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:{{rto|GermanJoe}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 07:46, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
:{{rto|GermanJoe}} {{Added}} to [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist]]. --[[User:Beetstra|Dirk Beetstra]] <sup>[[User_Talk:Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">T</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Beetstra|<span style="color:#0000FF;">C</span>]]</sup> 07:46, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

== scoopearth.com ==

*{{LinkSummary|scoopearth.com}}

Spammed by various dynamic IPs and misused for COI-editing. A new PR platform for startups with user-submitted sob stories - no encyclopedic usage. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 11:51, 26 January 2019 (UTC)


= Proposed removals =
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    Proposed additions

    moneyfree.co

    No value, neither as reference nor as external link, forever, based on content and domain name itself. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 04:46, 11 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @ToBeFree: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:56, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    ilyricshub.com

    Being spammed by several IP addresses, not a reliable source and quite probably copyright issues. Ravensfire (talk) 03:34, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:55, 13 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    fintrx.com

    Spammed by

    Repeated spam for a fintech company from various IPs and a user, despite several warnings on IP talkpages and an attempt to explain the problem on the user's talkpage. More background details available per mail if needed for any admin. GermanJoe (talk) 21:44, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:44, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    mgsolution.info

    Hijack the article China Development Bank and insert the link and info of his company. Matthew hk (talk) 15:00, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    chartmasters.org

    Heavily being added across all the music articles, this gross unreliable website has been deemed to be worthy of blacklisting per discussion at WP:RSN as seen here. Spam reports show mainly IP users and notorious spammer MJDangerous (talk · contribs) adding them across multiple articles. —IB [ Poke ] 21:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @IndianBio: the tone of the WP:RSN discussion is similar to the discussion on fr.wikipedia. I am rather tempted to blacklist it there ...  Defer to Global blacklist? (note, the editor mentioned has an admitted COI, and tends to edit war their links in).
    Do you have any recent spammers of this? --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:48, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    (broke ping to user:IndianBio in previous edits). --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:50, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Beetstra:, if I understand correctly, the metalink that you provided is where we can blacklist it correct? Regarding spammers, there was not any particular editor who spammed it recently, but a number of new editors and IP users had started adding it to the Lady Gaga articles, which is when I got interested. And backtracing I found it has been spammed hugely through the encyclopedia mainly by MJDangerous, who from the looks of it runs chartmasters.org. And this search shows me that multiple editors had already pointed out that it was a gross, unreliable source. Its just that no one had formally requested it for blacklisting. —IB [ Poke ] 16:02, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    lnnk.in


    URL shortener used by namesbiography.com spammer. Ravensfire (talk) 14:37, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire:  Defer to Global blacklist, cross-wiki problem. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:27, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ravensfire: Was already handled on meta. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:28, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    As always, thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 15:33, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    instafinancials.com

    Spammed by SPAs (blocked):

    and 2-3 minor additions from other questionable accounts.

    Systematic spamming and promotional editing for a fee-based business directory. Registered in 2015, there is no evidence that this is an established reliable source - no foreseeable encyclopedic usage (company-submitted profile info can and should be retrieved from official sites and acknowledged RS). GermanJoe (talk) 09:33, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 09:54, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    www.maketheswitch.com.au

    Citation spam added indiscriminately to article leads: [1], [2], [3], [4]. I blocked the registered account for spamming a little while ago. Looking for a second opinion from an uninvolved admin on whether this is blacklist-worthy, but I suspect these IPs are block evasion to continue the spamming. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:22, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @NinjaRobotPirate: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 20:11, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    logmeonce.com

    logmeonce.com: 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

    @Mean as custard: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Guy (Help!) 23:54, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    salamuzik.com

    Spammed to multiple articles by multiple IPs despite warnings. Deli nk (talk) 19:49, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Another IP today: 47.247.63.149 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Deli nk (talk) 11:41, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Deli nk: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:44, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    sarchnews.com

    Site for downloading full versions of movies, these were all added today. Ravensfire (talk) 22:36, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ravensfire: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:11, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    indtoday.com

    Fringe news site being spammed on multiple biography pages.--Xzinger (talk) 10:57, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Why do you say fringe? this looks legit on the face of it. Guy (Help!) 11:22, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Fringe as in marginal, compared to the more popular India Today website.--Xzinger (talk) 12:43, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Xzinger: I see about 70 uses in mainspace. Who is spamming this (asking since the bot did not create a report yet)? --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:24, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    User:Abdulqadeer007, he is at it since 2014.--Xzinger (talk) 12:52, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    voxbal.com / newstread.com

    Spammed by

    and a few dubiuos SPAs.

    SEO and blog spam by advertising-only account (second final warning given). GermanJoe (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @GermanJoe: you may want to snowball this (or call user:MER-C for help). Use 'whatlinkshere' on the userpages and linksummaries, you can poke {{usersummary}} as well to get userreports).
    Related:
    links
    users
    I'm sure there is more. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:43, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    There may be some significant cross-connections or these are simply various SEOs using the same crappy ressources. But I am really not that good/experienced in evaluating more complex schemes and professional larger spammer groups (and lack eventual admin details from deleted data and blocks). @MER-C: would you mind taking a look please? Of course I'll help whereever possible. GermanJoe (talk) 16:52, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    +1. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:24, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    +3 - These 3 may or may not be related, but there is a noticeable overlap in IT-related product and company articles with the previous spammers. Found them while checking Redmi with voxbal.blogspot.com spam. Either way, additional spam domains worth checking (the latter two still active). GermanJoe (talk) 21:09, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry, moving house this weekend, not really available until Tuesday. MER-C 21:35, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    No worries, for now I have cleaned up all involved domains (as listed so far) and created a few more COIBot reports. GermanJoe (talk) 22:04, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @GermanJoe: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:46, 25 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    scoopearth.com

    Spammed by various dynamic IPs and misused for COI-editing. A new PR platform for startups with user-submitted sob stories - no encyclopedic usage. GermanJoe (talk) 11:51, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals


    wikifinancepedia.com

    wikifinancepedia.com: 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

    1. Website: wikifinancepedia 2. Reason: Our site is quite an older domain and have valuable articles. Many people trust wikifinancepedia for personal finance and financial planning. And the content does not violates any copyrights rule. 3. We have added information to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finance where the links were used. 4. At this point.

    Our intention was to provide useful information But since it was considered as spamming then we will not add any further links to wikipedia. Appreciate all your efforts in advance. Thanks!

    no Declined. You spammed the site. We typically don't accept removal requests from site owners who spammed their sites. --Guy (Help!) 15:44, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    AVPGalaxy.net

    avpgalaxy.net: 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

    It has come to my attention that a particular longstanding reliable resource under the name of AVPGalaxy.net has been blacklisted under the charge of it consisting of "user-generated content" which to my understanding is false. The associated discussion [9] on the topic has not even arrived at a conclusion and could not demonstrate any problem. - TurokSwe (talk) 23:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Strong oppose - fan sites with no indication of any editorial oversite or official affiliation to use as a primary source WP:UNRELIABLE WP:FANSITE
    Been blacklisted because of recent and past spamming ..ie..as seen here
    --Moxy (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Strong support - But it is an editorially controlled trusted source (as opposed to being controlled by its users, which can only engage within the limits of the site's associated forum) and have multiple times featured exclusive contents, interviews, and reliable news in relation to the Alien/Predator franchise and the cast and crew behind the scenes and have multiple times been in contact with the people behind the franchise and have multiple times been cited by the fanbase as a primary source of information relating to this franchise. Please do show me where exactly it has failed to meet the required expectations, as you keep avoiding this, making up false accusations, and still insisting that there's supposed to be an issue. I also don't understand what you mean by "spamming" in this case and what the issue is actually supposed to be, especially as various sites are consistently being repeated on the articles in question as well as countless others all around Wikipedia with no problem whatsoever. Still suspect that this has all got to do with some sort of bias towards anything AVP-related, judging from past experiences with this franchise and its fanbase, and I still hold that AVPGalaxy has been too quickly blacklisted without proper justification. - TurokSwe (talk) 09:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    If you were to read the links provided it would explain alot.....pls review WP:UNRELIABLE WP:FANSITE (#11). Just because your not willing to read the links doesn't mean we have not responded to your inquiries as this would be the 4th time the links have been provided.--Moxy (talk) 17:46, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I have read them, and repeatedly providing said links still don't really shed much light on things (in other words, they don't seem appropriate or justified here), but I've been asking for specific explanations. - TurokSwe (talk) 18:35, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comments: @ User:TurokSwe: Words like "used as a primary source of information relating to this franchise" and "multiple times been cited by the fanbase as a primary source" are reasons for WP:FANSITE. Some of those "multiple people" may have "the franchise" more at interest than Wikipedia and "fanning the base". A "fan" may not realize or care how many times it becomes expedient to provide content they consider needing to provide the "primary source of information", and so the linking (spamming) cycle continues. If the site is allowed as a primary source on itself that does not mean that by making a reference to AVPGalaxy then a "self reference" claim can be used to advance the content on that particular page covering another subject. "IF" an editor decides to dig deeper those "fans" could come under scrutiny as not being here to build an encyclopedia. "IF" there is only a primary source then maybe there is not enough notability (outside a fanbase) to begin with. I didn't dig deep enough to ascertain a possible connection between the "fans", any ability to add to the site making it user-generated, and a level of over-site, but I am sure someone has/will, nor have I yet looked concerning unreliability as that would have previously been brought up. The burden to investigate why the site might now be reconsidered would be on you with evidence. Just requesting a delisting does not mean editors have to go back to the beginning and start from scratch to make a new determination. Many sites inundate Wikipedia and a lack of volunteer editors checking on this does not mean we can use other stuff as a reason we should just continue the status quo. I hope this has helped. Otr500 (talk) 14:13, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    fivebooks.com

    I've run into this filter multiple times so finally decided to investigate. This site offers useful bibliographic and historiographic summaries of writings on scholarly topics. Not passing judgement on the site's editorial reliability, many of its pages would qualify as expert self-published sources or otherwise, as self-published interview sources. The site is partly expert interviews (baseurl + /experts/) and partly user-generated content. Obviously, the site shouldn't be used for the latter, but it is very useful for the former.

    It was blacklisted in May 2011 for spammers adding external links for an early version of the site (see Internet Archive, whose link is blacklisted). Is there any evidence that those spammers are still around? Its inclusion on other WP blacklists appears to be a direct copy of our blacklist. It would be a shame to lose this site as a resource for whatever happened in 2011. (I'd sooner see any further spammers blocked than the site blacklisted.) This request is just for fivebooks.com, not five-books.com or thebrowser.com. (not watching, please {{ping}}) czar 15:39, 12 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Comments: fivebooks.com versus five-books.com. That can likely cause confusion. Apparently spammed. The user generated section is what shows up when the link is clicked. This can cause as much confusion as the close titles. The "about" sections states that "experts" are consulted and there is an expert section. I randomly chose Jon Burgerman that has a little information (there is a stub article on him) and he gives his five picks without any commentary. The Interviews with Ron Burgerman caption is followed by a link: [fivebooks.com/best-books/jon-burgerman-best-books-playful-children/ Jon Burgerman on the best Playful Books for Children] that is interesting and I would offer educational. I am not sure on a classification of all the "experts"[by whom?], there is a link to buy his "book", and also in the about section there is the statement "Five Books participates in the Amazon Associate program and earns money from qualifying purchases. Another "Expert" pick: Kiran Millwood Hargrave is fairly new to the children's books (2017) and even newer to adult books (2020).
    On a quick look I would state the editorial aspect would need looking at, but the interviews do include at least some famous people that would be considered "experts" in their field and offer reviews and commentaries. [fivebooks.com/best-books/mia-farrow-on-changing-the-world-for-good/ Mia Farrow] gives an interview and discusses her five choices. I find these in-dept, to be more than "self-published", and the "bibliographic and historiographic summaries of writings on scholarly topics" could be useful. I can see how the site could be spammed but that is not the fault of the site. Unless someone knows or sees something that I missed I agree with User:Czar. Otr500 (talk) 04:36, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Czar and Otr500: At the time of blacklisting the three were very clearly related to each other (they were spammed into one article about the subject as 'sister sites'), and it was very clearly spammed (one of the 2 SPAs mentioned in the blacklisting clearly links everything together, and both were clearly spamming - very likely people with a conflict of interest).

    Now I do agree that I don't see much spamming for quite some time (blacklisting seems to have gotten the message through in this case), and it may be worth another try with this site. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:56, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks, and I would hope someone would continue to watch as inundating Wikipedia with sites, as references or "External links", and even articles, has been an on-going issue and an "advertising" (spam) spot. It seems to me that if "money" is involved "someone" always tries to capitalize. I am confident there are still "people" around that may try to take advantage of it if allowed. Otr500 (talk) 13:08, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Otr500: minus Removed from MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:51, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    yourstory.com

    yourstory.com: 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

    YourStory is a 10yr old media organization which showcases Indian startups and talks about government policies, women empowerment, business, investments. YourStory has a User Generated Content platform called MyStory but we moderate the content that goes up there. Plagiarism checks and authenticity is something we are very serious about and we also inform are readers when the content is user generated and not an editorial piece. We have helped the community in a number of ways and it makes no sense to keep the domain blacklisted. There has been no log as to why the domain was blacklisted in Oct of 2015.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwizard.abhi (talk • contribs)

    @Iwizard.abhi: it was blacklisted because of spamming by editors with a conflict of interest, it is now twice requested to be removed by editors .. with a conflict of interest. If editors independent of the subject ask for de-listing then it will certainly be considered. This request is Rejected. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:48, 17 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    wizcase

    Studies on our site published by spammers in places that were not supposed to be published or not in the way we would like it published. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.26.149.207 (talk • contribs) 10:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @37.26.149.207: no Declined, de-listing requests by site owners are generally not honoured. Wikipedia is not here to protect your site, and the blacklist only exists to protect Wikipedia. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:32, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Totally agree, this is not something we initiated or asked. Spammers/competitors seem to have done this to hurt our reputation here. We would be happy if you can take us out of the list. We will follow Wikipedia on a weekly basis to avoid such problems. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.26.149.207 (talk) 13:18, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @37.26.149.207: '.. this is not something we initiated or asked. Spammers/competitors seem to have done this ..' - that suggests that you had no control over this action happening, and that you have no way of stopping unwanted additions to Wikipedia. And that means, that we still need to protect Wikipedia. As seen from the reports (use of multiple usernames and IPs) the only way to stop this is to keep it on the blacklist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:32, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra:I would like to please have another chance for my site. This time it was not my fault. And I'll monitor things better from now on.

    @37.26.149.207: no Declined. No credible reason given for removal, spamming is acknowledged, there's no evidence this would be a credible source per our guidelines and we typically do not remove websites at the request of their owners, especially when the request clearly indicates an intent to try to get links on Wikipedia. --Guy (Help!) 13:58, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @JzG: I received an alert from one of my tools that my website is mentioned on Wikipedia, I was very surprised and happy because it was not something we were doing. I was more surprised to discover that the site is blacklisted on something we didn't do. That's why I'm trying to write here and get second chance.

    I think we understand your perspective. Now please understand ours: there is no reason within our normal procedures to even consider removing this. Guy (Help!) 14:46, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @JzG:Thanks Guy, what's the solution of Wikipedia in this case?

    No solution is needed, as there is no problem for Wikipedia to address. Guy (Help!) 19:42, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @JzG: Guy, what can I do?

    Go about your business and forget about it. Guy (Help!) 22:22, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    online.citibank.co.in

    This is the main official Citibank India Home Page, required for primary linking to its article Citibank India. Please whitelist. IncidentFlux [ TalkBack | Contributions ] 15:28, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @MMuzammils: no Declined, not blacklisted --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:14, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    .guru TLD

    I am the creator of the soaring weather forecast site www.meteo.guru and when trying to add a link to it on my own user page, I was very surprised to find out that the whole .guru TLD was blacklisted. I can definitely live without having that link, but I was just curious what was the rationale for blacklisting a whole TLD? Especially since I decided to host my site in it. Mmom (talk) 20:48, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Mmom: at the time of blacklisting the number of spammed websites with a .guru tld by far outnumbered the 1 or 2 useful sites on that tld that were there. The ones that are of use to content of Wikipedia are whitelisted, and that has only shown needed a couple of times since blacklisting. At the moment, I don't think this should be delisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 21:23, 24 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    econlib.org

    econlib.org: 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

    This is a well-known site on economics and is full of useful content on economics, including the Concise Encylopedia of Economics. The CEE has contributions from respected economists, some of whom are Nobel Prize Winners, and is a go-to reference for many topics.

    The site's "About us" page has an overview of the site's resources.

    It appears that this link was caught up in a sweep of links to immigration legal services sites that were added by User:Vipul. This site is not about immigration (it does have articles on the economics of immigration) and doesn't offer legal services.

    This is my first Wikipedia edit, so I'm not an expert on the tools that Wikipedia uses to detect link spam, but I did scan the English linksearch and it looks reasonable to me. I discovered that this link was blacklisted while reading Direct tax. The use there seems on-topic.

    Glenn.ammons (talk) 02:53, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Glenn.ammons: no Declined, much of the material is replaceable (and other parts cab be whitelisted). No, it is not 'caught up', it was part of the paid-editing scheme (or at least obviously too close for comfort, Vipul has a conflict of interest here).  Defer to Whitelist for specific links for a specific use where can be shown that there is no replacement possible. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:56, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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    If the third number or the fourth number are high with respect to the first or the second, then that means that the user has at least a preference for using that link. Be careful with other statistics from these numbers (e.g. good user who adds a lot of links). If there are more statistics that would be useful, please notify me, and I will have a look if I can get the info out of the database and report it. This data is available in real-time on IRC.

    Poking COIBot

    When adding {{LinkSummary}}, {{UserSummary}} and/or {{IPSummary}} templates to WT:WPSPAM, WT:SBL, WT:SWL and User:COIBot/Poke (the latter for privileged editors) COIBot will generate linkreports for the domains, and userreports for users and IPs.


    Discussion

    Protected edit request on 14 January 2019

    Current text:

    Log your addition. All additions to this blacklist MUST also be logged here

    Requested text:

    Log your addition. All additions to this blacklist MUST also be logged here

    Changes link format from link to external link style to internal link style.

    Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 06:41, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:42, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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