This is a page to track passive-spamming by an Indonesian gambling consortium and a similar Turkish operation, who have usurped over 700 domains thus far (Sep 2024). They go by many names, one is Judi which is Indonesian for gambling .
This page is also to request domains to be usurped. Simply add it to the list below, "Domains to be usurped"
When a domain expires or is abandoned by the original owner, anyone can re-register and take possession. They then control all links to those domains from all Wikipedia projects and can redirect to their spam site. This is "passive spamming" since no edits to Wikipedia are required. A gambling consortium in Indonesia is systematically monitoring all domains linked from Wikipedia (10s of millions), determining when they expire, and taking possession. It is a large complex ongoing problem impacting every Wikipedia project.
The original discussion is Wikipedia:Link_rot/URL_change_requests/Archives/2021/November#Daftar_Situs_/_Judi_Slots .
The consortium was first identified by User:Lyndaship .
The consortium uses different names, IPs, websites and page titles. Common Indonesian terms associated are "Judi", "Daftar", "Situs", "Slot", "Terpercaya", "Live Draw", "Pengeluaran", and "Gacor". Common Turkish ones are "Bahis", "Canlı", "Siteleri" and "Giriş" - usually with two of these words being inserted into the title field.
On enwiki, the bot WP:WAYBACKMEDIC can mark citations with usurped domains, for example adding archive URLs and changing to |url-status=usurped. The bot is run by User:GreenC author of this page. It follows the process outlined at WP:USURPURL .
For other wikis, there is IABot which runs on 95% of the Wikipedia languages, plus other projects. The domains can be set to "dead" via the IABot interface, and whenever the bot encounters a citation with that domain it will add an archive URL. However this is not a proper anti-usurpation method, it does not change to |url-status=usurped and other things so it is incomplete.
For everything else, nothing is done, it is up to the local wikis.
Edit filters might be used, but since this is passive spamming, and there is no evidence the spammers are actively spamming, the edit filter can cause new problems such as blocking attempts to add archive URLs, blocking attempts to fix the problem - edit filters are not recommended unless there is good reason such as active spamming.
Add domains to be usurped to this list.
actualcafe.com
investor-partner.co.uk
newamericamedia.org
chicagofreepress.com
southdreamz.com
hjson.org
iassrt.org
List of domains already usurped.
Statistics of bot run results on enwiki.
Batch 1: 2021-10-21
75 domains (lines 1 to 75 in "Domains processed on enwiki" list above)
Edit 1,034 pages
Add 1,354 archive URLs - Example , Example
Change 1,085 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped - Example
Convert 44 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 182 usurped titles - Example
Delete 256 citations in 63 articles no archive avail - Example , Example
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD)
Various general fixes Batch 2: 2021-10-26
31 domains (lines 76-107 in list)
Edit 2,808 pages
Add 1,684 archive URLs
Change 2,633 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 314 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 28 usurped titles
Delete 327 citations in 270 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD)
Various general fixes
Re-processed 2,526 Wikipedia:Link_rot/URL_change_requests#leighrayment.com URLs which resulted in a few deletions (lack of archive URL) and removal of 98 spam strings from |title= and |website=. Batch 3: 2021-11-05
34 domains (dailyguideafrica.com to pageant-almanac.com in list)
Edit 1,047 pages
Add 3,044 archive URLs
Change 3,134 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 138 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 82 usurped titles
Delete 69 citations in 35 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 4: 2021-12-28
26 domains (arizonaexperience.org to coalintheuk.org in list)
Edit 317 pages
Add 329 archive URLs
Change 334 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 10 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 24 usurped titles
Delete 2 citations in 2 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 5: 2022-01-22
55 domains (stopdirtyenergyprop.com to pulpserenade.com in list)
Edit 1,744 pages
Add 2,075 archive URLs
Change 1,337 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 51 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 44 usurped titles
Delete 116 citations in 61 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 6: 2022-10-22
27 domains (profastpitch.com to dinamalarnellai.com in list)
Edit 821 pages
Add 702 archive URLs
Change 1,173 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 32 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 5 usurped titles
Delete 102 citations in 61 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 7: 2022-10-24
131 domains (durhamallianceleague.org.uk to compgroups.net in list)
Edit 5,947 pages
Add 3,558 archive URLs
Change 5,090 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 200 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 168 usurped titles
Delete 216 citations in 134 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 8: 2022-11-02
46 domains (theccwr.org to archive.rubicon-foundation.org in list)
Edit 1,032 pages
Add 1,663 archive URLs
Change 2,367 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 24 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 58 usurped titles
Delete 239 citations in 54 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 9: 2023-03-23
26 domains (slotmpoo.web.app to plimsoll.org in list)
Edit 458 pages
Add 613 archive URLs
Change 345 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 11 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 10 usurped titles
Delete 6 citations in 6 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 10: 2023-11-10
45 domains (haitimega.com to shabelle.net in list)
Edit 1,477 pages
Add 1,363 archive URLs
Change 1,002 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 177 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 1 usurped titles
Delete 49 citations in 6 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 11: 2024-01-21
10 domains (oxonianreview.org to myetymology.com in list)
Edit 1,971 pages
Add 1,176 archive URLs
Change 1,406 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 155 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 0 usurped titles
Delete 165 citations in 130 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 12: 2024-07-24
28 domains (soundtrackgeek.com to popmani.se in list)
Edit 610 pages
Add 484 archive URLs
Change 359 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 38 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 1 usurped title
Delete 9 citations in 9 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 13: 2024-08-26
54 domains (smmsport.com to wrexham-history.com in list)
Edit 7,376 pages
Add 1,781 archive URLs
Change 13,510 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 333 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 20 usurped title
Delete 736 citations in 450 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 14, 15, 16
Skipped numbers to bring the bot's internal identifier and public batch number in sync Batch 17: 2024-09-17
274 domains (buzzle.com to seatalk.info in list)
Edit 7,246 pages
Add 5,139 archive URLs
Change 6,679 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 474 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 80 usurped title
Delete 708 citations in 486 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 18: 2024-09-20
500 domains (huskerj.com to squeakyfromme.org in list)
Edit 7,261 pages
Add 5,291 archive URLs
Change 6,399 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 581 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 0 usurped title
Delete 687 citations in 282 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD) Batch 19: 2024-11-04
231 domains (faw.org.uk to amandahollowayphotography.com in list)
Edit 1,936 pages
Add 1,572 archive URLs
Change 1,990 |url-status=dead or live -> |url-status=usurped
Convert 195 {{webarchive }} to square archive URL embedded in {{usurped }}
Convert 12 usurped title
Delete 684 citations in 254 articles no archive avail
Domains marked permadead in IABot database (TBD)
