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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.

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    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.

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    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 – 1270160967 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

    Proposed additions

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    msnmag.co.uk

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    Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 20:47, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to blacklist (and blocked the /22 range for good measure). OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:53, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    usdolly.rocks

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    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)[reply]

     Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. I've blocked the user in en. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    pakapepe.com

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    Linkspam (with proxies) XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    plus Added to blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 18:26, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    vtforeignpolicy.com

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    vtforeignpolicy.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

    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)[reply]

    @ToThAc: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    sci-hubse.com

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    sci-hubse.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

    Multiple accounts have been spamming this fake Sci-Hub domain: see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alex Aci. SmartSE (talk) 11:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Smartse: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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    Relevant IP range and users already blocked at SPI, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hompp/Archive § 31 December 2024 for more details. Dan Leonard (talk • contribs) 01:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Dan Leonard: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Encyclopaedia Metallum

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    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 - Wikipedia: 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 Wikipedia. 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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    @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 T C 16:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    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 T C 19:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, thank you for the clarification.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:59, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    custompackbox.com

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    Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 01:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Added to blacklist. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    sonixify.com

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    Persistent spamming by multiple accounts and IPs. Annh07 (talk) 16:30, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Annh07: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 16:38, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    travelosei.com

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    Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 12:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Annh07: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. May be on its way to global blacklist though ...--Dirk Beetstra T C 19:55, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    nodemaven.com

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    Persistent spamming by multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 13:35, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Annh07: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    SouthFront.press

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    WP:SOUTHFRONT has been blacklisted in general but it does not appear that southfront.press is on the blacklist.

    - Amigao (talk) 03:26, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Amigao: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist, not this needs some work on SouthFront, whitelists should be implemented for the official website of the subject (/about page there), and the primary source that is used. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

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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)[reply]

     Defer to Whitelist OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:00, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    www.halmblogmusic.com

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    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 - Wikipedia: 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 Wikipedia 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 [1]. Ravensfire (talk) 04:38, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    no Declined. --* Pppery * it has begun... 20:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    gcaptain.com

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    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 - Wikipedia: 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)[reply]

    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)[reply]
    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)[reply]

    forbetterscience.com

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    forbetterscience.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

    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).[reply]

    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 [[WP:RS]. 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)[reply]

    TMDB

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    tmdb.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

    themoviedb.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

    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. ([2]) 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)[reply]

    As an additional example, TMDB is also the primary film resource for Trakt ([3]). jac roe 02:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This was discussed recently at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/December_2024. Ravensfire (talk) 02:51, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh, neat! Should I notify the participants from that discussion then?
    I'm surprised how much of the thread presumes the primary use for TMDB would be as an external link in an article, especially considering another user ran into basically the same case as me. Looking at uses of the site's name on here, it seems like lots of other users are running into this issue with non-free file uploads and then having to work around it, which makes me concerned about our ability to meet WP:IUP#RI. hinnk (talk) 00:24, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Hinnk: no Declined,  Defer to Whitelist for specific links on this domain. Regarding the non-free file uploads, tmdb/themoviedb is not the source of the original copyrighted material, it in itself hosts it nonfree. Find the original source of the material and link that, per WP:NFCC. I've just recently denied a case where someone wanted to use a link on a blacklisted site to link to material, where that was a cropped, unsourced image. Use the original source of the material. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Discussion

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    Discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?

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     You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous) § Spam blacklist?. This is regarding blacklisting the Heritage Foundation for their plans to harvest the IP addresses of Wikipedia editors. –Novem Linguae (talk) 08:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems

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