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Proposed additions
wax-plant.com
wax-plant.com
See also WikiProject_Spam case
- Cross wiki spamming
- http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://tr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://sr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://hu.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://hsb.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://fi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://et.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://cs.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
- http://bg.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/76.108.209.9
. Thanks, --Hu12 17:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Added. –BruTe talk 17:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
3 Adsense related
\binfluenzavirusnet\.com\b
\bdenguevirusnet\.com\b
\bgenetherapynet\.com\b
See also WikiProject_Spam case
influenzavirusnet.com
denguevirusnet.com
genetherapynet.com
- Cross wiki spamming
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nl:Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://vi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://id.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://hi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/86.90.87.37
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/109.32.99.175
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/131.224.251.72
- http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/131.224.251.101
- http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/131.224.251.101
- http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/131.224.251.101
- http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/131.224.251.101
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cassie72
. Thanks, --Hu12 20:39, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. Crosswiki spamming campaign for multiple, related, websites. --EdBever 09:02, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
- One more related site:
chikungunyavirusnet.com
EdBever 09:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 09:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
- Nice catch on the las URL. Thanks again--Hu12 15:38, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
kiacell.com
kiacell.com
Related to recently blacklisted domains iranbattery.(com|ir) iranups.net fadakbattery.(com|ir) hamsangar.ir. MER-C 10:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 12:52, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
xav.cc
xav.cc
xa.vc
URL shorteners. Gavia immer 05:40, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 07:12, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
sorturl.net
sorturl.net
Url shortening service.
Currently I see two users (213.87.89.95, 213.87.91.7) using it to add links to zip files with viruses only on russian wikipedia. But I think it should be banned globally like other similar services. 213.85.69.114 11:05, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 11:08, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
chotalink.com
chotalink.com
URL shortener. MER-C 12:31, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 12:45, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
voipproviderslist.com and others
Domains:
voipproviderslist.com
ealexistexas.com
backlinksteam.com
mobile-service-providers.com
nextiva.com
telemarketingbase.com
usvoip.com
webadsservice.com
ebadsservice.com
motoequipment.org
Accounts:
User:46.109.69.105(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:46.109.69.241(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:67.231.243.84(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:81.36.41.112(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:83.55.60.57(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:96.44.175.228(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:Maris Jansons
Spam article:
- w:ru:Park & Fly Riga Airport - deleted twice
--A. B. (talk) 02:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added --A. B. (talk) 02:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
tinyfav.com
tinyfav.com
URL shortener. MER-C 09:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 14:03, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
www.nobrain.dk
nobrain.dk
Malicious site. Produces an unclosable moving popup. I don't have evidence of cross-wiki use of this but it would seem like a good idea to block it anyway. Attempted use at Tourism in New Zealand.-Gadfium 19:08, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added, saw that page on dewiki before - Hoo man (talk) 19:10, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks.-Gadfium 05:27, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
forit.org
forit.org
URL shortener. Gavia immer 01:12, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 11:50, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Another Redirecting linq.lk
linq.lk
was added on en. [1][2] --Hu12 16:03, 2 February 2011 (UTC) Redirect site
- Added. URL shortener. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:16, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
zurl.co.uk
zurl.co.uk
URL shortener. MER-C 11:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 11:24, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
hvacinstaller.com
hvacinstaller.com
- Spammers
User:96.9.148.246(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:208.100.27.152(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:216.108.225.237(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:RalphTackett4
- Spammed on
simple.wiktionary, uk.wmf, strategy and ten.wiki.” Teles (Talk @ C G) 05:14, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Bsadowski1 06:29, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
tinyfav.com minurl.com ur1.bz
tinyfav.com
minurl.com
ur1.bz
URL shorteners. MER-C 11:01, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --–BruTe talk 12:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
ez.vg
ez.vg
URL shortener. MER-C 10:12, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 11:55, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
url4t.com
url4t.com
URL shortener. MER-C 11:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 12:07, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
vv.vg
vv.vg
URL shortener. MER-C 03:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 08:59, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
Generic Chinese knockoff spam 37.0
cutehandbags.org
- Similar domains
"We had been in the replica handbag business for many years finding the most convincing"
replicaisland.com
tophermesbirkin.com
luxuryb2c.com
"Above all else, we are sure that the quality of our replica" __BLANK__ "is absolutely the highest"
ukpandorabracelets.com
exactbags.com
chanelreplica.com
ukthomassabo.com
"After you transferred the money, please Give us a message"
topshoesfor.me
- Spammers
User:59.174.121.11(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:221.234.39.102(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:75.172.82.60(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
MER-C 06:13, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 09:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
lxcurl.com
lxcurl.com
URL shortener. MER-C 11:13, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 12:12, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
rod.gs
rod.gs
URL shortener. MER-C 03:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 11:36, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
chop.ws
chop.ws
URL shortener. Gavia immer 04:17, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 11:36, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
zumlink.com
zumlink.com
zumlink.de
linkegit.com
dolinku.pl
URL shorteners Gavia immer 05:38, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:39, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
vuethis.com
vuethis.com
URL shortener --Versageek 09:33, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:42, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
b4p.nl
b4p.nl
URL shortener. MER-C 11:00, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
shrinkee.com
shrinkee.com
URL shortener. MER-C 01:40, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 11:27, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Many URL redirectors
0vr.net
321.cn
4x2.net
at.tc
at.tf
au.tc
be.tc
bg.tc
biz.ly
bofh.us
br.tc
c-o.cc
ca.tf
ch.tc
ch.tf
cq.bz
cz.tc
cz.tf
da.ru
de.tc
de.tf
dk.tc
edu.tc
es.tc
eu.tc
eu.tf
freakz.eu
here.ws
hk.tc
ho.io
hu.tc
ie.tc
int.tc
int.tf
it.tc
just.as
kr.tc
mx.tc
mypiece.com
ne1.net
net.tc
neat.name
no.tc
ouch.ws
ph.tc
pl.tc
pro.tc
ru.tc
se.tc
seeya.at
shop.tc
such.info
th.tc
true.ws
tweaker.eu
ua.tc
ubb.cc
us.tc
visit.ws
All of these are URL redirectors, mostly operating via subdomains. Gavia immer 07:51, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 15:24, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Two more URL redirectors
co.nr
uk.tc
As noted, these are URL redirectors. I listed them separately in order to note that both of these have existing blacklist entries for certain subdomains that can be removed if a general blacklisting is applied. Gavia immer 04:12, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 15:26, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
- Removed the following regexes from the blacklist:
- \b(co|me|borg)\.uk\.tc\b
- \bulink\.co\.nr/
- \bautomotiverepair\.co\.nr\b
- \bmaligant-mesothelioma\.co\.nr\b
- \bsystemanalysis\.co\.nr\b
- \bantonioolinto\.co\.nr\b
- EdBever 15:46, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
copyvio bep-hiphop.blogspot.com
bep-hiphop.blogspot.com
- Tota1056 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
User:41.237.162.228(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
see also
- http://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/41.237.162.228
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/41.237.162.228
- http://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://yi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://ckb.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
- http://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/Tota1056
Mass multiple language wikipedia spamming of links which appears to be carrying work in violation of the creator's copyright. thanks--Hu12 19:59, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 15:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
n4x.us
n4x.us
URL shortener. Gavia immer 02:13, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 17:52, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
urlredo.com lytl.me
urlredo.com
lytl.me
URL shorteners. MER-C 10:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --–BruTe talk 13:45, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
Nolo.com affiliate spam
nolo.com
See [3]. This user is pushing affiliate-links on wikipedia. I have already blacklisted godaddy.com, but nolo.com has a more difficult link, for which I do not trust my regex-knowledge enough. Please have a look at what regex would blacklist the affiliate-links. From nolo.com: "Now there's an easy way to offer your website visitors Nolo's quality products -- with no orders to ship, no customer service issues and -- best of all -- no overhead! If you have a website, you can partner with us at no cost to you, and start earning up to 15 percent commissions." EdBever 20:40, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
- Comments:
- --A. B. (talk) 19:38, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
- Hi!
- Could you give some more examples of bad links and good links? What do those links look like? -- seth 22:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
- The only link I could give is the one mentioned above... the link ends with index.cfm?kbid=3187&img=160x600_GeneralBSF.gif, so I think the term kbid could be blacklisted, but I am not really sure. EdBever 13:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi!
- I guess I got it.
\bnolo.com/index.cfm\b.*?\bkbid=added. -- seth 21:48, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
- The only link I could give is the one mentioned above... the link ends with index.cfm?kbid=3187&img=160x600_GeneralBSF.gif, so I think the term kbid could be blacklisted, but I am not really sure. EdBever 13:45, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
buildingexamples.com
buildingexamples.com
User:32.58.34.227(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
User:178.118.249.21(IP tools: Google | WHOIS | domaintools | RBL | tools)
(spamhaus | projecthoneypot | malwareurl)
MER-C 12:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
hyv.es
hyv.es
hyves.nl/api/shorturl
URL shortener. EdBever 12:19, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 12:43, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
tinyden.com
tinyden.com
just9u.com
URL shorteners - Gavia immer 03:04, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 08:49, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
go.to
go.to
Frameset URL shortener. MER-C 10:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 08:50, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
gopetition.com
gopetition.com
Petition site, usual problem of solicitation and invalid primary sourcing. JzG 13:08, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 11:35, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
petitionspot.com
petitionspot.com
And another, also being used for mass solicitation of votes. JzG 13:17, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 11:36, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
pinkushion.com
pinkushion.com
See also WikiProject_Spam case
- Cross wiki spamming
- fr:Special:Contributions/82.238.173.246
- fr:Special:Contributions/91.163.219.233
- en:Special:Contributions/82.238.173.246
- en:Special:Contributions/Thierrypipik
- en:Special:Contributions/Lolipop59
- fr:Special:Contributions/Thierrypipik
- fr:Special:Contributions/83.182.147.146
- fr:Special:Contributions/91.168.135.103
. Thanks, --Hu12 17:41, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --EdBever 11:34, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
va.mu
va.mu
URL shortener. MER-C 09:52, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 09:53, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
x.co
x.co
URL shortener. MER-C 13:22, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
- Added. --Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 09:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
Proposed removals
backupurl.com
backupurl.com
Added to the blacklist this May, for allegedly being an url shortener. Even though the point for blocking such sites has been made clear, it is not the case for this link, which is instead a web archiving service (useful, for example, to keep a record of the status of a media source page displaying the license of the work at the time an image is uploaded). Such services are important for this effect, since links cannot be added on demand to the archive.org cache. --Waldir 22:40, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
- WebCite (webcitation.org) isn't blacklisted and will archive pages on demand. Any service like this (including archive.org) can in theory be used to avoid the blacklist, but they are also obviously useful for real tasks. The other issue is that such services are in a gray area with regard to copyright status, and I don't see that backupurl.com has any copyright information or contact info for copyright complaints. By contrast, archive.org and webcitation.org both have prominent information available in that regard. I don't see that removing this specific site would be a benefit, but the general issue probably does need some discussion. Gavia immer 04:23, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- Last time I tried to use webcite it didn't work (I think the target page was returning an incorrect http header). That's why I tried backupurl, and I was surprised it was blocked. Regarding the usage for spamming, it's inconsistent to block it while keeping webcite clear. But considering the concerns you mention regarding copyright info, I think it can remain blocked. Could an administrator add a comment to the entry explaining this and linking to this thread? --Waldir 20:49, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
- Also, for future reference, here's another relevant thread: Talk:Spam blacklist/Archives/2010-10#Exeption for backupurl.--Waldir 20:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Windows8update.com
Windows8update.com
This is a valuable resource for Microsoft Windows 8 News that has real educational value for those interested in the next version of Windows. I am submitting this for removal from the blacklist.— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.38.109.195 (talk)
- Not blacklisted here, but on en.wikipedia, ar.wikipedia and hi.wikipedia. Note, it does not seem to be related to Microsoft Office, but to a company (Nnigma Inc.). For more information, see en:MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/May 2009. Here,
Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 11:36, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
- Isn't being blacklisted on three wikis grounds for blacklisting here? MER-C 11:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
http:\\www.antiques-help.com
antiques-help.com
This is a valuable resource of information website, and not monetized. The information provided on the site was completely relevant to the pages it was linked from like: w:es:Comic book - Link: antiques-help.com/antiquecomicbooks ; or w:en:Barometer - Link: antiques-help.com/antiqueglassbarometer
With what logic this site antiques-help.com/antiquecomicbooks gets removed while this one http://www.comicsninja.com stays? considering that this site is obviously a monetized site and is not even working?
This is another example in this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocking_chair : why would this link antiques-help.com/antique-wooden-rocking-chairs be removed and not this one http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/rockingchair.html that has exactly 41 links from Wikipedia back to his site, isn't this considered spam?
For all the above mentioned reasons I request a removal from the blacklist. Thank you for your attention — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.154.152.95 (talk)
- Dear user, this link was spammed by various IP-addresses, among them 79.154.141.12. I would guess that you inserted these links. Your link was icked up by COIbot and I consider the way the links were inserted to be spam. You have only edited wikipedia in order to place these links. We do not judge other links unless they are suspected of having been spammed. The fact that another site was spammed does not mean you can spam your site, the same goes for murder in most countries. Furthermore, designboom, for example, was added over 300 times, but by a large number of editors (most of whom logged in, no more than 5 links per editor), between 2008-05-08 18:43:32 and 2011-01-17 09:31:36. You placed your link between 2011-01-02 14:23:44 and 2011-01-11 14:48:23. There is a difference between a helpful link inserted in a normal way by normal users from all over the wikipedia community (the community presumably deems the link relevant), or a link inserted by its owner. EdBever 12:22, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
- Declined. Per EdBever. -- Wutsje 12:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
easycalculation.com
easycalculation.com
This is site with online math and science calculators of very high educational value. I as a owner of the website can assure you that the site was never involved in any spamming in wikipedia. I request the removal of the site from spamlist.— The preceding unsigned comment was added by 122.178.184.65 (talk)
- I see it is blacklisted on en.wikipedia and on ar.wikipedia, but not here. I think you will have to ask at the local blacklists on the wikis where it is blocked (these two - though if it is individually blacklisted on two wikis that suggests that some spamming was involved). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 08:50, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
genetherapynet.com etc
genetherapynet.com
denguevirusnet.com
chikungunyavirusnet.com
influenzavirusnet.com
These websites give a good overview and news items in their field and these are a valuable contribution to the content on specific Wiki pages. I understand that I violated the spam rules, I was unaware of this. Please remove these sites from the blacklist and let me know as a webmaster of these sites what to do to cleanup wiki. I talked about this already with user EdBever.
- As you talk with EdBever seem to have been in Dutch [6] (or did you discuss it elsewhere too?) that does not make me any wiser... In general, we usually don't delist pages that have been spammed upon the request of the site-owners - it would be a different issue if long term contributors to our projects asked for delisting, with an explanation why it would be useful to link to these particular sites. Finn Rindahl 22:07, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
I discussed this with EdBever, but where can I discuss it also as you suggested. The mentioned site provide further information, news and background information on the related subjects, that is gene therapy (www.genetherapynet.com), Dengue virus (www.denguevirusnet.com), Chikungunya virus (www.chikungunyavirusnet.com) and influenza virus or flu (www.influenzavirusnet.com)
- The discussion mentioned above was merely my answer to your question. In short:
- The links are all related and have been spammed 50 times crosswiki
- The addresses involved are 86.90.87.37 (planet.nl) and 131.224.251.103 and 131.224.251.104 (both RIVM)
- The links have been placed since 30 December 2007.
- You have been warned on 13 November 2008 on en:User talk:86.90.87.37
- I do not dispute your claim that the site has useful and reliable content. The sites certainly appear to be useful, and might be used as references. You seem very knowledgable on the subject.
- That said, the blacklisting is because of spamming by someone who clearly has a conflict of interest regarding these links, although it appears you might have been acting in good faith.
- EdBever 20:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
I have been looking at this as well. Ed is only mentioning the warning on 13 November 2008 on en:User talk:86.90.87.37 - I also found several warnings on Dutch talkpages (e.g. nl:Overleg_gebruiker:131.224.251.72, nl:Overleg_gebruiker:131.224.251.71). I especially will note the sequence involving the former of the two IPs):
- addition at 11 nov 2008 om 10:49
- warning at 11 nov 2008 10:51
- warning at 11 nov 2008 10:53
- addition at 11 nov 2008 12:39
- warning at 11 nov 2008 om 12:41
- extended warning at 11 nov 2008 13:09
- addition on 11 nov 2008 om 13:32
- block for a day 11 nov 2008, 13:33
- (there are intermediate remarks on the talkpage, and intermediate edits I did not include -
This looks that this specific editor that was behind 131.224.251.72 MUST have noticed the orange banner, and I think also the block. It seems it did not ring a bell ... neither did the rangeblock some time later, which took out the whole of the 131.224.251.0/24 range for a couple of days. I can not imagine that went unnoticed (which may be true for the warning on the English Wikipedia, which was hours after the last edit, and months before the next) ... I am sorry to see that we need the force of the blacklist to finally really get the attention ...
However, I do agree, this is all useful and suitable for use (one of these 4 links has been added by many others as well, showing usefulness, and other links of the RIVM are also widely in use). However, I would strongly suggest editors of the RIVM to look at the applicable policies and guidelines, e.g.:
- nl:Wikipedia:Wanneer_extern_linken
- en:Wikipedia:External links
- en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
- en:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is Not#SOAP
- en:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is Not#LINKFARM
- en:Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is Not#DIRECTORY
- en:Wikipedia:Spam
Note, that you have a conflict of interest does not mean that you can not contribute, but it is asked of you to discuss, especially if editors show concerns. Going away for a couple of months and continuing without discussing is not solving the problem (and though I do suggest to remove the links from the blacklist, I hope that you understand that this really is the last warning). Also note, we do not say that the links are spam, but that your continued, undiscussed pushing of external links while being told to take care several times is not the way forward. Since you use multiple accounts, refuse to discuss, and perform this on multiple wikis forces us to blacklist these links - therefore, the continued pushing of good links is now damaging Wikipedia even more (and probably also the RIVM).
I am asking you to really consider what Wikipedia is (an encyclopedia), and to contribute in the spirit of Wikipedia (collaboratively). You have a wealth of information in your hands, and I am sure that, on several wikis, editors will want to work together with you/the RIVM to improve Wikipedia. With that, I will suggest that these links will be removed (or I will, after you have responded here). I hope this explains, thank you. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 10:14, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
- Dear Beetstra, I understand, and I'll like to improve Wikipedia as well. I agree that you remove the excess links, but I would appreciate if some links will be visible or that I can discuss placing external links via the discussion forum (or is there another way). Please note that the RIVM is not responsible for the links to the websites.
Kind regards, Cassie72— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cassie72 (talk)
Cassie72, many of the IPs in the range are from the RIVM (netname: RIVMNET, descr: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, ....'), and the focus of quite a number of editors is very much on sites of the RIVM (and hardly anything else ..). I am not saying that the RIVM is responsible for this (it may indeed be one or two eager people who did this), still, these links got caught as being added in an inappropriate way (NO, we are NOT a linkfarm, we do NOT need links to the RIVM (or to the Belgian, French, Spanish, American, Chilean, Australian, ánd South-Korean analogue) on every page on every Wiki, no matter how much information each organisation has on the specific subject .. that is NOT the goal of Wikipedia; moreover, these/this editor(s) HAS a conflict of interest, making the person a specialist, but not making that person to be the person to decide what should be linked, Wikipedia is a collaborative project). Further unsollicited additions may result in these links (or similar links) being added to the blacklist again (and I expect it then to be really difficult to remove them again), it is not going to be that 'oh, we have earlier seen this from (editors related to) the RIVM, it is fine, let them add whatever they want' (and note, it may be someone else (even unrelated to RIVM ..), in good faith, not knowing this history, who does it in 6 months .. such editors may end up being blocked immediately and links blacklisted immediately, even after one or two additions). Also note, the remark '... I would appreciate if some links will be visible ...' is our very definition of spam ... editors were before, clearly, warned, this blacklisting occurred since warnings were ignored - I am going to assume good faith now (and I have discussed with others, and I think they do not disagree with that), but this is the final warning - I am sorry, but no-one is going to be believed that says "I did not know this", even if it is true.
Hence, indeed (for all RIVM editors): discuss on talkpages (or with parts of the local communities), and/or be very, very clear in what you do to a page and be careful.
I hereby have 
Removed these from the blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 08:30, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
iqsociety.org
iqsociety.org
World Intelligence Network (iqsociety.org) is an international non-profit intelligence organization, created to support communication and interactions among members of various high IQ societies on a world wide web basis. Currently, 20 high IQ societies are member societies of this organization and more than 1,000 members of these societies are using the iqsociety.org web.
There are discussion boards ( http://board.iqsociety.org ) and dedicated IQ-related areas of interest (such as ArtistIQ: http://art.iqsociety.org , GenetIQ: http://www.iqsociety.org/?page_id=1138 ). An extended list of more than 500 IQ tests is online on http://www.iqsociety.org/iq . An up to date list of the active IQ societies is maintained on http://www.iqsociety.org/?page_id=1012
I just got a blacklist notice when I tried to submit the link of this organization to the High IQ society Wikipedia page. I find this website informative, interesting and the provided information accurate, objective and up to date. Could someone explain the reasons that this web is blacklisted and possibly consider a whitelisting? Thank you. 46.12.94.56 22:42, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
- Not blacklisted here, only on en.wikipedia. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 09:41, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
www.songsofthebeatles.com
songsofthebeatles.com
This is a good web site that gives detailed information about the Beatles band that does not exist on Wiki. So it is good to give that information via entering the external link to one or at most 3-4 WIKI pages. I entered the link to the page about "Lists of the Beatles" and it was erased, thinking that I made some typos and therefore entered it again. So this type of behavior is regarded as "spam". I hope the site can be removed from the blacklist. Thanks in advance.
- Link is not blacklisted here, it is blacklisted on en:wp. See en:MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist. The link has been added 13 times in 3 days, the users involved have been blocked. The site is registered to a person from Turkey and the IP addresses involved were from Turkey also. In all I think this is spam and I don't expect the link to be delisted. EdBever 08:27, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Deferred to English Wikipedia per EdBever. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 12:10, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
www.casarealportuguesa.org
casarealportuguesa.org
casarealdeportugal.org
May I propose the removal of this Website from the blacklist? It does not look like a spam site, on the contrary, it positions itself as the Official Web site of the House Braganza. It contains important information on the members of the House and other facts related to the Portuguese regal dynasty. I, for instance, was trying to incorporate the information from the page dedicated to the en:Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa in the new article of the Russian Wikipedia but was not able to add the link to the source. Is there a reason why this Web site is blacklisted? --Deinocheirus 18:17, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- The link is detected by the regex \bcasareal(deportugal|portuguesa)\.org\b. The discussion can be found here: User:COIBot/XWiki/casarealdeportugal.org. Please note the blacklisting is because of misuse of the links, not because of the contents of the site(s). --EdBever 12:15, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
- The link was added after continuously pushing before getting consensus on a number of wikis. In wikipedia terms, that is trying to promote a site, or to push a site, which qualifies as 'spamming' (note, that does not mean that the site is containing spam-information, it does not mean that there is not good information on the site, etc.). The sites got repeatedly reverted on a number of wikis, and repeatedly readded afterward by the promotors of the site.
- As I said, there may be good information on the site, I would suggest that where specific links are needed, that they are locally whitelisted (I would suggest the specific links ..). For en.wikipedia, that is en:MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist, for ru.wikipedia that is ru:MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist. Seen the history, I would suggest that delisting is Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 14:54, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
r.fm
r.fm
r.fm Underground Evolved home page. Very professional-looking multimedia page. I don't know much about spam, but got no alerts from Comodo Firewall. Anarchangel 17:09, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi!
- That website ist blacklisted at w:en, so you should ask there: w:en:MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist
- The reason for blacklisting is mentioned at [7]. -- seth 19:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
- Deferred to English Wikipedia per seth. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 12:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
google.com/cse?
google.com/cse?
google.com/cse? I do not know why these are blocked, so in all honesty I can't tell you why this one should be unblocked. It seems perfectly harmless to me. Speaking as a newbie to the Spam apparatus here, I can say with some authority that it is set up in an unnecessarily arcane and uninformative manner. The current blocked list is nowhere in sight, and yet users are supposed to check the list to see whether it is a Meta block or a local block. So I am putting this up on both. Surely software can determine this for users. Anarchangel 02:15, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
- It is blocked by the regex \bgoogle\..{1,5}/cse\b. It is a link to the Google Custom Search Engine where users can generate income through adsense. This link was blacklisted since it profits from referrals. Referral links were spammed, see Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2007-04#Referral_Profiteering?. So: Declined. EdBever 13:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Discussion
ugg spam
Hi!
There's so much ugg spam that I decided to use some more general regexps for blocking such websites.[8] However, it's always possible that such changes could block useful sites, s.t. maybe we will have to modify those sbl entries on request. -- seth 12:00, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Good job! EdBever 16:47, 18 February 2011 (UTC)