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themoviedb.org

I need the link and site unblocked so I can cite Scott Chambers a.k.a. Scott Jeffrey as the director of the upcoming Alice & The Mad Hatter movie from The Twisted Childhood Universe.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:401:4300:3720:e340:9a41:dcb7:623b (talk • contribs)

 Not done I'm sure you can find a better reliable source than that. OhNoitsJamie 20:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

electronicbeats.net/from-the-vaults-aphex-twin

(archived here) Specific article only. Appears to be blacklisted under Misplaced Pages:TESTING-DONT-USE-unreliable.json, for "Sources that traditionally fail WP:MEDRS, but which could be used for other more routine claims". Since this is being used for an album article it should be alright? Chchcheckit (talk) 12:05, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Please someone check this over, this is part of a GA review i'm doing. Chchcheckit (talk) 10:45, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
This request has still not been handled. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
@Chchcheckit: Sorry for the extremely long delay in reviewing this. This URL was never on the spam blacklist, so there's nothing to whitelist here. It being reported by someone's unreliable source finder is not the same as blacklisting, you are free to disregard it if you wish. If it weren't blacklisted, I wouldn't be able to link to the page (admins are not exempt), but you can see here that I am able: https://electronicbeats.net/from-the-vaults-aphex-twin * Pppery * it has begun... 20:01, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

A specific fr24news deadlink & its Wayback Machine archive link

  • Original deadlink: https :// www DOT fr24news DOT com/a/2020/09/netflix-teams-up-with-frenchman-xilam-in-animated-comedy-series-trico.html
  • Archive link: the Wayback Machine archive of the deadlink above with date code 20210305233333
  • I could not encapsulate the URL within a {{Link summary}} template call because the filter kept blocking it.
  • I wanted to add this deadlink & its last known Wayback archive to the article Hugo Gittard as it is the only reference I could find that confirms said French director created the Xilam cartoon Trico which would be streamed by Netflix in 2022, but the spam filter blocked me from adding the reference.

‐⁠‑🌀⁠SilSinn⁠💬 01:12, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

fr24news.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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
Link requested to be whitelisted: fr24news.com/a/2020/09/netflix-teams-up-with-frenchman-xilam-in-animated-comedy-series-trico.html
I think these templates are what @SilSinn9821: asks for.
--Error (talk) 10:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
This request has still not been handled. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
At the moment I'm in a hurry to complete another task, so I haven't reviewed this. It would help speed things up, Pppery, if you would at least make a recommendation on these cases after you review them, saying what you would do if you were still an administrator. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:24, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
I haven't looked at it closely myself. I just made that comment to stop this from being archived unanswered. And I've requested resysop anyway, so I'll handle that when the time comes. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:07, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
no Declined Sorry for the extremely long delay in reviewing this. Per the addition diff, this is a fraudulent synonym-replacement news site, flagged on RSN. See Misplaced Pages:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_357#Fr24_News,_and_synonym-spam_sites_in_general * Pppery * it has begun... 20:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

www.mediapartrvj4bsgolbxixw57ru7fh4jqckparke4vs365guu6ho64yd.onion

I think that there is a blanket ban for .onion sites \b+\.onion\b # was \bsilkroad.*\.onion\b in MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. I tried to add the official onion service for the French newspaper Mediapart to its article and the antispam filter won't let me. May you unblock this specific site? It is as reliable as the .fr version, I think. --Error (talk) 18:21, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't see a reason to whitelist a link that you need special software to access. Anyone who wants it can find the link on the .fr site, no? ~Anachronist (talk) 05:23, 18 October 2024 (UTC)
We have whitelisted onion sites a few times before, and there's even a template for it ({{Onion URL}}). Not an opinion on the merits of this request. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:04, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
no Declined Per Anachronist and you can mention the onion URL without linking to it which should suffice since the number of users with TOR-enabled browsers is low. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:55, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

hypercubing.xyz

I'd like to include the link hypercubing.xyz/software/hyperspeedcube/ on List of four-dimensional games since it includes more details about the history of the program, including the date of its initial release. The entire website includes lots of information that would be good to cite for n-dimensional sequential move puzzle, which is out-of-date in some respects. This site is reputable, and is controlled by the GitHub repository https://github.com/Hypercubers/hypercubing.xyz/. It is maintained by several active members of the hypercubing community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HactarCE (talk • contribs) 06:04, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. I'm whitelisting this because it colatteral from .xyz and vaguely reasonable. This does not constitute any kind of official endorsement of hypercubing.xyz or it being added to the list. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

fatbearweek.org

explore.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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com Link requested to be whitelisted: fatbearweek.org Page is a redirect. I would be fine with either being whitelisted. Currently the Fat Bear Week article has a broken link, and it was outdated even before it went dead. --Cmrc23 (talk) 00:45, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

@Cmrc23: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. I'm whitelisting only the specific URL https://explore.org/fat-bear-week, since it's our practice not to whitelist entire domains or domain root pages. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:50, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

vanityteen.com

Trying to cite this interview in Draft:Talk Saxy but site is blocked for some reason. I searched but don't see it explicitly listed in either the local or global blocklist so maybe an error? In any event I'd like this specific page unblocked so I can cite information from the interview: vanityteen.com/riize-interview/ RachelTensions (talk) 22:50, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Just following up on this - I've cited the page at Talk Saxy for the blockquote from the interview but I had to intentionally break the link in the reference so I could save the page. RachelTensions (talk) 20:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
Update: this hasn't been done yet, but it seems that when Citation Bot came through the article and tried to fix the intentionally broken URL in the ref, it allowed it. So, the blacklisted URL is now in the article.Maybe the bots user group can avoid the URL blacklist? RachelTensions (talk) 14:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Indeed, bots can override the blacklist. Citation bot specifically shouldn't be able to. Nice workaround ... Still, someone should handle this request. The fact that in the two months since I resigned adminship so many requests have been ignored is predictable but nevertheless horrifying. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:23, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Any idea as to the history behind why this magazine’s domain is on the list? Doesn’t seem to be anything nefarious or disruptive there RachelTensions (talk) 17:33, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
It was added to the global blacklist in 2022 by TheresNoTime citing m:User:COIBot/XWiki/vanityteen.com: Addition diff. Oddly since that's on a different wiki with a different permissions structure I do have the technical ability to remove it from the global blacklist entirely. But I'm not comfortable doing that (whereas I would be willing to whitelist this one specific site if I were still an admin). * Pppery * it has begun... 17:39, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
information Note: @RachelTensions: It appears this got blocked in response to aggressive ref spamming by confirmed socks. Adding a few {{user}}s below:
Additionally in year 2021:
XXBlackburnXx (talk) 22:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
I have plus Added the specific URL to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. I still think the entire site should be deblacklisted but I'll leave that for another time. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

rugbydatabase.co.nz

rugbydatabase.co.nz: 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 - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

Requesting the addition of rugbydatabase.co.nz to the whitelist, as no admin has provided any resolution when requested for removal from the blacklist. It was originally blacklisted due to being spammed by unregistered users based in Australia.
This site is the biggest, most reliable, accurate and up to date source of all international & domestic rugby game, player & team stats and data available online, after ESPN's Statsguru (espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/stats/) database was shut down at the end of 2020. It's therefore an essential source in keeping (essentially all) rugby team's and player's pages up to date (caps, tries, game starts, points breakdown, etc, etc), as well as rugby records pages. There's simply no other reliable and accurate alternative.
Blacklisting Rugby Database means needing to find articles online to source all the different information for each player & team, instead of simply using those sources supplementally, secondary to RD. It's a lot more work to maintain all of these pages if there isn't a database available to cite that has all the info reliably in one place. If Rugby Database isn't removed from the blacklist, and the page isn't added to the whitelist, I believe every single player, stadium & team page on the website would need to be requested for addition to the whitelist individually, to be used in Misplaced Pages - I think this is ridiculous. I can't say that the spamming by unregistered users will completely stop, as I simply don't know, but the spamming that occurred last year by a few unregistered editors no longer justifies the website being blacklisted now. Please help me and the rugby community in maintaining rugby pages by adding rugbydatabase.co.nz to the whitelist. TazMcPunty (talk) 01:30, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
(no longer an admin so not an official reply) The blacklist talk page was the correct venue for this request - the whitelist is for allowing usage of individual URLs that would otherwise match a blacklisted domain, not for overriding entire blacklist entries. And this page is even more understaffed than the blacklist talk page is so reposting it here won't help. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:37, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
Personally, I think your prior admin status, which you voluntarily resigned, grandfathers you in to qualifying for declining requests. Feel free to do so, I doubt anyone would complain. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
 Defer to Local blacklist per my previous comment. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:48, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

secure.smore.com/n/hvre9

I wanted to cite this on the campus section for Independence High School (San Jose, California). The newsletters aren't hosted anywhere else, and there isn't another source talking about the addition of the new building (apart from the school newspaper possibly? But that's only construction). Based5290 :3 (talk) 06:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. With the same caveat as below. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:47, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

secure.smore.com/n/k4rnw

Same reasoning as last request. I wanted to cite this on the campus section for Independence High School (San Jose, California). The newsletters aren't hosted anywhere else, and there isn't another source talking about the addition of the new building (apart from the school newspaper?). Based5290 :3 (talk) 06:14, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

@Based5290: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. But do note that this is a primary source, and it's best to rely on secondary sources where possible - we care more about what others have to say about the school than what it has to say about itself. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:47, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

www.themoviedb.org/person/551566

I wish to add an image of Toshiharu Ikeda under fair use rationale. I will need to link to where I found the image, and tmdb has the best resolution of it, not too big mind you, that will be later downsized appropriatelly.

Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 11:22, 27 October 2024 (UTC)

no Declined. If it's just for describing the source in the image file page, there's no reason to whitelist, just put in the link without the "https" prefix. Also, I don't see any copyright information whatsoever on that site. We cannot assume the images there are reusable here. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:57, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, I didn't know the link would be accepted without the https.
Just to be clear, you can upload copyrighted material under fair use policy as a mean of identification for a dead person, when there are no other options and such. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 13:40, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
@Cinemaandpolitics sure, but you should link that to the copyright holder, not to a page that carries the same material under a similar fair use rationale. Dirk Beetstra 15:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
copyright holder is not known, very very often happens with these kind of photos. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 18:23, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
Well, in this case the original was posted on X .. Dirk Beetstra 05:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
Really? I can't seem to find that. And I've looked! Do you have a link? Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 14:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
https://twitter.com/shinichiwakasa/status/945068053234032645?lang=en. Dirk Beetstra 06:05, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
neat, I've update the description. This didn't show up for me in either a reverse image search, or by looking for "池田敏春" on X. thank you for chipping in. Cinemaandpolitics (talk) 19:46, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=gcu2010&logNo=221618013170

This is a blog post confirming that Hwang Hyunjin from Stray Kids attended a Korean private University called global Cyber University. The blog post was made by the verified Naver page of the university therefore I'd like it to be whitelisted to allow me add it as an external link on this Misplaced Pages page Hwang Hyunjin Fanmadehenecia (talk) 09:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

There are alternate sources confirming he attended Cyber University, such as this one as well as his own Facebook page, which is no better than a blog post. ~Anachronist (talk) 14:29, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
no Declined per Anachronist. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

kickstarter.com/profile/shem/created

Draft:Garphill Games talks about the company's success on Kickstarter. This profile page shows all the successfully run campaigns by the company so would be a helpful source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilneozelandese (talk • contribs) 14:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Ideally there would be secondary sources discussing those kickstarters and you would use those instead. I see that draft has already been challenged for primary source use, so I won't add this until it's accepted. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:45, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
no Declined for now. Feel free to re-request if the draft is approved, and you really can't find secondary sources covering that info. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:03, 14 November 2024 (UTC)