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Please blacklist.-[[User:KH-1|KH-1]] ([[User talk:KH-1|talk]]) 22:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
Please blacklist.-[[User:KH-1|KH-1]] ([[User talk:KH-1|talk]]) 22:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

==orienstarpatches.com==
This proposal was once [[Special:Diff/1181619767|rejected]], but I re-list it as the spamming is still continuing. The editors are not deterred by numerous blocks, warnings and deletions. Blacklisting would be most effective against any further attempts.
*{{Link summary|orienstarpatches.com}}
*{{User summary|Samran Maqsood}}: [[Special:Diff/1088970989]]
*{{IP summary|203.223.167.250}}: [[Special:Diff/1088974548]]
*{{User summary|Samran Raza}}: [[Special:Diff/1088983870]]
*{{User summary|Samran12}}: [[Special:Diff/1179243630]]
*{{IP summary|103.134.2.44}}: [[Special:Diff/1179619951]]
*{{User summary|Samranali0}}: [[Special:Diff/1179444433|2023-10-10T05:07:53]], [[Special:Diff/1179741498|2023-10-12T03:44:19]], [[Special:Diff/1180305605|2023-10-15T20:07:21]], [[Special:Permalink/1182438465|2023-10-29T10:32:19]]
--[[User:Wotheina|Wotheina]] ([[User talk:Wotheina|talk]]) 12:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

==oriengis.com==
Another domain by the same editor who added orienstarpatches.com
*{{Link summary|oriengis.com}}
*{{User summary|Samran786}}: [[Special:Diff/1117057723]]
*{{User summary|Samran78638}}: [[Special:Diff/1131969023]]
*{{User summary|Samran12}}: [[Special:Diff/1116092558]]
--[[User:Wotheina|Wotheina]] ([[User talk:Wotheina|talk]]) 12:11, 29 October 2023 (UTC)


=Proposed removals=
=Proposed removals=

Revision as of 12:11, 29 October 2023

    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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    1. Proposed additions
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    3. Troubleshooting and problems
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    Completed requests are archived. Additions and removals are logged, reasons for blacklisting can be found there.

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    Any admin unfamiliar with this page should probably read this first, thanks.
    If in doubt, please leave a request and a spam-knowledgeable admin will follow-up.

    Please consider using Special:BlockedExternalDomains instead, powered by the AbuseFilter extension. This is faster and more easily searchable, though only supports whole domains and not whitelisting.

    1. Does the site have any validity to the project?
    2. Have links been placed after warnings/blocks? Have other methods of control been exhausted? Would referring this to our anti-spam bot, XLinkBot be a more appropriate step? Is there a WikiProject Spam report? If so, a permanent link would be helpful.
    3. Please ensure all links have been removed from articles and discussion pages before blacklisting. (They do not have to be removed from user or user talk pages.)
    4. Make the entry at the bottom of the list (before the last line). Please do not do this unless you are familiar with regular expressions — the disruption that can be caused is substantial.
    5. Close the request entry on here using either {{done}} or {{not done}} as appropriate. The request should be left open for a week maybe as there will often be further related sites or an appeal in that time.
    6. Log the entry. Warning: if you do not log any entry you make on the blacklist, it may well be removed if someone appeals and no valid reasons can be found. To log the entry, you will need this number – 1182448008 after you have closed the request. See here for more info on logging.


    Proposed additions

    ueducate.pk

    Has been spammed by IPv4s over a /16 and also others, and also multiple accounts, for over a year into various articles.

    DMacks (talk) 08:01, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    quizplus.com and biologyplus.study

    RidAndia was blocked in January, so other accounts are probably block evaders. This has included a few attempts to create a Quizplus article, including the current Draft:Quizplus. Onosco23 first claimed that they weren't paid, before going back and admitting it later. Other socks still claim innocence, though. There is no chance that we would ever use this as a source and a very low chance that a draft would be approved based on the available sourcing. Please put this one out of its (and my) misery and blacklist the URLs. - MrOllie (talk) 18:47, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't think resorting to blacklisting would have been your best decision for Draft:Quizplus. Truly, there have been attempt to create a page for the subject but it didn't pass the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Ever since then and now some new resources which serves as sources have been added to the subject under discussion. You mentioned that the page must go through Wikipedia:Articles for creation process, which was unopposed. Aside that, i don't see any spamming behavior around the subject.
    Why then should you solely decide whether the page meets up with the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Why are you not letting the page pass through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process where it will be determined whether the page stays or it is deleted together with everything in it? I oppose to blacklisting of the URLs of Draft:Quizplus but rather it should go through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Onosco23 (talk) 23:34, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
     Done Added to blocked external domains list. There is an obvious SEO campaign underway; the article used blatant SEO/PR promotional sourcing, and there are multiple accounts (one blocked indefinitely) spamming links to both sites. These links are not, in any way, reliable sourcing for articles. Please note that paid advocacy is a really bad idea, and many people view it quite a bit of a step way from simple paid editing. Please be more careful with your client selection in the future, and please act honestly. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    Frizwoods

    Link
    Spammers

    Please blacklist.-KH-1 (talk) 22:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    orienstarpatches.com

    This proposal was once rejected, but I re-list it as the spamming is still continuing. The editors are not deterred by numerous blocks, warnings and deletions. Blacklisting would be most effective against any further attempts.

    --Wotheina (talk) 12:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    oriengis.com

    Another domain by the same editor who added orienstarpatches.com

    --Wotheina (talk) 12:11, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    Discussion

    Search for blocked URLs

    I added the ability to search the new domain blacklist at https://searchsbl.toolforge.org/ (and not just the SBL). Feel free to give this a try and report any bugs to me. -- seth (talk) 18:52, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    @Lustiger seth: Awesome tool; even shows the regex triggering for non-specific URLs and includes the new block list. Incredible time saver. Thank you! Sam Kuru (talk)
    Thanks! In fact, the script is ~15 years old. I just added new domain blacklist at the weekend (and did some code maintenance). :-) -- seth (talk) 23:52, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Ya. Realized that right after I typed that; just my own ignorance that the tool was there. :) Sam Kuru (talk) 23:58, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

    Troubleshooting and problems