Talk:Spam blacklist

• /completed removals
• /completed additions
• /archive (general chatter)

This list is high overhead and only for hard cases which can't be dealt with using routine blocking methods. If IP blocks don't work and the spam is regular or in lots of wikis, it's a good candidate for listing here.

Is it really such high overhead? After an IRC discussion with Tim Starling and others, this is unclear. +sj</small>+

If you haven't tried blocking and found it to be ineffective, it's not worth the great amount of time involved in verifying and adding a new entry, then dealing with any accidental blockings related to the listing. Administrators here will use their discretion in adding and removing entries by the guidelines laid out on this page.

If you are having problems with the spam list and aren't a spammer please include a link to the article you are having trouble saving and say which URL (without the leading http part) you are told is blocked. Any meta administrator can edit the spam blacklist.

For removals because they conflict with a known significant spammer, please include them in the whitelisting desired section so they can be specifically whitelisted later, while still keeping the generic block in place.

Add new items to the end of this section. For each one, include:

• The URL the error message mentions without the http:// prefix.
• Links to the article or articles you were editing. Use a full URL if you're not sure how to write an interwiki link.
• See /completed removals for removals which have been processed (either removed or reasons given for choosing not to remove). If not removed, you can still use a plain text form of the link.
• Many of these should probably go into the whitelisting desired section - if it's just a single URL, that's probably where they belong.

Add new items to the end of the list. See /completed additions for additions which have been processed (either added or reasons given for choosing not to add).

If you do not provide enough information, nothing will happen.

For each request, include:

• Links to one or more page diffs which show the spam being added, preferably in many different wikis. We have to ensure that false requests aren't made for addition or deletion.
• Include the URLs being promoted - they won't be added without a link to them. We need to document why we added something.
• Do not include http://, even inside nowiki tags, otherwise we will run into the spam filter after the URL is added.
• If the spam is in non-English on a non-English wiki, explain it as best you can. If you need translation, use Meta:Babel.

Show restraint in requesting additions for:

• Spammers who spam once.
• Spammers who target only one article.
• Spammers who can be effectively blocked with IP blocks - use those instead.

For individual URLs which can't be unblocked because they conflict with a significant spammer. Eventually the software will allow specifying exceptions to the general block rules.

Please leave all other talk in this section. Archive at /archive.