Talk:Spam blacklist
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Billinghurst in topic Proposed removals
The associated page is used by the MediaWiki Spam Blacklist extension, and lists regular expressions which cannot be used in URLs in any page in Wikimedia Foundation projects (as well as many external wikis). Any Meta administrator can edit the spam blacklist; either manually or with SBHandler. For more information on what the spam blacklist is for, and the processes used here, please see Spam blacklist/About.
- Proposed additions
- Please provide evidence of spamming on several wikis. Spam that only affects a single project should go to that project's local blacklist. Exceptions include malicious domains and URL redirector/shortener services. Please follow this format. Reports can also be submitted through SBRequest.js. Please check back after submitting your report, there could be questions regarding your request.
- Proposed removals
- Please check our list of requests which repeatedly get declined. Typically, we do not remove domains from the spam blacklist in response to site-owners' requests. Instead, we de-blacklist sites when trusted, high-volume editors request the use of blacklisted links because of their value in support of our projects. Please consider whether requesting whitelisting on a specific wiki for a specific use is more appropriate - that is very often the case.
- Other discussion
- Troubleshooting and problems - If there is an error in the blacklist (i.e. a regex error) which is causing problems, please raise the issue here.
- Discussion - Meta-discussion concerning the operation of the blacklist and related pages, and communication among the spam blacklist team.
- #wikimedia-external-linksconnect - Real-time IRC chat for co-ordination of activities related to maintenance of the blacklist.
- Whitelists
There is no global whitelist, so if you are seeking a whitelisting of a url at a wiki then please address such matters via use of the respectiveMediawiki talk:Spam-whitelistpage at that wiki, and you should consider the use of the template {{edit protected}} or its local equivalent to get attention to your edit.
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Completed requests are marked as {{added}}/{{removed}} or {{declined}}, and are generally archived quickly. Additions and removals are logged · current log 2025/05.
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Proposed additions
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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. |
OpenSea squatting
opensea-io-nft.com
opensea.nft-io.net
openseea-io-nft.com
Xwiki spam and/or phishing, see edits from [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], and [6]. Sgd. —Hasley 15:05, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
Added to Spam blacklist. --Sgd. —Hasley 15:06, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
try2link.com
try2link.com
URL redirector. - MrOllie (talk) 12:41, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
- @MrOllie: Added to Spam blacklist. -- — billinghurst sDrewth 10:10, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Proposed additions (Bot reported)
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This section is for domains which have been added to multiple wikis as observed by a bot.
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.
COIBot's currently open XWiki reports
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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. Use a suitable 3rd level heading and display the ___domain name as per this example {{LinkSummary|targetdomain.com}}.
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. Notes:
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chinatourstar.com
chinatourstar.com
Good historical info on lots of places that is otherwise lacking in English online. Currently I am adding contents regarding classical Chinese gardens if Guangdong, and its content is useful to cite. Pratyeka (talk) 21:51, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Bruce1ee and GeneralNotability: your addition. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:10, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst: I proposed this in March last year and it was blacklisted later that day by GN [7]. So it's been blacklisted for over a year and a half. It's difficult to know whether spamming would resume again if it were to be removed from the list. —Bruce1eetalk 13:17, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping billinghurst. I forget - is there a way to search the SBL log for hits on this ___domain? To tell if the wave of spam was a one-time thing or there are still spam attempts going on. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:00, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- @GeneralNotability: I am unaware of anyway to run such checks on the blacklist logs, well from the front end, and the best that you would be able to do if there is on the backend is per wiki. user:Martin Urbanec may be able to what might be possible for special cases with someone with that access. — billinghurst sDrewth 09:08, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the ping billinghurst. I forget - is there a way to search the SBL log for hits on this ___domain? To tell if the wave of spam was a one-time thing or there are still spam attempts going on. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:00, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Billinghurst: I proposed this in March last year and it was blacklisted later that day by GN [7]. So it's been blacklisted for over a year and a half. It's difficult to know whether spamming would resume again if it were to be removed from the list. —Bruce1eetalk 13:17, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Troubleshooting and problems
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This section is for comments related to problems with the blacklist (such as incorrect syntax or entries not being blocked), or problems saving a page because of a blacklisted link. This is not the section to request that an entry be unlisted (see Proposed removals above). |
Discussion
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This section is for discussion of Spam blacklist issues among other users. |