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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|587212269#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}}


    Proposed additions to Whitelist (web pages to unblock)

    Approved requests

    norm.org/index.html

    norm.org: 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 refer to MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2013/10#Norm.org where the fully qualified norm.org/index.html worked. Not it is on the blacklist. I wonder if someone could comment on this and consider whitelisting it, please? Fiddle Faddle 23:22, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

    These are whitelisted:
    http://www.norm.org/index.html
    http://www.norm.org/history.html
    http://www.norm.org/regimen.html
    Nothing else regarding norm.org will work, it have to be these exact urls. Nothing further to do here, I think. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 05:43, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
    Somewhat bizarrely I failed to be able to add http://norm.org/index.html to an article yesterday. Then I realised that this does not have the 'www.' element. Would you add that variant to the whitelist please?Fiddle Faddle 10:16, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
    The link is there now, and useable. No need to 'clutter' the whitelist with more or more complex entries. Typing out the full link is fine, and these only have a real place on one article anyway. I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:11, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
    You are the expert. My role is to ask. Yours to explain why or why not. I am content. Fiddle Faddle 12:29, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

    Denied requests

    TheUbie.Com, AmericanSmokeless.Com, Tim Sheridan

    1.Explain why the site should be whitelisted.

    I am a legitimate person, business, and scolar. I have a right to equal service.
    The black list is being used to make money for the pirates. (against wiki policy) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.94.231.176 (talk) 17:08, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

    2.Explain which articles would benefit from the addition of the link.

    I have made many edits ((Neanderthals comprise 2-4% of our dna))
    The General Philip Sheridan page intro.
    There is a opera/musical of the The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)).
    Currently, I was mentioning the largest telescope in the world. A 785 inch (focal length) solar scope.
    I am also THE inventor of the modern v-a-p-o-r-i-z-e-r. U.S. patent 7, 4 1 5, 9 8 2 It makes so much money the pirates are just totally criminal and denying every service on the net --including using Wikipedia for their campaign against me! Please stop them.

    3.Provide the specific link to the page you're requesting be added. Please use the basic URL so that there is no link (www.google.ca, not http://www.google.ca).

    AmericanSmokeless.Com
    TheUbie.Com

    Please add a LinkSummary|example.org ....

    americansmokeless.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
    theubie.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
    P.S. please stop harassing me and stalking me when I use Wikipedia.
    Thank you

    Tim Sheridan


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    spam pages
    Original blacklisting request

    TheUbie.Com, AmericanSmokeless.Com, Tim Sheridan (2)

    1.Explain why the site should be whitelisted.

    I am a legitimate person, business, and scolar. I have a right to equal service.
    The black list is being used to make money for pirates (against wiki policy)

    2.Explain which articles would benefit from the addition of the link.

    I have made many edits ((Neanderthals comprise 2-4% of our dna))
    The General Philip Sheridan page intro.
    There is a musical of the The Twelve Days of Christmas (song).
    Currently, I was mentioning the largest telescope in the world. A 785 inch (focal length) solar scope.
    I am also THE inventor of the modern v-a-p-o-r-i-z-e-r. U.S. patent 7, 4 1 5, 9 8 2 It makes so much money the pirates are just totally criminal and denying every service on the net --including using Wikipedia for their campaign against me! Please stop them.

    3.Provide the specific link to the page you're requesting be added. Please use the basic URL so that there is no link (www.google.ca, not http://www.google.ca).

    AmericanSmokeless.Com
    TheUbie.Com

    Please add a LinkSummary|example.org ....

    The Ubie Vaporizer|AmericanSmokeless.Com?
    P.S. please stop harassing me and stalking me when I use Wikipedia.
    Thank you
     Denied. In reply to "please stop harassing me and stalking me when I use Wikipedia": Please stop harassing Wikipedia, and stop spamming. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:43, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

    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)

    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)

    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)
    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)
    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)

    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.aldservice.com/en/reliability-software/free-mtbf-calculator.html

    aldservice.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 the following link as an external link on the MTBF page on Wikipedia. It is a link for a free MTBF calculator which anyone can use after downloading it for free. Amber at A.L.D. Ltd. (talk) 10:10, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

    Dear Amber, thank you for your question. However, we are writing an encyclopedia here, not a service to find free calculators - people who need a (free) calculator should use Google, not Wikipedia.  Denied. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:49, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

    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)

    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)
     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)
    And I have undone. No, that is not the solution, that just exactly allows for all the spam again, please do an index.htm or, even better, the about page to deter spamming. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:04, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
    I am sorry, I am not giving a further explanation, per WP:BEANS, but do not take whitelisting too light - people spam to make money and spammers are known to take every bit you give them. --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:09, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

    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)

     Done, home page can now be linked to. Amalthea 19:26, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
    Bumping this one back as well, please do find an index.htm or an about page (will remove the entry shortly). --Dirk Beetstra T C 13:13, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

    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/enwiki/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)

    (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)

      • 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)
        • 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)

    Look, Elvey, no-ip.info is blacklisted because it offers the same functionality as a redirect service. Speaking of that - https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/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)

    Please whitelist:
    • hXXp://rwservices.no-ip.info:81/biblio.html
    • hXXp://rwservices.no-ip.info:81/pens/biblio05.html
    Re "Look, Elvey, no-ip.info is blacklisted because it offers the same functionality as a redirect service."
    Yes, no shit. Yes, I'm aware of the similarities. And differences. I'm not new at this.
    I'm not asking that you not blacklist all of no-ip.info I'm asking that you whitelist just rwservices.no-ip.info! Why the fuck not? That no-ip.info is blacklisted isn't an answer. Why is it better to edit all those URLs manually one by one? Since you probably won't answer that, I've requested specific individual links for whitelisting. --Elvey (talk) 09:19, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
    Well, I already answered - there is simply NO reason whatsoever to use a redirect service, use the original link. So yes, it is better to edit all those URLs manually (or file a bot request for it), so they go immediately to the right place. alternatives exist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:49, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
    Stifle said he'd take the individual requests. Oh, and I corrected the meaning of my first sentence in my most last post. How would people who try to use rwservices.no-ip.info find out that there was an alternative? Why would we expect them not to give up on trying to use it as a source if we don't stop blacklisting it? --Elvey (talk) 23:52, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
    It comes up as 404 for me. And like Stifle said, I am also reluctant to whitelist an entire subdomain of a properly blacklisted domain. {{declined}}. ~Amatulić (talk) 06:22, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
    It's not 404 for me. And, Stifle said he'd take the individual requests. --Elvey (talk) 00:55, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
    Elvey, just like people have to find out why google.com/url? is not to be used, or tinyurl.com, or youtu.be - redirect services are "not to be used". One could easily hide SEO-tactics in any redirect service (use a redirect site to point to a link that results an increase in Search Engine ranking, and then redirects through to the site one wants - yes, those SEO techniques are used). Even after linking here (make it look fine, and then change the website). Allowing then one (I agree, this one unlikely has used or will use SEO tactics) would mean that we need to do that for all requested redirect sites, with all research that is needed for that and all the limited manpower we have here on this page. And in practically all cases the use of redirect services can be avoided, just use the direct link. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:13, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
    It's not a redirect service. You said yourself said, "it offers the same functionality as a redirect service". No, it does't. I asked,

    "How would people who try to use rwservices.no-ip.info find out that there was an alternative?"

    And your attempt to answer shows that the difference is key. Your answer would provide a reasonable answer the question, IF no-ip.info was a redirect service. If it was, the alternative would be obvious, because the url with no-ip.info in it would REDIRECT to the alternative URL, so finding out is easy. And my question would have received a reasonable answer.
    Yes, as I said, it offers the same functionality, and hence the same problem. That it does not show the real address one goes to is actually even worse, it does not give any form of transparency. Maybe my examples were not as good, but the .tk domain and the .co.cc domains do exactly the same. You appear to be at 'somewhere.tk', but you are not. You do not know what is going on between the no-ip.info address (or the .tk and .co.cc) and the actual place where the data is. Moreover, it is not the place where it is, is it? It seems to be at users.erols.com/rwservices/, and I think that the 80 links we have to that show that people did find that place. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:16, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
    What you write indicates you are ignorant as to what no-ip.info is. Your assertion "That it does not show the real address one goes to" - demonstrates ignorance. Go to no-ip.info and learn what it is before you defame it further. It's a DNS Service Provider. Do understand the difference? I don't think you do. --Elvey (talk) 05:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
    Your "80 links we have to that show that people did find that place." comment is nonsense. It shows people found it, yes, but that doesn't answer the question, "How would people who try to use rwservices.no-ip.info find out that there was an alternative?" --Elvey (talk) 05:09, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
    You mention .tk and .co.cc, but provide no indication as to how they're relevant to anything we're discussing. I've not a clue as to what point you're trying to make regarding them.--Elvey (talk) 05:16, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
    Yes, I know what no-ip.info is, but it does not matter - they are not hosting the data themselves, the data is hosted somewhere else, and that is what should be linked - it does not show where the data is really hosted. And that is exactly the same as what you see with .tk and .co.cc, though there in a different way. One is at 'blah.tk' (at least, that is the address you see in the address bar), whereas the page that you are really seeing is myspace.com/blah .. Yes, people have to, for .tk or .co.cc, go that extra mile, and that goes also for the addresses on no-ip.info.
    Yes, there are 80 links to the correct place already - guess people know how to get there, and those who do not know how to figure out by themselves, they are pointed towards the correct place to ask, just for the people that run into the blacklisting of .co.cc, .tk, and even for youtu.be and google.com/url?, obviously people also don't know why we block that and how to get the proper link - where for the latter two they would have gotten the solution by clicking the link originally in stead of copying it from somewhere else.
    For me, the answer is clear: it is not necessary (the alternative is there) and non-transparent as to where data is really hosted (as for, e.g. .tk domains). Therefore I no Declined whitelisting.
    Since you feel the urge to play this to the person, calling me ignorant, calling my comments nonsense, and that I am 'defaming' etc. the discussion is closed for me. Feel free to convince other volunteers here on the black/whitelist of your case. Thanks. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:21, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

    www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk%2FEgla%2FEgils_saga.pdf&ei=jcGoUtj-AuHKsQSMuoGYCQ&usg=AFQjCNEdQ28Ex22fYoRUAv5JXBsEHhzyhg&sig2=jSQ7Oub6ypBgIGrxZ8B59g

    I request that reference to this URL (this page only) be allowed:

    http://www[dot]google[dot]com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk%2FEgla%2FEgils_saga.pdf&ei=jcGoUtj-AuHKsQSMuoGYCQ&usg=AFQjCNEdQ28Ex22fYoRUAv5JXBsEHhzyhg&sig2=jSQ7Oub6ypBgIGrxZ8B59g

    The URL is to a cite for a translation of Egils Saga, for use in the article on Skalla-grimr (Egil's father). The present last footnote in that article has a web URL that returns a 404 error message. The above listed URL works, however. You can find this link on Google by searching for "Egils Saga Einarsson" If you have a substitute link for the reference, that's fine too. PraeceptorIP (talk) 20:16, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

    PraeceptorIP (talk) 20:16, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

    (Fixed header) Would the direct link to http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Egla/Egils_saga.pdf work? The google.com/url link appears to just redirect to that link. Matt Fitzpatrick (talk) 23:03, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
    That is indeed the solution, Matt. google.com/url?-links are copied from their search results, and clicking them 'tells' Google that you found it interesting, and that the ranking may need to go up (that is why it is blacklisted, not why people request whitelisting ..). PraeceptorIP, please use the link provided by Matt, the google.com/url?-link is no Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:59, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    You claim to have read /Common requests and you still insist on whitelisting? Have you even bothered to look for alternative links? Here's one, a review of the exact same movie by the exact same author: http://voices.yahoo.com/zombie-hunter-ridiculous-irreverent-good-12342845.html
    It took me less than 2 minutes to find it.
    This request is no Declined. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:04, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    www.dyingscene.com/news/mormon-missionary-hardcore-punk-band-tartar-control-releases-music-video/

    dyingscene.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'm creating an article about a punk band: Tartar Control. Dyingscene.com is a community for Punk fans with news, videos and reviews of numerous Punk Rock bands. The link I'm requesting to be whitelisted is an announcement for the release of Tartar Control's most recent music video. Pattyco888 (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

    no Declined. You're welcome to ask again once your article is accepted in main article space, but there's really no reason to whitelist pages for articles that don't exist. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    Galatta.com

    galatta.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 want the entire site to be white-listed, because it is very notable and one of South India's most powerful media websites, having appeared in many secondary sources. Such as [1], [2] and [3] ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 06:28, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

    Simply, this site and its spammers are banned, which is even worse than just plainly blacklisted. We are not going to whitelist/de-blacklist this whole site, they have abused Wikipedia more, more than enough. We can discuss specific links, but the whole site is plainly no Declined. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:34, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    How exactly have they "abused Wikipedia more, more than enough"? Is there any recorded evidence? ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 06:45, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    If an editor is banned, that means that there has been that discussion with evidence, typically at WP:AN:
    I know it is years ago, but it is also the same number of years that hardly anyone found anything useful on that site, and hardly anything has been whitelisted (in fact, the only case, vide supra, where a link was requested for whitelisting was for something that was replaceable and no whitelisting was performed). The is no way the whole site is going to be whitelisted, especially not until several independent links have found there merit and were whitelisted (and note that there are many, many examiner.com links whitelisted, whereas de-listing of the site is still being denied regularly). Spammers of this size of campaign that get pushed to the level of banning (which does not happen that often!) have a tendency to keep on trying (even the ones that did not manage to get banned). I hope this explains. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:27, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    Note that the three links you provided on hindu.com are all three from 2006 .. and remarks in other media are not necessarily a reason to call something notable, it may be due to the same type of campaigning/promotion that got them blacklisted here. --Dirk Beetstra T C 11:29, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    I asked someone to have a look, and they pointed me to dotcominfoway.com/internet-marketing/search-engine-marketing (you'll have to copy-paste it into your browser, it is blacklisted), suggesting that we should still be careful. --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:20, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    Then ok, I'm beginning to agree. But maybe only two articles from Galatta can be whitelisted for now? Bcos I'm using this [www.galatta.com/tamil/news/pudhiya-paravai-re-released/40616/] to expand an article which I want to take to GA level. And this [www.galatta.com/tamil/news/ramesh-tilak-from-being-a-rj-to-big-screen/69247/] for the future. ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 12:30, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
    @User Dirk Beetstra, got any reply? ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 11:01, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
    no Declined. It seems you haven't tried to find non-blacklisted alternatives. The first link you propose above is practically devoid of content except for a short paragraph, and the information in it can easily be found elsewhere in mainstream sources, such as http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-bird-flies-high/article553507.ece
    Whitelisting the second one "for the future" isn't a compelling reason either. Again, please look for alternative sources. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:15, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    www.plasticsurgery.org/

    This website is the official website of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, it's the official organization for plastic surgeons which are board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Medical Specialties. They are heavily involved in plastic surgery education, for example, AMBS certification candidates must have gone though an accredited plastic surgery residency program. They are also involved in public outreach such as educational material for public. So alot of articles involving plastic and reconstructive surgery may like to use this organization's website as a source, to verify information like procedure information, statistics, verify board certification status, etc. Ssc-capricorn (talk) 19:28, 2 December 2013 (UTC)

    no Declined. You have not specified what page from that site you want white-listed, and for what purpose. This page is for requesting white-listing of specific pages on blacklisted sites, not for removal of entries from the blacklist. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    adf.ly/apvyV

    It just leads to google.Yoshi24517 (talk) 04:42, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    no Declined. URL redirect sites are not to be used - please link to goolge directly, there is simply no need for this redirect. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:07, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
    See also /Common requests. --Dirk Beetstra T C 06:08, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

    Expired requests

    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)

    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)

    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)

    • You can request full removal at MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed_removals. Stifle (talk) 11:54, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
      • 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)

    Unblocking after this? That was pretty massive, and continued later with another set of domains of the same owners being added to the blacklist as well. Granted, it is quite some time ago, but then spammers are often our most 'dedicated editors' (it pays their bills ..). --Dirk Beetstra T C 09:01, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

    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)

    Withdrawn, malformed, invalid requests

    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)

    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)
    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)

    www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/ideas-impact/bt

    Official website of the subject of the article (per Wikipedia:External links#Official links). --Joshua Issac (talk) 16:27, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

     Request withdrawn Cyberbot II says that the issue has been resolved. --Joshua Issac (talk) 19:12, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

    www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson91.htm

    bodybuilding.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 The site often has exclusive interviews with IFBB Pros that are not available elsewhere. This in particular was one of many exclusive interviews with Ronnie Coleman that cannot be found on any other site. Unlike other sports, which may be covered on ESPN and then across other media outlets, bodybuilding.com is often the only source available for direct quotes of bodybuilders. This link in particular would be helpful to Ronnie Coleman, and bodybuilding.com links would likely be helpful to all related bodybuilding articles. SanjiSasuke (talk) 06:15, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

    Not necessary, is already done (you were even able to link it here in this thread). --Dirk Beetstra T C 12:12, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

    Links on the onion routing article

    Think these two links need to be whitelisted please:

    http://www.onion-router.net/Publications/tor-design.pdf

    http://www.onion-router.net/Publications/tor-design.pdf

    Looks like they've been picked up a regex in the spam blacklist intended to exclude all .onion (ie. Tor) domains.

    Jonathan Deamer (talk) 18:22, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

    You are able to link them, so they are not blacklisted (IIRC, they were whitelisted a couple of days ago). Some editors killed the bot that maintains the tag, so probably the bot has not removed it. I guess you can remove the tag. --Dirk Beetstra T C 20:09, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
    Good point, silly me :-) Thanks Jonathan Deamer (talk) 21:17, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

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