MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/August 2024

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Request to Remove Change.org from Local Blacklist for Use in References

I am writing to request the removal of the change.org from Wikipedia's local spam blacklist. This link is intended to be used as a reference in the article about the Economically Weaker. Below is a case that highlights the platform's credibility and significant impact (www.change.org/UpliftmentofEconomicallyWeakerSection):

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• Petition Overview: On December 11, 2018, a petition was launched on change.org advocating for a reservation system based on economic status, addressing the limitations of the caste-based reservation system.
• Public Support: The petition quickly garnered over 82,000 signatures, reflecting substantial public backing.
• Legislative Impact: The widespread support for the petition played a crucial role in influencing public discourse and shaping policy. This led to the introduction of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) bill in the Lok Sabha on January 8, 2019, its passage in the Rajya Sabha on January 9, 2019, and its enactment on January 12, 2019.

• Verifiable Impact: The petition's role in the rapid enactment of the EWS bill is well-documented, demonstrating change.org's influence on legislative changes and making it a reliable reference for significant events.
• Credibility: The petition's success highlights change.org's capacity to mobilize public opinion and drive substantial societal and legislative changes, validating its credibility.
• Information Accuracy: The documented impact of this petition meets Wikipedia's standards for reliable sources, ensuring the accuracy and relevance of references to change.org.

Given the documented success and credibility of change.org in facilitating meaningful societal and legislative changes, I urge reconsideration of its inclusion on Wikipedia's local spam blacklist. Allowing references to change.org would enable Wikipedia to provide a more comprehensive and accurate account of significant public advocacy efforts in the article about the Economically Weaker Section.

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:{{Deferwhite}} Change.org is blacklisted for a good reason. For cases where a link may be appropriate, you may request an exception at the whitelisting page. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:07, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

I have raised my request on adding a particular link (change.org/UpliftmentofEconomicallyWeakerSection) on the whitelist, please get it added to the whitelist as it is my only corroborating primary source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:201:6007:80E3:24CB:E3B4:9A79:D1EF (talk) 09:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

:* {{Link summary|biglybt.com}}

:The disruptive adding of the content that caused the blacklisting in 2019 has ceased, as you can see with the activity of the accounts on the COIBot page. There's also rough consensus at Talk:Vuze#May 2024 (pretty much the only recent discussion of the topic) that BiglyBT has or may have notability enough for its own article, and I'm preparing a draft for it at Draft:BiglyBT. Aaron Liu (talk) 17:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

::Oppose There is no rough consensus. Just two people desperately trying to push BiglyBT after it being shot down I don't no how many times for lack of notability and spamming. The Banner talk 23:02, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

:::You presented no arguments against its notability other than your OR of limited market share removing notability. I'm not sure if I could have a chance of going through AfC if I cannot link to sources. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:11, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

::::Nothing prevents you from linking to sources. You don't need a link to a primary source to pass AFC; the blacklisting is irrelevant. To pass AFC, you need multiple citations to secondary sources that are independent of BiglyBT. We have plenty of articles about blacklisted websites. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|Aaron Liu}} {{Declined}}, {{Deferwhite}} for specific links on this domain. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 05:21, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

::The article would also use the homepage, which would theoretically be used by spammers if The Banner's claimed spamming still continued. I don't think there's a per-page whitelist. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:09, 2 August 2024

:@Aaron Liu, have you read my decline remark? ‘…for specific links on this domain…’. Please read instructions at the whitelist. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:33, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

::@Beetstra Yes, I have. By "per-page whitelist", I meant per Wikipedia page. I don't think anyone would approve whitelisting pages the spammers use. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:01, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

:::Yes, so we whitelist specific links to use, not the whole domain or de-list it completely. So again, {{declined}} for delisting. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 17:36, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

::::Pretty much the only thing I need to link to is the homepage, which obviously has been used in the spam campaigns in 2019. If the homepage is whitelisted from the blacklist then the blacklist entry wouldn't have any use. Aaron Liu (talk) 20:35, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

:::::We generally whitelist a website's "about" page if it's available. The closest thing in this case would be www.biglybt.com/features.php ~Anachronist (talk) 14:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

::::::Okay, thanks. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:37, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

:::::That is why I pointed you to the instructions on the whitelist, it states there that we generally do not whitelist root, rather specific pages. And there have been cases where we do not whitelist at all because spamming or abuse would pursue (we had a website repurposing their about page …). We are not obliged to show a suitable link, IAR to make the encyclopedia less bad … Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:13, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

{{Link summary|pakmag.net}}

This self-published source was added to hundreds of articles. It took me several days to remove them all so It's best to blacklist this to prevent future inclusion. --— Saqib (talk I contribs) 07:54, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|Saqib}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:43, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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Spambots, see also:

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Only 2 so far, but it will probably get worse. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 01:23, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|ClumsyOwlet}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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Almost 40 IPs flagged for spamming, it's probably time for blacklisting.-KH-1 (talk) 00:45, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|KH-1}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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AI generated articles, using Wikipedia as the source, then linked into Wikipedia (Special:Diff/1237527530/1238370082). -- GreenC 15:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|GreenC}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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This is the official onion The Pirate Bay link. It is useful to access the site from the TOR network and I don't see how it relates to spam in any way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cinemaandpolitics (talk • contribs) 12:55, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

:Of all the sites we might want to whitelist, this has to be one of the last. O3000, Ret. (talk) 14:07, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

:The founders of The Pirate Bay were convicted, lost all appeals, and jailed. Since then, the site has moved from country to country to avoid repeated bans in each country. I do not see a reason why we should make an exception to our blacklisting of Onion links for this particular site. That blacklisting was not related to SPAM. Onion links are blacklisted because Edge, Chrome, FireFox, Safari, etc. cannot access the dark web and we do not include dead links. Readers who wish to use the site can easily Google it. O3000, Ret. (talk) 13:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{declined}}. Absolutely not. There is absolutely no reason to link to thepiratebay anywhere on Wikipedia. It cannot be used as a source, and is not necessary in the article about it. ~Anachronist (talk) 15:55, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

::Why? And what's the difference with other torrent websites? Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 19:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

::Alas, after I removed the non-Onion link to TPB, Cinemaandpolitics restored it. O3000, Ret. (talk) 20:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

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;memer.studio

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;brandywineestateandelderlaw.com

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;execcapital.co.uk

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;gameone-casino.com

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;caratbee.com

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Mass spamming by proxies. Please look at the contribution history of the most recent IP addresses. You'll notice a common pattern, suggesting that these domains might be spammed by the same individual or group. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 18:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|XXBlackburnXx}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

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Persistent spamming.-KH-1 (talk) 06:53, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

• {{IP summary|152.59.49.175}}
• {{IP summary|103.101.99.56}}

More.-KH-1 (talk) 10:50, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|KH-1}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

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Persistent spamming by multiple accounts. Annh07 (talk) 17:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|Annh07}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:44, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

{{Link summary|callbiotec.com}}

Website for a company repeatedly added to our Crime scene cleanup article. The website is purely promotional, and in no way supports anything it is supposedly being cited for. This has been going on for some months, using multiple accounts and IPs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crime_scene_cleanup&diff=prev&oldid=1222467090][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crime_scene_cleanup&diff=prev&oldid=1223885906][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crime_scene_cleanup&diff=prev&oldid=1240685123][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crime_scene_cleanup&diff=prev&oldid=1240711382] AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:15, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|AndyTheGrump}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:08, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

{{link summary|sclpackersandmovers.com}}

Website spammed on Éric Guillemain for advertising purposes. User:page named after company, SUNEETA CARGO LOGISTICS AND PACKERS AND MOVERS, was responsible for edit and taken down via speedy deletion. Solitaire Wanderer (talk) 18:16, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

: {{declined}} I only see a single instance of spamming. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:09, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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Spambots. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 15:54, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|ClumsyOwlet}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:09, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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Self-published source that is being added by various IPs and accounts. Diffs: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alysha_Newman&diff=1239938616&oldid=1239768833] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Katie_Moon&diff=1232042884&oldid=1232012645] and half of this guy's edits. --Un assiolo (talk) 12:43, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|Un assiolo}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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Spamming by rotating IP addresses, one edit per IP, apparently to avoid scrutiny. Some of these links are to copyright violations. - MrOllie (talk) 14:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|MrOllie}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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Noticed this from spamming hitting blacklist on previously blacklisted links. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:18, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

: {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:19, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

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Earlier users have been blocked, so latest ones are block evading. Has taken to mixing spam link additions in with lots of edits adding Wikilinks. - MrOllie (talk) 13:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|MrOllie}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:54, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

• {{link summary|scotlandkiltcollection.com}}

Being added by multiple IPs today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{rto|HJ Mitchell}} {{Added}} to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:57, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

• {{Link summary|thepiratebay.org}}

This link is in the infobox at: The Pirate Bay. Apparently it is also used in some articles as links to download copyrighted material, but I haven't looked at them. I used this link a couple dozen times using three browsers, with and without incognito, using the direct link and Google, and using a sandbox to protect my PC when I clicked on popups. Problems included: Several times immediately redirected to nudebay.org. Popups claiming that I had different numbers of viruses according to McAfee and Norton (neither of which I use) and to click to resolve. This is a common method used to install malware. A warning from Windows Defender of a blocked attempt to install a keylogger. A warning from BitDefender (which I use) of a blocked attempt to load a trojan. O3000, Ret. (talk) 17:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

: There are quite a lot of existing links in mainspace; I personally do not like to blacklist when doing so will immediately start triggering blacklist hits when someone tries to edit any of those articles. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

::Yeah problematic. I looked at some and basically they looked like links to download copyrighted material illegally which is, I think, against policy. But I haven't looked at all that many. I originally wanted it removed from The Pirate Bay article before realizing the extent of usage. When attempting such removals in the past, I've run into a great deal of resistance from editors who don't believe in copyright. Tis a problem beyond my ken. O3000, Ret. (talk) 00:07, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

:::Links to copyrighted material can be deleted on a case by case, according to rules. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 19:15, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

::::They are links to torrents that link to copyrighted material. We can try. But we will have a long battle with the anti-copyright editors even though Wikipedia respects copyright. And didn't you just !vote to retain the link in The Pirata Bay article? O3000, Ret. (talk) 21:20, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

:::::That is a link to main page of the website. Completelly different. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 23:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

::::::I find little difference. Like saying you are not guilty of murder if you hire a hitman. The courts and/or governments in multiple countries found no difference either. Why ignore this? O3000, Ret. (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

:::::Because this is your opinion.

:::::Guidelines disagrees, other courts disagrees, consensus disagrees. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 10:20, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

::::::What? O3000, Ret. (talk) 10:42, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

:: Nit: if an article already contains a link the spam blacklist does not block edits to that article that don't add another blacklisted link. But it's still unideal to have articles with blacklisted links because if a vandal blanks part of the article and removes the link then you know what happens. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:02, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

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First two are blocked, so later edits are block evasion. - MrOllie (talk) 12:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

:{{Done}}. Obvious socks blocked, and a /64 applied to the IP. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:36, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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Used to link to copyright violations, which is exclusively what the site is hosting. See LinkSearch. 1234qwer1234qwer4 21:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

: There are too many existing links/references to that. Those need to be cleaned up first. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 16:11, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

::@Ohnoitsjamie, no more links in mainspace thanks to @GreenLipstickLesbian (thank you!). 1234qwer1234qwer4 15:52, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

: {{Added}} to [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:BlockedExternalDomains.json&diff=prev&oldid=1243135475 blacklist]. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 18:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)