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    The Spam-whitelist page is used in conjunction with the Mediawiki SpamBlacklist extension, and lists strings of text that override Meta's blacklist and the local spam-blacklist. Any administrator can edit the spam whitelist. Please post comments to the appropriate section below: Proposed additions (web pages to unblock), Proposed removals (sites to reblock), or Troubleshooting and problems; read the messageboxes at the top of each section for an explanation. See also MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist.

    Please enter your requests at the bottom of the Proposed additions to Whitelist section and not at the very bottom of the page. Sign your requests with four tildes: ~~~~

    Also in your request, please include the following:

    1. The link that you want whitelisted in the section title, like === example.com/help/index.php === .
    2. The Wikipedia page on which you want to use the link
    3. An explanation why it would be useful to the encyclopedia article proper
    4. If the site you're requesting is listed at /Common requests, please include confirmation that you have read the reason why requests regarding the site are commonly denied and that you still desire to proceed with your request

    Important: You must provide a full link to the specific web page you want to be whitelisted (leave out the http:// from the front; otherwise you will not be able to save your edit to this page). Requests quoting only a domain (i.e. ending in .com or similar with nothing after the / character) are likely to be denied. If you wish to have a site fully unblocked please visit the relevant section of MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist.

    Note: Do not request links to be whitelisted where you can reasonably suspect that the material you want to link to is in violation of copyright (see WP:LINKVIO). Such requests will likely be summarily rejected.

    There is no automated notification system in place for the results of requests, and you will not be notified when your request has a response. You should therefore add this page to your personal watch list, to your notifications through the subscribe feature, or check back here every few days to see if there is any progress on it; in particular, you should check whether administrators have raised any additional queries or expressed any concerns about the request, as failure to reply to these promptly will generally result in the request being denied.

    Completed requests are archived, additions and removal are logged. →snippet for logging: {{/request|974877441#section_name}}

    Note that requests from new or unregistered users are not usually considered.

    Admins: Use seth's tool to search the spamlists.

    Indicators
    Request completed:
     Done {{Done}}
     Stale {{StaleIP}}
     Request withdrawn {{withdrawn}}
    Request declined:
    no Declined {{Declined}}
     Not done {{Notdone}}
    Information:
     Additional information needed {{MoreInfo}}
    information Note: {{TakeNote}}



    If you have a source that you would like to add to the spam-whitelist, but you are uncertain that it meets Wikipedia's guideline on reliability, please ask for opinions on the Reliable sources noticeboard, to confirm that it does meet that guideline, before submitting your whitelisting request here. In your request, link to the confirming discussion on that noticeboard.

    Likewise, if you have an external link that you are uncertain meets Wikipedia's guideline on external links, please get confirmation on the External links noticeboard before submitting your whitelisting request here.

    If your whitelist request falls under one of these two categories, the admins will be more willing to have the source whitelisted if you can achieve consensus at one of the above noticeboards.

    Proposed additions to Whitelist (web pages to unblock)


    yourstory hifives

    Don't understand why these pages are blocked - they contain media coverage of a new page that I am trying to publish. yourstory.com/2013/07/hifives-launches-revamped-cloud-based-solution-to-maximize-impact-of-employee-rewards-programs yourstory.com/2012/06/hifives-corporate-organization-gifting — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaudhurisagar (talk • contribs) 18:08, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Chaudhurisagar, please see MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/October_2015#YourStory.com Dirk Beetstra T C 20:17, 19 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Keeping thread in one place, moved from here

    Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist?markasread=193006586&markasreadwiki=enwiki#yourstory_hifives

    I am still not sure as to why YourStory.com is blocked.

    1. Shraddha Sharma, the founder of YourStory is a renowned journalist in India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shradha_Sharma She has worked with CNBC and has won several awards and accolades and has been named as one of the top influencers on LinkedIn 2. YourStory is one of the top online publications for startups and entrepreneurs in India with high domain authority. 3. I don't know about the spam link incident that happened in 2015 but that was a long time back.

    I am unable to publish my first article on Wiki because it has 2 references to Your Story which were actually interviews of me and my co-founder. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaudhurisagar (talk • contribs) 09:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Chaudhurisagar, can you expand on ‘me and my co-founder’? Are you related to the subject you are writing about?
    Regarding the subject, you should be able to write an article without references to yourstory but using independent, reliable sources instead. Then it can be judged whether additional sourcing is needed. Dirk Beetstra T C 12:11, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The article quotes independent sources - leading publications in India - Economic Times (2 reports) - Bangalore Mirror - a Times of India publication (1 report) - Your Story (2 interviews) - Hindu Businessline (1 report)

    The above websites are of high reputation in India and high domain authority. However, I am unable to publish the article as it has references to the YourStory website which seems to be blocked. So my request would be to unblock the pages which we want to link to. These are critical interviews. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaudhurisagar (talk • contribs) 17:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Chaudhurisagar, then publish it first without the yourstory references please. If the article has merit without the yourstory references it will stay and we will revisit this, if it doesn't this discussion is moot. Dirk Beetstra T C 18:11, 20 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, The requesting editor appears to be the owner of Draft:HiFives, and has not declared paid editing Fiddle Faddle 22:26, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Timtrent, I asked that above (though it is obvious ...) and a warning has already been issued. I hoped that the warnings for spamming were enough ... Dirk Beetstra T C 05:53, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, It seems warnings to UPE editors are never enough 🤪 Fiddle Faddle 07:01, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra - published it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaudhurisagar (talk • contribs) 06:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Chaudhurisagar: seen the current developments and your failure to act on the requests (and you being blocked): no Declined. YourStory is anyway not truly independent (it is, after all, your story, not their story). --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:39, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, I like it when they encircle themselves in their own mess, and then pull the net ever tighter Fiddle Faddle 15:40, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    jealousmarkup.xyz

    Link requested to be whitelisted: jealousmarkup.xyz/texts/neural-mt-looking-for-a-business-model/

    I'd like to have this site added to the whitelist because I think it's a reliable website about linguistics and translation studies that cites lots of reliable sources on its articles and I think it would be very useful on the article 'DeepL Translator'. -- PK2 (talk) 02:45, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @PK2: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. Link is already in use on other wikis for this page. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:13, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    PK2, it's a blog by Gábor Ugray (note redlink). Why do you think it's reliable? Guy (help! - typo?) 14:07, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    JzG, someone can be a specialist in the field even if they are not notable for their own Wikipedia article. It is one of the guys behind memoQ. That being said, if user:PK2 wants to reference the same material as on it.wikipedia then I would say that that is better served by the primary reference of the domain registrations than by a blog. Dirk Beetstra T C 17:27, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, for some reason, this link still triggers a protection filter even after you added it to the whitelist, unless I add the forward slash /. -- PK2 (talk) 07:29, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    PK2, you requested it with the forward slash at the end: 'jealousmarkup.xyz/texts/neural-mt-looking-for-a-business-model/', so that is what gets whitelisted. Dirk Beetstra T C 08:42, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, yes they can, but the chances of a self-published source by a non-notable individual being an RS are low, and normally I'd want some kind of evidence. Guy (help! - typo?) 09:46, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    JzG, yeah, but I am afraid that the opposite is more often true (after all, Gwyneth Paltrow is notable, but I would not trust her blogs even if they describe that water is suitable to wash your hands). Dirk Beetstra T C 10:01, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, agree - a blog is presumptively unreliable. Guy (help! - typo?) 09:45, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    second batch

    Beetstra, can you please add the following links to the whitelist?

    • Link requested to be whitelisted: jealousmarkup.xyz/texts/neural-mt-looking-for-a-business-model (without the forward slash /)
    • Link requested to be whitelisted: jealousmarkup.xyz (the whole domain)

    -- PK2 (talk) 00:07, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    PK2, what you basically request is the change of the first one - I will do that manually.
    The whole domain .. I am not sure. It is a blog, are you sure this is going to be 'of general use'? Whitelisting the whole domain is resulting in that this can be used everywhere. Dirk Beetstra T C 05:17, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    PK2 I have adapted the first rule. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:20, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra thank you, and why shouldn't whole domains of blogs be whitelisted? -- PK2 (talk) 07:28, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @PK2: No, the question is, are you sure this is going to be 'of general use'? I expressed concerns, user:JzG expressed concerns (already for the specific link ..). It is your task to convince admins that this action is needed, I do not need to defend why I did not perform an action (well, I did: I have concerns / there are concerns - and, implicitly, the .xyz TLD was blacklisted because it was spammed massively and contains a lot of useless crap). Dirk Beetstra T C 08:00, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beetstra: this won't be 'of general use', and thank you for adding the above link to the whitelist. -- PK2 (talk) 10:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]


    Request to unblock creative-biolabs

    A specific page should be whitelisted:

    • Link requested to be whitelisted: www.creative-biolabs.com/aboutus.html

    Article it would benefit: Creative Biolabs

    Why it should be whitelisted:

    @MB: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 17:47, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    neighborhoodarchive

    I would like to use the links for Draft:Old Friends ... New Friends, an article about a television series that Fred Rogers created and hosted.

    The links would only be used for the "Episodes" section. The links provide information for the "No." and "Awards" columns of the tables, which cannot, or is too difficult to, be obtained solely through newspaper clippings.

    I have read the two requests for delisting the site from the blacklist: [1], [2]. I understand that the link was spammed by person(s) related to the neighborhoodarchive.com site.

    FunnyMath (talk) 20:28, 18 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The first link is to direct readers to the entire catalog. The second and third links are used to show the specific pages of the catalog that would be cited. The fourth link provides a correction to the numbering of the episodes. The catalog erroneously numbers the last episode as 212. FunnyMath (talk) 21:31, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    The first link contains the entire catalog. It provides the numberings and awards for the episodes. The second link corrects the numbering of the last episode as 213. The catalog erroneously numbers the final episode as 212. FunnyMath (talk) 04:52, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @FunnyMath: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:25, 20 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! FunnyMath (talk) 21:07, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Request to unblock www.spycameramuseum.com.au

    Trying to cite this museum and getting stopped by the blacklist with the message "triggered a protection filter: spycam". This is the website of a genuine museum (I've visited it). The web content is not in any way harmful or sleazy (which I guess "spycam" might suggest). Please whitelist it. Thanks. Kerry (talk) 05:42, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kerry Raymond: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. 'spycam' is on meta as that is a common term in domains that get spammed. Obviously, there will be false positives like this one. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:48, 24 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    s155239215.onlinehome.us

    Will be beneficial for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ili River Treaty. The article nominated cites 2 sources that are books. ISBN search didn't work, so this is the only way to access the books. ~Styyx Talk? ^-^ 09:01, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Page appears to be hosting material in breach of copyright, see WP:COPYVIOEL, and therefore would not be eligible for whitelisting. Happy to review if evidence to the contrary is provided. Books can be cited without linking to them; see {{cite book}} or {{cite journal}}. Stifle (talk) 11:12, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Styyx: no Declined, also per user:Stifle. Linking to copyright violations is strictly prohibited per WP:COPYVIOEL. Point people to the original, and they can then go through the effort of actually finding the book, or WP:AGF if that it is sufficient. I will revdel the revids with the links. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    roblox official

    Previous got removed, this one for Roblox. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:00, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 15:00, 25 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    census2011.co.in

    I want you to remove www.census2011.co.in from ur blacklist. I want to add a referral link from this site to you page about jamsher khas population, because previous link is incorrect. Previous link is for a different village from different tehsil with same name. So please check my query for population of jamsher khas village. Which is actually 8437 according to census 2011 india Karanvirdi (talk) 20:07, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined - @Karanvirdi: for future requests to un-blacklist whole domains, please use MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed_removals (see the info on top of this section). Anyway, for Indian census information please use the official .gov websites rather than anonymous data aggregators. Such aggregator sites generally do not meet Wikipedia's reliability criteria (and have been heavily spammed in the past). But I have removed the likely incorrect information from the article, thank you for pointing this out. GermanJoe (talk) 20:39, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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