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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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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.

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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 – 1325877172 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.

• →Snippet for logging: {{/request|1325877172#section_name}}
• →Snippet for logging of WikiProject Spam items: {{WPSPAM|1325877172#section_name}}
• →A user-gadget for handling additions to and removals from the spam-blacklist is available at User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-blacklist-Handler

Instructions for proposed additions Please add new entries to the bottom of this section. Please only use the basic URL – example.com , not https://www.example.com. Consider informing editors whose actions are discussed here. Please use the following templates: {{IP summary}} – to report anonymous editors suspected of spamming: {{IP summary|127.0.0.1}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template {{User summary}} – to report registered users suspected of spamming: {{User summary|Jimbo Wales}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template {{Link summary}} – to report spam domains: {{Link summary|example.com}} -- do not use "subst:" with this template Do not include the "http[s]://www." portion of a URL inside this template, nor anything behind the domain name. Including this template will give tools to investigate the domain, and will result in COIBot refreshing the link-report. ('COIBot') {{BLRequestRegex}} - to suggest more complex regex filters beyond basic domain URLs {{BLRequestLink}} - to suggest specific links to be blacklisted Please provide diffs ( e.g. [[Special:Diff/99999999]] ) to show that there has been spamming! Completed requests should be marked with {{done}}, {{not done}}, or another appropriate indicator, and then archived.

• narraresidence.com.sg: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• easy1day.tw: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• trumpworldcenters.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• 1dayrefinishing.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• adaajmer.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• siamrehab.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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 the flavour-of-the-month for the WP:SPI/Fedrikcethorn569 spam farm. Examples can be seen here and here. Nil🥝 23:42, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I have added more URLs from this farm. Nil🥝 02:22, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nil NZ:  Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Sohom (talk) 04:22, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• theswissbay.ch: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

Copyright infringement. Stockhausenfan (talk) 12:12, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree here, but then probably on meta (global) and with a more elaborate explanation, its frontpage looks like a pirating site, and some wikis have it excessively linked. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:31, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stockhausenfan: I have done a ' Defer to Global blacklist'; this looks somewhat like thepiratebay to me. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:16, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stockhausenfan: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:55, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• topostext.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• Markx121993 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

Mix of public domain and LLM translations of primary Greek mythology sources. Vast majority of articles in the category All articles containing suspected AI-generated sources are from articles about Greek mythology sources that cite this website. Markx121993 appears to added many of them in April 2024. Even if LLM translations were ignored, public domain translations could easily be found elsewhere, and articles shouldn't rely on primary sources anyway. Lazman321 (talk) 18:02, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• darknet.surf: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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 temp accounts were spamming this link today. Website claims to be some sort of dark net marketplace (despite being on the clearnet) but I suspect you won't be getting anything if you give them your money. Spam accounts include Special:Contributions/~2025-34637-63 and Special:Contributions/~2025-34351-57. Domain was registered 8 days ago. IsCat (talk) 23:12, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IsCat:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:17, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IsCat: Handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:27, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• levantiques.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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 connected to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Saratherohan repeatedly citespamming this commercial website. The user has also been trying to access Levantiques (talk · contribs) but does not appear to have been successful. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 16:45, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivanvector Levantiques has contribs on other wikis and that link has been spammed elsewhere. I'm wondering if this might be better on Meta but then it seems like an enwiki problem that has almost accidentally spread to Commons and Wikidata. @Beetstra, what do you think? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:53, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Saratherohan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Mohanunnu (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Levantiques (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• permanent link to section on AN

@Ivanvector and HJ Mitchell: User:Levantiques edits (not on en.wiki though) are also promotional, and there are more sites. Lets see if more pop up (I don't expect them to stop), and then report the whole set to meta. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Beetstra Only other domain of interest was this one (there were a few others that were only spammed once). Have requested global blacklisting. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:17, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• yoyomedia.in: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

• Smm48493 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Yoyomediasmmpanel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Yoyo415454 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Smmp4448 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• SMEER1454564 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Mediayoyo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Rviirvii065 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Yoyo48424444 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

I've seen this link being spammed a few times before, usually on the talk pages of various accounts that appear to only be here for that purpose (many of which have since been blocked). While patrolling a little while ago, I came across Yoyo48424444, who made a promotional userpage about the same company but surprisingly didn’t include the link itself. Out of curiosity, I got the website link by checking the history of the talk page of one of the now-blocked accounts, and when I used Toolforge's spam checker, I noticed that it had been added eight separate times by seven different accounts (not including the aforementioned new account I found today), all since April 1st of this year. The listed accounts are the ones I could find that had added it previously, none of which have made any edits outside of advertising this website. ProClasher97 ~ Have A Question? 08:44, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Added To blocked external domains. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:01, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Regex requested to be blacklisted: \blocksmithfor(brookly
• locksmithforbrooklynny.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• locksmithforbronxny.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• locksmithforqueensny.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• ~2025-31678-73 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• ~2025-32834-77 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• ~2025-34004-40 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• ~2025-34078-33 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• ~2025-34099-73 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• ~2025-36106-85 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • robtex.com • Google)
• 2.39.113.191 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 27.59.127.38 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 94.252.74.98 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)
• 103.130.18.210 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • Spamcheck • Blacklist hits • count • block log • x-wiki • Edit filter search • WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot)

Found a spam ring spanning to at least the start of November focusing on locksmithing topics utilising open proxies. See spamcheck@toolforge for more.--A09|(talk) 00:20, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@A09:  Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:36, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

viewbots.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

infoway.io: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

rarebreedfrttriggersusa.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

fc88.loan: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

More spam from spammer triggering blacklist on other garbage sites. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:28, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:28, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• us.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

Being used as a vector for subdomain based spamming, sample diffs: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk) 07:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four: this looks like a 'free domain' type of hosting, and by that a likely target to be used as redirect site, blacklist evasion, etc. etc. I therefore would suggest to  Defer to Global blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 07:22, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• financialeage.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• Saimew (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Hiabdulg (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)
• Jghfjfi;ug (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · blacklist hits · AbuseLog · what links to user page · count · COIBot · Spamcheck · blacklist hits · user page logs · x-wiki · status · Edit filter search · Google · StopForumSpam)

See also deleted contribs for some of these accounts. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 16:42, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ChildrenWillListen  Added to WP:BED. Also ran a CU and all three accounts are  Technically indistinguishable, to no great surprise. I've indef'd all of them. Good catch. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:21, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• chuffed.org: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

Crowdfunding site, add per this RfC. --Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 21:36, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Leonidlednev:  Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist (not on BED, this needs possibility to whitelist). --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 06:46, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• pineryresidence.com.sg: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Fedrikcethorn569 target. asilvering (talk) 23:38, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Asilvering  Added to WP:BED. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:45, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Use this section to request that a URL be unlisted. Please add new entries to the bottom of this section. Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. Otherwise, follow these steps to post a properly-formatted request: Familiarize yourself with the reasons why a site was blacklisted. Look at MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/log to see who blacklisted the link and when, and the reason given for blacklisting. At the beginning of your request, include the domain in a {{link summary}} template (remove the http:// and www from the domain). This provides tools to find more information on the domain. For example, * {{Link summary|example.com}} results in: example.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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 When previewing your post with an included {{link summary}}, you will find links to a COIBot-report ('COIBot'), linksearches on en ('Linksearch en'), and tracked discussions ('tracked' and 'advanced'). If the log did not provide sufficient information on why a link was blacklisted, these links often yield more information. Explain how the link can be useful on Wikipedia. Referencing a discussion at WP:RSN can be helpful. Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore. The bar for blacklisting is whether a site was spammed to Wikipedia, or otherwise abused, not whether the content of the site is 'spammy' or unreliable. Please indicate why you expect that that abuse has stopped. Providing this information often helps in a faster handling of the request. Once you have added your request, please check back here from time to time to get the outcome or to answer any additional questions. We will not email you or otherwise notify you about your request, and if no answer is received to a question, the request will be considered abandoned. Administrators: Completed requests should be marked with {{done}}, {{not done}}, or another appropriate indicator, then archived.

• kr: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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
• Regex requested to be blacklisted: \.kr/(?:cloud|software|board)/.+/\d+

This was added back in 2017, here. It was due to some spammers [8]. But it's been like 8 years since; surely those spammers have moved onto other things? I'm trying to use a link from the Korean Language Society for niche biographical details about some scholar that has this in the URL string. It's an RS, although primary. grapesurgeon (talk) 17:44, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Grapesurgeon Any way we can narrow the blacklist entry to disallow that spam but allow your link? Or something we can whitelist? Courtesy ping to @Zzuuzz, who handled that report. Toadspike [Talk] 01:45, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Imo restricting ".kr/board" in general is a massive restriction, especially considering this was a few spammers like 8 years ago. Restricting an entire country code with "/board" after it permanently seems like overkill. Maybe can be turned into a whitelist specifically for the site I want to use if they return but like... 8 years grapesurgeon (talk) 01:49, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a temporary fix I've added "\bhangeul\.or\.kr" to the spam whitelist. This allowed grapesurgeon's link to be added [9].

I'm leaving this proposal open for someone more familiar with spam to decide if we can narrow the restriction. It seems to me the initial report was much more specific than "every single Korean URL followed by /board" and I think a Regex wizard could make something much more targeted, even if outright removal is not possible. Toadspike [Talk] 02:16, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping. I can initially bump this along to User:MER-C, who did the actual adding, at the same time mentioning potential collateral (AN archive link). I'd be OK with removing the entry at this time. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 04:19, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Grapesurgeon:  Removed from MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. I'm going to pull the trigger on this one, I only see some hits on the /board, not on the /cloud or /software. Note that I am not agreeing with the 'surely those spammers have moved onto other things?'/'if they return but like... 8 years', we do run into spam cases where owners come back after 5 or 10 years complaining that their domain is (still) blacklisted, and websites where variants are being added so spamming can continue for years. Spamming makes money, spammers do not 'move on', spambots can keep hammering for months/years after things get blacklisted, just waiting for it to be delisted. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 11:22, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• 1dayrefinishing.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

Unfortunately, I do not know how our website is connected with someone named Fedrikcethorn569, but this is definitely damaging our reputation. As a representative of the company, I can say that 1dayrefinishing.com is the website of a legitimate, long‑standing local hardwood floor refinishing business serving various cities in the USA and Canada. There is no evidence of the site being involved in spam, link schemes, or content farming. All outgoing links and content are strictly moderated. Removal is respectfully requested from spam blacklist.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 1dayrefinishing (talk • contribs)

 Declined As noted clearly above: "Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined" Sam Kuru (talk) 12:58, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is interesting that someone else must submit the request to remove our site from the blacklist, but who else besides the site owners would care to do this in your opinion? Maybe the spammer because of whom we ended up there will come and ask for request as apologize, but surely he has also been blocked?

Wikipedia has always been a source of knowledge and information through open collaboration and has been praised for enabling the democratization of knowledge. Yet it turns out that someone can arbitrarily ruin a company's reputation and you cannot do anything about it. The situation is such that we have no way to defend ourselves - what kind of fairness and equality can be spoken of then? Isn't this double standards? 1dayrefinishing (talk) 13:14, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You've still not read the instructions above as it relates to what we're looking for. This is a preventative measure; in looking through the logs, it has indeed prevented additional spamming recently. If there's a realistic usage of this site on Wikipedia, Whitelisting the specific link is possible. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:55, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I am mistaken, and these preventative measures are indeed relevant to you, but I would still prefer not to see our site listed among spammers and therefore unreliable sites.

As for current usage, at this time 1DAY Refinishing company has neither been mentioned nor attempted to present itself as a source anywhere at Wikipedia. We simply hope to have a company page someday, which is why it is discouraging to encounter the issue of our site being added to the blacklist. I hope for your understanding. 1dayrefinishing (talk) 16:13, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, we're not going to remove it from our blacklist as there is no compelling reason to do so. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:37, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@1dayrefinishing: Some points here:

• We are rarely concerned who is spamming something, the problem is that there are sites which are pushed to Wikipedia and which are, in that form, unwanted. This site was spammed, and we don't care whether it is the site owner, an overactive member of their staff, their SEO, another company, random schoolkids or whoever, we care that it stops. If that concerns, like here, multiple accounts, we blacklist.
• You site is listed among spam, but also among other sites which fail inclusion standards which in itself have nothing to do with spam (e.g. redirect sites like tinyurl or the majority of adult websites and petition sites, all of which are NOT blacklisted for spam reasons). If any external site would judge your site by being on this list they would make a grave mistake.
• We are not entertaining requests from anyone close to the site, or who does not have a significant (and broad) editing history. We rely on users who have a signiciant editing history, along with reasons that a site is of widespread use, and that abuse has actually stopped (last attempt was a mere 2 weeks ago: [10]). Otherwise, maybe individual whitelist requests (as long as they do not allow for abuse to continue) or an outright 'no'.

I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 12:44, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This section is for other discussions involving the blacklist. Old entries are archived

This section is for technical problems with existing rules. Old entries are archived

• Request:

Please remove bollybudget.com from the BlockedExternalDomains list.

• bollybudget.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • blacklist hits • 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

• Reason:

BollyBudget.com is a completely separate website and not connected to cinemaguru.in. It is not used for spamming. The domain has been mistakenly blocked due to confusion with another site, and because of this, legitimate edits using BollyBudget as a source are being prevented. Therefore, I request that the domain bollybudget.com be unblocked.

Change: Remove the entry `"bollybudget.com"` from **MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json** — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sush522 (talk • contribs) 03:54, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sush522:  Declined, please read instructions at the top and create a regular request. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:42, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the domain `"bollybudget.com"` from **MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json**.

Reason:

The domain was added with the note “Spammed by cinemaguru.in folks”, but this appears to be based on a misunderstanding. BollyBudget.com and cinemaguru.in are two separate websites with different owners and operations. No promotional links for bollybudget.com were added from cinemaguru.in accounts or associated users.

BollyBudget.com has not been used for spam, link flooding, automated posting, or undisclosed promotional editing. The domain was not involved in the activity that led to the original blacklist entry. Its inclusion prevents legitimate citations and verifiable information related to film box office data.

Because the reason for blacklisting does not apply to this domain, I request that `"bollybudget.com"` be removed from the blocked external domains list. Sush522 (talk) 16:53, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sush522 Can you please read the instructions at top. And people can spam two unreleted sites, that is what SEO is for. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:08, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DirkBeetstra Thank you for the clarification. I understand your point that unrelated domains can also be used together in spam activity. My intention is only to ensure accuracy regarding bollybudget.com.

To address your concern: bollybudget.com was not added repeatedly, not added by multiple accounts, and not used in any promotional or automated way. The blacklist entry appears to be collateral from an issue involving cinemaguru.in, but bollybudget.com itself was not involved in that spam.

I will recreate the request using the correct format as instructed. Thank you for guiding me on the procedure. Sush522 (talk) 17:20, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Don't waste your time. Regardless of whether or not it's related to cinemaguru, it was spammed many times, especially from this range. Additionally, please note the prominent yellow box at the top of this section: Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 17:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this not globally blocked? Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:59, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I'd noticed the cross-wiki spamming at the time I added it. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:17, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]