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	== watchindia.tv==
	This site is continuously being added, I have removed it on past ocassions and was added as recently as earlier today. ] (]) 04:57, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
	*{{LinkSummary\|watchindia.tv}}
	:Can we have some IPs/users who are placing this please. Thanks --] <b><sup><small><span style="col*or:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 18:28, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
	::* {{IPSummary\|82.81.147.55}}
	::* {{IPSummary\|212.150.97.3}}
	::] (]) 18:48, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

			==msnmag.co.uk==
	:::Thanks - problematic I agree. Reflecting & looking to list. If they do place the link again once the block expires request blocking & I will link for sure. Regards --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 19:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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)
	==oldunreal.com==
			:{{Added}} to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). <b>] ]</b> 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
	*{{LinkSummary\|oldunreal.com}}

			==usdolly.rocks==
	Accounts that have re-added the link:
			* {{Link summary\|usdolly.rocks}}
	*{{IPSummary\|66.66.124.236}}
			*{{Link summary\|pentasmoulding.com}}
	*{{IPSummary\|79.211.227.117}}
			* {{User summary\|Mojakabira}}
	*{{IPSummary\|76.244.34.39}}

			I think that user ] is trying to promote their own website and cryptocurrency by vandalizing the following page: ].
	Links to this website have been repeatedly added by IPs to the ] article since the beginning of July when the article was cleaned up. In addition, the following users are the site owners/contributors:
			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 ==
	*{{UserSummary\|ColorblindArtist}}
			* {{LinkSummary\|pakapepe.com}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Smirftsch}}
			* {{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==
	They have participated in discussions on ], in which they are not shy about admitting that they asked people from the website to come to sway opinion on Misplaced Pages. I've already given them ample policy reasons to stop adding the link, firstly because of ], which I believe is justified because the content of the website is not significant enough to meet the requirements of ] -- it is not documented by secondary sources. The website's proponents (who are all either from the website itself or related community sites who couldn't help but leave their own URLs also) argue that the usefulness or popularity of the website justifies inclusion, but again there is no objective evidence that the website is either of these things. They have continually reiterated OR-based arguments despite being told, repeatedly, that OR is not allowed on WP, and they apparently refuse to read or accept established policies, believing their own case to be exempt. In some cases the visitors have also vandalized the article, used article space to make personal attacks, or overwritten official game information with information about their own mod. I believe it is an attempt to promote the website or its work on Misplaced Pages. ] (]) 01:48, 14 August 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)

			:{{rto\|ToThAc}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	::Note this off-Misplaced Pages thread:
	::* page 1
	::* page 2

			==sci-hubse.com==
	::and this .
			{{link summary\|sci-hubse.com}}
	::--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 02:10, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

			Multiple accounts have been spamming this fake ] domain: see ]. ] (]) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::Before any decision is made here, we should get some consensus among ''established'' editors. I have left a message at ] asking for comments. I suggest centralizing the conversation at ]. --<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 02:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

			:{{rto\|Smartse}} {{Added}} to ]. --] ] 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	::::I agree that oldunreal.com is not a reliable source, but I'm not sure if a spam blacklist addition is the right way to go here as it's only being added on a single page. In this instance it might be better to request page protection for a short while. Hope this helps, '''''<font color="green">]</font><font color="blue">]</font>''''' 11:27, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

	==~~MyOyVey~~==		==Multiple links==
			* {{LinkSummary\|joyfulmeanings.com}}
	Why has myoyvey been removed from the Yiddish articles, and put on spam block since the website is all about Yiddish--] (]) 02:50, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
			* {{LinkSummary\|smartapkhub.com}}
	* {{stale}} and also not the right venue, it's on the Meta blacklist. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 10:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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)
	==searchmycampus.com==
	*{{LinkSummary\|searchmycampus.com}}
	*{{IPSummary\|122.162.180.55}}
	I have reverted most of the spam adds by the above IP for '''searchmycampus.com'''. IP blocked for 24hrs. They may add the link again. Please blacklist the website -- ] ] - 08:57, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

			==Encyclopaedia Metallum==
	:Not as far as I am concerned. I'd rather see what happens after the block expires. If they do repeat it then it should be blacklisted but blacklisting is a last resort. Thanks --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 09:38, 20 August 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==
	:: Ok no issues.Considering the style of '']'' of the this IP editor, they are likely to try again. Anyways let us wait for the block expire. I reported this here as it was a big pain reverting these all the large scale additions of this website.-- ] ] - 09:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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==
	:::I kinda agree but AGF for now I think. With rollback it only takes a moment? Cheers --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 10:15, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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)
	==sermonindex.net==
	While cleaning up the above, I came across this one:
	{{spamlink\|sermonindex.net}}
	;Spammer
	*{{userlinks\|Sermonindex}}

			==travelosei.com==
	I can't imagine how we missed one that blatant! I cleaned the links. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 21:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
			* {{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)
	==incrediblesushi.com==
	;Link:
	*<s>{{spamlink\|incrediblesushi.com}}</s>

			==nodemaven.com==
	;Accounts involved:
			* {{link summary\|nodemaven.com}}
	*<s>{{IPSummary\|64.62.108.202}}</s>
	*~~<s>~~{{~~IPSummary~~\|75.~~172~~.~~165~~.70}}~~</s>~~		* {{IP summary\|81.111.13.92}}
			* {{IP summary\|121.200.8.198}}
	<s>Two IPs have done linking sprees of adding this site to multiple articles ... in many cases replacing existing valid links in favor of the site they're spamming.
			* {{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)
	The site being added is a WordPress (blog publishing) page, using adsense account #ca-pub-6831750335119417. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 00:58, 25 August 2008 (UTC)</s>
	:Request withdrawn ... user has stopped spamming the site. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 21:24, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	==world-snowboard-day.com==
	;Link:
	*{{spamlink\|world-snowboard-day.com}}

	;Accounts involved:
	*{{UserSummary\|FORSANS remi}}
	*{{IPSummary\|88.184.240.74}}

	The user adding this link, {{user5\|FORSANS remi}}, is clearly promoting an event that he has founded, as admitted in . He's added it repeatedly to {{la\|Snowboarding}} as follows: , , , , , , , , , , and . Some edits are from the account, while some are from the anonymous IP. --] <sup>]</sup> 17:37, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

	==pokerverdict.com==
	{{LinkSummary\|pokerverdict.com}} - ] anon user is one example of single purpose account creating articles to spam the domain, as well as remove reliable sources to insert this domain instead. ] (]) 22:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

	==fulltilthouse.com==
	{{LinkSummary\|fulltilthouse.com}} - a few IPs like ] and ] have been spamming this useless domain all over the place, including a category and unrelated articles. ] (]) 22:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
	:Today's dozen spam attempts came from ]. ] (]) 22:25, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
	::Another addition was made today even after warning the user who been spamming, this user will replace the legitimate official site with theirs as so , the site being added is for the sole purpose of promoting a FTP Referral Code as part of a Affiliate Program but is done in violation of the sites Affiliate Agreement, namely , nevertheless there is no legitimate reason for this site to be on Misplaced Pages in it's present form and I would urge the blacklisting of this site. ▪◦▪]] 16:01, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

	;Spam accounts
	*{{IPSummary\|78.146.241.197}}
	*{{IPSummary\|86.26.93.140}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.149.195.148}}
	*{{IPSummary\|213.162.122.85}}
	*{{IPSummary\|194.75.37.250}}
	*{{IPSummary\|86.26.83.61}}
	*{{IPSummary\|78.146.57.244}}

	:Thought it best to list the IP's involved. Three of the IP's have been given blocks. Last activity was today. ] (]) 16:46, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

	==wiki.d-addicts.com==
	{{LinkSummary\|wiki.d-addicts.com}}

	Links to this unnnotable wiki have begun getting more and more prevalent, as both inappropriate "sources" and as external links across various Japanese actor articles. They are beeing added by IPs and registered users, so I don't think an IP block can help. Recent removals include three links removed from , 4 instances from , 2 instances from . There are now hundreds, if not thousands, of links to this wiki. This is no Memory Alpha. It is not an established wiki for using in ELs, and certainly not a valid source. I feel a blacklist is necessary to address this issue and stop this flood of spam. Additionally, the main site "d-addicts.com" actively promotes the downloading of illegal copyrighted versions of licensed series, which is a violation of ]. It also has a secondary wiki on fansubs. Not sure if its better to just block d-addicts.com all together or just this problematic one. -- ] (] '''·''' ]) 10:19, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

	:There are now 675 links to this site across Misplaced Pages, with users of the site continuing to add more and more under the false impression that existing links equals endorsement of this site. Something really needs to be done. Manual removal is a very slow process, so if there is a bot that can snag them all, that would be nice. At least one purveyor of the spam, ] has been identified, but they have done it primarily on a small scale and mostly in trying to spam a single article (which is what brought this site to my attention). -- ] (] '''·''' ]) 14:42, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

	== Willsoncomputers.weebly.com ==
	;Domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|wellpaper.weebly.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|willsoncomputers.weebly.com}}
	Adsense ID: 7909203317229105


	;Related domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|bangladeshfriendship.myallblogs.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|hotfriendship.weebly.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|phonesex.myallblogs.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|willsoncomputers.myallblogs.com}}


	;Account:
	*{{UserSummary\|Willsoncomputers}}
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 21:11, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


	==parakeetnews.weebly.com==
	;Spam domain:
	*http://www.parakeetnews.weebly.com
	**{{LinkSummary\|parakeetnews.weebly.com}}

	;Spam account:
	*{{UserSummary\|Daredude10}}
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 21:17, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

	:* We have 158 links to weebly.com sites, and I would say that every one of them fails ]. Any reaons we shouldn't go for the root domain here? It's a free we hosting firm, and additions seem to be like this: ]. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 20:56, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
	::We have a boat load of other free web hosts listed on XLinkBot - that might be the logical place to list it if we wish to list the entire domain. --]] 21:07, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

	==thejazzchameleon.com==
	;Spam domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|thejazzchameleon.com}}
	Google Adsense ID: 1058176667586160


	;Spam account:
	*{{IPSummary\|91.111.57.84}}
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 21:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


	==brookbarn.net==
	;Spam domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|brookbarn.net}}


	;Spam account:
	*{{IPSummary\|78.151.83.186}}
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 21:49, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

	== DISNEYLANDRESORTPARIS.TK/ ==
	;Link
	*{{LinkSummary\|DISNEYLANDRESORTPARIS.TK}}

	;Account
	*{{UserSummary\|KingTony56}}

	Another variation of an already blacklisted site (previously blacklisted under disneylandresort-paris.tk). Same method as before - replacing the link to the official site using a misleading edit summary. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 22:55, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


	==GRUUVE Inc spam==
	;Spam domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|searchnomics.net}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|webguild.org}}


	;Related domain:
	*{{LinkSummary\|gruuve.com}}


	;Spam accounts:
	*{{IPSummary\|71.132.214.62}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Webguild}}


	;Spam article:
	Deleted twice:
	*]


	;Public registration data:
	GRUUVE Inc
	:333 Cobalt Way
	:Sunnyvale, California 94086
	:United States
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 16:48, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

	== imuslimz.com ==
	<s>*{{LinkSummary\|imuslimz.com}}
	Spammed by:
	*{{IPSummary\|99.243.231.216}} Level 4 warning on August 14 2008.</s>
	<s>*{{UserSummary\|Imuslimz}} Level 4im warning on September 9 2008.</s>
	<s>*{{IPSummary\|62.212.74.91}} back adding the link again today.</s>

	<s>Because warnings have been ineffective and user is resorting to IPs request blacklisting. -- ] 15:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)</s>

	:It's been a week since the request was added and there don't appear to have been any more additions. So I withdraw the request for now. I'll add it back if the spammer returns. -- ] 21:16, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

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

	;Spammers
	*{{IPSummary\|155.136.80.161}}

	Spammer is now on his second block for adding this link. {{WPSPAM\|238772554#spam.thesufi.com}}. ] 09:18, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

	== Adventuresincardiology spam ==

	*{{spamlink\|adventuresincardiology.com}}
	*{{spamlink\|adventuresincardiology.wordpress.com}}

	;Spammers
	*{{IPSummary\|76.26.130.129}}

	3 blocks, plenty of warnings. ] 13:04, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

	:I second this. ] (]) 21:03, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	==Copyvio links==
	*{{LinkSummary\|onemanga.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|anidb.info}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|animenfo.com}}

	These three sites are scanslation and fansub sites that completely violate ] in providing illegal copies of licensed anime and manga works (in the case of OneManga, they even directly provide the actual licensed versions, not just fan translations). The anime and manga project made a concerted effort a few months back to rip these links out of our articles, and delete the associated templates. However, IPs and others just slowly add them back over time. Having all three blacklisted so that they can't be added at all would seem to be the ideal way to deal with this issue. Due to the copyright violations, and their being fansites, none of them have any redemptive value anywhere in the the project except on their own article (and even then, much like some other similar sites, we discuss but don't link to). -- ] (] '''·''' ]) 13:44, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

	== oriflame-cosmetics.com ==
	;Link
	*{{spamlink\|oriflame-cosmetics.com}}

	;Spammer
	*{{IPSummary\|82.7.0.227}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Noddy909}}

	;Previous spam report:
	*]

	Over the last two months, this user has been hijacking the company link on the ] article, and replacing it with a link to a retail site that appears to be a distributor for the products of the company. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 13:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
	:Note: After this report, the anon added the URL again, and later the newly created user account added it. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 21:17, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
	::Update: Noddy has continued to make multiple reverts to re-insert his spam link. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 21:38, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	==rewards1.com and prizerebel.com==
	*{{spamlink\|rewards1.com}}
	*{{spamlink\|rewards1com.tk}}
	*{{spamlink\|prizerebel.com}}
	*{{spamlink\|freemspointseasy.tk}}
	*{{spamlink\|getfreems.tk}}

	The links have no useful purpose on Misplaced Pages, and are repeatedly spammed on articles due to their referral programs. ] (]) 21:03, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


	==Tewks Corporation (Princeton) spam==
	;Spam domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|rdujour.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|prefabupdate.com}}
	Google Adsense ID: 4579053572796794


	;Related domains:
	*{{LinkSummary\|cavrisk.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|facesnag.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|isthislegit.com}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|dialo.gs}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|tewks.net}}
	*{{LinkSummary\|rdujour.blogspot.com}}


	;Spam accounts:
	*{{UserSummary\|Bigredbus22}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Orkie105}}
	*{{IPSummary\|81.169.185.225}}
	:*former Tor exit node
	*{{IPSummary\|24.225.240.59}}
	*possibly:
	**]


	;Public domain registration data:
	Tewks Corporation
	:PO Box 175
	:Princeton, New Jersey 08542
	:United States
	--<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 15:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

	== mymetrostop.com ==
	{{LinkSummary\|mymetrostop.com}}

	Persistent spamming on ] related articles from various IP addresses. Site is a business directory arranged my Metro station. Most recent diff . ] (]) 05:53, 22 September 2008 (UTC)


	== www.merlin.wikia.com ==

	{{IPSummary\|82.42.175.146}}

	IP user has been adding Spam links to the above address, onto various user talkpages - I propose that this link get's blacklisted I had proposed it on Meta but was redirect here. ] 09:47, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

	== footbo.com ==
	{{archive top}}
	;Link
	*{{LinkSummary\|footbo.com}}

	;Accounts
	*{{IPSummary\|217.132.253.251}}
	*{{UserSummary\|Soccerbabe23}}
	*{{UserSummary\|DerLibero}}

	At least two spam-only accounts and an anon IP have been adding links to this site, which is a social network/UGC site. The website itself is of little use and does not satisfy ] - the stats are covered by much more reliable sources, and player biographies are frequently copyvios of Misplaced Pages itself, e.g.:

	*]
	*]
	*]
	*]

	Should be blacklisted IMO. ] (]) 12:16, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

	:Blacklist it because it is a social network site and it has no useful information. ] (]) 18:41, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

	::Don't blacklist. Have some useful and original content. Is gaining a lot of traction in the football field. Also has some strong contributors, including at least two football stars and several top journalists. Some content might be taken from Misplaced Pages, but it looks like this is completely done by users. ] (]) 22:40, 24 September 2008 (UTC) {{spa\|Striker2008}}

	Should not be blacklisted. I added some links as I found this new social network very useful and its community is growing very fast. Should leave links at contributors, such as Michael Ballack, Raphael Honigstein and others. Hubschrauber729 I assume you should not delete these useful links until the dispute is settled. ] (]) 22:53, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

	: Should be blacklisted; social networking sites are not of use to articles, unless the subject of the article is a ''notable'' social networking cite. <b>] ]</b> 23:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

	Should not be blacklisted, how do you decide what is a ''notable'' social networking site? look at this list ] - what makes each site on this list ''notable''? IMO it's a matter of growth that indicates interst. ] (]) 07:48, 25 September 2008 (UTC) {{spa\|Xtalya}}

	'''Comment''' Two of the three opposers to blacklisting have made no other contribution to Misplaced Pages except this discussion topic and are most likely ]; the other is one of the users adding links to this site. ] (]) 08:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

	Don't blacklist - I am genuinely trying to write a profile for Footbo, and keep on getting smacked in the face with cods and haddocks, which wouldnt be a problem if i wasnt addressing the issues that are being raised. But i did, I re-wrote, added relevant references and the profile then got an "ok" from a patroller, only to be deleted by another wikipedia user. Not only that, but i feel that those promoting the blacklisting have their own commercial agenda, most likely ] for other relevant football sites that don't like the idea of another site actually being good. ] (]) 08:47, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
	: Oh, please. Site is now blacklisted. {{done}} <b>] ]</b> 15:58, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
	{{archive bottom}}

	=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.~~vuze~~.com==		==www.blog.roblox.com==
			* {{LinkSummary\|blog.roblox.com}}
	Cannot add official site for ] page under external links without delisting. At least delist it for that page. Thanks! ] ] 03:45, 28 July 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.
	:{{:Deferwhite}} It was heavily spammed before (see) so de-blacklisting leaves us wide open to further attacks. Suggest requesting the exact page(s) you need at the whitelist instead. -- ] 11:50, 8 August 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.
	::Thank you. I've done that. ] ] 21:03, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
			] (]) 05:39, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
	::Hmm, I've just had a look at , and I don't see the spamming. Actually, I don't see any spamming whatsoever. I've looked at about half of the edits of the IP's listed, and not a single external link was added by those IPs. ] was listed, for example. What on earth do those edits have to do with spamming? They look like helpful contributions to me. --]\|] 11:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
			:{{deferwhite}} <b>] ]</b> 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
	:::My reading of the report is that it's edits like these - - that were the initial link additions that were spamming. The edits by ] cleaned up those initial edits and the similarity of the IP address -given the edits as well- is an indication that it is the same editor under a moving IP. Which is one common pattern seen in link promotion (and other editing).
			:: {{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==
	:::Certainly several of the editors mentioned in the report seemed simply to be adding the official site to the Vuze page - which is unlikely to be spamming. And it seems the problem is with people promoting things published through Vuze rather than Vuze trying to promote themselves on the Vuze page. -- ] 16:56, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
			{{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)
	::::Ah, I missed those edits, thanks. I still don't see much of a spam problem, tho, only a few articles were spammed. Anyhow, those edits were made a year ago, so I think we can remove that entry now. We could always readd it if someone starts to spam that URL again to those few articles. --]\|] 17:10, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
			: {{Declined}}. --] ] 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

	==~~telogis~~.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)
	Requesting white-listing for usage in the article ] --] (]) 04:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
			: Blacklisting discussion at ]. , most of which are declined. No opinion on what to do here. ] ] 20:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
	* Any idea why it was blacklisted? I understand the domain was hijacked at one point, but it is valid right now. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 20:49, 22 August 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)
	*{{declined}} due to lack of reply. ] (]) 14:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

	==~~ezinearticles~~.com==		== forbetterscience.com ==
	I'm not really sure why this domain is blacklisted. I wanted to add a link to one of their articles to the entry on ], only to be informed that the site tripped the spam filter. I was able to find another copy of the article I needed, but I still don't understand why it is necessary to blacklist this whole domain. --] (]) 21:51, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
	:See ], ] and ] for why I think it's unlikely to be removed. <span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt;">] <span style="font-size: 7pt;">] ]</span></span> 22:34, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
	:{{not done}} ] (]) 15:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

			{{Link summary\|forbetterscience.com}}
	==www.vincent-van-gogh-gallery.org==
	Can you please help us remove the block of the www.vincent-van-gogh-gallery.org and revert the edit on the Van Gogh site? <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 15:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			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:
	:Blacklisted globally because of ]. Requesting user is the one who added the links. You need to go ] to request unblacklisting. ] 04:36, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
	:Or request local whitelisting at ], but you'll need to provide a strong reason. ] (]) 15:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

			* /2025/01/14/fake-o-meat-by-ali-khademhosseini/
	==sexhealthguru.com==
			* /2017/12/14/predatory-conferences-and-other-scams-of-false-swedish-professor-ashutosh-tiwari/
	According to Siobhan, we were blacklisted because after a warning was issued to me (user jrsvc), additional links that were considered spam were added to the website by other IP address. These IP addresses belong to employees of my company, and that linking activiy was not intended as malicious or disruptive - my content editors thought they were legitimate additions. More importantly though, none of the people who made those additions had seen the warning issued to me - the edits that were made after the notice to stop were made by people who weren't logged in and therefore never saw the notice.

			Thank you, ] (]) 00:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC).
	I log-in infrequently, and didn't see the warning until well afterwards. Once I saw the notice to stop, I did, and I made sure that everyone in my company understands that they are not to made additional posts to wikipedia. I think our site has value, and offers something different to Misplaced Pages readers interested in sexual health. We have the largest library of health videos on the web (nearly 1,000 titles, viewed over 150 million times this year, which is about 15x the closest competitor in health video). We are also the only health company that's exclusively focused on providing health information to 18 to 40 year olds, in a media format (video, application, etc.) which really takes advantage of how that generation actually uses the web. Sexhealthguru represents less than 20% of our video library. Our next website, Pregnancy Health Guru, will feature over 100 videos from doctors on pregancy - far and away the largest on-line library of its kind.

			: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)
	I'd like to think that users will find us to be a valuable resource, and that we'll be added organicall to wikipedia - plus, to be very honest, I really do not want the blacklist affecting my search engine status, which is external to Misplaced Pages.

			== TMDB ==
	I'd appreciate it if you would recind the black list on sexhealthguru.com I assure you that you'll have no additional problems of any sort from us. Thanks ] (]) 12:35, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
	:I'm sorry, but at this time your request has been {{declined}}. If there are parts of your website that qualify as "]" then editors can request specific pages on your site to be ]ed. ---] <small>(]/]/])</small> 18:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

			{{Link summary\|tmdb.org}}
	==www.modern-war.suite101.com==
	While trying to update the number of Russian soldiers killed during the ] I got a Spam notice that a portion of my reference was blacklisted, my reference was www.modern-war.suite101.com/article.cfm/composition_of_forces_at_hill_3234 while the blacklisted portion was www.modern-war.suite101.com I ask that at least the reference not be blacklisted because as it is the article gives inacurate information stating that 6 soldiers died during the battle based on an outdated source, while my reference confirms that actualy 9 soldiers were killed (including their names). Thank you for listening.] (]) 03:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
	* That does not appear to be a ], however well-researched. What sources does the page cite for its figures? Those sources may be reliable. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 19:49, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

			{{Link summary\|themoviedb.org}}
	==www.LiveAdmins.com==
	{{archive top}}
	I am Paul Aucoin, a representative of LiveAdmins here on wikipedia for the proposed removal of the domain LiveAdmins from the spam list.

			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.
	Our site appears on this archive::

			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)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2008_Archive_Apr_1

			: As an additional example, TMDB is also the primary film resource for Trakt (). ]<sub>]</sub> 02:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
	We accept our mistake. Due to the in-subordinate behavior of an employee in the content distribution section, our domain was listed in as spamming. We are a successful running business and Misplaced Pages is a reputable knowledge base, so being black listed here doesn't reflect well on our business. The employee no longer remains with the company and we ensure that nothing like this will happen again.
			:This was discussed recently at ]. ''']''' (]) 02:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

			=Discussion=
	The name WebGreeter is owned by LiveAdmins LLC for its greeter service.
			{{Notice\|This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are ]}}

			==Discussion at ]==
	The employee made external links to the posted content and the content was too not on wikipedia's standards. The external link was made to a newsletter on our domain. We request that our site be un-listed from this spam list.
			] 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)<!-- ] -->

	Paul Aucoin,

	Media Services.

	LiveAdmins LLC.

	] (]) 02:31, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

	: LiveAdmins is a self promoting business entity, that does its own promotions utilizing white hat methods, but for this one account, an employee made repeated mistakes. We would like his contributions towards Misplaced Pages be rejected altogether, i.e. deleted and the name of LiveAdmins be removed from the spam list. The knowledge center of LiveAdmins will be improved with non-promotion content and then if required external links according to wikipedia's standards will be made.
	] (]) 02:59, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

	:Note regarding reason for request: Paul.Aucoin has posted more to ]. There are currently no external links he wants added to Misplaced Pages. Among other things he wrote "We want to improve our standing on the internet and being blacklisted on something as important as wikipedia takes us back on more then a hundred years of clean effort." ] (]) 12:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

	: Thank You for this modification.
	] (]) 15:26, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
	* {{declined}} - first, we don't generally remove links from the blacklist on the request of the site owner, second, you have not said where such a link would be of legitimate encyclopaedic use. This is an encyclopaedia, not a link farm or SEO service. If you want a link repository you could try the ] which exists for exactly that purpose. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 17:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


	: Well first, i am not the site owner, i am a working in the media services of this company. Secondly it was some worker from this organization because of which we were black-listed in the first place. "you have not said where such a link would be of legitimate encyclopaedic use" could you please elaborate this line because its still a lot confusing. We respect Misplaced Pages as a knowledge resource and would like to amend all wrongs in all ways possible.
	] (]) 06:22, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	: If you are mentioning us being listed on dmoz dot org, we already are. The entire idea that started this thing was that we have a novel service by the name of webgreeter i.e. web greeter. We wanted to have a definition of web greeter on wikipedia. The external links therefore caused the problem.We would like to request you now that all content externally linked to Liveadmins domain should be removed and a second chance should be provided to correct or wrongs. Please consider our request.
	] (]) 07:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	* Still {{declined}}. All the reasons you give are great reasons why ''you'' would want to have links in Misplaced Pages, but do not address the reasons why ''we'' would. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 22:28, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

	: Sir with all due respect our conversation is not synchronized. I am just elaborating the thing and according to our knowledge how it went bad. Now we want to fix this, and are asking you to tell us how to fix it. We do not want to have any links in wikipedia at the moment. We want to start over, with a clean slate and then following the correct guidelines make the definition submission again which is still missing from wikipedia. We will do what ever you ask of us to fix this problem. I am still not clear on the line you wrote down in the previous post " but do not address the reasons why ''we'' would.". What reasons are these that your are talking about, is it that

	you want to have links to us in wikipedia.
	or that you want a reason why we should be un-listed.

	] (]) 07:57, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
	* It's like this. Your site was spammed. The spammer was then said to be "an employee" who is "now terminated". Now you come here as a representative of the firm and ask us to remove you from the blacklist. And when we probe a bit we find that what you really want is for the <s>advertisement</s>article that was created on your company, to be reinstated. If I had a pound for every time we've been round that loop... The bottom line here is that the reasons you give for your request are all about how removal would benefit you and do not address ''at all'' the reasons the site was blacklisted or how removal would benefit ''us''. Sorry, but that's how it is. Misplaced Pages is not a company directory and not a link farm, we are not part of your company's SEO, we are not here to be part of your marketing efforts. The blacklist feature exists to control abuse, abuse happened, it is being controlled. You say it would no longer be a problem? Maybe you are right, but we've been bitten somewhat too often to take that at face value. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 10:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


	: Sir , thats where you are getting it wrong. We have on our part digged deeper on how this mishap took place and found ourselves at a mistake. Putting up a definition of what a webgreeter is on wikipedia is perfectly legal but the way that one person "our ex-employee" carried on with activities was shocking even to us. We don't want the content re-instated, we want it removed. We are not appealing for any sort of links. I understand your concern that you might have come across bad experiences in the past, but there has to be an alternate to fixing this. We on our part are willing to do everything that we can to fix this. How about a suggestion, you can put us through a test, monitor our behavior and if we adhere to all the guidelines you can them proceed with the removal. I know i am not in the position to negotiate but we are trying our level best. The company has nothing to do with spam, or promoting it in anyway. All activities that were ever carried out in the 7 year history are legal and nothing like this has ever happened.
	] (]) 07:12, 20 September 2008 (UTC)


	: As far as the reasons of the blacklisting are concerned, what we have found so far are that external links were provided to non-helpful and possibly promotion based content and as for what will wikipedia gain from delisting us, well i am not sure on this. This is because wikipedia is a very powerful information resource which is related to commercialism in no way. Therefore liveadmins is just an entry for you on your spam list and there could possibly be no benefit in removing it. If you see any possible way in which we could even in the remotest way possible be helpful, please do let us know.
	] (]) 07:22, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
	* Thanks for your time, but there is still no reason here to remove an abused link from the list. We have recently taken steps to ensure that web crawlers which honour robots.txt do not index these pages and debates, so any collateral damage should tail off rapidly. I think we're done here. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 13:15, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
	{{archive bottom}}

	:I understand your concern, and thank you for listening to me. I was expecting a little co-operation though still no hard feelings. We still respect Misplaced Pages and apologize on our behalf. On my behalf thank you for listening to me.

	Regards,
	Paul Aucoin
	LA
	:] (]) 07:50, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

	==www.israelinphotos.com==
	For some reason This site seems to have been blocked, that i've found while trying to add an external link (photo gallery: "israelinphotos.com/gallery2-Augusta-Victoria.htm" to the term and it's just one of the many terms on wikipedia that lacks information (mostly pictures) that could be found on israelinphotos.com <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

	:{{TakeNote}}This link was blacklisted at meta after it was spammed to multiple Wikipedias() so cannot be removed here. The request for delisting would need to be made ]. However given that your only edits other than this request have been to add the link to articles (an action for which you received a message asking you not to continue) it seems unlikely your request would be granted. We encourage editors to add photos for which they own copyright to ] so they can be used directly in articles and add to generally available ]. In general external links to the site would do little to help Misplaced Pages in its mission to build a ] encyclopedia. -- ] 18:47, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
	* {{declined}} per above. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 16:52, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

	==www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/b14==
	It seems that the aboutmyarea domain is on the blacklist and I don't understand why. These are all community-run websites, with local information placed there by local people. If you want Misplaced Pages to be able to link to community information in entries about UK localities, then the AboutMyArea site is a valuable resource. Other sites like BBC or the local council are all OK for links, so the local community site should be OK too. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 18:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:The problem with this site are not that the information is not suitable, the problem was that there were several accounts whose only goal was to add links to this site (]). If you have specific links which are suitable on specific pages, I suggest you request whitelisting of those specific links. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 16:13, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
	::I thought there was also an issue with the links themselves. The prior ] and the only ] that I could find were both declined. Given the replies on those requests, I would suspect that ] may be the better way to link to these sites. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 17:09, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
	:::{{declined}}, not a ]. ] (]) 14:44, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

	==petitiononline.com==
	Apparently this domain is marked as spam and I'm not sure what the reason might be.
	I was trying to add (POL)/STOPCB/petition.html to the http://en.wikipedia.org/Chris_Bangle page.
	TIA ] (]) 17:23, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
	:The petitions themselves don't act as reliable sources; if the petition has resulted in any changes, then it would likely be reported in a news service - which would be far more appropriate link to use as a reference. --- ] <small>(] • ])</small> - 17:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
	::Yes... still don't get why it was blacklisted and why it is not admissible in the "External Links" section.. sure, we're talking of BMW designers, so who cares, however I do believe that the link, as unreliable as it may be, is still _relevant_ to the subject and, more importantly, I don't understand why that website is banned. ] (]) 00:45, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
	* {{declined}}. The request is a classic example of why the site is blacklisted, I'm afraid. Misplaced Pages is not for attracting signatories to online petitions, especially ones which say ''Please fire , and DO NOT allow him to design any more of your wonderful BMWs'' - that would be a gross violation of ] and anyone adding such a link would be liable to be blocked outright. Lucky it's blacklisted, really :-) <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 13:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

	==ehow.com==
	I tried to add <nowiki>http://www.ehow.com/how_2123610_host-star-wars-marathon.html</nowiki> as a reference to the ] article. I'm not sure why the link was not permitted, as I could not see eHow listed on the . Interestingly the website seems permitted on the ] article itself! -- ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 16:31, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
	* Good grief. Even if that article is kept, a link on "how to host a Star Wars marathon" is not really the kind of thing we are looking for, I think. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 21:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
	** Really? There were some interesting elements in the eHow page that are pertinent to the article. -- ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 08:04, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
	::* YA RLY. External links are there to support the content with detail that would be incuded if it ever became a great article, but Misplaced Pages is not a howto, not even a howto for the really tricky things like, you know, watching all the Star Wars movies back to back. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 10:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
	:::*Yes, but this isn't in the ''External links'' section; it's used as a reference.-- ] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 12:34, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

	::If you think that a specific document on ehow.com is an appropriate reference, then please request whitelisting of that specific link. I am sorry, but the whole domain is not removed because of one link, there are too many problems with the site. As such, {{declined}}. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 12:38, 25 September 2008 (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 ]}}

	==members.aol.com==
	When I first became a Misplaced Pages editor, I added very-pertinent "External links" to articles, which were hosted at "members.aol.com/..." - However, they were reverted by a ] (which, by the way, has since been shut down). Also, I noticed that ] to one of those sites.

	The web page that I want to link to was created by an individual, and was featured at ], shortly thereafter. It is directly pertinent to ], and would make an ideal addition, to the "External links" section there.

	I also tried to do a search (it was a little difficult) on the , and while hometown.aol.com was list, members.aol.com was not. Has this been removed from the "blacklist"? If not, ihow can exceptions be made?

	This web page is a widely-read resource, dedicated to ]. Thanks, ] (]) 05:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

	* That does not appear to be a ]. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 17:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

	== List not working? ==
	{{resolved}}
	Today I was able to save which included the url for sexhealthguru.com (and also one which had the url in the section I was editing).

	This URL was blacklisted yesterday as \bsexhealthguru\.com\b .

	Is this a problem with the list? The blacklist entry? Or me? -- ] 12:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
	:Hum - I couldn't save on this page with a full http:// link to that domain. --] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">]</span></small></sup></b> 13:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

	::Interesting. I can save the full http:// sss.sexhealthguru.com in my own user space but not on this page. But I can't save http:// www.sexhealthguru.com in either. Is this worthy of a bug report? -- ] 20:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

	This cleared up and began working properly a few hours later so expect it was just a glitch. -- ] 21:41, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

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

	==Blacklist logging==
	<big><u>'''''Full Instructions for Admins'''''</u></big>

	*] → ]{{·w}} (''WP:BLACK'')
	<br>
	<big><u>'''''Quick Reference'''''</u></big>

	For Spam reports or requests originating from '''''this page''''', use template <code><nowiki>{{/request\|0#section_name}}</nowiki></code>
	*<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>/request\|<font color="# FF0000 ">213416274</font>#<font color="#4000FF">Section_name</font>}}</code>
	*Insert the oldid <font color="# FF0000 ">213416274</font> a hash "#" and the <font color="#4000FF">Section_name</font> (''Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable''):
	* Use within the entry log .

	For Spam reports or requests originating from ] use template <code><nowiki>{{WPSPAM\|0#section_name}}</nowiki></code>
	*<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>WPSPAM\|<font color="# FF0000 ">182725895</font>#<font color="#4000FF">Section_name</font>}}</code>
	*Insert the oldid <font color="# FF0000 ">182725895</font> a hash "#" and the <font color="#4000FF">Section_name</font> (''Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable''):
	* Use within the entry log .

	Have added a supplement, a general " how-to of sorts. --] (]) 10:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
	:'''''Note:''''' ''<span style="background:#fff990">if you do not log your entries it may be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found.</span>''
	<!-- Please do not archive this section. -->

	== Addition to the COIBot reports ==
	The lower list in the COIBot reports now have after each link four numbers between brackets (e.g. "www.example.com (0, 0, 0, 0)"):

	# first number, how many links did ''this'' user add (is the same after each link)
	# second number, how many times did ''this'' link get added to wikipedia (for as far as the linkwatcher database goes back)
	# third number, how many times did ''this'' user add ''this'' link
	# fourth number, to how many different wikipedia did ''this'' user add ''this'' link.

	If the third number or the fourth number are high with respect to the first or the second, then that means that the user has at least a preference for using that link. Be careful with other statistics from these numbers (e.g. good user do add a lot of links). If there are more statistics that would be useful, please notify me, and I will have a look if I can get the info out of the database and report it. The bots are running on a new database, Eagle 101 is working on transferring the old data into this database so it becomes more reliable.

	For those with access to IRC, there this data is available in real time. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 10:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
	===poking COIBot===
	I notice that sometimes people who are not active on IRC need some link reports. Admins here can now add {{tlx\|LinkSummary\|domain}} to ], when COIBot picks up the edit to that page (and it should), it will put the domains into its reporting queue (high priority, which is, only behind waiting XWiki reports) and create a report on the link(s). The first report should be saved within about 5 minutes, if it takes longer than 15 minutes there is probably something wrong, and it may be useful to add the template with the link again (it reads the added part of the diffs (the right column)), or poke me or another person who is active on IRC personally. Hope this is of help. --] <sup>] ]</sup> (en: ], ]) 12:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
	:P.S. Please don't overuse this function, everything still needs to be saved .. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 12:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
	:It had some startup problems, but all seems to work fine now. --] <sup>] ]</sup> 17:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

	==aceshowbiz.com==
	Why is this blacklisted, seems legit to me? ] ([[User
	talk:Andre666\|talk]]) 13:07, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
	* Because it was spammed prolifically. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 20:56, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
	] (]) 08:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC) I manage aceshowbiz.com, I need to know when did our website spam prolifically ? Did it happen lately or many years ago ? We have many worth suggest article such as exclusive interview with Demi Lovato (Celebrity News, Sep 18, 2008). Please consider unlisted our website from your spam list as there is no such action for years. Many years ago aceshowbiz.com just a small website, right now we've already doing partnership with many big / reliable company. There is no time for us thinking for spamming. Just quality. Please take a visit to our website an consider. Thank You.
	* Sorry, but it fails our ] so is unlikely to be delisted any time soon. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 21:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

	==Um, help...==
	I have no idea how to make a request, nor link to my profile, but I am Soulen and can you revert the text I added to the Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi back in, and just not the link to Youtube?

	===Backlog at ]===
	If you can, please pitch in and help whittle this down. We have editors who've been waiting several months.

	Thanks, --<font face="Futura">] <sup>(] • ])</sup> </font> 18:44, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
	:I've cleared most of this. ] (]) 15:19, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

	===Lost the game===
	I tried to add a link to www.losethegame.com on the wiki page for the Game. I understand that people may add this link in to spam other pages, but for the actual website of the game, it's perfectly valid. Is there any way to make an exception? ] (]) 15:50, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
	:It's not really the "actual website of the game", since it's not an online game and it doesn't even have an official publisher/creator as far as I can see. This site is a site ''about'' the game, though it does claim and appear to have objective information about it. At most, specific pages on the site could be a citations for specific content on the WP page. I wonder if there are alternate sources (maybe the site in question provides leads)? ] (]) 16:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
	:OK, gotcha. I'll see if there are other websites around, but I think that one is as close as an 'official' website the game is going to get. :P ] (]) 16:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
	::Not everything has to have an official website. <font face="Broadway">]]</font> 16:03, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
	:::As one of the largest 'the game' fansites it might be useful to include www.losethegame.com as an external link on ]. - '''] (])''' 03:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
	:::: No, we don't include random fansites. <b>]</b> <small>(])</small> 11:25, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
	::::: An examination of the site in question reveals that (1) the content is quite limited and useless to Misplaced Pages and (2) the "Strategies" section includes a downloadable Firefox plugin for vandalizing Misplaced Pages. <b>] ]</b> 15:12, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
	::::::{{declined}}. ] (]) 15:20, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

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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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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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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)
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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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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)
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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)
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 tools (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)
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)
2404:7C80:24:138:9C7:DBBB:C579:E92 (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)
2404:7C80:24:414:9CE9:905A:648D:4A42 (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)
2404:7C80:24:24F: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)
2404:7C80:24:1308:599A:8152:25BD:FABB (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)
2404:7C80:24:14D6:9C70:53ED: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)
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)
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

halmblogmusic.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 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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nunaklenam (talk • contribs) 14:02, December 26, 2024 (UTC)

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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