Talk:Spam blacklist
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This section is for proposing that a website be blacklisted; add new entries at the bottom of the section, using the basic URL so that there is no link (example.com, not http://www.example.com). Provide links demonstrating widespread spamming by multiple users on multiple wikis. Completed requests will be marked as {{added}} or {{declined}} and archived. |
bionet-skola.com
bionet-skola.com
Spam under external links on south slavic Wikies. Private Site of sr:Корисник:Тснена --Seha 12:19, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
- If it is such a problem, why hasn't srwiki blacklisted it already? — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
User:Тснена
- Please note linking goes back to 2007. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:02, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
- This user is writing on sr.wiki and putting links on the other. All articles are copies of the articles on the bionet-skola. I haven´t found any copyleft remarks on the bionet page. I don´t know why they tolerate it, but at my talk on bs.wiki, I was attacked while I remove the links. She sayed: we should remove all articles wich are copy of her page if we remove the links, but she has put the same on the sr wiki years ago, and that´s where they have bean translated/imported from. In short: If link is in the article she tolerate it, but if not, then text should be removed. --Seha 23:41, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
tutorialspoint.com curcumventing blacklist
tutorialspoint.com
- origional meta Blacklisting Talk:Spam_blacklist/Archives/2007-03#tutorialspoint.com
- recent whitelisting declined discussion (June 09) this has some links to previos declines ans discussions.
Seems one of the IP's in the above decline discussion placed a link[1], which after checking appears to be this user (dzone.com/links/users/profile/270428.html). profile identifies this user page as tutorialspoint.com, which every page he creates linke to some tutorialspoint.com tutorial. Seems he has created his own little tutorialspoint.co spam factory on dzone.com.
here are the curcumventing links;
- http://www.dzone.com/links/the_best_tutorial_on_ruby_on_rails.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/scriptaculous_tutorial_2.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/jdbc_tutorial_4.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/java_tutorial_6.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/understanding_multithreaded_programming_with_java.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_jdbc_tutorial_for_beginners.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/exception_handling_in_java_2.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/understanding_regular_expressions_in_java.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/accessing_database_using_python.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/sending_email_in_different_format_using_java_emai.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/understanding_serialization_in_java.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learn_java_by_examples.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learning_unix_was_never_so_easy_before.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/cgi_using_python_programming.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learn_java_collection_framework.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/108520.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_ruby_on_rails.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/simple_tutorial_on_ajax_technology.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_mysql.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_mysql.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_basic_tutorial_on_gsm_technology.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_nice_tutorial_on_rss.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/an_online_image_processing_its_simple_and_useful.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/urlspedia_submit_your_web_pages_in_web_directory.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/if_you_are_moving_towards_management_get_pmp_cert.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/create_cool_effects_using_css20.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/small_tutorial_on_web_services.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learn_xmlrpc_in_simple_steps.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/image_effect_creation_using_css_2.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/mysql_useful_functions_and_clauses.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/create_amzaing_visual_effects_using_web_20_scripts.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_simplified_php_tutorial_for_beginners.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/scriptaculous_drag_n_drop_tutorial.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/scriptaculous_tutorial.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/file_uploading_using_rails.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/ajax_on_rails_tutorials.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/unix_makefile_tutorial.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learn_ajax_step_by_step.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/prototype_framework_explained_with_examples.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/prototype_and_ajax_tutorial.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/json_support_available_with_prototype_framework.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_complete_guide_for_ruby_progammers.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/implement_web_services_using_ruby_in_simple_way.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/ruby_socket_programming_tutorial.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21x_scaffolding.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21x_unit_testing.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_complete_guide_for_javascript_progammers.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21_4.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/complete_tutorial_on_python_programming_language.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/a_short_tutorial_on_basic_uml.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/learn_cgi_programming_using_python.html
- http://www.dzone.com/links/java_tutorial_in_simple_and_easy_steps.html
Heres a regexed list for ease of listing;
- \bdzone\.com/links/the_best_tutorial_on_ruby_on_rails\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/scriptaculous_tutorial_2\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/jdbc_tutorial_4\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/java_tutorial_6\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/understanding_multithreaded_programming_with_java\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_jdbc_tutorial_for_beginners\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/exception_handling_in_java_2\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/understanding_regular_expressions_in_java\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/accessing_database_using_python\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/sending_email_in_different_format_using_java_emai\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/understanding_serialization_in_java\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learn_java_by_examples\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learning_unix_was_never_so_easy_before\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/cgi_using_python_programming\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learn_java_collection_framework\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/108520\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_ruby_on_rails\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/simple_tutorial_on_ajax_technology\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_mysql\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_complete_tutorial_on_mysql\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_basic_tutorial_on_gsm_technology\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_nice_tutorial_on_rss\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/an_online_image_processing_its_simple_and_useful\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/urlspedia_submit_your_web_pages_in_web_directory\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/if_you_are_moving_towards_management_get_pmp_cert\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/create_cool_effects_using_css20\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/small_tutorial_on_web_services\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learn_xmlrpc_in_simple_steps\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/image_effect_creation_using_css_2\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/mysql_useful_functions_and_clauses\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/create_amzaing_visual_effects_using_web_20_scripts\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_simplified_php_tutorial_for_beginners\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/scriptaculous_drag_n_drop_tutorial\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/scriptaculous_tutorial\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/file_uploading_using_rails\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/ajax_on_rails_tutorials\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/unix_makefile_tutorial\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learn_ajax_step_by_step\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/prototype_framework_explained_with_examples\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/prototype_and_ajax_tutorial\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/json_support_available_with_prototype_framework\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_complete_guide_for_ruby_progammers\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/implement_web_services_using_ruby_in_simple_way\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/ruby_socket_programming_tutorial\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21x_scaffolding\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21x_unit_testing\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_complete_guide_for_javascript_progammers\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/ruby_on_rails_21_4\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/complete_tutorial_on_python_programming_language\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/a_short_tutorial_on_basic_uml\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/learn_cgi_programming_using_python\.html\b
- \bdzone\.com/links/java_tutorial_in_simple_and_easy_steps\.html\b
thanks --Hu12 20:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
- Do we really have to do each page individually? Is there any good stuff on that ___domain? — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 18:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
- Now that you mention it. From their About page(dzone.com/links/about.jsp);
- About DZone
- DZone is a free link-sharing community for developers
- anyone can submit new links to the incoming queue
- members vote on upcoming links to determine what gets promoted
- everyone can browse, search and comment on links
Added — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:16, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
paintingdb.com
paintingdb.com
User:Jupepy
User:Juspyy
Site "similar" to Commons. These 2 users are making edits only adding this external link and they put in summary "Fixed a link" (sometimes translated) witch is completely lie, never found this users fixing a link. I removed some links: all in pt.wikipedia, some in it.wikipedia and de.wikipedia until I found it was more than one user and more pages to clean. I don't know if there are more users. Just found these two. Mosca 18:32, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
- Data:
- Was spamed also on eswiki, enwiki and dewiki. In all of those wikis there is no links left, all reverted. Crosswiki ___domain pushing? - see crosswiki coi report for evidence. --Dferg 12:59, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
shankbone.org
shankbone.org
blog.shankbone.org
Links to this blog are being inserted by David "Shankbone", the owner of the blog, to promote it. For every image David uploads to Wikimedia Commons, he adds a link to his blog; in other words, he is a shameless self-promoter who wants to increase the number of visitors to his blog and its PageRank. This should be added to the spam blacklist.
See this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=http%3A%2F%2F%2A.shankbone.org&limit=500&offset=0 ...and this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Blog.shankbone.org (1166 pages) http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Michael+Lucas&go=Go (Note that he is also part of an effort to promote pornographer Michael Lucas, who he knows in real life, and his "works".)
J. from Nevada 216.241.55.204 23:31, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
- This IP was being used, self-admittedly, for ban evasion by English Wikipedian W:User:Ionas68224, who is also banned on Simple English as User:Jonas D. Rand. He used this IP to follow me around on Wikipedia before his IP was blocked. Of course, many Wikimedia Commons photographers from all over the world engage in the uncontroversial practice of having links to their personal websites on their photography. --David Shankbone 01:45, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- It should be pointed out, in fairness, that the editor - if this is him - isn't blocked on this project. Let's at least treat this case on its merits. I'll recuse myself from acting on this, though, as I'm familiar with both editors here - Alison ❤ 01:50, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Copyright holders have a right to attribution; I fail to see how these links are spam as opposed to attribution (though certainly that is possible, I did see such cases as a Commons admin). Perhaps you can clarify why you think that is the case. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:00, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- I have the same question as Mike. I know of a number of other users, administrators even, who use their name or username in their uploads to commons. Why is this case so different? Tiptoety talk 02:02, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Right to attribution is different than spam. What would you say if I put a link to my personal page in every edit summary? Clear spam. This is clear spam. 75.105.195.248 13:53, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Fits the very definition of spam and exactly what we don't want WMF to be used for. I support a blacklisting. 75.105.195.248 13:53, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- It is customary to allow for a link to the person who provides us with images. It is not spam.. and I dare to put my sign to it .. GerardM 14:17, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Customary according to whom? There is a thing called no ownership. Once you release something, it is no longer yours. You contribute to a pool. There is no owner of any content at Wikimedia, which is why we have such strict structures on these images. To put the link in there is to contradict multiple policies and express a point of view that undermines the integrity of this whole system. What you are basically doing is turning Wikimedia into MyWikiBiz. I find that completely inappropriate. 75.105.195.248 15:06, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Customary according to how things have and are being done at Wikimedia Commons, and you're wrong : releasing an image under a free license does not imply that someone is giving up ownership - they simply allow others to make use of their property under certain conditions (like attribution). Asking for global blacklisting of shankbone.org due to this is what I would call "disturbing the project". Close this please, and move on. Regards, Finn Rindahl 16:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Don't attempt to piss on me and call it rain. Your rationale is to say that vandalism is customary and therefore acceptable. This is 1. ownership and 2. the very definition of spam. Wikimedia does not operate in this manner. It never has, nor has consensus ever suggested it should. Your calling for this legitimate request based on solid grounds to be closed is nothing short of a point violation. "simply allow others to make use of their property" anything on Wikimedia is no longer anyone's property. Do you not understand what the little message above the edit summary and at the upload screen at commons means? I will assume that you aren't completely ignorant and that you are just making outlandishly false statements for some other reason. 75.105.195.248 17:54, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Customary according to how things have and are being done at Wikimedia Commons, and you're wrong : releasing an image under a free license does not imply that someone is giving up ownership - they simply allow others to make use of their property under certain conditions (like attribution). Asking for global blacklisting of shankbone.org due to this is what I would call "disturbing the project". Close this please, and move on. Regards, Finn Rindahl 16:24, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Declined. I'm ending this discussion, if the website is used to spam it should be blacklisted locally, I have more than one reason for it.
- If a wiki wants to make a article about him and link the blog it will be impossible.
- The link is needed for attribution on Commons
Best regards, Huib talk 18:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- I agree with this decline and close. Cirt (talk) 18:48, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Everyone knows that the author of the content can simply submit without having to link his other uses for it. It is written on the upload form and in the template. So Huib, your comment is wrong. Ottava Rima 20:38, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Alison: Yes, it's me ("J. from Nevada" lol).
There is a difference between adding images under your real name, and linking all mentions of your name in the "Author" box to your blog. The only purpose this serves is to increase Google rankings or visitors to your blog. <personal attacks removed>
Jonas from Nevada 216.241.55.204 04:10, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
- To reiterate Huib's comments, if the link is being used as spam, it can be blacklisted locally. There is no evidence whatsoever that this link is being included on a large scale across multiple projects. Until you provide such evidence, this request will remain Declined. J.delanoygabsadds 04:13, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
- Also, the rest of the behavior you claim (without substantiation) that David has done with regard to you has utterly no bearing whatsoever on this request. J.delanoygabsadds 04:16, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
lexikon.calsky.com
lexikon.calsky.com
See german sbl request. This is a wikipedia mirror which has been linked at several wikis. Some are listed by COIBot, but not all, e.g. w:hu is not listed yet. 
Added -- seth 21:41, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
research-service.com
research-service.com
User:119.111.124.194
- Links: en:wiki: [2]; m: [3], [4]; rw:wiki: [5]
- More info: this is an ip registered to the Philippines based company Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc. From this ip the following sites were spammed too:
essaymill.com to commons ([6]) and m ([7]), bestessays.com.au to en wiki ([8], [9], [10]), college-paper.org to v:en ([11]), superiorpapers.com to v:en ([12])
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These are automated reports, please check the records and the link thoroughly, it may report good links! For some more info, see Spam blacklist/Help#COIBot_reports. Reports will automatically be archived by the bot when they get stale (less than 5 links reported, which have not been edited in the last 7 days, and where the last editor is COIBot).
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The LinkWatchers report domains meeting the following criteria:
- When a user mainly adds this link, and the link has not been used too much, and this user adds the link to more than 2 wikis
- When a user mainly adds links on one server, and links on the server have not been used too much, and this user adds the links to more than 2 wikis
- If ALL links are added by IPs, and the link is added to more than 1 wiki
- If a small range of IPs have a preference for this link (but it may also have been added by other users), and the link is added to more than 1 wiki.
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Proposed removals
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This section is for proposing that a website be unlisted; please add new entries at the bottom of the section.
Remember to provide the specific ___domain blacklisted, links to the articles they are used in or useful to, and arguments in favour of unlisting. Completed requests will be marked as See also /recurring requests for repeatedly proposed (and refused) removals. The addition or removal of a ___domain from the blacklist is not a vote; please do not bold the first words in statements. |
www.travel2macedonia.com.mk
travel2macedonia.com.mk
makedonija.name
makedonija.cjb.net
Dear Sir/Madam, admins od wikipedia,
Mr. Dirk Beetstra pointed to request this spam removal at this ___location.
1 year ago, the following URL www.travel 2 macedonia.com.mk was added to wikipedia spam lists. It was our, but not direct mistake, because we hired some non-professional agency for promotion, which as later understood make the success of adding this tourism portal in the wikipedia spam list. Which we, as an agency - do not think we deserve it.
We have fired this guys, that were doing this stuff... but unfortunatelly we can stil see when searching google :( spam/meta wikipedia and this web portal listed in it. We want to inform you that this web site has a great significance for international promotion of tourism in Republic of Macedonia, as well as many other things, providing many usefull information and many services.
Thank You! With Respect,
Mr. Goran Atanasovski travel2macedonia manager contact(AT)travel 2 macedonia.com.mk — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.28.10.119 (talk)
- Wikipedia isn't for promoting tourism, it is for neutral encyclopedic content. If the link is removed from the blacklist it will still probably not be wanted in articles.
- The Google hit (ranked 12 in my search) links to the COIBot report.
- One of the accounts involved in the spamming of the link was en:User:Gorco. Other links spammed by that user was makedonija.name and makedonija.cjb.net. makedonija.cjb.net now redirects to makedonija.name. The registrant of makedonija.name is a Mr. Goran Atanasovski. Is that too your website?
Dear Sir,
Yes - you are right Wikipedia does not promote tourism. As we are turning into a tourism agency, we are just requesting the link to be removed from the Wikipedia spam blacklist. We do not have a request the same URL to be added in the wikipedia articles (unless wikipedia admins have different opinion - since I have tried avoiding political conflicts with it).
I may have not explaind very well yesterday. An young guy from an agency was giving us support and instructions on how we promote the web site, which at that time it was not known. What we have done, I know we have violeted wikipedia terms - but it's been 1 year after and I just want to be removed - since it's a URL of significant value.
In addition I send you couple of articles (unfortunately they are written in Macedonian) to proove that this portal is of great value: - http://tocka.com.mk/vest.php?vest=12876&action=search - http://it.com.mk/index.php/Vesti/Makedonija/Patuvajte-vo-Makedonija,-nov-portal-za-turisti If you are requesting, I can arrange english translations. Also we have many web site linking it here in Macedonia, such as the Macedonian Chambers of Commerce.
About the other web site - I'm just the registrant (makedonija.name ___domain) and host (for a friend - who doesn't have a C.C.) this has been some 3-4 years ago. I was using his account, because I didn't had my own en:User:Gorco (I still do not have), and I really don't know what he has been doing with his ___domain here. It is very important to point - that these two web sites do not occur in connection (except that I've got free advertising on it). If you can see, the IP address of the web sites is the same as well as many other linked to the same host account.
My special request is just to be removed from the spam list. it is a tourism portal, and I really do not wish to be listed in a same category as some warez, p*rn and etc...
I will not try to put in any of the articles, unless I got a permission from any wikipedia administrators like you (which I will not ask in the following 2 years for sure).
Thank you for your time. With the best regards, Goran
- If you are not going to place the link in the next two years, then why do you request removal from the blacklist now? EdBever 07:52, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Dear EdBever,
We just belleive that travel2macedonia as a term and ___domain occurs in connection with the terms spam and we honestly beleive that there is a possibility for the google engine to block it. When speak of blocking I speak of development of PR as well as google positioning. We really will not try to add this site anywhere here in Wikipedia unless you claim it is relevant to be added.
With regards, Mr. Atanasovski
\bdamascus\.par-darmstadt\.de\b # EdBever # addition; see User:COIBot/XWiki/damascus.par-darmstadt.de
- Due to past problems with excessive linking to this ___domain, I do not believe this request should be fulfilled. However, if you believe that links to your ___domain will enhance the content of our projects, you should suggest inclusion of the link on the relevant talk page. In addition, some wikis have WikiProjects (like the English Wikipedia here). If there is a project for a subject area related to your ___domain, you can request that the project review the link. If such a project, or trusted, high-volume editors support the use of your links because of its value on our projects, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and your ___domain may well be removed.
- Until such time, this request is Declined. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 13:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
Dear Mike,
I really do not see a reason after all this explainigs, why this action cannot be completed. We are aware of what has happened in the past, and I have mentioned it that I do not want the web site to be added anywhere on the Wikipedia. The problem is that we were directly added to spam list, without even been warned that we brake any rules.
YOu know is very, very different when you get a direct globe, instead of being warned first. If we were warned and then countinuing the same, I would never even asked for this, please have this in mind.
We are aware that the Wikipedia terms have been broken in the past. the same portal has other international .com ___domain. If we were a stubboarn people we could've made linking with it again, pretending that we are not aware of this problem, but we don't want to because know we know more about the spam procedure and that wikipedia is not a link directory.
We just want this url to be removed from the Wikipedia Spam list (we do not required anything else). Since many listings appear on many search engines. As I have spoken before, this website is developing into a country's main tourism portal and it's really a non-sense if it occurs with blocked/spam lists such as many p*rn, warez, malware website.
As you can see it for yourself, the website is promoting a country. You have my word that the same url will not be added to wikipedia.
Hope you will understand.
- 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 encyclopaedic value in support of our encyclopaedia pages. If such an editor asks to use your links, I'm sure the request will be carefully considered and your links may well be removed.
- This blacklist is used by more than just our 700+ Wikimedia Foundation wikis (Wikipedias, Wiktionaries, etc.). All 3000+ Wikia wikis plus a substantial percentage of the 25,000+ unrelated wikis that run on our MediaWiki software have chosen to incorporate this blacklist in their own spam filtering. Each wiki has a local "whitelist" which overrides the global blacklist for that project only. Some of these non-Wikimedia sites may be interested in your links; by all means feel free to request local whitelisting on those.
- Unlike Wikipedia, DMOZ is a web directory specifically designed to categorize and list all Internet sites; if you've not already gotten your sites listed there, I encourage you to do so -- it's a more appropriate venue for your links than our wikis. Their web address: http://www.dmoz.org/. Declined --A. B. (talk) 17:18, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
- Unlike Wikipedia, DMOZ is a web directory specifically designed to categorize and list all Internet sites; if you've not already gotten your sites listed there, I encourage you to do so -- it's a more appropriate venue for your links than our wikis. Their web address: http://www.dmoz.org/.
albumfototrenes.idohost.com
albumfototrenes.idohost.com
Hi!
albumfototrenes.idohost.com contains photographs of the Spanish rail, which can complement and illustrate many wikipedia articles. Some items in ferrocarriles.wiki.com (eg. ferrocarriles.wikia.com/wiki/Renfe_Serie_269) or en.wikipedia.org (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talgo) contain references to albumfototrenes.idohost.com, being very useful and without any problem. For these reasons, I request the removal from the blacklist. Thank you very much.
88.16.144.12 00:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
www.damascus.par-darmstadt.de
damascus.par-darmstadt.de
\bdamascus\.par-darmstadt\.de\b # EdBever # addition; see User:COIBot/XWiki/damascus.par-darmstadt.de
To whom it may concern,
the site damascus.par-darmstadt.de is an official site of the institute PAR at TU Darmstadt, Germany. It is a research blog for an urban design studio in Damascus, Syria, during the winterterm 08/09. All the data and maps produced by the students are under a creative commons license. I, Jula-Kim Sieber, the assistant professor of the course, can only request an add to the whitelist of the site damascus.par-darmstadt.de, because of
- only available online data with historical background analysis of the UNESCO world heritage site in the old city of Damascus
- guiding tours with professionals (architects and archeologists) with fotoscapes of some historical sites in Syria like Palmyra, Aleppo, etc.
- new propositions of urban design by the students dealing with the problem of UNESCO = Walt Disney ?
- official university site
Well, these are the four most important reasons to remove damscus.par-darmstadt.de from the blacklist. Feel free to contact me (you know where to find me), Jula-Kim Sieber.
abel.arts.kuleuven.be
abel.arts.kuleuven.be
There is no clear route to follow to de-list mistakenly blacklisted websites, so I report this here: The website abel.arts.kuleuven.be is Apollodori Bibliotheca ELectronica, a searchable and annotated online bibliography: history of the text, printed editions,textual criticism, etc. It is useful to the adult and informed Wikipedia reader at Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus).--173.77.184.248 22:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC) (User:Wetman, if the tildes don't work).
- This is the clear route for requesting that a blacklisted ___domain be removed. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:37, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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tool for link deletion
Hi!
Is there a (CLI) tool for a semi-automatic link deletion/unlinking of xwiki spam? In some cases such a tool could be very helpful. It would be a great thing, if this tool would delete links and refs from article namespaces and would unlink links in the other namespaces. I'd like this task not to be done by a bot, because I want to manually confirm every edit. -- seth 09:45, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- Hello Seth. I use User:Mike.lifeguard/removeSpam.js. It is a handy tool which can be used from COIBot reports or directly from Special:Linksearch. It can be configured to remove references, external links or both at the same time. Customizable summaries also avalaible (however I found that sometimes is a bit buggy).
- Personally, I have this tool on my global.js page so that I can use it on nearly all wikis. If you do not have one and want to do global maintenance stuff I recommend you to see how to create one. Hope that this helps. Best regards,
- --Dferg 09:54, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thx! That looks good. I'll test that at my home-wiki at first. -- seth 14:10, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- And you can find weblinks globally by using tools:~merl/findexternallinks. It links to all specialpages on wikis having a such link in article/template/.. namespace ;-) Merlissimo 16:58, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- That is a great tool! I'm so glad to see that it searches all wikis. Is there any possibility of allowing regex searches, or restricting which wikis are searched? As well, output closer to what one finds at http://toolserver.org/~eagle/crosswiki.php would be nice. As I use this, I'll likely have more suggestions & feature requests. Thanks — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 02:06, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- And you can find weblinks globally by using tools:~merl/findexternallinks. It links to all specialpages on wikis having a such link in article/template/.. namespace ;-) Merlissimo 16:58, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
- Thx! That looks good. I'll test that at my home-wiki at first. -- seth 14:10, 3 October 2009 (UTC)