MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist

heathfieldestatenewforest dot co dot uk/
Repeated touting and edit warring.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 14:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)


 * hi Im the owner of Heathfield Estate. Im sorry about the touting but i have no idea what im doing here. I saw the Twin Cottage under Splurge on this page https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/New_Forest and thought it would be ok to add our place. Would the following work under the rules here? Any and all suggestions welcomed. Thanks:
 * Heathfield Estate, ☏ +44 7740983047. Lyndhurst Road, Bransgore, Accommodating 2-12 guests, our offering includes the 4-bedroom Heathfield Coach House which can sleep up to 8 people and the 2-bedroom Magnolia Cottage which can sleep up to 4 people. The Coach House has a living room with a wood-burning fireplace, a fully equipped kitchen and its own garden terrace with a barbecue. Magnolia Cottage has a living / dining area, a fully equipped kitchen and its own garden terrace with a barbecue. Paheydon (talk) 10:06, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, i have now read on the wikivoyage guidelines and will follow the template at https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikivoyage:Listings. Can you please remove this from the blacklist. Thanks Paheydon (talk) 11:02, 23 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi. Your place looks very nice, but we just need to be mindful not to see Wikivoyage as free advertising. WV is primarily written for tourists and other travellers by travellers (and often locals). We're giving up our time for free, so messing round with touts is quite annoying. I've actually removed the Twin Cottage listing too now you've pointed it out.
 * Regarding your business, thanks for confirming you've read some of our guidelines. Did you also read Listings, as well as WV:Welcome, business owners and WV:Don't tout? After you've read those, please could you add your proposed listing to Talk:New Forest (without external links; we can add those to the finished version in-article). If it looks as though it respects our guidelines and policies, I'll add it to the article and unblacklist your website.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 15:32, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, i have read all the links that you provided and put a proposed listing in Talk:New Forest for your review. thanks for your time. Paheydon (talk) 16:36, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @ThunderingTyphoons!, just wanted to make sure you saw my proposed listing per above? Im looking forward for it being added and getting unblacklisted. thanks! Paheydon (talk) 10:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you mean the listing above, it's really obviously out of compliance with Wikivoyage guidelines. How could you have read them and still written "our"? Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Ikan Kekek
 * No. I wrote the following at: Talk:New Forest as @ThunderingTyphoons! requested which i believe follows all your guidelines now.
 * Heathfield Estate, Lyndhurst Road, Bransgore, BH23 8LA ☏ +44 7740 983047, concierge@heathfieldestate.co.uk. This property has 2 properties available and both have Digital TVs with Netflix, Prime & Disney+, free Wi-Fi, and a hot tub is available to use. The Coach House has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms to sleep 8 people (£499-749 per night) while the Cottage has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms to sleep 4 people (£249-349 per night). Paheydon (talk) 10:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I've been really busy and forgot to do this. I have now unblacklisted the url and added a slightly modified version of the listing to New Forest.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 11:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Many thanks! Paheydon (talk) 11:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

www dot letsexplorewestsumatra dot com
The usual - added by a block-evading spammer in the Padang article. Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)


 * How was the IP able to add it on Special:Diff/4889269 and Special:Diff/4889265. -- SHB2000  (t &#124; c &#124; m) 11:05, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * They didn't add any URL, just the host/domain. They didn't get a working link, but copying and pasting the hostname to the address bar, anybody could reach the site. –LPfi (talk) 13:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, that explains (do see Ikan's talk page for what I ended up doing) SHB2000  (t &#124; c &#124; m) 21:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)