MediaWiki talk:Spam Blacklist

The spam blacklist extension is now working on all Wikicities. You can request new URLs be added to the filter by listing them here. See also Help:Spam.

more spam in the Fiction wikicity
213.228.84.58

same one at PeaceWiki 213.228.84.58
 * And D&D, for that matter. Mathx314(talk)(email) 23:57, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

here's another http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=206.161.125.142

stargate
Blocked 81.214.103.203 on the Stargate Wikicity for spam of inappropriate url --CocoaZen 01:16, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I checked a few other guilds and don't see more of the same. I cleaned up the Stargate: Wikicity.  (Stargate:Special:Recentchanges).  --CocoaZen 01:28, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That IP vandalized the Calgary: Wiki too. --JamesTeterenko 02:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

81.214.101.220 spam
FYI, 81.214.101.220 spammed the Calgary: wiki as well as the pc: wiki. -- JamesTeterenko 23:58, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Looking at a few random wikis, I also found it at Stargate:. Is there an easy way to check the changes at all wikicities?  -- JamesTeterenko 00:07, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * There's a combined recent changes at Bloglines, but it doesn't pick everything up and limits how many changes are actually shown. Angela (talk) 03:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I used that, and that is how I picked up the ones that I did fix. Since you have to click on every Wikicity to see the result, I only looked at some of them.  -- JamesTeterenko 04:40, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * If you click on Wikicities's Feeds at the top of the left hand frame, you don't need to click on each one separately since it will expand and show you some results from each one. It takes a while to load though. Angela (talk) 05:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * That is good to know. I'll use that next time.  -- JamesTeterenko 15:10, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

When to Add to the Blacklist?
Should we add URLs after one instance of a spam attack, or wait for more? Also, I'm not sure how much of the URL is best? Advice please? As a specific example, should I add the two URLs just posted (and already removed) to the Central Wikicity's home page? I don't want to slow the loading of every saved page, but I'd rather not have to clean-up the same URLs again. --CocoaZen 17:50, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * It depends what they are and whether they are definitely spam. Something like this is an obvious spam attack, but someone adding one innapropriate URL to a page is often not. If you're unsure, you can also add it temporarily. It might be worth checking Google for other wikis with the spam URL. If +wiki Google: SpamURL.com +wiki has hits, then it should be blacklisted. If an edit adds dozens of different URLs, adding just one of those to the blacklist will normally prevent future attacks since the edits are being made by bots who won't know to just remove the blacklisted URL from their edit. Angela (talk) 00:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Request additions to spam blacklist from SCA wiki
On the Sustainable Community Action Wiki, we've been getting a number of spam entries using different IP addresses and affecting diferent pages, so normal stuff of blocking and protecting pages seems ineffective. Most recent: Revision as of 11:50, 17 Jul 2005 Also similar seem to be a series, latest one of which  Revision as of 15:46, 16 Jul 2005 from 217.26.153.102 Philralph 19:58, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I've added osbercad\.com. I'm not sure about the 2nd one. Was it a one-off or have those atspace addresses been spammed anywhere else? Angela (talk) 01:20, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi, Angela, Thanks. Yes, 2nd one - have been 7 instances including the atspace addresses since 00:13, 11 Jul 2005, although we've been able to keep the number down a bit as has used same IP address so far, so been able to block once obvious not going to go away. Philralph 07:12, 18 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * I've added the hoodiadietpills one. Let me know if uses other atspace addresses. Angela (talk) 02:45, 21 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Removed recent edit
Hello, I have removed this recent edit:
 * 

It replaced the entire contents of previous edits. If I am mistaken, I apologize. Robert Harrison 02:30, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I edited your comment to remove the links. The spammers do this to boost their Google pagerank. 12:42, 19 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Checking contribs across wikis
I now have a somewhat buggy script that will check edits across multiple wikis. It doesn't work perfectly, but can be used for finding cases of the same user spamming multiple Wikicities, so please report the username or IP of spammers here as well as links to the diffs where they spammed. Angela (talk) 02:49, 21 Jul 2005 (UTC)

porno spam from multiply IPs
received the same porno spam from 69.50.187.89, 69.50.187.91 and 69.50.184.221. i can block them but they only alter the IP. the page being affected is the main page on PeaceWiki ... the "diff" pages: http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&curid=71&diff=6879&oldid=6878&rcid=7871 http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&curid=71&diff=6891&oldid=6886&rcid=7880 http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Main_Page&curid=71&diff=0&oldid=6891&rcid=7885 what can be done other than protecting the page? thanks. 13:48, 22 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reporting it. I've blacklisted some of those URLs and checked the IPs - they had also spammed universitywikinodewiki and dystopia. Angela (talk) 15:57, 22 Jul 2005 (UTC)

spam at Protoscience and Academia
86.104.17.160 added a bunch of pornography URLs to the Journal of Protoscience and Journal of Soul Science pages. More of the same at academia.wikicities.com --JWSchmidt 14:27, 11 Aug 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reporting it. That IP has spammed Alaska and Vancouver as well. Angela (talk) 23:24, 15 Aug 2005 (UTC)