Wikipedia talk:Spam blacklist/Rewrite

Black and white exceptions

I have listed there now:

1. Redirect sites. Sites like tinyurl.com enable users to circumvent the blacklisting of other links. These sites should be blacklisted on the m:Spam blacklist. Where possible, the link should not be removed, but preferably be replaced with the link the user is redirected to.
2. Malware sites. Sites that contain .. which may harm the computer of a user that follows the link should be blacklisted. The blacklisting of these sites is generally short term, until the issue is resolved. These sites should be blacklisted on the m:Spam blacklist.
3. Grouped sites. Sites belonging to a common owner, where at least some of the sites have been abused, may result in all sites of the owner being blacklisted to avoid further disruption (needs rewrite).
4. Spam incentive sites - certain free hosting sites offer money to users who traffic users to the documents they created on the site.
5. Hijacked sites
6. Sites which are being added as a replacement for a site which is already blacklisted.
7. Sites where the very large majority of the documents contain copyright violations.

If there are more which hardly or do not require discussion, please add. I have a bit of problem with very large majority in #7, maybe that one has to move to 'grey exceptions'? --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Grey exceptions

Several grey areas, which DO require discussion before they can be added:

Appropriate sites

• Sites which are, besides being used appropriately by many users, hopelessly abused by others. Consider here to blacklist the site to stop the current abuse, and to open a discussion on MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist to explain the situation. These sites can be removed when the active threat has stopped.

I would just keep this one like this, use the blacklist to stop current abuse, leave it for the rest to e.g. XLinkBot. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

TOTALLY unreliable sites

• Totally unreliable sites ...

Or don't we have to discuss these. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

generally unreliable sites where there is quite some abuse

• The grey area of generally unreliable sites which are quite often abused, but which can be used appropriately as well.

These are a problem area. These certainly need discussion if they are added. --Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 14:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)