weight, and a nicely presented page of evidence of the issues the domain causes to point people to.
	::Blogspot certainly gets spammed a lot more than most domains, and I support blacklisting. But It's still a domain that has a lot of good links and I think it's important to think through how a move like that will impact people, and to adjust to the situation. -- ] 13:54, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

	:::Briefly - needs quite a bit of thought but equally is worth that amount of thought --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 13:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

	::There are many, many legitimate links to the domain, not only to blogs belonging to article subjects but to blogs belonging to Misplaced Pages contributors. Better to blacklist individual blogs as needed. --] (]) 16:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	:::Not sure why Misplaced Pages contributors would be adding their own blogs? A very limited number of blogs actualy meet ] and even fewer still meet the requirements of ] or are a blog that is the subject of the article or an official page of the articles subject. There are currently 32,916 blogspot.com Blog links on Misplaced Pages, if whitelisting even a thousand "legitimate links", its worth it.--] (]) 17:03, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	::::You've presented some convincing reasons to leave certain blog links out of Misplaced Pages, but not a reason to leave all blog links out. Misplaced Pages contributors might want to link to their blogs because, you know, it is possible for said contributors to frequent websites on the internet other than Misplaced Pages :P See ]. There is also a performance cost to whitelisting and blacklisting; as far as I can tell, 1000 whitelisted entries costs more computationally than 1000 blacklisted entries (instead of using one large regex, which is how the blacklist works, you're doing 1000 individual regex replacements). ]<sup>]</sup> <span title="MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist">§</span> 18:04, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	:::::I was under the impression server load was something we were supposed to leave up to the developers to worry about. If they see an issue and ask for a reassessment that would be one thing, but its not a good argument against a tactic without their weight behind it.
	:::::The suggestion isn't that all blogs should be banned. the suggestion is that this particular domain gets spammed so much it would be beneficial to the project to blacklist it and only white list the ones that are appropriate. -- ] 18:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
	::::Hu12 I think it's important not to overstate the case here. Not all of the ~32,000 links (assukming the 1K of good links estimate) that are not legitimate external links or citations will actually be harmful to Misplaced Pages. While editors' own blogs on their user pages aren't necessary to the project, in the vast majority of cases they do no harm and may help editors fell a bond that connects them to the project. Many more will be links from discussions and projects. While I don't think that's a reason for keeping a domain that is also being spammed so much - it's not the case that we do 32,000 links worth of "good" by removing them. For the most part we only really benefit from the spam and poorly placed article links that go. -- ] 18:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

	(unindent, crosspost my post from ])

	The rule \bblogspot\.com is (currently) not on COIBot's monitorlist. Some of the sub-domains have been added via ], or have been caught by the automonitoring of COIBot (mainly because the name of the editor is the same as the name of the subdomain on blogspot.com).

	Still, a linksearch on the resolved IP of blogspot.com (72.14.207.191) results in a mere ] results (all COIBot linkreports)! Often the multiple use of the single subdomains is not a cause for blacklisting, as they may only have been used once or twice. Also, I suspect there are tens of thousands of blogspot sub-domains out there, but these are only the links that are caught because the wiki username overlaps with the domainname of the subdomain (or have been reported here). Would this cumulative behaviour warrant blacklisting of \bblogspot\.com .. here, or even on meta? --] <sup>] ]</sup> 12:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
	:Appropriate links may indeed be a problem, though the majority will fail some or many of the policies and guidelines here (or don't even have to be a notable fact, or do not need to be a working link while being mentioned; "Mr. X has a a blog on ].<ref>primary reliable source stating that the blog is the official blog</ref>"; ]), and I would argue that the spam/coi part of the problem becomes a bit difficult to control... --] <sup>] ]</sup> 14:23, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

	::* {{spamlink\|blogspot.com}}
	::Crosspost spamlink template for blogspot.com to link this discussion to the linkreports from COIBot. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 10:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

	:::Please try to remember how frustrating generic, unexpected spam blocks can be for new and incautious editors. Last time I "checked", if you make an edit with Internet Explorer and you post it directly without preview ''(two things you should '''never''' do)'', then if the spam blacklist comes up your text is ''gone''. Back arrow gets you the original text of the article. Edits that die that way may not get remade, and they may sour the editor on further contributions. I don't think there should be any blocks on top-level domains or large general purpose Internet sites. ] 23:46, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
	::::I have to disagree in this case - there's concern that the dynamic IP spamming it is using it to perpetrate scams or send out computer bugs. -'']'' <sup>(<font color="0000FF">] ]</font>)</sup> 04:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
	:::::There's no way we can realistically do this. blogspot has an Alexa traffic rank of 12 - it's higher than Amazon.com - and has well over 30,000 links on en.wp alone. Adding this would be incredibly disruptive to thousands of articles. Unless someone wants to go through all 32,000 links to find the ones that can be kept so we can whitelist them, there's no way we can do this. The ones that are spam should be removed and blacklisted, but ] and ] are not very good reasons to completely forbid links to a domain. <font face="Broadway">]'']</font>'' 16:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

	== No edit box in the Spam filter notice ==

	Why does the "Spam filter notice" not contain an edit box? This necessitates pressing the back button which in IE (I'm reluctantly using it at the moment) means all edits are lost. There's a possible way around it, to open the article in a new tab, remove the spam link, save it, and then hit refresh in the "Spam filter notice" window to resubmit, but this is a hack and we shouldn't be inconveniencing innocent users like this. (Has happened to me twice already today, once I was adding a ''new section'' to a talk page and couldn't save because the existing talk page had a blacklisted link it... like wtf?!) --] (]) 14:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

	==Header==
	I put the header in a template to reduce size of this request page and included ] which is loosly based off of RCU's indicators.--] (]) 15:58, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

	== Google "I'm feeling lucky" ==

	Would the following regexes work?
	<code><nowiki>\bgoogle.com/search?.&btnI</nowiki></code>
	*<code><nowiki>\bgoogle.com/search?btnI</nowiki></code>
	—] 20:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
	==Blacklist logging==
	<code><nowiki>{{WPSPAM\|0#section_name}}</nowiki></code> →(replacing '0' with the correct ).

	For example:

	<code><nowiki>{{WPSPAM\|182725895#Blacklist_logging}}</nowiki></code>

	results in:

	<blockquote>{{WPSPAM\|182725895#Blacklist_logging}}</blockquote>

	This should aid in requests originating from ] and for use with the entry log . I've added a snipit in the header --] (])

	== A proposed bot (]) to automatically revert the addition of certain external links ==

	Please see ] if you have comments. Thank you, ] 01:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

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If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

Please consider using Special:BlockedExternalDomains instead, powered by the AbuseFilter extension. This is faster and more easily searchable, though only supports whole domains and not whitelisting.

Does the site have any validity to the project?
Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regular expressions — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number – 1269861423 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

→Snippet for logging: {{/request|1269861423#section_name}}
→Snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|1269861423#section_name}}
→A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler

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Proposed additions

Instructions for proposed additions

Please add new entries to the bottom of this section.
Please only use the basic URL – example.com , not https://www.example.com.
Consider informing editors whose actions are discussed here.
Please use the following templates:

{{IP summary}} – to report anonymous editors suspected of spamming:

{{IP summary|127.0.0.1}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template

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{{User summary|Jimbo Wales}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template

{{Link summary}} – to report spam domains:

{{Link summary|example.com}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template

Do not include the "http://www." portion of a URL inside this template, nor anything behind the domain name. Including this template will give tools to investigate the domain, and will result in COIBot refreshing the link-report. ('COIBot')

{{BLRequestRegex}} - to suggest more complex regex filters beyond basic domain URLs

{{BLRequestLink}} - to suggest specific links to be blacklisted

Please provide diffs ( e.g. ] ) to show that there has been spamming!
Completed requests should be marked with {{done}}, {{not done}}, or another appropriate indicator, and then archived.

msnmag.co.uk

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Msnmag (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
103.12.120.29 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.12.120.55 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.12.120.238 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.12.122.1 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.12.122.102 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.12.122.197 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 20:47, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Added to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). OhNoitsJamie 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

usdolly.rocks

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pentasmoulding.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Mojakabira (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

I think that user User:Mojakabira is trying to promote their own website and cryptocurrency by vandalizing the following page: Dolly_(sheep). They have created a new subsection and posted about this cryptocurrency and a link to the website. Website is just 34 days old and owner/admin of the website has the same username: https://usdolly.rocks/index.php/author/mojakabira/ Thank you. Margarita byca (talk) 22:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. I've blocked the user in en. OhNoitsJamie 14:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

I think Windsurfing article additions were legitimate and pentasmoulding.com is just a regular website, the page linked in the article mentions Ten Cate Sports a lot.

But I don't know much about windsurfing though. Margarita byca (talk) 21:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

pakapepe.com

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103.48.161.203 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
121.164.185.65 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
217.178.163.161 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
219.240.241.87 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
222.101.185.56 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Linkspam (with proxies) XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie 18:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

vtforeignpolicy.com

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May be a a different domain of confirmed disinformation site Veterans Today as it was added to the corresponding article over a year ago. ToThAc (talk) 02:39, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

@ToThAc:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

sci-hubse.com

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Multiple accounts have been spamming this fake Sci-Hub domain: see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex Aci. SmartSE (talk) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Smartse:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Multiple links

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crackeadosoft.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
8171alerts.pk: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
sheetzmenu.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Relevant IP range and users already blocked at SPI, see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Hompp/Archive § 31 December 2024 for more details. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 01:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Dan Leonard:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Encyclopaedia Metallum

metal-archives.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com There is long-standing consensus since 2007, and affirmed in 2015, that Encyclopaedia Metallum/Metal Archives is unreliable as a source since it is user-generated content, similar to Misplaced Pages. It nonetheless constantly gets added as a source. I wasn't opposed to it as an external link, but at this point, I think any potential value to that (which was slim to begin with since the type of information on there should be in more reliable sources, anyway, or else on Discogs) is offset by the sheer amount of continuous misuse in articles and lists.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 14:24, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Blacklisting a domain used in 5000 articles would require a much broader consensus than this venue can produce. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:54, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Even though most of those usages are contrary to consensus, and fail WP:USERG?-- 3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 23:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay, looking at those usages, I see that there are a lot of links on image files to denote where the image came from. In light of that, I rescind my request.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 12:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@3family6 how many of those images are originally from them? For NFCC we should link to the original, not to where someone found them … Dirk Beetstra 16:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

The images should be from the media (physical or digital copy) itself? I would pretty confidently say that none of those are from Encyclopaedia Metallum, unless there's some compilation they've released that has an article, which I'm unaware of. This would further make my point above, then, about how nearly all of the thousands of usages are contrary to consensus (and apparently, policy as well for many of those).-- 3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 16:47, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

What I mean is that File:Sepultura - Dante XXI.jpg should have been sourced from the Sepultura website (https://www.sepultura.com.br/albums ; https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b9b68e_4099fe12cd1d4a5c87b0402f2ef73757~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_600,al_c,lg_1,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg), not via an intermediate host where it may have been affected or possibly (not here in this case) is in violation of copyrights. I just denied a whitelist request for an altered (cropped) picture without attribution on a blacklisted site, where the likely copyright holder / original could be found (though not easy). I feel that is what is meant with the word original in ‘Identification of the source of the original copyrighted material …’ in WP:NFCC. For most of these images metal-archives is not hosting the original copyrighted material, it is all copies that are hosted there. And yes, it is an argument in favour of blacklisting. Dirk Beetstra 19:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thank you for the clarification.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:59, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

custompackbox.com

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Mevrik042 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
MrsOrikea (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Mrskerison (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Zafar97 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
Reejajay (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
39.52.197.34 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
157.20.146.164 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
2401:BA80:A397:C47:5072:7EE8:F6A4:929A (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)

Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 01:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Added to blacklist. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

sonixify.com

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Sonixify (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
2409:40E5:B:93CA:8000:: (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
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Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 16:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Annh07:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra 16:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

travelosei.com

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101.0.35.33 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.183.31.54 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.183.31.102 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.183.31.150 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
103.223.8.54 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
114.134.27.126 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
180.188.249.6 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
180.188.249.54 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
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Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 12:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

@Annh07:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. May be on its way to global blacklist though ...--Dirk Beetstra 19:55, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

nodemaven.com

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81.111.13.92 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
121.200.8.198 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
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102.141.33.252 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
94.204.98.36 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
73.177.91.154 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
157.143.124.91 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 13:35, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

@Annh07:

Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra 19:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

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www.blog.roblox.com

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I'm creating a wikipedia article on the late co-founder of Roblox, Erik Cassel. But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links. The blog.roblox.com domain is the official blog maintained by employees of ROBLOX Corporation, giving accurate information about the company. The specific links are a tribute written by the current founder, and an interview with the person in question. I tried to go through the whitelist, but apparently the whole thing is blacklisted. The article on Erik Cassel would benefit from these sources, as it provides first-hand details about his professional achievements, contributions to ROBLOX, and personal qualities. This information is otherwise unavailable in comparable detail and reliability. Ge0loz (talk) 05:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Defer to Whitelist OhNoitsJamie 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

But the only reliable sources of him are from blog.roblox.com links -> then he's not notable and doesn't deserve an article. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Also, I think it was blacklisted because of the links possibly being used for spam and promotion. Is that correct? NicePrettyFlower (talk) 11:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

www.halmblogmusic.com

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Added to block list here MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/August_2024#halmblogmusic.com. Nunaklenam's first two edits in October 2024 were to change the url on the original request from halmblogmusic.com to halmblog.com . Ravensfire (talk) 04:38, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Declined. --* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

gcaptain.com

gcaptain.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com ~~Unclear why this is blacklisted.~~ There was a request more than a decade ago to unlist it that didn't get a response AFAICT. Further, we have at least one article with a recent link to it: National Security Multi-Mission Vessel. I don't know it at all, but I'm not seeing a reason to block it. It was put on the blacklist in 2010 for spamming links into our articles. I have no COI, never heard of it before today to my knowledge, and was just copying the link from the NSMV article to another one. Hobit (talk) 21:26, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Blacklisting discussion at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/August_2010#gcaptain.com. Many prior whitelisting or deblacklisting discussions, most of which are declined. No opinion on what to do here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

So what's the next step? Are we really keeping a site blacklisted because of something folks did 14+ years ago? On the off chance the same behavior starts up again, we can blacklist again. Hobit (talk) 04:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

forbetterscience.com

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For Better Science is the blog of Leonid Schneider, which was added to the blacklist in 2019 at the request of User:JzG, and with plenty of discussions over the years here, the latest around 2022 I believe. I would be keen to see if there has been any change in policy since, especially since endorsement by Elizabeth Bik. If not, would it be possible to selectively whitelist the following pages:

/2025/01/14/fake-o-meat-by-ali-khademhosseini/
/2017/12/14/predatory-conferences-and-other-scams-of-false-swedish-professor-ashutosh-tiwari/

Thank you, 81.109.86.251 (talk) 00:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC).

Individual whitelisting by consensus may be appropriate, but the two you list? Not so much. The former is personal (and promotional) opinion from a primary source and fails . The latter is a personal attack on a personal blog and fails WP:BLP, as well as exemplifying why we don't need links to his website. Guy (help! - typo?) 19:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

TMDB

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TMDB is a user-edited movie database, similar to IMDb. It was added to the blacklist in 2008 after this request regarding edits by Travisbell. A 2016 removal proposal by Travisbell was declined. I'd add that the X account for TMDB says "Tweets by @travisbell", so there are some apparent COI issues surrounding this user.

However, the site has actually gained traction as a resource. It's now the primary source of film data for Letterboxd. () I don't see any cases where we would want to link to the site within article space, but it does get used similarly to movieposterdb.com, as a source of film posters which may not be on other sites. This came up for me in an FFD where we need to see the copyright notice on a poster, where IMDb doesn't have a high-resolution copy and MoviePosterDB requires account creation to view the full-resolution version. I think we'd be better served by treating the site as we would MoviePosterDB, as in keeping it out of article space but allowing its use in other areas as appropriate and monitoring for COI spam. hinnk (talk) 00:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

As an additional example, TMDB is also the primary film resource for Trakt (). jac_roe 02:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

This was discussed recently at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2024. Ravensfire (talk) 02:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

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Discussion at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?

You are invited to join the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?. This is regarding blacklisting the Heritage Foundation for their plans to harvest the IP addresses of Misplaced Pages editors. –Novem Linguae (talk) 08:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

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