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	==www.craigslistinformation.com==
	has been added to the ] article about once a week or so.

			==msnmag.co.uk==
	*
			* {{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)
	*
			:{{Added}} to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). <b>] ]</b> 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

			==usdolly.rocks==
	*
			* {{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: ].
	Thanks! --] (]) 05:48, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
			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.
			] (]) 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 ==
	:Sorry this seems to have been missed. Is it just teh one IP adding it & is it still happening? Personally I'd go for a block next time (if that is the case) and then list after than (feel free to nudge me on my talk page for the block if you want) --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 12:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
			* {{LinkSummary\|pakapepe.com}}
			* {{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==
	==Carbon Copy Pro 3==
			{{link summary\|vtforeignpolicy.com}}
	Guess who's back? This time, he's trying calling it "CC Pro" to try and escape detection.

			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)
	*{{Vandal\|Ccpro2008}}

			:{{rto\|ToThAc}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	URL
	*ccpro2008.wetpaint.com
	:{{done}}, I wonder how many of the wetpaint.com sites are doing the same thing..(ref--] (]) 14:27, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

			==sci-hubse.com==
	*{{vandal\|Carboncopyproleads1}}
			{{link summary\|sci-hubse.com}}

			Multiple accounts have been spamming this fake ] domain: see ]. ] (]) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
	URL
	Looks like he's switched homes:

			:{{rto\|Smartse}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	*www.squidoo.com/CarbonCopyProleads
	<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 08:09, 13 Feb 2008</small><!-- Template:Unsigned2 -->

			==Multiple links==
	:Thanks, {{done}} & user blocked --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 11:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
			* {{LinkSummary\|joyfulmeanings.com}}
			* {{LinkSummary\|smartapkhub.com}}
			* {{LinkSummary\|crackeadosoft.com}}
			* {{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)
	::If they return, we might pursue a checkuser block. It's working against the ]. (And I thought squidoo was already blacklisted...) ] 12:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
	:::squidoo.com is Bl'd, but just for subdomains, i've readjusted the regex accordingly--] (]) 14:13, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
	::::]. --] \| ] 15:12, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

			==Encyclopaedia Metallum==
	He's back...
			{{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==
	* User name: {{Vandal\|Carboncopypromoney1}}
			* {{link summary\|custompackbox.com}}
	* URL: carboncopypromoney1.wetpaint.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==
	Any chance of putting wetpaint.com on the link-removal bot list?
			* {{link summary\|sonixify.com}}
			* {{User summary\|Sonixify tools}}
			* {{User summary\|Sonixify}}
			* {{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)

			:{{rto\|Annh07}} {{Added}} to ]. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 16:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
	--] \| ] 14:25, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
	:Far to many links using wetpaint.com, I'll list the expression "carboncopypro", and we can adjust as needed. Please keep up the good work.--] (]) 01:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

			==travelosei.com==
	Man he does NOT give up:
			* {{link summary\|travelosei.com}}
			* {{IP summary\|101.0.35.33}}
			* {{IP summary\|103.183.31.54}}
			* {{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)
	* User name: {{Vandal\|Carboncopypromlm}}
	* URL: del.icio.us/carboncopypromlm

			==nodemaven.com==
	--] \| ] 10:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
			* {{link summary\|nodemaven.com}}
	::{{done}}. --] (]) 20:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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)
	How about using ] or ]? ] 05:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	::Good suggestion. I've added ] first, if someone wants to double check before I add it.--] (]) 06:05, 21 February 2008 (UTC)



	==Planet of Rock spam==
	General nuisance spam...

	;Domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|planetofrock.com}}

	;Account:
	*{{UserSummary\|Ictaros}}

	Evidence of spamming:
	*
	*
	*
	*

	]] 00:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
	:{{Not done}} for now, have blocked the offending account. If another account or ip is used to spam, please report back. Thanks Scarian. --] (]) 01:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

	==Amazon.com referral spam==
	This spam gets added to articles about academic testing every few days. User {{contribs\|62.3.32.54}} was warned about spamming by administrator ] on 13 Feb, but the spamming has continued.

	Blocking the IP addresses won't help because (a) the incidents are infrequent; (b) legitimate edits have occurred from those addresses; (c) different IP addresses are involved, although it's primarily 62.3.32.54.

	;Accounts
	*{{IPVandal\|143.82.252.13}}
	*{{IPVandal\|62.3.32.54}}

	;URLs
	* amazon.com/gp/redirect.html
	** With or without 'www'
	** There's no reason to use this URL except to disguise a referral spam link.
	* rcm.amazon.com/cm?t=
	** The part after the "t=" is the associate account ID. Used for associate referral links, probably just rcm.amazon.com is needed. I haven't seen this one on Misplaced Pages yet, but I'm an Amazon associate and that's what my links would look like, if I wanted to add my linkspam.
	* amazon.com/.*&tag=
	** With or without 'www'
	** The "tag=" string indicates an amazon associate who gets paid if someone buys something after clicking on the link. I'm assuming the blacklist uses something like egrep, so .* is a wildcard for "any characters".

	;Evidence of spamming
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	=] 19:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
	:Thanks for making the url regex easy. Agree with the rationale, consider this {{done}}--] (]) 19:28, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

	::Thanks. Maybe now the spammer will use tinyurl.com tricks (if that isn't already blocked, it should be). By the way, how come some patterns in the list are enclosed by \b...\b and some aren't? =] 00:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:::Oh, this is one of the referral links that I wanted to ban the most! Good work getting the regexps! -- ] (]) 01:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:::\b indicates a word break, i.e. if there are letters or numbers on the other side, it won't match. ] (]) 10:28, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
	::::What about punctuation? If the blacklist contains \bamazon\.com will it still match www.amazon.com because there is a period, not a letter or number, before 'amazon'? =] 20:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
	::::: ''.'' (a period) is a word break.. foobaramazon.com won't match, but www.amazon.com will. --]] 20:38, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

	==smarter.frih.net==
	IP user keeps adding these links to this site, which has classic science fiction stories with no indication whatsoever that they are licensed to appear there; when reverted, he/she calls reverting editors "ignorants"!


	;Accounts
	*{{IPVandal\|92.81.3.223}}

	;Evidence of spamming
	*
	*
	* and all other edits by this IP<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 23:47, 20 February 2008</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->


	*{{spamlink\|smarter.frih.net}}
	Adsense pub-1118213816215986 <br>
	{{IPSummary\|92.80.24.187}}<br>{{IPSummary\|92.80.61.146}}<br>{{IPSummary\|92.80.28.195}}<br>--] (]) 09:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	:{{done}}, no content on the pages but adsense and links back to wikipedia and fantasticfiction.co.uk--] (]) 09:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	Wow! Did you even bother to check the links? For instance the Asimov page has links for 2 stories: "Profession" on abelard.com and "Gold" on webscription.net
	Since when someone should prove he is not guilty?
	The site is useful for it has more than 400 links to online fiction legally published by tens of websites like gutenberg.org, scifi.com, webscription.net, baen.com, infinityplus.co.uk, strangehorizons.com, authors' own websites, etc.
	That's why I call those who throw the stone WITHOUT BOTHERING TO CHECK THE ACCUSATIONS FIRST as being ignorants! (] (]) 20:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC))

	== Backgammon spam ==

	Every edit by {{IPVandal\|82.211.176.12}} has been to add either backgammons.artprom.biz or artprom.biz to ]. (The first version of the site is in English, the second in Russian.) --] (]) 16:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:Agreed up to a point. However with only that number of edits let's try other methods first. I've blocked for 48 hours. Let's see if it springs up from another IP/or after the block and then look at this. Hope that is ok & thanks for picking it up, cheers --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 17:04, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	::Actually, I thought blacklisting was more to the point because the site is blatantly commercial with no useful content. I doubt that a short block will have much effect because it's used so infrequently and the user was only up to a third warning. But, however you want to handle it. --] (]) 17:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	:::Cross-wiki spam:
	:::*]
	:::--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 17:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	==wwesuperstars.org==
	Multiple IP's (whom I suspect are the same person since they are so similar) and a regular user (who I can't find at the moment) continue adding this site to wrestling related articles even after being warned. Here are some examples: , , . '''<span style="border: 2px Maroon solid;background:#4682B4;font-family: Monotype Corsiva">] ]</span>''' 09:32, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:Here is the full list, dozens of articles being spammed by different users: ]. '''<span style="border: 2px Maroon solid;background:#4682B4;font-family: Monotype Corsiva">] ]</span>''' 02:33, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

	::Agreed & {{done}}, thanks --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 10:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

	== codeuu.com ==
	Editor attempting to avoid detection by use of throwaway accounts. See ] <small></small>. I have posted over at ] in case an established editor there objects. -- ] 19:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	I think this is not a good idea.this site is same as wikipedia.everyone can edit.
	Maybe some of its content is not good,you can ask the webmaster of this site to remove the content,if you remove it,we can not access this good site again.just like wikipedia. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 07:19, 22 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	:{{done}} thanks - can always be removed if an established editor has valid reasons --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 10:26, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

	== oink.pytalhost.com ==

	'''Domain:'''
	oink.pytalhost.com (pytalhost.com is a domain name registar and host)

	'''Account:'''
	* {{user\|Phantomia}}
	* {{user\|217.226.148.165}}

	'''Prior discussion:'''
	* I came across the situation at ], where {{user\|Phantomia}} was inserting external links to his personal web-site that may or may not be related to Oink. Per ], I removed the web-sites under 4.1.1, 4.1.4, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.12.
	* I figured that it was a personal web-site or web-site totally unaffilated with Oink, as the contradicts the spam links assertions.
	* {{user\|Phantomia}} was blocked for 24h for repeated inclusions of spam links and 3RR. ] <small>(]) (])</small> 19:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	* Eh, i didn't add the pytalhost.com link. I removed it. Or do i miss something? --] (]) 19:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:* Sorry about that. I checked at the wrong contrib. history for that. ] <small>(]) (])</small> 20:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	:{{UserSummary\|Phantomia}}<br>{{IPSummary\|217.226.148.165}}<br>{{IPSummary\|212.230.45.235}}<br>{{IPSummary\|217.226.174.112}}<br>{{IPSummary\|217.226.142.83}}<br> clear abuse, low value link, popups and other ] criteria met. {{done}} thanks--] (]) 20:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	: Would like to extend this to '''//oinky.6x''', a reincarination of the previously mentioned web-site. {{user\|77.90.4.49}} has been requested for a block, and the page has been put at RPP. ] <small>(]) (])</small> 23:19, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	::The url does not resolve?--] (]) 23:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
	:::OK, oinky.6x.to {{done}}--] (]) 23:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	: This is getting old: oink.dr.ag. I requested RPP at one point but was removed almost immediately. <font color="#CC0000" size="-2">] \| ] \| ]</font> 02:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
	::{{done}}--] (]) 19:25, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

	== webmasters.am ==

	I am proposing that the URL www.webmasters.am be added to the spam black list. This link is posted anonymously from various IP addresses:
	* {{User\|82.198.10.88}}
	* {{User\|82.198.10.41}}
	* {{User\|82.198.10.74}}
	* {{User\|82.198.10.79}}

	And posted on various topics:
	* ]
	<blockquote>
	()
	()
	()
	</blockquote>

	* ]
	<blockquote>
	()
	</blockquote>

	* ]
	<blockquote>
	()
	()
	()
	</blockquote>

	* ]
	<blockquote>
	()
	()
	()
	()
	()
	()
	</blockquote>

	These are all links that fall in to the ] category # 11. Usually the edits are made on the same day within minutes of each other.

	The user {{User\|R00m_c}} has also been active in removing these links.
	] (]) 18:47, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	:*{{spamlink\|webmasters.am}}
	::--] (]) 21:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

	== internetisseriousbusiness.com ==
	This page flies around the screen and shows numerous successive pop-ups when you try to navigate away from it. Thanks, ].<small>]</small><sup>]</sup> 20:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
	*{{spamlink\|internetisseriousbusiness.com}}

	:Do you have any evidence that this was spammed? ] 01:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

	::It was used on the help desk to deliberately mislead and annoy users. I have posted it here upon the advice of ]. Thanks, ].<small>]</small><sup>]</sup> 17:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
	:::{{done}}Added to blacklist, user who recently added it blocked, removed all links to it. ] (]) 22:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

	==Regexp for penisenlarge==
	As would be expected, the ] article gets its share of linkspam. {{contribs\|125.209.115.134}} and {{contribs\|125.209.115.132}}, for example, have been repeatedly blocked for linkspamming (also see spam blacklist report on ]). Every so often this user comes back and adds variations of a domain name that contain the string "penisenlargement", such as penisenlargementss.com and penisenlargementy.com.

	Example diffs of spam:
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*

	I suggest we add a general purpose regexp to this blacklist, something like <tt><span style="white-space:nowrap">\bpenis-enlarge\.{2,4}\b</span></tt>. That would pre-emptively take care of future "contributions" of linkspam to that article. I'm assuming egrep pattern matching here; not sure what's actually being used.

	Keeping in mind the debate below about blogspot, we should of course avoid casting too wide a net. A regexp matching simply "penis" may be a bit too broad, but I think "penisenlarg" is almost guaranteed to be spam. =] (]) 06:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

	:Update: Well, one can't get them all. Another user just got a permanent ban for spamming the article with enlargementpills.be. Is there a way to make this blacklist context-sensitive; that is, block certain domains from being added to specific articles? =] (]) 15:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

	::Update again: After seeing another incident, I moved this section from discussion section below to this proposal section. =] 20:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

	==gov-certificates.co.uk==
	This site is a copyright violating Misplaced Pages remote loader mirror (see ] and ), and has been for some time, and it has also been spammed on Misplaced Pages (eg ) and even used inadvertently. This site simply has no place on Misplaced Pages. Perhaps it should be blacklisted at meta. -- ] <sup>]</sup> 15:02, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
	:{{tick\|18}} '''Done''' -- ] <sup>]</sup> 22:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

	==partenovcfd.com==
	*{{spamlink\|partenovcfd.com}}

	Block evading spammer, after {{ipvandal\|77.85.162.56}} was blocked twice for exactly that. See ]. ] 12:18, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
	:{{done}}--] (]) 22:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

	== tangeroiseimmobilier.com ==
	*{{spamlink\|tangeroiseimmobilier.com}}

	A real estate company in Tangier. They keep adding their link to the ] page from different IP addresses. ] has indicated on the Revision history of Tangier, on 25 Feb. 2008, that they are also spamming the French Misplaced Pages. Thanks. --] (]) 18:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
	: Sorry, I added this at the bottom of the page yesterday, instead of here. They've just added their link to the ] page for a fourth time. Thanks. --] (]) 06:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
	:: They've just added their link to the ] page a fifth time. --] (]) 09:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
	:'''Accounts'''<br>
	{{IPSummary\|196.206.20.76}}<br>{{IPSummary\|41.249.114.223}}<br>{{IPSummary\|196.206.16.72}}<br>{{IPSummary\|41.249.66.206}}<br>{{done}}--] (]) 10:20, 29 February 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 ].}}

			==www.blog.roblox.com==
	==insomnia.ac==
			* {{LinkSummary\|blog.roblox.com}}
	When I tried to add a review article about ] as reference, I was informed it was a spam site. Last time I checked, it is a legitimate video game review site. Why was it entered spam list in the first place? The whole idea of the spambot list simply isn't working, because spammer would just move target, while innocent people who happened to inherit spammer's domains will suffer. Jacob Poon 03:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
			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 owner of the site added links to it to many VG-related articles, which was done in good faith, but it seems somebody thought it was not., and . - ] from SRK.o//<small>(]) (])</small> 23:49, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
			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==
			{{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)
			: {{Declined}}. --] ] 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

	==~~petitiononline~~.com==		==gcaptain.com==
			{{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)
	I had used one of this website's petitions in the article ] () as a citation for the '''fact''' that the petition had gotten the film released on DVD. This fact has been verified by the director both in interviews and on the film's DVD release. It should be linked in the article. (] (]) 09:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC))
			: Blacklisting discussion at ]. , most of which are declined. No opinion on what to do here. ] ] 20:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Linking to the petition itself isn't a suitable source as verification (since the mere existence of the petition is not verification that the petition is the ''reason'' for the release). The interviews of the director in which s/he confirms that the petition is what prompted them to release on DVD is a much more appropriate source. Can they not be cited instead? -- ] 14:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
	::~~They~~ ~~are~~ ~~cited,~~ ~~but~~ I ~~feel~~ ~~that~~ it is ~~important~~ to ~~also~~ ~~cite~~ the ~~petition~~ ~~itself~~. (] (]) 07:02, 12 ~~February~~ ~~2008~~ (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)
	:::{{notdone}}Not a reason to delist the whole domain {{Deferwhite}}--] (]) 07:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

			== forbetterscience.com ==
	==smarter.frih.net==
	This site is a collection of links to legally published online Science Fiction. It is useful because it gathers in one place all known free online SF works (over a 1000 and the number is growing) from tens of more or less specialized websites such as gutenberg.org, webscription.net, baen.com, scifi.com, infinityplus.co.uk, strangehorizons.com, eidolon.net, etc. and authors' own websites. The accusations of copyright concerns are completely unfounded. No content is stored at the site and all links are to free online science fiction (free as in having copyright owner's consent).
	Let's take the example of Isaac Asimov. Right now there are online 2 stories: "Profession" at abelard.com and "Gold" at webscription.net. If someone bothered to check the links, he would have seen the copyright notices at those websites. They have the right to make those stories freely available to anyone.
	(] (]) 07:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC))

			{{Link summary\|forbetterscience.com}}
	:The listing () looks perfectly valid to me. My concern is not just about content but also about the fact that the IP who placed the links completely ignored the fact that they were not required by the community (& were rude about it as well) --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 09:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

			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:
	::"not required by the community"!? For me it seems a requirement for an author's page to have a link to the works of that author (if they are legally available, of course). I think that for a Misplaced Pages user it doesn't matter what kind of person the contributor is but it does matter if he/she finds the contribution useful. As an avid science fiction reader I find this type of links as being very useful. (] (]) 16:50, 23 February 2008 (UTC))

			* /2025/01/14/fake-o-meat-by-ali-khademhosseini/
	==paleontex.net.tf==
			* /2017/12/14/predatory-conferences-and-other-scams-of-false-swedish-professor-ashutosh-tiwari/
	I own, and am the sole contributor to, this website. It contains no content that could be seen as blacklist material and I will only use it on my own user page unless somebody requests otherwise. Thanks, ].<small>]</small><sup>]</sup> 23:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
	:It is early so maybe it's me but I can't see that it is blacklisted here? --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 08:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
	::It's other domain's freewebs.com/dendodge, is that blacklisted? I've not got time to check. Thanks, ].<small>]</small><sup>]</sup> 20:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

			Thank you, ] (]) 00:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC).
	==quasimodobell.com==
	I am contributor to this site. There are about a lot of people working in this site for free. It contains data that can not be found elsewhere. We have covers for lps for every country and accurate catalog numbers for record collectors that we collect personally. Our discography material is unique and rare not for every artist/group we have but for the most. We only add links to wiki when our link provides info that is worth noticing and only with relevant material. Every music fan who knows about recording industry can appreciate that our info is sometimes great. And of course all is free. No copyright laws are broken. We dont give downloads, we dont sell anything illegal. We understand that we may added too many links too soon. We feel they are worth it but if we are creating any trouble we will stop it or minimize it. Please consider our case. Thank you. Andreas Xantzis. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 11:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:I've see a lot of spamming cases, but I have yet to see one at this extreme level, using 228 sock accounts (including requestors) spread ove 300+ articles (now cleaned). ] --] (]) 12:25, 27 February 2008 (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 ], as well as exemplifying why we don't need links to his website. ''']''' <small>(] - ])</small> 19:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

			== TMDB ==
	::I note that several related domains were missed earlier:<sup></sup>

			{{Link summary\|tmdb.org}}
	::;Related domains:
	::*{{LinkSummary\|araneous.gr}}
	::*{{LinkSummary\|prisma.gr}}
	::**Shared phone number
	::*{{LinkSummary\|coopdir.com}}
	:::*Google Adsense: 2417789735159612
	::*{{LinkSummary\|findit.gr}}
	:::*Google Adsense: 2417789735159612
	::*{{LinkSummary\|quasimodobell.wordpress.com}}

			{{Link summary\|themoviedb.org}}

			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.
	::;Possibly related domains:
	::*http://www.themallblog.com
	::**{{LinkSummary\|themallblog.com}}
	:::*Google Adsense: 7932995015670068
	::*http://www.e-write.gr
	::**{{LinkSummary\|e-write.gr}}
	:::*Google Adsense: 7932995015670068
	::*http://www.starfish.gr
	::**{{LinkSummary\|starfish.gr}}
	::--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 16:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

			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)

			: As an additional example, TMDB is also the primary film resource for Trakt (). ]<sub>]</sub> 02:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
	::::Here are links to the relevant rules about this sort of thing
			:This was discussed recently at ]. ''']''' (]) 02:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
	::::*]
	::::*]
	::::*]
	::::*], especially these sections:<br>
	::::**]
	::::**]
	::::*]

			=Discussion=
	::::You were provided with links to these policies and guidelines in the warnings some of your accounts were given.
			{{Notice\|This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are ]}}

			==Discussion at ]==
	::::Typically, we do not remove domains from the spam blacklist in response to site-owners' requests. Instead, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their ''encyclopaedic'' value in support of our ''encyclopaedia'' pages. If such an editor asks to use your links, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and your links may well be removed.
			] 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)<!-- ] -->

	::::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/.

	::::Should you find yourself penalized in any search engine rankings<sup></sup> and you believe that to be a result of blacklisting here, you should deal directly with the search engine's staff. We do not have any arrangements with any of the search engine companies; if they're using our blacklist it's purely on their own initiative.

	::::{{Declined}} --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 16:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

	===Complaint about inaccurate report===
	I received the following comment on my talk page;<sup></sup> I have copied it here along with my first, brief response:

	::''''Dear Sir, I am representing a Greek company that create quasimodobell.com I was asked by my client to review your answer about his proposal to remove his from wiki black list today, and also i was informed that you mentioned other sites we created in your post.''

	::''First. I do not own quasimodobell. My client does, I only created it. I do not own all the other sites you mention except my company domain and two more that absolutely nothing to do with quawsimodobell. I dont/cant tell my customer how to use his website. I dont post in wikipedia. I never did and i am not interested in. You refer to my company site and other sites we have created in your answer. You also give some google adsense ID. Different from those in quasimodobell ownen by different people. What are you doing???? If the owner of quasimodobell is spamming or doing anything you dont agree with, resolve it with him. His email and contact information can be found in his site. You dont want him posting in wiki? Did he spam? Then add him to your blacklist. Whats the point of reffering to other sites we have created for our customers and our company sites. Do you understand that you are attacking different persons? You refer to a greel blog, a greek web design company, a blog with nothing to do with quasimodobell, a greek classifileds website and a internet niche directory. Did this sites spam wikipedia? Did you find any link or post in wikipedia to this websites? Absolutely not. Please remove all our links and references that have nothing to do with wikipedia COMPLETELY before we have to take legal actions against you personally.''

	::''Starfish.gr PK.<br>''
	::''<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 11:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->''

	:::''Dear PK:''
	:::''I am very concerned about your comments and want to make sure I've done the right thing. Please understand that we get comments all the time from not-so-innocent spammers insisting they did not spam or that their domains were not related. At the same time, we also make mistakes. When everyone is using pseudonyms or anonymous IPs, it's often difficult to sort out these claims.''

	:::''I am copying your response to ] in order to get additional opinions there and have others review my actions. I will respond further to your comments there.''
	:::''--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 13:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)''


	I take these comments seriously and I will investigate this and respond further today or tomorrow when I have better computer access. In the meantime, I would ask that before anyone blocks this user per our ], I suggest they also read the ]:
	*''"When newcomers make legal threats, they may have good cause. Stop and look carefully before wielding a banhammer."''

	I think it's quite possible that the "possibly related" domains above may not be owned by the spammer; that's why I marked them as ''"possibly"'' related. I also think that the other domains I cited are definitely closely related based on the links I posted as footnotes above; I will repeat them here:
	*<small>http://www.aboutus.org/quasimodobell.com</small>
	*<small>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.search-engines/browse_thread/thread/74d6cd428b007f74/7047dd98c942f0cb#7047dd98c942f0cb</small>
	*<small>http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=nEzMvxEAAADriA6elXJnq57ujDtDH4ZCkdEasx1kiYTQavV7mdW13Q</small>
	*<small>http://groups.google.com/group/google-co-op/browse_thread/thread/1fa09a02c128172b/c7ad04daae5294db#c7ad04daae5294db</small>
	*<small>http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_thread/thread/298b9bf05a57f9b4/602f8c3780090a7a?lnk=gst&q=#602f8c3780090a7a</small>
	*<small>http://groups.google.com/groups/profile?show=more&enc_user=hlVBoDEAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZnEMetPjOHWvH2w497mQTWwWaV44w5J1KZQLg616zpW077j2jf7J8ZFK392Ir2mQh&group=all</small>

	In the meantime, I ask that others not block or sanction the IP above. <br />--<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 13:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

	I will post one more comment here about this subject because I am very concerned with it and furthermore I dont think you read my post carefully. Here is how it goes.
	1. I do not own quasimodobell.com. I created it for a customer of mine. Before me it was created by a company named araneous. That explains the first link. Contact the website or search the net. You will clearly find the owner name.
	2. I dont ask you to not-ban quasimodobell. If they spammed wikipedia do as you must.
	3. As quasimodobell was created by me, my client asked me how to raise his traffic. Thats why i posted with my name visible, questions in google groups to help him. If I wanted spam advice I wouldnt use my real name and I would definetely not use google groups.
	4. What my client does with his site is not my responisibility. You cant blaim all my other sites and customers because of his actions. If any other site of mine is found responsible for spamming then ok, but there isn't one. The only clue you have is the link from quasimodobell that points to my company. So What??? It is not a secret. You are not the Internet police and you are not responsible for saving the net from spammers. You do your work for wiki and if someone spams wiki then act accordingly. The only relation between the websites you mention is that they were created by me. But I dont own them all. I own finditgr coopdircom but thats not a secret either. Ban the website/ip/user that did the spamming.
	5. Right now sites that I own, and my customers own are mentioned in wikipedia as related to spammers. Do you understand that you are accusing different people and companies for the actions of a specific person? You work for wikipedia, so ban-delete-attack anyone who attacks wikipedia. If you find a website that spams, that was created by a company that has created 2000 other websites will you accuse all these 2000 websites???? We are a small company and maybe that why you did what you did. If we were huge you wouldn't. But we will stand for our legal rights and for our customers rights too.
	Resolve this matter as soon as possible.
	And please read my post carefully.
	Starfish
	PK. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

	=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 ]}}

	=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)
	:::::: Though I agree that Misplaced Pages has a big blogspam problem, I also have to concede that there are too many legit blogspot links (e.g., bio subjects own blog) as SiobhanHansa noted. <b>] ]</b> 17:15, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
	(unindent)blogspot.com is currently on ]'s ]. XLinkBot is designed to revert only non-autoconfirmed users, and will only do so a limited number of times. Assuming we emerge from our ], I think this would be an effective way of stemming the influx of inappropriate blogspot links. Established editors would still be able to add blogspot.com links and only new or changed links would be reverted - so it wouldn't interfere with non-autoconfirmed users editing pages that already contained a link. --]] 18:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

	I do not support blacklisting the blogspot.com. It is too generic to be blindly blacklisted --] (]) 20:06, 21 February 2008 (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\|182728001#Blacklist_logging}}</nowiki></code>

	results in:

	<blockquote>{{WPSPAM\|182728001#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 --] (])

	==How to keep wiki free of spam ==
	I think that this "hub" of admins is a very interesting wiki-phenomenon. The rules ?guidelines? here are also very interesting, brief, (and uneditable?)
	{{cquote\|
	*Does the site have any validity to the project?
	*Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Is there a Spam project report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
	*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.}}

	Here are my questions:
	*I wanted to know if there are other guidelines about what should be wiki-blacklisted.
	*Is there a general list of blacklisted wiki site? (Maybe this would be good for my e-mail spam filter, for example??)
	*Do links that are blacklisted have to fit all the above criteria? Only one? Case by case?
	*How long after something is marked {{done}} is it kept here before archiving?
	*If an admin puts a website on the blacklist... and that site is then discussed under Proposed removals... can the same admin keep it black listed and call it {{done}}? Or could that be perceived as a conflict of interest for the admin him/herself?
	*How are the archives organized? How can I search them easily?
	*Can you point me to some disputed blacklisted sites? (disputed amongst admins?) Or are things always clear cut.
	*Does a proposed removal need only one vote from one admin?
	*is there a way on wiki to have voting? (has this been tried)??? i.e.: three admins must agree for x & y to happen? almost like a jury? Or are decisions on wikipedia made without jury - and only by judge (i.e.: admin).
	*In this initiative... have there been cases where the admin was found to be biased? Or found to have ulterior motives?

	I think this is really fascinating, and am considering doing a review of blacklisted sites to better understand how the process works. What happens to these sites? What % are challenged? What % are manipulated to avoid detection? How many (if any) get removed from the blacklist - and if so, when? Of those that are removed, how many are removed by the original blacklisting admin? Any statistics here?? It is my guess that most of blacklisted sites stay blacklisted forever... but that some are troublesome and keep coming up with ways to try to beat the system. Is that true? What has been done to prevent this? Would anyone be able or interested in helping me with this? Or offering other suggestions of what to look at?
	Sign your username: ] (]) 16:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

	::You raise some interesting questions that probably needed asking. Here's my unofficial two cents
	::#Relevant guidelines and policies:
	::##] (guideline)
	::##] (policy)
	::##] (guideline)
	::##*Covers links listed at the end of an article
	::##] (guideline)
	::##*Covers links used as references within an article
	::##*Largely overlaps ] (policy)
	::##] (guideline)
	::##*Note that inappropriate linking is spam -- it does not have to be commercial
	::##] (guideline)
	::##]
	::#Blacklists:
	::##]
	::##*The blacklist for the English Misplaced Pages ("en.wikipedia") only
	::##*Fairly new -- before, bad en.wikipedia spam was blacklisted at meta (see below)
	::##] "meta"
	::##*Has been around for several years
	::##*Maintained on ]
	::##*If we find spam has been spread "cross-wiki" (i.e., to Wiktionary, other Wikipedias, etc) we list it there.
	::#When I think a link should be blacklisted
	::##Spammer knows our rules and spams anyway
	::###Usually I assume this means 3 or 4 warnings; I may shortcut that if
	::####The problem is big enough
	::####The spammer is using open proxies
	::####The spammer is disruptive in other ways
	::####The spammer is involved in off-wikipedia discussions of how to bypass our spam defenses
	::####The spammer never uses the same IP twice and there's just no way to warn him
	::##Cross-wiki spam usually gets taken to meta immediately
	::##URL redirection domains such as tinyurl.com get blacklisted on sight at meta
	::##Sites that attack or attempt to breach the privacy of Misplaced Pages editors may be blacklisted
	::#Listing sites here, then blacklisting, then adjudicating their possible removal:
	::##If it's controversial, I'll ask someone else to get involved. Everything is transparent and so if I just try to hide a poor decision under the rug, it will blow up in my face.
	::##If it appears open and shut (buyviagra.com or getrichquick.net), I just go ahead and handle it. 95+% of spam falls in this category.
	::#Recordkeeping:
	::##Blacklisting additions are supposed to be logged at ] or ]
	::##Some local blacklisting is done based on discussions at ], not on this page
	::##Note that some spam goes on the blacklist not from this page but from discussions at ]
	::#Other methods of spam control:
	::##Bots are nice when they work
	::##Blocking is a waste of time; spammers just get new IP addresses or user names
	::##Page protection is disruptive
	::##Blacklisting is efficient and minimizes disruption
	::There's a lot more I could write but I'm out of time. I hope this helps. It's just my opinion. --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 21:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

	:::<strong>Thank you</strong> again for these thoughts. I have tried to organize this into a table.
	<!-- Note to editors: Feel free to re-organize this to make it more readable. I am still learning to use Wikitext, and not sure how to best organize all of these thoughts. Thank you!! -->

	{\| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
	! Question
	! Answer/ Discussion
	! Comments
	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|I wanted to know if there are other guidelines about what should be wiki-blacklisted.}}
	\|
	##] (guideline)
	##] (policy)
	##] (guideline)
	##*Covers links listed at the end of an article
	##] (guideline)
	##*Covers links used as references within an article
	##*Largely overlaps ] (policy)
	##] (guideline)
	##*Note that inappropriate linking is spam -- it does not have to be commercial
	##] (guideline)
	##]
	\| Thanks! This is very helpful!
	\|-
	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|Is there a general list of blacklisted wiki site? (Maybe this would be good for my e-mail spam filter, for example??)}}
	\|
	##]
	##*The blacklist for the English Misplaced Pages ("en.wikipedia") only
	##*Fairly new -- before, bad en.wikipedia spam was blacklisted at meta (see below)
	##] "meta"
	##*Has been around for several years
	##*Maintained on ]
	##*If we find spam has been spread "cross-wiki" (i.e., to Wiktionary, other Wikipedias, etc) we list it there.
	\| ?? Maybe I don't know how to look at this... but is this the full list? It looks like just the "b"'s??
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|Do links that are blacklisted have to fit all the above criteria? Only one? Case by case?}}
	\|
	##Spammer knows our rules and spams anyway
	###Usually I assume this means 3 or 4 warnings; I may shortcut that if
	####The problem is big enough
	####The spammer is using open proxies
	####The spammer is disruptive in other ways
	####The spammer is involved in off-wikipedia discussions of how to bypass our spam defenses
	####The spammer never uses the same IP twice and there's just no way to warn him
	##Cross-wiki spam usually gets taken to meta immediately
	##URL redirection domains such as tinyurl.com get blacklisted on sight at meta
	##Sites that attack or attempt to breach the privacy of Misplaced Pages editors may be blacklisted
	##Listing sites here, then blacklisting, then adjudicating their possible removal:
	If it's controversial, I'll ask someone else to get involved. Everything is transparent and so if I just try to hide a poor decision under the rug, it will blow up in my face.
	If it appears open and shut (buyviagra.com or getrichquick.net), I just go ahead and handle it. 95+% of spam falls in this category.
	\|Are sites that may be controversial always listed here before blacklisting - to provide a forum for discussion? Or are there examples where they went directly to the blacklist? The 95% is clear cut. It is the remaining 5% that I want to flush out to better understand
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|How long after something is marked {{done}} is it kept here before archiving?}}
	\| ??
	\|
	\|-


	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|If an admin puts a website on the blacklist... and that site is then discussed under Proposed removals... can the same admin keep it black listed and call it {{done}}? Or could that be perceived as a conflict of interest for the admin him/herself? }}
	\| ??
	\| This seems like a great oportunity to keep things "clean." In an ideal world, one admin would identify spam and vote to a blacklist... a separate admin would place on proposed blacklist... and if contested - the case should be reviewed by a third admin who is 'impartial'. I do not see any discussion of this type of protocol (or similar). Do you think such efforts are unnecessary? Too burdensome on the admins? (I do not think this is needed on the 95%... only talking about the 5% here)
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|How are the archives organized? How can I search them easily?}}
	\| ??
	\|
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|Can you point me to some disputed blacklisted sites? (disputed amongst admins?) Or are things always clear cut.}}
	\| ??
	\| How do I weed out the 5%???
	\|-


	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|Does a proposed removal need only one vote from one admin?}} (Not talking about the 95% of things that are obvious - like viagra, etc. More interested in the 5%)
	\| It would seem the answer is that only one vote from one admin is needed (and that could be the same admin that placed the site on the blacklist)
	\| Is that correct???
	\|-


	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|is there a way on wiki to have voting? (has this been tried)??? i.e.: three admins must agree for x & y to happen? almost like a jury? Or are decisions on wikipedia made without jury - and only by judge (i.e.: admin). }}
	\| ??
	\|
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|In this initiative... have there been cases where the admin was found to be biased? Or found to have ulterior motives?}}
	\| ??
	\|
	\|-

	\|-
	\| {{cquote\|What happens to these sites? What % are challenged? What % are manipulated to avoid detection? How many (if any) get removed from the blacklist - and if so, when? Of those that are removed, how many are removed by the original blacklisting admin? Any statistics here?? It is my guess that most of blacklisted sites stay blacklisted forever... but that some are troublesome and keep coming up with ways to try to beat the system. Is that true? What has been done to prevent this? Would anyone be able or interested in helping me with this? Or offering other suggestions of what to look at? }}

	\| ??
	\| What is the best way to sort this all out?
	\|-

	\|}

	Ultimatly, we can all agree about the 95%. I want to better understand how the Spam-blacklist affects the 5%. Clearly the spam-blacklist plays a key roll in managing the 95%. Was this list intended for the 5% in the first place? What about having every new external link go to a pool that requires review by an admin? This way, we would catch spam before/as it happens? And would perhaps prevent or discourage those from trying to spam? Or is this also too burdensom on the admins, and risks slowing down the rapid growth of some articles?
	] (]) 21:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

	==] article problem==
	February 12, 2008
	I cannot add the internal links, ]or actress ] to the Ariel article. They are already in your system. Why are they blacklisted? <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 01:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:The problem was not with the internal links. There was a blacklisted external link I just which blocked editing the page. Try it now. --<font face="Futura">] ] </font> 02:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
	::{{Resolved}}


	Friends Cyber Club - friendscyberclub.com
	My social networking site seems to be banned by wikipedia, can you please remove it from your black list, i have taken a proper care of the site, cleaned it completely, also edited the picture of the member galleries, now member pictures will only appear once the admin approves it.
	Now friends cyber club is completely clean, will make sure no one spams our site too! i think it is ready for removing it from the blacklist at wiki!

	Looking foreword to this,
	thanks! <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:02, 21 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

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msnmag.co.uk

msnmag.co.uk: 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
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

usdolly.rocks: 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
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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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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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)
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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)
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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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2404:7C80:24:24F:95BF:50D5:1617:D68F (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)
2404:7C80:24:68F:4CC0:1FCE:5F08:9980 (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)
2404:7C80:24:6F2:95E9:6C51:23AE:84C0 (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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2404:7C80:24:14D6:9C70:53ED:DFDB:C89C (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 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)
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212.147.41.58 (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)
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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