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www.testcoches.es

The website was blocked in 2017 because, indeed, practices considered SPAM were carried out. This was done due to ignorance of how the Internet in general works, and Wikipedia specifically. After 7 years, things have changed enormously. The website has become one of the reference media for the motor sector, specifically in the electric vehicle sector. Unfortunately, no user or contributor can make references to the website. Which has reliable news, technical information (range, battery capacity, charging power in alternating current and direct current) of electric vehicles, measurements of all the cars on the market, etc. As I mentioned, it is a valuable source of information in the sector, with a good reputation in Spain and other countries. It has 10 years of experience in web format and on YouTube. I request that the exclusion of the site be reviewed because it provides value in the automotive niche. Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cglezv (talk • contribs)

 Not done Please find another venue to promote your website. OhNoitsJamie Talk 11:53, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
There is no intention to promote the site. The only intention is to unlock the possibility that other users/contributors can make references to it. It is a reliable source of technical information and news. I have explained the mistake that was made, I insist, 7 years ago. I would appreciate it if the request is addressed properly. You can see that there have already been contributors who have used the web as a source of information in this article, in its English, Polish and Russian versions. Cglezv (talk) 14:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
What other wikis use as references is of no concern to English Wikipedia. We do not consider blacklist removal requests from users affiliated with the sites in question. OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Okay. I just tried to solve something that I did wrong 7 years ago by being honest and transparent. Thank you in any case for your time. Cglezv (talk) 15:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

wepresent.wetransfer.com

Appears to be a blog post by the stand-up comedian Ola Labib, used entirely under WP:ABOUTSELF for content currently annotated with [citation needed] tags at Draft:Ola Labib.--Launchballer 11:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 14:07, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

www.xyz.com.sg

This was an old Singaporean company that made AR and video game technologies. Their website's former design went down in early 2023, and the page later only showed a basic file list. I tried to link the original weblink above and an archive url (from 2022?) for it to a page for Singaporean video game companies - List of game companies in Singapore. But the mobile app popped up a warning message noting that it used a spam word of 'xyz'. As the firm is defunct, I need to use these weblinks as proof of its closure. Here is the archive link from October 2, 2022 from Wayback Machine so you can check what it looked like (remove the space between https and rest of address, and the default link after web archive address. I don't want this text auto removed.). https: //web.archive.org/web/20221002074025/http:// www.xyz.com.sg/ ObiKKa (talk) 21:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@ObiKKa: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 14:05, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
@Pppery: I have checked the address link in abstracted intervals on the whitelist page. And then added my edit with the same reflink into that company list page and it worked!
Thank you. This was so smooth. This shows I had to be patient and look for help in the right places and wait. ObiKKa (talk) 16:09, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


petitiononline.com

petitiononline.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

Link requested to be whitelisted: petitiononline.com/privacy-pets.html

Link requested to be whitelisted: petitiononline.com/petition.html

I am asking for two pages of this petition site to be whitelisted for the purposes of referencing the PetitionOnline article (an article about itself) only. The claims to be illustrated with references to the site itself are admittedly rather trivial (alleged number of petitions hosted, date of interface change following owner change, trademark claim) but more than one reference to the website in question pre-existed my recent edit, so it might be reasonable to keep that at least (it would seem that the blacklisting occurred since May 2017). I already saved my edit with the urls missing, so will need to revisit it after receiving a decision on this request (to either remove the claims sourced through reference to the website or add the whitelisted links). VampaVampa (talk) 10:45, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@VampaVampa: per MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Common_requests#The_official_homepage_of_the_subject_of_a_page, we would need an about-page or a full url (including an index.htm) of the index page for the second link in your request. Can you please provide a suitable link? --Dirk Beetstra T C 08:16, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
@Beetstra: Thank you for the reply and advice. I have now replaced the second link in my request message above for your review. The index.htm page has only been evidenced by the Internet Archive since 2007 and is barely informative. The difficulty in this case is that I am seeking to use archived links to clarify chronology for the site's development, and the frequency with which the main page (bare domain address) had been saved by the IA is incomparably higher than any of the acceptable landing pages as per the advice. I will be grateful if you can consider the two subpages ("Privacy" and petition.html, the latter being largely identical with content with the main page). I am not aware of all the possible problems with whitelisting a page like this, but the website in question might not be an issue going forward since it has been virtually defunct for almost 10 years now (the main page remains with a shutdown message, no petitions are being added). I will appreciate a review and if possible an exception for historic documentation purposes. VampaVampa (talk) 14:26, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
@VampaVampa: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Dirk Beetstra T C 19:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you very much, that resolves my request. VampaVampa (talk) 18:59, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

elainecarroll.xyz

elainecarroll.xyz: 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 Link requested to be whitelisted: elainecarroll.xyz

 – wrong venue– robertsky (talk) 16:28, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

I was attempting to add a website link to the page Elaine Carroll, but was blocked because the website, www.elainecarroll.xyz, was flagged. I looked at the local and global lists and did not see this specific site listed on either. I assume there is a wider block on the .xyz TLD, but I'm not sure where the appropriate place to resolve this is as there seem to be multiple places to request exceptions/removals/overrides for these spam lists. – OdinintheNorth (talk) 17:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Have checked that this is the official website of the subject of the BLP. plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. – robertsky (talk) 16:32, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

mybroadcasting.streamb.online

Link requested to be whitelisted: mybroadcasting.streamb.online

This is a legitimate domain used by radio station CKYY-FM (https://www.country89.com/) for online streaming. It would be ideal to have this domain whitelisted so the Wikipedia page for this station can have a functioning "Listening Live" hyperlink in its Infobox. Wcreed88 (talk) 03:09, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@Wcreed88: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. * Pppery * it has begun... 03:23, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much for taking care of this. The URL link to this domain now works.
Wcreed88 (talk) 11:32, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

energytracker.asia/about

Link requested to be whitelisted: energytracker.asia/about

I've been in discussions with this organization about doing a wp:Wikipedian in Residence project with them. In this project we will not add citations or links to energytracker.asia, or edit/create any articles about the organization or its people. (The project would have them lend their subject matter experts to help me improve articles using top-quality sources like IPCC reports.)

I'm asking for the About page to be whitelisted so that I can link to it on my user page if/when I announce that I've started the Wikipedian in Residence role.

Regarding the events of last October that led to the blacklisting, I spoke with the managing editor at Energy Tracker Asia (ETA), who asked all the current team members if they had added links or citations to Wikipedia. Everyone says they have no knowledge of what happened and have not used an account named “Johnasonlily”.

As far as we can tell, whoever was responsible for the spamming and socking last year was not affiliated with ETA. The managing editor has instructed everyone in the organization, and every PR and marketing agency it works with, to never add energytracker.asia links or citations to Wikipedia.

(Courtesy ping to Graham87). Cheers and thanks for considering this, Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 18:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Clayoquot: Thanks for the ping. I support this request in principle and I'm OK with whatever is agreed to here. I don't usually edit the whitelists so I think it's best if I let the regular editors decide. Graham87 (talk) 19:15, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Honestly I wish more people were willing to edit the spam whitelist. There are too few regular editors here. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:12, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
FWIW, @Pppery, for me it's a bit daunting. I looked at your most recent edit there, and it was gibberish to me. What does \bxyz\.xyz\b even mean? If you'd be willing to take on an inept pupil, I'm willing to try to learn. Valereee (talk) 15:44, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
The line \bxyz\.xyz\b whitelists the site https://xyz.xyz. The \b at each end is a regex word boundary marker. I deleted the entry since it was on there twice (the exact same line also exists two lines below, making the first instance redundant). What I generally do for most requests is use User:Beetstra/Gadget-Spam-whitelist-Handler which adds a handy link to process requests. But I agree even with that script there is a lot of arcane art to it. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
@Clayoquot: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. * Pppery * it has begun... 00:12, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you both! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 00:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

mystrikingly.com

Link requested to be whitelisted: diligent-canary-k5sq9c.mystrikingly.com

Dear Sirs/Ma'am Editors,

There is a Wikipedia page about (me). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gold

I have been in contact with a Wikipedia editor - Valereee who has helpfully suggested I ask you to whitelist (my) website domain name please.

I used to use www.edgold.co.uk but this has been cancelled because I no longer wish to pay to use it. Instead, I would like to use a 'strikingly.com' website URL but I have been told that Wikipedia has blacklisted 'strikingly' domains because they are often used by spammers. In this instance, would you please allow this domain to be whitelisted and displayed for (my) Ed Gold's website. It is useful for readers to be able to see a website and a small part of (my) work.

I write it in bits because Wikipedia won't allow it to be written in a complete sentence:

https://

diligent-canary-k5sq9c.

mystrikingly.com/


Thank you. Ed 82.153.27.162 (talk) 07:17, 22 May 2024 (UTC) EddieLeVisco

I can confirm I have had multiple interactions with this COI editor, who has complied with our COI editing policies. (And as an aside has contributed 140 of his photographs to commons.) I'd like to be able to add his website to the article about him. Valereee (talk) 14:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Dear Sirs/Ma'am Editors, and Valereee

Please can I ask what the timescale is for getting a URL whitelisted? I am concerned that the Ed Gold Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gold urgently requires a website address which works. Please advize asap, thank you. Ed 82.153.27.162 (talk) 10:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Ed, it looks like the oldest request is from early April. Wikipedia doesn't actually consider this kind of thing urgent. I haven't done this before, so I'm not going to fiddle with it, but eventually someone who knows what they're doing will come in. Valereee (talk) 13:36, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
@Valereee: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --Valereee (talk) 16:03, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Dear Sirs/Ma'am Editors and Valereee

Also, if you have time, could Richard Holeton, – robertsky, Dirk Beetstra, * Pppery * and Newslinger look at this and help please r.e. whitelisting a 'mystrinkingly' website in replacement of the Ed Gold www.edgold.co.uk domain name. Since Ed Gold no longer has social media, his 'mystrikingly' website is the only way for anyone to get in contact with him. Thank you.

Please replace www.edgold.co.uk with:

https://

diligent-canary-k5sq9c.

mystrikingly.com/

EddieLeVisco (talk) 05:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Dear Sirs/Ma'am - my utmost apologies. I see that the strikingly link that has been added to the Ed Gold article needs to be adjusted. Please could someone do this - I asked Strikingly for advice and they wrote:

You can give Wikipedia this link: https://diligent-canary-k5sq9c.mystrikingly.com/ or this link: diligent-canary-k5sq9c.mystrikingly.com/

Just make sure that there is no 'www.' added to the URL. Thank you very much for your time and help. EddieLeVisco (talk) 14:53, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

The fact that you were able to add that link to this page means you will also be able to add it to the article it to the article. Whatever remaining issues are here have nothing to do with the spam whitelist. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
The OP is the subject of the article, and he's been very diligent about complying with our request that he not edit it himself except in the case of BLP vios. I think

I've fixed it, @EddieLeVisco. Valereee (talk) 16:27, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Valereee (talk) 16:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

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