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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|923687621#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}}



    Notice to everyone about our Reliable sources and External links noticeboards

    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)


    mangauk.com (second request)

    Reasons

    The article "Time loop" uses the blog post "Edge of Tomorrow, and Kill Is All You Need" as a reference, and I'd like to use the link to complete the reference, since, unlike the books cited in the article, the post does not exist offline. The domain was blacklisted not because of content, but because at one point Wikipedia articles were spammed with it in edits. I requested this in July, but never received a response. —DocWatson42 (talk) 06:36, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @DocWatson42: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:35, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    leningradschool.com

    A request to the white list of this site, containing numerous images of paintings and allowing their use to illustrate articles about Russian artists. Leningradartist (talk) 13:22, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Not done Your spamming is the reason it is blacklisted. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:30, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    hubpages.com

    Why whitelist: a link to hubpages.com has already been improperly added to one of the articles on Wikipedia. I'm trying to convert the affected reference into a proper web citation.

    Which article: Space travel using constant acceleration.

    Specific link: williamhaloupek.hubpages.com/hub/Calculations-for-science-fiction-writers-Space-travel-with-constant-acceleration-nonrelativistic

    The page has been archived. Archive URL: web.archive.org/web/20150921181541/http://williamhaloupek.hubpages.com/hub/Calculations-for-science-fiction-writers-Space-travel-with-constant-acceleration-nonrelativistic

    hubpages.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

    Andrey.a.mitin (talk) 01:28, 5 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    nflhistory.net

    Although I'm not sure that whitelisting this site is the correct action, Beetstra suggested that I post this here. I tried to restore a citation ("NFL History (March 10, 2003)"). removed a few years ago, to the 1920 Akron Pros season article. It seems that it was removed because the archived URL was not working, although it is working now. The underlying URL, however—nflhistory.net—leads to a malicious website; I thus can't add it to the "url=" parameter, even with a "url-status=dead" parameter. Accordingly, the archived URL will not display. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to resolve this? The archived URL (which contains the underlying URL) is

    • Link requested to be whitelisted: replay.web.archive.org/20070222012552/http://nflhistory.net/linescores/pdf/1920.pdf

    (note the insertion of "BREAK" in the middle). Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 14:06, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    justjaredjr.com

    I am not sure why this page is blocked from being listed on Wikipedia, but I need this specific link to cite a source in the filmography section on the article of Kelli Berglund. There is no need to whitelist the site itself, I am only requesting that the specific link posted above is whitelisted. If you need more information from me, I will provide it as best as I can. Eightsixofakina (talk) 03:24, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    explore.org

    I tried to add a link to explore.org/livecams and was told it is blacklisted. That seems strange, as Explore.org is one of the leading organizations worldwide for education about wildlife and is funded by the Annenberg Foundation. Is this a mistake? Has some troll put it on the blacklist? Please investigate!
    techlady

    Three .onions

    Moved from MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist:

    BBC's Tor-accessible site, allowing direct access to BBC News via that service. Blacklisting is not necessary as the blanket *.onion ban is mostly for all of the barely-accessible and very shady content on the Darkweb, not this. Near as I can tell, the only *.onion URI around here is Facebook's for some reason. Not sure why we are only linking out to their walled garden surveillance network and not reliable news sources or valuable non-profits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:23, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Freedom of the Press Foundation's Tor-accessible site, allowing direct access to BBC News via that service. Blacklisting is not necessary as the blanket *.onion ban is mostly for all of the barely-accessible and very shady content on the Darkweb, not this. Near as I can tell, the only *.onion URI around here is Facebook's for some reason. Not sure why we are only linking out to their walled garden surveillance network and not reliable news sources or valuable non-profits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:23, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    ProPublica's Tor-accessible site, allowing direct access to BBC News via that service. Blacklisting is not necessary as the blanket *.onion ban is mostly for all of the barely-accessible and very shady content on the Darkweb, not this. Near as I can tell, the only *.onion URI around here is Facebook's for some reason. Not sure why we are only linking out to their walled garden surveillance network and not reliable news sources or valuable non-profits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:40, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Koavf: no Declined, there is no indication in the articles that these need to be mentioned next to their official sites, we normally list only one with very few exceptions. The reference to facebook is completely unrelated. --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:26, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, How is it "completely unrelated" when it's doing exactly what I'm asking to do: allow a .onion link? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Koavf, do you see the link on facebook? —Dirk Beetstra T C 04:56, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra, No, instead we made facebookcorewwwi.onion to discuss just this URI itself. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:18, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Koavf, exactly, because the .onion is independently notable. I’m sorry, but I don’t see that for these three (I may be mistaken, but I don’t see an article for a bbc .onion e.g.), and there is (next to) zero discussion showing that these sites’ .onion service is of particular interest in the articles (one mentions that they fund a tor project as well, but that is about it). The prose of their main articles does not seem to warrant a mention of their darkweb activities. I’m sorry, but I see here no need to whitelist these). Dirk Beetstra T C 05:32, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    xvideos.com

    Per /Common requests#About, we would need an about-page or a full url of the index page. Can you please provide a suitable link? --Dirk Beetstra T C 04:23, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Beetstra
    • Regex requested to be whitelisted: info\.xvideos\.com$

    should work. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 05:21, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Beetstra: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:39, 25 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    penang-traveltips.com

    As per previous listing on the Spam-blacklist and as suggested by Beetstra, posting here. I would like to use https:// www. penang-traveltips.com/francis-light-tomb.htm (I'm adding spaces here or it won't even allow me to save it here) if possible. I know it's not the most authoritative type of site, but together with other info I have which corroborates the researcher (Purdon) mentioned, it's the best I have for a particular bit of info at the moment. Similary, https:// www.penang-traveltips.com/biography-of-captain-francis-light.htm and https:// www.penang-traveltips.com/james-scott.htm would be useful. Any chance they could get whitelisted? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 04:50, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    ticketmaster.com

    I would like to use this as the source for uploading the image under fair-use for Allen Event Center. Pbrks (talk) 02:11, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    gofundme

    Please allow a citation to gofundme for only this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bellini. The GoFundMe page is literally the only place on the internet where this actor's illness has been reported. kstraka (talk) 01:15, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Kstraka: two remarks, first: you ask for a ticketmaster.com link but talk about gofundme, can you please check. second: you are walking a very thin rope on BLP if theonly source on a illness is in a gofundme (which could be opened by anyone). Even if it was not a BLP, I would question whether this is then something worth including, is it encyclopedically relevant to include this. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:22, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    omicsonline.org

    I would like to use this for this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMICS_Publishing_Group It's been in the article since 2017, but the spam blacklist caught it in my edit. The first webpage is cited for how much the company charges in publishing fees. The second webpage is just used in the infobox for their official website.TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 02:17, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @TheTechnician27: for the second, as per /Common requests#About, we would need an about-page or a full url (including an index.htm) of the index page. Can you please provide a suitable link? --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:23, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Beetstra: Link requested to be whitelisted: www.omicsonline.org/about.php this is the organization's 'About Us' page. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 03:32, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @TheTechnician27: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 03:46, 30 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Proposed removals from whitelist (sites to reblock)

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