Not to be confused with Scratchpad:Spam-blacklist
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The Spam blacklist is a control mechanism that prevents an external link from being added to a Scratchpad page when the URL matches one listed at MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist is a localized version of VSTF’s global spam blacklist, a similar blacklist that affects all Wikia projects. Additions to the local spam blacklist will only affect Scratchpad, not other Wikia projects. Blacklisting requests may be made at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist. However, blacklisting a URL should be used as a last resort against spammers. You should consider the following before requesting that a URL be blacklisted.
- Can protection solve the problem? If so, please make a request at Scratchpad:Requests for page protection.
- Will blocking a single user solve the problem? If you have given appropriate warnings to a spammer, you should report them at the Noticeboard, where they can be blocked by an administrator. Open proxies used to spam should also be reported to the Noticeboard so that they can be blocked.
- Will blocking a small number of users for a short time to allow conversation help?
Note that the blacklist only affects live links. Most non-clickable URLs (such as those contained within <nowiki>...</nowiki> tags) are not affected. However, URLs in edit summaries are affected.
Requests for listing
Compelling evidence of a problem should be given when requesting a page to be listed (preferably by giving diffs).
- Proposed additions – Use this section to request additions.
- Troubleshooting and problems – Use this section to report problems with the blacklist. This is not the section to request links to be removed!
- Discussion – Use this section for any other discussion involving the blacklist.
Requests for delisting
When requesting that a URL be delisted, you should give compelling evidence as to why it should be delisted. Cases of this could include (but are not limited to) hijacked domains being returned to their rightful owner, or a site with content that violates copyrights cleaning up their act.
Relevant links:
- Proposed removals – Use this section to request that links be removed from the spam blacklist.
- MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist – Use this page to request that specific pages be whitelisted, while keeping the whole domain blocked.
References
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