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this site is not spam, has never been spam, has a Google Pagerank of 4, and is entirely relevant to any related page. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/71.54.13.217|71.54.13.217]] ([[User talk:71.54.13.217|talk]]) 10:53, 27 July 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
this site is not spam, has never been spam, has a Google Pagerank of 4, and is entirely relevant to any related page. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/71.54.13.217|71.54.13.217]] ([[User talk:71.54.13.217|talk]]) 10:53, 27 July 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: Actually, it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive313#Oh_dear...BIG_meatpuppet_problem has been aggressively spammed], which is why it's on the blacklist. I don't see how the link would be of any use to Wikipedia, so {{declined}}. (It's also worth noting that your IP is from the same range in Ft Meyers, FL as one of the original spamming IPs. Crazy coincidence? <b>[[User:Ohnoitsjamie|OhNo<font color="#D47C14">itsJamie</font>]] [[User talk:Ohnoitsjamie|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</b> 21:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
: Actually, it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive313#Oh_dear...BIG_meatpuppet_problem has been aggressively spammed], which is why it's on the blacklist. I don't see how the link would be of any use to Wikipedia, so {{declined}}. (It's also worth noting that your IP is from the same range in Ft Meyers, FL as one of the original spamming IPs. Crazy coincidence? <b>[[User:Ohnoitsjamie|OhNo<font color="#D47C14">itsJamie</font>]] [[User talk:Ohnoitsjamie|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</b> 21:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

==Wikipedia Category: User talk pages with Uw-spam4im notices==
You are invited to contribute at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 August 3#Category:User talk pages with Uw-spam4im notices]] - [[User:Fayenatic london|Fayenatic]] [[User talk:Fayenatic london|(talk)]] 13:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

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    Spam blacklists
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    Mediawiki:Spam-blacklist is meant to be used by the spam blacklist extension. Unlike the meta spam blacklist, this blacklist affects pages on the English Wikipedia only. Any administrator may edit the spam blacklist. See Wikipedia:Spam blacklist for more information about the spam blacklist.

    Instructions for editors

    There are 4 sections for posting comments below. Please make comments in the appropriate section. These links take you to the appropriate section:

    1. Proposed additions
    2. Proposed removals
    3. Troubleshooting and problems
    4. Discussion

    Each section has a message box with instructions. In addition, please sign your posts with ~~~~ after your comment.

    Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

    Addition of the templates {{Link summary}} (for domains), {{IP summary}} (for IP editors) and {{User summary}} (for users with account) results in the COIBot reports to be refreshed. See User:COIBot for more information on the reports.

    Instructions for admins
    Any admin unfamiliar with this page should probably read this first, thanks.
    If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

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

    1. Does the site have any validity to the project?
    2. Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
    3. Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
    4. Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regular expressions — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
    5. Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
    6. Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number – 442845448 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    djllalique.com

    Persistent Spamming of René Lalique article to add this domain 9 times by IP user, including reverting edits by myself, by ClueBot NG, and longtime editor *Cst17 (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). IP vandalizes the page by removing existing link and puts this domain at top of external link list in it's place. Brand new user added it twice (also once to Hood Ornament article) before IP user took over. The insertion of this domain is the only contribution of these users. Domain is a recently created commercial sales site with no encyclopedic value ("Buy & Sell DJLLALIQUE.com Top $ for your Glass Items - 35 Years Experience. Largest Buyer", Home Page title is "DJL Lalique - Buy and Sell ……….."). IP user has ignored warnings on their talk page. I also left comment on Talk:René Lalique requesting assistance.--Patagoniaddd (talk) 17:17, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Lets try this first. I've blocked the IP for two weeks. If the spamming continues, we can consider alternative actions. thanks or the report and removing the spam.--Hu12 (talk) 16:00, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    sfcrowsnest.com

    Persistent spamming by apparently random IP addresses (SPA IPs with just one or two additions of links each time) to this ELNO failure. Examples include [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] and [6]. Some links to the top level webpages may be legitimate in relation to Stephen Hunt (author) but the "encyclopedia" subpages are not appropriate as spammed external links. Fæ (talk) 21:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See WikiProject Spam report MER-C 03:53, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    www.rolffrey.de and scm-shop.de

    Music and music shop spam --Biker Biker (talk) 09:35, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    turl.no

    This site appears to be similar to tinyurl. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 21:05, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Indeed, an url shortener. These go by default on the meta blacklist ( Defer to Global blacklist), which I already did now. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:40, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 21:43, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    spekmedia.com

    Spammers

    See WikiProject Spam report. MER-C 13:22, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added--Hu12 (talk) 15:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    physiotherapy-treatment.com

    Spammers


    IP hopping linkspammer, has been going off and on for 2+ years now. - MrOllie (talk) 18:31, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    ysrcongress.org

    ysrcongress.org: 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

    Spammers

    This is a placeholder which is being repeatedly added to articles about the Indian political party YSR Congress Party and Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the politician who founded it. It is added either by IPs or by s.p.a. accounts. The website consists of a false "under-construction" notice and a "this domain is for sale" notice; there is no actual content. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:19, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Completed Proposed additions

    better-home-business.blogspot.com and bestitinfo.blogspot.com

    Persistent spamming of these two blogspot.com sites to articles including Home business, Business, and Information technology. The user logs in from different IPs each time and doesn't care about warnings given, and neither of the sites has any encyclopedic value. --bonadea contributions talk 09:37, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Also;
    google adsense Pub-9178204318034401
    116.71.216.22 (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)
    116.71.215.173 (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)
    119.153.14.204 (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)
    119.153.2.155 (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)
    119.153.92.167 (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)
    119.156.101.4 (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)
    119.156.39.229 (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)
    116.71.217.248 (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)
    119.154.38.53 (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)
     Done--Hu12 (talk) 14:07, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    magaliesmeander.co.za and others

    Spamming of these five websites to multiple articles (Magaliesberg, Magaliesburg, Gauteng, for example) by multiple IPs and accounts (listed below) has been ongoing since last year at least. Deli nk (talk) 15:46, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added. thanks--Hu12 (talk) 13:27, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It's a commercial link (the "Organization Against Chronic Procrastination" exist only to sell you a $40 ebook), and there have been at least seven attempts from varied IPs to add it to the procrastination article since last November ([7], [8], [9], [10], [11]) including two with a misleading edit summary of "removed spam link" ([12], [13]). Would also be worth blacklisting fearlessproductivity.com, since that's the "recommended cure" that chronicprocrastination.org links to to make its sale. --McGeddon (talk) 08:55, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    More Related;
    Accounts
    12.130.124.5 (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)
    64.134.235.75 (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)
    71.191.68.72 (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)
    76.185.169.136 (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)
    86.174.171.250 (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)
    64.134.234.116 (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)
    24.94.16.210 (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)
    64.134.222.254 (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)
    64.134.220.110 (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)
    64.134.224.149 (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)
    99.44.113.21 (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)
    74.73.163.63 (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)
    64.134.227.118 (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)
    71.163.4.134 (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)
    Clear evidence of spam and false edit summaries and moving ones "own" link UP are never signs of good faith. plus Added Thanks for the report.--Hu12 (talk) 13:21, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    carbaze.com

    carbaze.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

    Accounts

    Clear spamming intent - especially evident with the use of four IP addresses from the same ISP within a very short period of time this morning. --Biker Biker (talk) 07:31, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    More
    plus Added. thanks for the report.--Hu12 (talk) 13:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    ben-to.net removal

    ben-to.net: 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

    This is somewhat of a strange case. When I tried to create an article for the light novel series Ben-To (which was on track to get an article per WT:ANIME#Fall 2011), this website was caught in the spam filter. Upon further investigation, I found Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkReports/ben-to.net/ which was just created five days ago. Apparently, the link is "globally blacklisted by \bto\.net\b", though I don't know why. The site itself is the official website of the anime adaptation, so I need it removed.--十八 06:06, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    See m:Talk:Spam blacklist#ben-to.net. MER-C 06:18, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
     Defer to Global blacklist. This is collateral damage from blocking to.net. We recently solved a similar problem here; I have posted the solution there on meta. Hopefully someone will edit the list there accordingly. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
     Done at Meta. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    vbs.tv

    vbs.tv: 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

    I'm listing this here as a technicality, so that the removal can be discussed - and either endorsed or reversed. The link was removed from the blacklist by Timwi (talk · contribs) with the edit summary "Remove vbs.tv as there is no reason anywhere to be found for its inclusion".

    However, the site is listed in the log at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/log#November 2007, which the log directs readers to WT:WPSPAM item and Spam-blacklist Item - so there is documentation of prior abuse. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:10, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Certainly my understanding is that removals of validly listed domains are only made after community discussion not on the whim of an admin? There seem little doubt that there were issues with this domain so the removal seems out of process to me. --Herby talk thyme 18:26, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment: When notifying Timwi about this discussion, I did find User talk:Timwi#Removal of vbs.tv from the blacklist, and also Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Please unblock www.vbs.tv or explain why it’s blacklisted. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:33, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    The user's central issue appears to be that the blacklist notice doesn't explain why a site is blacklisted. While this is a technical limitation of the notice, it does not follow directly from that to claim no blacklisting reason exists. The block notice (found at MediaWiki:Spamprotectiontext) also provides clear instructions to request removal either here or to request at the whitelist - neither of which appears to have been done here. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 18:42, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi everyone. Sorry if I caused some uproar here or something. All I wanted to do was to start an article. If you want that domain on the blacklist then by all means put it back in. I guess I should have done that myself, actually. But to expect from people who just want to create an innocuous, uncontroversial, non-spam article, to jump through so many hoops before they can even post anything, is completely ridiculous and out of proportion. You seriously need to rethink that because every minute that ludicrous stumbling block is in place, an unknown number of potentially valuable articles and/or edits (mostly from users not in the know) are lost forever, and nobody notices. — Timwi (talk) 21:53, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Sadly not many admins actually understand what happens here - I always did think there should have been some other level of access for this page/aspect. Should be relisted given the absence of any real rationale for de-listing. --Herby talk thyme 08:30, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    It appears the individual link added by Timwi, here (www.vbs.tv/en-gb/watch/motherboard/mbd-vbs-the-sakawa-boys) appears to be Coppied/scraped content from the origional site http://motherboard.tv/2011/4/5/the-sakawa-boys-inside-the-bizarre-criminal-world-of-ghana%E2%80%99s-cyber-juju-email-scam-gangs and would clearly be a more suitable and reasonable alternative.
    Previous discussions;
    Plenty of previous disscussion, evidence and opposing consensus for full domain removal by multiple editors and administrators. Therfore, withought predjudice to whitelisting individual links where needed as a citation, this has been Re-plus Added due to absence of valid rationale for de-listing and the obvious availiability of the origional source. --Hu12 (talk) 14:55, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Examiner.com

    Appears to be a legitimate news site. (Note that the link above is not red - and WP article mentions nothing about it being a spam site.) Has there been some problem with it recently? Yakushima (talk) 02:21, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    This is not a recent issue, rather an on-going one. They are not a legitimate news site. There is no editorial oversight, writers being paid solely by page views and a history of spamming links to article here. Certain articles can be whitelisted on a case by case basis. Just because there is an article on them doesn't make them a reliable source. Niteshift36 (talk) 19:59, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
     Defer to Whitelist. See also MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Common_requests. It's on the blacklist, it will stay on the blacklist, but requests to whitelist specific articles on examiner.com are considered on a case by case basis. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:44, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    asianmediawiki.com

    I am trying to add background information on the movie Cyrano Agency and need to cite a site blacklisted http://asianmediawiki.com/Cyrano_Agency. The Q&A section on their article page has the director detailing how he wrote the screenplay 17 years ago and why it took so long for the movie to come to completion. That information isn't available anywhere else on the internet I can find. Also there's quite a few other movie pages where the blacklisted site would provide similar information.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gouchi (talk • contribs) 17:45, 26 July 2011

     Defer to Whitelist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:48, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]


    Completed Proposed removals

    political.com removal

    Political.com has been returned to its rightful owner and should not be on the blacklist. How do I go about getting it removed? Sethdillon (talk) 21:34, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    "rightful owner" doesnt appear to be a valid reason for de-listing. Infact, the site appears to Have no editorial oversight (see WP:RS and WP:V), possibly a Scraper site Made for advertising and articles are realy no different than linking to a Adsense blog or personal website (fails our External Links policy). Doesnt appear to have any evidence of copyright permission or fair-use disclaimers, which would make the link unsuitable (Linking to copyrighted works). Also, has nonsense/filler-text articles prominantly displayed as legitimate articles on the home page, such as in the link, political.com/node/53, which reads "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec sit amet nibh. Vivamus non arcu...." ect. If a specific link is needed as a citation, it can be requested it on the whitelist on a case-by-case basis, where the url can be demonstrated as an appropriate source, however it appears this site fails several inclusion guidelines.--Hu12 (talk) 14:15, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    travelkashmir.net removal

    i was trying to add a following link travelkashmir.net/Places/Default.aspx under the SRINAGAR page of wiki website when it came up with error message 'Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist.' This is a clean website which has useful information about Srinagar and other tourist place of Kashmir. Tourist or travelers can use this website also to search for important information like travel agents, tour operation, Hotels and Hospitals in case of emergency.

    I request administrator to visit the website and see for yourself that this website can he useful for lot of as it has good information and above all this website is for Community Service not for revenue.

    Request for removal of tis website from blacklist be considered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solinaballa (talk • contribs) 06:11, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply] 

    $ whois travelkashmir.net
Registrant:
    vKashmir.com
    Inamul Bashir
    Tulsi bagh (Solina Balla)
    Related domains
    Users
    Typically, we do not remove domains from the spam blacklist in response to site-owners' requests. Instead, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their value in support of our projects.  Denied. MER-C 08:41, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    echoview.com removal

    Not sure why this blacklisted. Certainly no spam ever intended, but yes, this is a commercial website but it is worthy to associate it with hydroacoustics because it's simply the most valued and powerful software for analysis of hydroacoustic data. Competinc products shoudl also be listed of course, but when someone is reeading about hydroacoustics and/or echosounders, there's no reason they shouldn't be informed of the tools available to analyse data from echosounders. Is microsfot.com blacklisted or valid to mention when discussing things like the most popular operating systems on earth or word processers or whatever. It's not spam to list commercial providers of software that is clealryr elated to a particular topic.

    The question open to us is why it was blacklisted, ebcause if someone attempted to spam, that is pollute facutla articles with unrelated links and/or clearly attempts to drum up customers or such, then I'd understand, but to the best of knowledge no such thing has ever happened as Echoview and it's providers are communicty orients providers and sufffer from spam as much as amnyone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.245.190 (talk) 07:59, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    It was blacklisted because the website's owner abused Wikipedia for promotional purposes. I note that both your IP and this company are located in Hobart, Australia. We do not delist sites in response to requests from site owners. MER-C 12:23, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    fisheaters.com removal

    I was very shocked to find that this website was on the blacklist. It is not a blog, it is not spam, it contains no profanity, nudity, hate speech, viruses, etc. It is purely an educational resource for Catholic doctrine, practices, beliefs, holidays, etc. The only objection anyone could ever make against the website is if they objected to Catholicism. That would be a hate crime. It contains in depth information from an orthodox Catholic viewpoint. I think it should be removed as it proves a useful resource for those who want to look further into a Catholic belief or practice that is mentioned on Wikipedia.

    I ask whomever is in charge here to please take a look at the website and see for yourself that it is a beneficial website and harms no one. I ask that it please be removed from the Wikipedia blacklist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.81.218 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 8 July 2011

     Defer to Global blacklist--Hu12 (talk) 15:25, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Logging / COIBot Instr

    Blacklist logging

    Full instructions for admins


    Quick reference

    For Spam reports or requests originating from this page, use template {{/request|0#section_name}}

    • {{/request|213416274#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 213416274 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.

    For Spam reports or requests originating from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam use template {{WPSPAM|0#section_name}}

    • {{WPSPAM|182725895#Section_name}}
    • Insert the oldid 182725895 a hash "#" and the Section_name (Underscoring_spaces_where_applicable):
    • Use within the entry log here.
    Note: If you do not log your entries, it may be removed if someone appeals the entry and no valid reasons can be found.

    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)"):

    1. first number, how many links did this user add (is the same after each link)
    2. second number, how many times did this link get added to wikipedia (for as far as the linkwatcher database goes back)
    3. third number, how many times did this user add this link
    4. 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 who adds 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. This data is available in real-time on IRC.

    Poking COIBot

    When adding {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and/or {{IPSummary}} templates to WT:WPSPAM, WT:SBL, WT:SWL and User:COIBot/Poke (the latter for privileged editors) COIBot will generate linkreports for the domains, and userreports for users and IPs.


    Discussion

    Automatic archiving

    Due to the format of this this page and how we archive, most archive bots cannot function here. However I just took a few minutes and wrote a custom script that should do it for us. It makes one change to convert {{LinkSummaryLive}} to {{LinkSummary}} in order to bypass any spam filter issues. (I may need to adjust it some more). There are two variables that can be configured: stale conversations, and ones tagged with templates indicating defer/done/not done ect. Right now my thoughts would be to set stale conversations to 30 days, and those tagged to 15. Thoughts? ΔT The only constant 05:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    To keep this page clear, I'd like to see automated archiving - though I also like the thing we do on the whitelist: we have the open requests, which get either granted or denied, they then get moved to an appropriate section (IMHO, that could be after 24 hours), and later archived (which would be nice after say, 1-2 weeks, bit depending on size). At least they are then quick out of the 'open' area, which makes it easier to focus on what needs 'quick' attention, while still having the posts handy for some time if the problem expands to other areas, or if there are quick de-listing requests.
    I would also suggest that both 'live' links get converted (and the {{LinkSummaryLive}} converted to {{LinkSummary}}) when moving the requests.
    All in all, yes, please! --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:32, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to create the the new sections I can tweak the code. I would request that each "section" retain the primary '=' section level, so that we are not mixing section levels, but it would be trivial to adjust my archive code. Just let me know the time periods, and I could have the code operational in less than 24 hours, and then would go ahead with the BRFA process. ΔT The only constant 18:10, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    To the original question ... what is the bot name? Has it already been approved, or is it pending approval? For time duration, I think we can start it with 45 days stale, and tighten it up later if needed. I would prefer to have longer than needed as the starting point and adjust down, rather than too short and adjusting up. My only other concern is ensuring there's an easy to access emergency off switch (possibly linked from the header for this page). --- Barek (talk) - 18:30, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    I have not filed for approval yet, I wanted to flush the idea out, find issues, get those addressed, before ever going to the BRFA process. As for the shutoff, that should be trivial, just a matter of configuring a wiki page. ΔT The only constant 18:34, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    Before proceeding any further, you may want to read Wikipedia talk:Blocked external links, which is proposing some changes to where these requests are submitted, as well as how the requests on the page are structured. --- Barek (talk) - 19:41, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Possible malware

    There's a question at RSN about a possible malware site. Could someone take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Please_check_the_source? WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:01, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Ran the url through a few malware/threat detectors, seems its ok.
    Here are a few scanner tools that could be usefull.
    --Hu12 (talk) 19:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Possible sex website

    livejasmin.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 This website is sex-related social networking site, it may contain malware and considered dangerous and spam. --Kungfu2187 (talk) 11:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    This is one the most visited web sites in the world, according to the LiveJasmin article. I hardly think they need to resort to malware, nor would they need to spam Wikipedia although individuals who get paid through that site might do so. However, I see no evidence of abuse, just a few links in user space plus the link in the main article. The site is mentioned in Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/Local/livewebsexxx.com a small number of times. Maybe this is a good addition for XLinkBot. ~Amatulić (talk) 16:57, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Indonesia travel spam

    http: //indonesia.travel/

    SatuSuro 04:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Report filed here. If continued spamming occures further action could be considered.--Hu12 (talk) 13:10, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    FirstPersonShooters.net

    this site is not spam, has never been spam, has a Google Pagerank of 4, and is entirely relevant to any related page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.54.13.217 (talk) 10:53, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Actually, it has been aggressively spammed, which is why it's on the blacklist. I don't see how the link would be of any use to Wikipedia, so no Declined. (It's also worth noting that your IP is from the same range in Ft Meyers, FL as one of the original spamming IPs. Crazy coincidence? OhNoitsJamie Talk 21:31, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia Category: User talk pages with Uw-spam4im notices

    You are invited to contribute at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 August 3#Category:User talk pages with Uw-spam4im notices - Fayenatic (talk) 13:51, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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