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newsoftheworld.com, newsoftheworld.co.uk

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Per a noticeboard RFC that I recently closed. It's also worth noting that some editors consider the source usable for film reviews. ToThAc (talk) 22:38, 4 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

thepavementlightcompany.com

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Links within this domain are being spammed to Pavement light (and have been spammed to some other pages) by a narrowish range of IPs, I assume just one person. The person says that they are a manufacturer of pavement lights, and that they are linking to their own website. They claim that they wrote most of the article text[1] (they didn't; I and another registered editor did, although they did copy a small section of text from their website). They call other editors "competitors"[2] and they have removed links to useful information on the sites of competing firms.[3]. While they have been particularly bad in the past six months (possibly because an inexperienced editor initially tried to revert them manually, accidentally overlooking and leaving some of their spam in the article), this problem started two years ago,[4] at which time I warned them.[5] They then apparently created an account and repeated the edits, adding the link to several other articles as well;[6] and I warned the account,[7] and they abandoned the account without responding.[8] Since then, they seem to have returned to IP editing, and two other people have warned them for COI[9] and promotional editing.[10] No response, no effect.[11] I'm not sure if a listing here is the best remedy; please advise. HLHJ (talk) 19:08, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hi HLHJ, since I don't see any valid use case for this domain on Wikipedia, I would recommend requesting the addition of this domain to the spam blacklist. You can submit the request at WP:SBL. XLinkBot's auto-revert lists are best for domains that have some valid use cases on Wikipedia, but are frequently linked to or cited inappropriately. — Newslinger talk 02:11, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I did actually link to it myself once, before this all began, as I recall, for what it said about London regs. I've just belatedly found the industry-specific news article that the spammed page seems to be cribbed from. I've replaced the source in the article and will now request spam blacklisting. Thank you. HLHJ (talk) 05:19, 7 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

theepochtimes.com

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Per another noticeboard RFC that I recently closed. ToThAc (talk) 17:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Beetstra to draw their attention here. ToThAc (talk) 03:32, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:02, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:02, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

vgchartz.com

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Per an old RfC that I started, and per Newslinger's suggestion. Pinging Beetstra to draw their attention here. ToThAc (talk) 03:32, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ToThAc and Newslinger: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:03, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --Dirk Beetstra T C 07:04, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oann.com

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Per a recently closed RfC started by ZiaLater. Pinging Beetstra to draw their attention here. ToThAc (talk) 17:10, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertList. — Newslinger talk 02:01, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@ToThAc: plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. — Newslinger talk 02:02, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Famousbirthdays.com

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Unreliable source commonly added by inexperienced editors in mostly new articles. Having XLinkBot monitor it would help not only these new editors, but any editors working with them that are unaware of the status of famousbirthdays.com. --Ronz (talk) 21:45, 23 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Quick status update: I'm still not seeing any spamming, just a addition every day or so in new biographies written by new or inexperienced editors. --Ronz (talk) 15:33, 4 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Update. No spamming. Multiple additions per day from editors, including rather experienced editors.
Automatic removal of it being added by ip's would be helpful.
Automatic notification to editors using it would be helpful.
Automatic removal and notification when from new editors would be extremely helpful. --Ronz (talk) 18:36, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done by JzG in Special:Diff/860601688. — Newslinger talk 02:23, 26 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

travelagencies.online

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The link was inserted here by 24.91.172.79 (talk · contribs). It is a malware link. I reverted the edit here. Tactical Fiend (talk · contribs) asked at Talk:The Global Work & Travel Co.#Malware link whether the link can be banned. Cunard (talk) 03:14, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Stale. It looks like the travelagencies.online domain is now parked and unused. — Newslinger talk 00:04, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fandom

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The active noticeboard discussion, as well as the 5 previous noticeboard discussions, show strong consensus that Fandom is to be avoided for references, as it is an open wiki that exclusively hosts user-generated content. I'm adding these domains to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList, but not to User:XLinkBot/RevertList to allow for the appropriate use of external links, e.g. Memory Alpha in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine § External links. — Newslinger talk 01:20, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

plus Added to User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList. --— Newslinger talk 01:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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