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
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United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
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On 26 November 2012 10:11, John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> 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
<andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 24 November 2012 16:41, Tom Morris
<tom(a)tommorris.org> 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?
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