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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|581320419#section_name}}

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

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

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    Proposed additions to Whitelist (web pages to unblock)


    www.mapsofworld.com/country-profile/swaziland.html

    For the article Music of Swaziland (which I'm rewriting currently). I've found two citations for the article and although it remains generally intact without this site, its good to have multiple sources for information. Thanks, ReconditeRodent (talk) 00:39, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    andtan.newmail.ru

    andtan.newmail.ru: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    Hello, I see that our article Linyphiidae has some warnings about www.andtan.newmail.ru/list/ . I'm sure there are reasons that newmail.ru is generally blacklisted (it's some sort of Russian MySpace I think?), but this specific site is a good scientific source for Linyphiid spiders. Can it be whitelisted? Thanks, SemanticMantis (talk) 18:36, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Does not appear to be a reliable source but I am not going to deny it just yet. I will allow some time to gather a consensus on WP:RSN as to whether it should be deemed reliable and whitelisted. If a link to such a consensus is posted by the end of the month then this request will be approved, otherwise it will be denied. Stifle (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Denied Stifle's non-admin account (talk) 09:17, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    rwservices.no-ip.info

    rwservices.no-ip.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    These pages are a broadly useful bibliographic reference for many topics relating to pen computing and touch computing.

    It is blocked because it is a no-ip.info domain; it's collateral damage; essentially no risk of spam at this subdomain, which has been under stable ownership for many years.

    No reason not to whitelist this particular domain.

    No reason the instructions for this page don't even mention subdomain whitelisting as an option. Must I file an {{editrequest}} to get that fixed?

    Which articles? See Current usage: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&limit=500&offset=0&redirs=1&ns0=1&ns1=1&ns2=1&ns3=1&ns4=1&ns5=1&ns6=1&ns7=1&ns8=1&ns9=1&ns10=1&ns11=1&ns12=1&ns13=1&ns14=1&ns15=1&ns100=1&ns101=1&search=no-ip.info+rwservices

    Cyber's Cyberbot II bot has been going nuts flagging this, e.g. see Stylus (computing)!

    No WP:ELNO item 1 issue.

    I'm not sure how this would be an item 1 issue? the web site is a historical bibliography on the subject. It has been cited by name as a source of prior art by the US Patent Office. PenComputingPerson (talk) 00:40, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    (Derived from pref request - no response from OP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2013/09#rwservices.no-ip.info:81.2Fpens.2Fbiblio93.html ( PenComputingPerson (talk · contribs) and prompted by current broader list discussion on the blacklist talk page.)

    Questions? Please ask on my talk page. --Elvey (talk) 00:08, 27 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Happy to permit specific links; not going to do the full subdomain without a wider consensus (e.g. WP:VP or WP:RSN). Stifle (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thanks for the talkback. This is a list for blocking spam, only. (Note, for example, that examiner.com is listed because of spam issues, not RS issues; as noted in recent discussion.)
      • I already see a consensus here for this SUBdomain to be unblocked - there are approved unblock requests and the only denial reason (I've seen) was non-responsiveness from the OP. I see no justification for discussion on WP:VP or WP:RSN. No one has suggested that there is a spam issue with rwservices.no-ip.info. Right? --Elvey (talk) 19:08, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • Afraid you may be misinformed. The name "spam-blacklist" is determined by the Wikimedia software and we can and do use the list to deal with bad sources. Please gather a consensus supporting the whitelisting or alternatively specify one or more specific individual links for whitelisting. Stifle (talk) 11:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Look, Elvey, no-ip.info is blacklisted because it offers the same functionality as a redirect service. Speaking of that - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stylus_(computing)&diff=577215325&oldid=575665836 replaces the no-ip.info address with a site which is not blacklisted. The info is apparently available elsewhere. --Dirk Beetstra T C 10:48, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    moneyweek.com/how-to-profit-from-market-turmoil-spread-betting/

    moneyweek.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    In the Spread betting article to include moneyweek.com/how-to-profit-from-market-turmoil-spread-betting/ as a reference for spread betting being a means of hedging in the financial markets. Moneyweek is generally a reliable source but it seems it was spam-linked to many years ago. -- Thincat (talk) 20:13, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    PS Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:LinkSearch/*.moneyweek.com makes me think the domain is being used by a number of articles in a sensible way. Could the domain block be removed and any possible future spam linking monitored? Or can something else be done? BTW I haven't personally added the current link or any of the others. I was just reading the article and thought the link was relevant and useful. Thincat (talk) 08:43, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • You can request full removal at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed_removals. Stifle (talk) 11:54, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
      • Thank you. I considered doing that but I was faced with "Explain your reasoning why the blacklisting is not necessary anymore" and I am simply not in a position to do that. For all I know the spam linking is ongoing and and has been incessant over the last few years. I had hoped that someone in a knowledgeable position to judge the position of the specific link would also be able to judge the general case. Anyway, if the specific link is thought unsuitable, as seems to be the case, I am happy to accept that the web site is no good. Thincat (talk) 13:32, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
        • To be honest I am supportive of having the full site unblocked. Stifle (talk) 14:06, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    aceini.no-ip.info/imule

    aceini.no-ip.info: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    Used in 2 articles. Which articles: I2P and iMule. Full URL : aceini.no-ip.info/imule --Dadu (talk) 22:22, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    www.calmira.co.nr/

    calmira.co.nr: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    This is a website for an open-source software product and is used as a reference in the Calmira article. I can't see any reason why it should be on the blacklist at all, but I am unable to identify which blacklist it is on (but a bot seems to think it is on one somewhere), so I can't request removal. --Pontificalibus (talk) 11:11, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    The tag gives you that information: Triggered by \bco\.nr\b on the global blacklist. The request was because co.nr offers URL cloaking and redirecting. Amalthea 11:37, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    co.nr is practically a redirect cloak, as Amalthea said. There are however some real sites using co.nr, I suggest whitelisting this link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:10, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Belay that .. you want to see http://lordmmx.nethdd.eu/calmira/index.html, which seems to be the non-redirected site. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:11, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Not done Stifle's non-admin account (talk) 16:24, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    www.hockeyfights.com/news/100844

    hockeyfights.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    Used in Rory Fitzpatrick to cite his signing with the Florida Panthers. Not sure why it raises flags but it is a good source of information. That site is very good about reporting accurate information about free agent signings in hockey. 74.74.173.131 (talk) 06:31, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    petitions.whitehouse.gov

    petitions.whitehouse.gov: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    • petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/

    more specifically petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/start-national-effort-digitize-all-public-government-info/15vthgVB

    1. petitions.whitehouse.gov should be whitelisted because it contains responses to petitions in addition to petitions themselves. I know that petitions can be troublesome links but sometimes the responses are great sources to cite.
    2. A range of articles related to actions of the United States Federal Government would benefit from this unblock, as unblocking this would allow this top-level government website to be cited in articles about the actions it takes by popular demand. See We the People (petitioning system) for information about this site and its impact.

    Note that I am trying to cite David Ferriero. He is a great third-party source for giving comment on federal government policy beyond his control. I ought not be restricted in doing this. The site may not be blacklisted, but the word "petitions" in the URL seems to trigger a block. Previous discussion about this has happened.

    Thanks, Blue Rasberry (talk) 21:01, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    no Declined the request to white-list the entire domain. We don't white-list entire domains here, but we could white-list a specific page. There doesn't seem to be a way to white-list only the home page of a site unless that page has a specific path rather than a domain name. I suggest white-listing the overview page petitions.whitehouse.gov/how-why/introduction as a general-purpose link, which describes the site, how it works, step-by-step guide, etc. Please let us know if that's acceptable.
    As to white-listing a specific petition, is there significant coverage on it to demonstrate that it is worth white-listing? The last thing we want here is to white-list anything for the purpose of providing more coverage.
    Regarding the current blacklist rule, it may be possible to contrive a regex that triggers only when the word "petition" occurs only in the domain name rather than the entire path. I am not sure how to do this, but if it could be figured out, it would solve the problem. ~Amatulić (talk) 17:28, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks User:Amatulic. I would settle for a ruling for or against white-listing this specific petition right now, and then I might have a better idea of what I should do about the rest of the domain. Again, the problem never was this domain - it is the word "petitions", as any url which contains this word is blacklisted. I am not sure that this domain was ever thoughtfully blacklisted.
    Yes, this petition is actually covered in some other reliable sources, but that is irrelevant because I am not writing about this petition itself. The petition addresses a certain issue which is bigger than the petition itself and since the Archivist of the United States responded authoritatively to it, I wanted to use this as a source among others in describing certain government practices. How would you feel about whitelisting this one petition, and and then I sort out any broader issues elsewhere? Blue Rasberry (talk) 17:52, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It seems I mis-read the request. I didn't notice that you were requesting whitelisting of a path, rather than a domain. The path you proposed didn't work. I stuck an 's' on the end of it: petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitions -- That should not be a problem, and probably preferable than the alternative I proposed. What do you think?
    If you want to whitelist the path to any petition (without the 's'), that won't fly. That's the same as whitelisting the whole domain.
    How, exactly, would this specific petition be used as a source? Generally (see WP:ELNO) we don't link to user-generated content. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:31, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Bluerasberry - the problem is the word petition and the 'spamming' from that. Whatever petition site, those sites get 'spammed' (added solely for the reason to get people to vote for 'your cause'). Moreover, petitions that are running are not useful in any form in Wikipedia, and for petitions that are closed, the only thing the link is useful for is the final result number. That being said, even for that they are a primary source, and that number is only, for Wikipedia, of interest if that petition has had some real impact. And if that is true, it is generally published by other sources, making the primary source superfluous (and if it is not covered, the petition itself is hardly notable enough to be mentioned here anyway).

    Therefore, we would only whitelist certain specific links to specific petitions - that may be a case here. I would strongly advise against blanket whitelisting the whole petition site, however respectable.

    www.examiner.com/review/state-of-emergency-is-a-forgettable-entry-the-zombie-movie-genre

    examiner.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com It's an informative and accurate review of the film State of Emergency for the article in my userspace User:Jenova20/State of Emergency (film). I don't understand why the page is blacklisted because it seems pretty informative and well researched. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 12:58, 22 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I have now. Can i get this page unblocked for the article? It's hardly controversial, and i'm using it for a review of a film, not scientific or factual evidence of something that matters. It doesn't bother me if they are a commission paying media company etc, but their review is very good and very accurate and would improve my article-in-progress greatly. If it was as simple to replace with another review, i would, but it's not. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 09:41, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Can we speed things up a bit? I know we're all volunteers but this should be uncontroversial. It's an opinionated review, and a good one. It easily meets unblocking criteria. I'm asking for one page on the site, not the entire site. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 21:41, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    youtu.be/H9qvhp8JMBY

    It's my close up look at the Two Spotted Spider Mite which I would like to add to the Tetranychus urticae webpage as an External Link. There are no external links on the subject with live video on the spider at present. Thanks ツ smileclick20 (email) 11:52, 24 October 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.132.254 (talk) [reply]

    use the expanded link, please: http://youtube.com/watch?v=H9qvhp8JMBY (if I am correct that is the correct url). Redirect sites are not necessary anyway, and a way around the spam-blacklist (and many have been abused for that reason), and therefore generally blanket blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:46, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Not done Stifle's non-admin account (talk) 16:24, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Not that i'm complaining but this is the worst attempt at copying a signature ever. Smileclick even kept the colour scheme the same and kept the number on the end, which has no part of the user's name! I've looked at that daily while waiting for my request to be dealt with and it still amazes me. Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 21:44, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    youtu.be/ for adding Timestamps

    For the article You Have Already Gone To The Other World, an album based on a 1964 movie, which is available in full length on Youtube, I'd like to refer songs to passages in the movie by putting a Youtube link with the according timestamp in the annotation, so that one click leads directly to the passage I'm referring to. But since the URL addition ?t=1m16s only works on youtu.be and not on youtube.com, I'm not able to do that because youtu.be is blocked on Wikipedia. The links I'd like to have are youtu.be/5GoXMSAMOyg?t=1m16s and youtu.be/5GoXMSAMOyg?t=52m33s. (I had to rename youtu.be to XYyoutu.be because I can't even put them here.) Thanks! Wuschelkopf (talk) 09:54, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Please use the expanded links: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5GoXMSAMOyg?t=1m16s and http://youtube.com/watch?v=5GoXMSAMOyg?t=52m33s redirect sites are not necessary, and therefore blanket blacklisted. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:48, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Not done Stifle's non-admin account (talk) 16:24, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    www.examiner.com/article/the-rescue-pledge-a-choice-to-last-a-lifetime

    examiner.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com This article provides an informative backstory behind the pro bono project: The RescuePledge. Created through a partnership with San Francisco based company P.L.A.Y. and Atlanta based digital marketing agency Nebe, the story behind The RescuePledge is an external link for the article: User:Robertklein192/Nebo Agency which I cannot save unless this link is whitelisted. examiner.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Please allow this page to be whitelisted as it provides necessary insight into the company Nebo Agency to paint the most objective and informative picture regarding their work. Thanks! Robertklein192 (talk) 20:16, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/209451

    yahoo.uservoice.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com I would like to add this url to the External links at Yahoo! Groups. The url points to the Yahoo! Groups official feedback forum. I was advised to come here at: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Site_registered_on_Wikipedia.27s_blacklist.3F_-_Yahoo.21_groups. Thanks in advance, XOttawahitech (talk) 20:25, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Please clarify how this site is a relevant external link, in particular how it meets WP:ELNO item 1. Stifle's non-admin account (talk) 16:24, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    www.vallenajerilla.com/legadomedievalnajera/librosbibliotecasnajera.htm

    vallenajerilla.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com I would like to add this Spanish-language page (title: Libros y librerías en la Rioja altomedieval) as a reference to Visigothic script. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:40, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    filmgola.com/movie/

    filmgola.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    In Swamy Ra Ra, Prema Katha Chitram and many similar pages related to Telugu movies section, i have noticed that the information from this link can be very useful, as it contains reviews from various users around the world who follow telugu films. It gives us the accurate result about how the movie is received by audience and telugu movie critics in general and this information can be very useful under reception section of a telugu movie page. I have noticed the same kind of information is available for many English / Hollywood movies on their pages, but for telugu movies it is not. This is the only site that provides this kind of reliable information for telugu movies. Hence requesting to white list the movie url alone.

    I have read the details present in the /Common requests page. Raghusri (talk) 19:53, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    google.co.uk/url?

    I am attempting to write an article on Yodle, but a PDF I attempted to use as a reference for their ranking in a list triggered the blacklist. I am not 100% sure why google is blocked, but it may have been blocked for length. Thanks for any help, Matty.007 19:52, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the through-link you got from the google-search, google uses this to track which result you find most interesting, pasting this would increase the page-ranking of the result. As such, this can potentially be abused by spammers to improve the page-ranking and hence is globally blocked. You can use the proper link (if you post your url here, leaving off the 'http://' of the beginning, it will save, and we will try to help you find the un-redirected link). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:54, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Pjoef fixed it in this edit, so thanks to both him and you, it's OK now. Matty.007 13:03, 10 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    cypress.com

    I would the four links above whitelisted for the page: List_of_common_microcontrollers#Cypress_Semiconductor. I understand that Cypress have behaved badly in the past and should stay blacklisted as a site, however, those links point to specific product pages that seem legit to me (and are relevant to the article). 00prometheus (talk) 17:05, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    123Greetings.com

    123greetings.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    On the 123Greetings.com article as an external link because the link is the official website of the subject of the article. Josh769 (talk) 19:33, 11 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there an index.htm, an about-page or something similar on the site that we can use - whitelisting the domain is open up Wikipedia to the same spam again that got it blacklisted in the first place. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:14, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Done. Home page can actually be whitelisted without allowing any other sub pages or domains, e.g. with (?<=/)www\.123greetings\.com/?$. Amalthea 11:51, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Approved requests

    moneyweek.com

    moneyweek.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    On the MoneyWeek article as an external link because the link is the official website of the subject of the article..--Pontificalibus (talk) 14:17, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

     Done, home page can now be linked to. Amalthea 19:26, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Denied requests

    wysinger.homestead.com/marionwysinger.html on Florence Wysinger Allen

    • It's used to cite information about her father. She's someone it's hard to find information on, but, she's notable, so it would be really nice to keep this link included. It's a good faith addition that's been there for quite sometime (and was added by me). Thank you for your consideration. SarahStierch (talk) 17:09, 25 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • Please clarify how this is a reliable source. Stifle (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not. LOL. But, there isn't a lot of information related to this, and the majority of genealogical information comes from primary sources. But, I'm a researcher, I'm a curator by education and trade, so to me, using the occasional primary source is OK as long as it's used in a non-questionable manner. SarahStierch (talk) 17:43, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Not done, self-admitted that this is not a reliable source. Stifle (talk) 11:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Expired requests (not done due to lack of reply)

    gehenna666.cjb.net/bio.htm

    Used as a source on Gorgoroth. For some reason even the archive link from archive.org is blocked. This should be fixed so that archived versions of now-defunct websites can still be used as a source without triggering the blacklist. MrMoustacheMM (talk) 20:57, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Don't know why the archive link is triggering; it usually doesn't. Please clarify why the site is a reliable source. Stifle (talk) 20:41, 5 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    •  Not done due to lack of reply. Stifle (talk) 11:43, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Withdrawn, malformed, invalid, or stale requests

    cbronline.com/news/britains_harlequin_announces_lispworks_at_us_artificial_intelligence_show

    cbronline.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Wikipedia: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

    This link is used in LispWorks. It's a genuine news description of the software's first release in 1989 and thus a useful contribution to the page describing the software. Thanks. Nick Levine (talk) 14:43, 17 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    • Looks like a press release to me. I am inclined to deny this request but will leave it open for a short while in case I or another administrator can be convinced otherwise. Stifle (talk) 11:57, 19 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals from whitelist (sites to reblock)

    Troubleshooting and problems

    Discussion

    Other projects with active whitelists

    I was unable to format this so as to fit in the left column where x-wiki links normally go. This, as well as a similar list for other local blacklists (on our blacklist's talk page) may be useful information. --A. B. (talk) 14:00, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

    Notice to everyone about our Reliable sources and External links noticeboards

    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 acheive consensus at one of the above noticeboards. Thanks! A Quest For Knowledge (talk)

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