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: Allow me to retort. You [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Arpitagulyani122&diff=prev&oldid=1037869627 acknowledged a warning here], then continued to spam from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Arpitagulyani5 this account]. You've created 3 (4 including this one) accounts. Please also see the prominent note at the top of this page: ''Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined''. <b>[[User:Ohnoitsjamie|OhNo<span style="color: #D47C14;">itsJamie</span>]] [[User talk:Ohnoitsjamie|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</b> 16:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
: Allow me to retort. You [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Arpitagulyani122&diff=prev&oldid=1037869627 acknowledged a warning here], then continued to spam from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Arpitagulyani5 this account]. You've created 3 (4 including this one) accounts. Please also see the prominent note at the top of this page: ''Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined''. <b>[[User:Ohnoitsjamie|OhNo<span style="color: #D47C14;">itsJamie</span>]] [[User talk:Ohnoitsjamie|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</b> 16:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
Won't be doing any citations or inserting any link or making any other account. I will not do that even once. Please do not spam me.<!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Arg8130|Arg8130]] ([[User talk:Arg8130#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Arg8130|contribs]]) </span>
Won't be doing any citations or inserting any link or making any other account. I will not do that even once. Please do not spam me.<!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Arg8130|Arg8130]] ([[User talk:Arg8130#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Arg8130|contribs]]) </span>

==Lenta.ru==

{{LinkSummary|lenta.ru}}

I would like to propose to remove the website from the blacklist, because while it's important to prevent spam at all costs, I don't believe this website is to be be viewed as spam as a blacklist it was allowed in certain Wikipedias such as the [[Russian Wikipedia]]. As I've seen this decision by the [[English Wikipedia]] before, this should be useful for citations of websites as it sometimes shows news articles from that website. I still want it to be removed from the blacklist fully, but if the proposal is not accepted but is referred as a white list, I will support that decision. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this topic, please let me know here, or come find me in the talk page. Thank you. [[User:Ivan Milenin|Ivan Milenin]] ([[User talk:Ivan Milenin|talk]]) 15:16, 11 August 2021 (UTC)


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    Proposed additions


    eprretailnews.com

    Reported by SierraTangoCharlie1 at WP:AIV. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:18, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @SierraTangoCharlie1: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:22, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]


    professionallawyer.me

    Ping: HaeB, Njd-de. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:04, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @ToBeFree: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:09, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    tamilastronomy.in

    Link has been added to single or multiple astronomy related articles by multiple users over a short period. All users are part of an ongoing SPI - Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Audiototext1 - and spamming this link is the only contribution that they have made. --10mmsocket (talk) 15:33, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    billlentis.com

    SEO spam site, periodically spammed through citations for at least 3 years now. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 10:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    @SuperHamster: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:00, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    zimyo.com

    Continued to spam after final warning, at least three accounts. plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. OhNoitsJamie Talk 13:58, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    qfit.com

    Articles to which source is or has been used: Blackjack, Hole carding, Card counting

    Objective3000 began editing on WIkipedia on 08/31/2007. Before that date no citations to qfit.com had appeared in Wikipedia. Within the next few months he inserted citations to qfit in at least three different articles. The webpage qfit.com has prominent banner ads to Casino Verite software as well as links to a page where the software can be purchased. The actual name of the author of that software is provided at the bottom of the qfit.com webpage. That Objective3000 is one and the same can be verified by viewing Objective3000’s User page, “author Casino Verite and some other stuff.” [1]

    These are the citations we found inserted by Objective3000 in the first few months of his editing. We did not search his entire history for insertions of qfit.com citations in other Wikipedia articles.

    [2]

    [3]

    Comment. On reading the text preceding the citation, one wonders if this minutiae belongs in an encyclopedia and does it serve the better purpose of Wikipedia, or does its placement serve another purpose?

    [4]

    Comment. In the process of inserting the citation to qfit.com, Objective3000 deleted two references to the webpage of the Wizard of Odds which had appeared previously, namely [5]

    The Wizard of Odds is by name Michael Shackleford (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael Shackleford), an acknowledged expert in blackjack, who is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has had a book on the subject published by a reputable third-party publisher, and who consults with the gaming industry. One may wonder if the best interests of Wikipedia are served by the two deletions to his webpage and Objective3000’s replacing them by the citation to qfit.com.

    [6]

    Comment. Subsequently, that table of 8 entries was replaced by a more extensive one with additional commentary and 47 references. Compared to the 8 systems listed by Objective3000, the new table included 22 systems, including the names of the developers, namely

    [7]

    Comment. Very shortly thereafter, Objective3000 deleted the entire table, including all 47 references and the names of the mathematician developers, and reinserted the smaller table with the citation to his self-published webpage qfit.com.

    [8]

    The deleted references included those to the actual books published by third-party reputable publishers by expert mathematicians describing their systems. These developers included seminal expert names in the history of blackjack, Bryce Carlson, Lance Humble and Carl Cooper, Fred Renzey, Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs, Arnold Synder, Ralph Stricker, Lawrence Revere, Ken Uston, Stanford Wong, and the most famous name in blackjack, Edward O. Thorp, author of the New York Times best-seller Beat the Dealer. To demonstrate the evaluation of their expertise by their peers, Arnold Snyder, Edward O. Thorp, Ken Uston, Stanford Wong, and Lawrence Revere have been elected to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. All have Wikipedia articles about them. Yet Objective3000 deleted the references to their names as developers and all of their books and replaced them with a citation to his self-published webpage qfit.com. One may wonder if the best interests of Wikipedia are served by the deletion of the extensive table and the deletion of 47 references and replacing them by the citation to Objective3000’s self-published webpage qfit.com. Aabcxyz (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined This board is for reporting links that are being spammed inappropriately, usually on an ongoing basis; I don't see any ongoing spamming with qfit. You're getting into some deep weeds that aren't within the purview of WP:SBL. If you're disputing whether or not qfit.com is an appropriate source, that belongs at WP:RSN. OhNoitsJamie Talk 22:12, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals

    Zimyo.com

    zimyo.com: Linksearch en (https) (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • MER-C X-wiki • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com • Alexa When I added those links, I was not aware of how wikipedia works and since I saw a fellow promotional article on the same wikipedia page I was into the misconception that we can add useful information and citations that I have written myself. However, I did not intend to ruin the experience of the wikipedia users. Therefore I request you to kindly remove my link from spam. I would never insert a link again on wikipedia.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Arg8130 (talk • contribs)

    Allow me to retort. You acknowledged a warning here, then continued to spam from this account. You've created 3 (4 including this one) accounts. Please also see the prominent note at the top of this page: Requests from site owners or anyone with a conflict of interest will be declined. OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

    Won't be doing any citations or inserting any link or making any other account. I will not do that even once. Please do not spam me.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Arg8130 (talk • contribs)

    Lenta.ru

    lenta.ru: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • 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

    I would like to propose to remove the website from the blacklist, because while it's important to prevent spam at all costs, I don't believe this website is to be be viewed as spam as a blacklist it was allowed in certain Wikipedias such as the Russian Wikipedia. As I've seen this decision by the English Wikipedia before, this should be useful for citations of websites as it sometimes shows news articles from that website. I still want it to be removed from the blacklist fully, but if the proposal is not accepted but is referred as a white list, I will support that decision. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this topic, please let me know here, or come find me in the talk page. Thank you. Ivan Milenin (talk) 15:16, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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