It appears that AdBlockPlus are doiung this through the 'URL Fixer' addon at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/url-fixer/, which they also use to make money off the typo-correction procedure (using affiliate links). There's more information at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/url-fixer/.
I'll drop them an email shortly. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 26 November 2012 10:11, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > I received the same error when I visited > http://incubator.wikimedia.org/ , suggesting that I wanted to go to > incubator.wikipedia.org , and asking if I wanted to block > wikimedia.org > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Andy Mabbett > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 24 November 2012 16:41, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> AdBlock Plus has a facility to protect users from typosquatting > >> (as in, typing "poopal.com" rather than "paypal.com") > >> > >> http://cl.ly/image/0M1l1D0K1x0g > > > > Ouch. > > > >> Does someone want to work out how to complain to the relevant parties? > > > > Is there no facility to report false positives on their website? > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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