MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/July 2020

kollywoodnewsboxoffice.water.blog

Noticed a few SPAs and IPs tossing this site into Indian film articles. ".blog" might be another one of those TLDs to eventually consider nuking across the project, like we did to .xyz, although right now I only see about three instances of it across the project, and they all seem related to this recent flare-up. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:39, 1 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cyphoidbomb: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:13, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

wikibio.in

These are both junk site that scrape bio information from anywhere they can, including Wikipedia, and put it out there as clickbait for editor. There's no control, it's just junk. Both of these get used on occasion by well-meaning editors but both have been spammed in the past few months by less scrupulous actors. I periodically run a search for these sites, so there aren't any active links in main article space, but will need to clean up draft space. Ravensfire (talk) 13:10, 7 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

listal.com

Listal is a weird combination of hotornot.com and Wikipedia and it is used more than 500 times (!!) on English Wikipedia, largely in filespace as justification for uploading images. This is useless as it's not the actual source and the images can be found on actual sources. It is also used 250 times on biographies (many of which are BLPs) but it's just a circular user generated/WP copied site. Praxidicae (talk) 15:16, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

stopwatch360.com

Spammed by multiple users, will blacklist shortly. GeneralNotability (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GeneralNotability: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 14:15, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

rentalcarsuae.com

plus Added Multiple efforts secure a place on the blacklist for this site. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:40, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ohnoitsjamie:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:15, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ohnoitsjamie: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 18:19, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

wheon.com

See COIBot report (but wait a bit for it to refresh). Spam from a /16 range. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 23:03, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request for unblocking thisisblythe.com

I see that the website's link does not appear on the Blythe Wikipedia page due to blacklist. Even though it is not an official site, I can confirm that it's a fan website. Their site provides a lot of free information in their education section, and fans do post a lot of photos which I believe other new fans, who are interested in this art, should be able to see the website on Wikipedia, too. I do not see any popups or advertisements when I browse their education section, therefore it passes as a valid website that provides value and information without any expectations or purchase requirement. The link can be useful on Wikipedia as the website does not look like spam and the Wikipedia link abuse has not been in the talk for three years.

I am an art hobbyist who is not affiliated or connected with the above-mentioned website as well I am not a customer or employee. I have recently seen quite useful information and posts on their site about the craft I am interested in. The website and company name are also published on Forbes, BBC, CNN and the Guardian websites regarding the function and history about the company. The website also owns a photo book that was sold in bookstores and can be verified on various government websites. The link provides a lot of content and description that would help beginners and enthusiasts to kick-start or advance their craft faster, therefore a blacklist is no longer required.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.246.50.13 (talk • contribs)

 Not done Site was spammed by multiple Ips in a large range. Possible candidate for selective whitelisting, though I doubt it; also relevant is this AfD. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:59, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
See also diff. no Declined, we don’t link to fansites, we are writing an encyclopedia. —Dirk Beetstra T C 06:32, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Windycitycigars

Link
Spammers

Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 07:59, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@KH-1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:16, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

nus.edu/3ipotMy

This is a URL redirect being used to circumvent the blacklist to link to already blacklisted csibioinfo.nus.edu.sg. See previous requests one and two - MrOllie (talk) 11:50, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, but I assume more violence will be needed. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:14, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

csibioinfo.nus.edu.sg

Retake. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:23, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Beetstra: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:23, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Beetstra: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:24, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Overruled and LevelOverruled on XLinkBot. Bot will insist in reverting, and bot will not warn, but straight to AIV. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:31, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

taraletsanywhere.com

Blog being spammed as a "ref" by various IPs, see COIBot report. Blacklisting shortly. GeneralNotability (talk) 16:51, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GeneralNotability: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 16:51, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Techgod

Link
Spammers

Please blacklist. -KH-1 (talk) 00:54, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Beetstra: - it's still being spammed, can you take a look at this? -KH-1 (talk) 11:46, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@KH-1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:51, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

112.international

It's the same dubious news provider as 112 dot ua, which is already in the list. It was discussed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 281#Other Russian fake news / disinformation sites. All the other sites from that discussions were added by JzG, but not the .international one. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 11:17, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Amire80, there are still 225 of the https links, many of them in mainspace. It would be better that those are all checked. Can you please have a look? Dirk Beetstra T C 11:44, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 11:50, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Amire80: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. Beetstra, this is actually a redirect to 112.ua, so they should all be removed (as 112.ua was). --Guy (help!) 12:09, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
JzG, I was waiting for the COIBot report, it was already suggested that this was a redirect, which we generally throw on meta. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Beetstra, it only redirects to 112.ua, though. It's an alternate domain. Guy (help!) 12:54, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
JzG, I am looking at some data on IRC. Both are heavily added everywhere (.ua 7267 recorded additions, .international 3272 recorded additions). Neither are blacklisted on other wikis. Guess that other wikis will have to sort it out by themselves. Dirk Beetstra T C 13:04, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

upagriculture.in

Link summary and WikiBlame tool reveals persistent spamming of this site powered by WordPress by multiple IPs and non-confirmed users; latest IP to do this is 27.60.97.146. Can't really see any usefulness adding the link here into an encyclopedia, and there are some deceptive additions of this site like [1], so I cleaned them all before reporting here. theinstantmatrix (talk) 16:17, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Theinstantmatrix: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:57, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

newslagooon.com

newslagoon.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 - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Yet another in the long list of utter nonsense "news" sites, completely unreliable and spammy. see here for an example Praxidicae (talk) 13:49, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

digicodes.in

I've issued 7-8 blocks on IPs over the last few days for this one, all on widely different ranges. See the history of Digital distribution of video games and Video game console in particular. I've protected the former, but I worry protection will just move the spammer to other articles I might not be watching. IP linked above was the first, to my knowledge, and hit the widest range of articles and categories. -- ferret (talk) 00:44, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've just taken the liberty of adding their secondary domain (digicodes.eu) to your report. - MrOllie (talk) 01:00, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferret: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help!) 14:44, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

wowa.ca

Likes to bundle the refspam in with a bunch of legit sources to make it harder to spot. - MrOllie (talk) 18:51, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@MrOllie: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:33, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

newsbreak.com

There is no purpose in this ever being used for anything, similar to the other site we blacklisted (can't recall the name) it's just an AI aggregate site, meaning there is no human QC and it's evident by looking at any "article". Praxidicae (talk) 12:15, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

technicalcoder.com

Continuing blog spam. Several warnings and a block have been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 08:24, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 08:24, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Request that a site be removed from the blocked list entirely

1. feedogram.com 2. Reasons - I write content to help the Wikipedia community learn more about the relevant topic. 3. Use links - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmi 4. Yes, I own this site

— Preceding unsigned comment added by At3812554 (talk • contribs)

@At3812554: no Declined. Aside from the obvious spamming, Wikipedia is not a venue to promote your blog via backlinks. Also, blogs in general are not considered reliable sources for encyclopedic content. --GermanJoe (talk) 08:34, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple spammed "news" sites

Repeatedly added as refspam by socking COI editors. I recognize the COIBot report says that a number of legitimate editors have added these, but I've looked at the websites...as far as I can tell these are spam farms (I can hardly see the content given how many ads are spattered on-screen) and suspect that they're just copying content from elsewhere on the web and using it to drive traffic to get ad money. They appear to be no better than glorified blogs and as such have no redeeming value. Will blacklist. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:16, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GeneralNotability: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 00:16, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@GeneralNotability:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:18, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

govjobalerts.co.in

Typical India jobs crap site, spammed by multiple users over a decent period of time. No reason for links for this site to ever be on Wikipedia. Ravensfire (talk) 20:24, 22 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GeneralNotability (talk) 22:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

fastestlaps.com

Request to unblock FastestLaps.com You blacklisted the most reliable site when it comes to car performance. 95% of acceleration times there have a source (real magazine test) AzaanPD (talk) 23:23, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see that it's currently listed on the blacklist, but perhaps it should be. It looks like a combination of an aggregator and a forum, and thus would not meet reliable sources. OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:15, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

top10worldbest.com

Keep having to fight it being spammed in. Jerod Lycett (talk) 15:03, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Jerodlycett: no Declined. Thank you for the report but it seems the spamming has stopped. The domain is in "final warning" territory, please report back if it pops up again.--GermanJoe (talk) 10:24, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Warez websites

Spam that additionally violates WP:COPYLINK. — Newslinger talk 08:40, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Newslinger: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (help!) 08:42, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

creative.onl

Repeated spam for a "marketing" company with dynamic IPs and throwaway accounts, previous warnings have been ignored. GermanJoe (talk) 18:53, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --GermanJoe (talk) 18:53, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another throwaway blogspot

pubguchacknow.blogspot.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 - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Needs consideration for regex. Proably a drive by, but no real idea. [pubguchacknow.blogspot.com/ this diff] shows an instance Fiddle Faddle 11:26, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]