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criminal-lawyers.com.au/offences/affray

  1. This page should be whitelisted because it is a legitimate source of legal information in Victoria, Australia. It has comprehensive information on the offence of Affray and, most importantly, it has information that cannot be found on other sources (such as when the offence of Affray shifted from being a common law offence to a criminal offence in Victoria). Without it as a reference, the date on when Affray changed from a common law offence to a criminal offence in Victoria can be deemed invalid.
  2. I would like to use this link on the Wikipedia page for Affray. The said Wikipedia page will benefit from the link as it contains unique information that cannot be found anywhere else.
  3. The link I would like to request to be added is www.criminal-lawyers.com.au/offences/affray | {{LinkSummary|criminal-lawyers.com.au}}

SandyGray (talk) 07:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  • That same information is surely available on a website that is less spammy. It's an ad for a lawfirm. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 07:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    I actually tried to find other sources that mention the year as being 2017 when Affray shifted from being a common law offence to a criminal offence in Victoria but couldn't find any. I feel the year when the shift happened is significant that's why it needs to be referenced. But I leave it to the moderators. SandyGray (talk) 08:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
no Declined There are 6 current sources in the Australian section of that article. I don't think adding one spammy link is going to help verify the information contained within, so... no. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 06:13, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

For the King kickstarter

  • Link requested to be whitelisted: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fortheking/for-the-king-0
  1. I am requesting that a specific page on Kickstarter be whitelisted if possible, obviously not the whole site because solicitation concerns. The page in question is for a video game, For the King, that was released in 2018, and the Kickstarter campaign itself ended in 2016, so donations can no longer be given as far as I can tell. Because the game is an indie title and comes from a developer that to my knowledge has not released anything else, there are few sources of information regarding the game's creators and development. The page I am requesting be whitelisted contains a ton of valuable information that I cannot find in other sources. I used the information from the Kickstarter page in the Development section of the article, but it all remains unsourced and I would like to ensure all information in the article is sourced. I was directed to this page after bringing up the issue on the TeaHouse forum. Additionally I would like to make it clear I am in no way affiliated with the developer, game, or anything related to the two.
  2. It would benefit the article on For the King, For the King II, and potentially other pages pertaining to the developer and future releases.

Thank you for your time! MrGoldenfold007 (talk) 16:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@MrGoldenfold007: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. But do keep in mind that it's generally best to rely on secondary sources where possible and details found only in primary sources can easily be fancruft or undue weight. --* Pppery * it has begun... 19:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! I did try to go for primarily secondary sources, especially with regards to critical reception, but like I said there just wasn't much in terms of the development of the game from those secondary sources. The reference only pertains to a single paragraph within the article and is 1 of 13 references so it shouldn't have undue weight either as far as I can tell. MrGoldenfold007 (talk) 20:44, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

business-sale.com

  1. business-sale.com (Business Sale Report Ltd) is caught by the generic mediawiki rule "-sale\.com\b", so is not individually blocked, so presumably has no past negative record. It has 31 current WP.en uses in the External links search and is whitelisted by ja.wikipedia.org. It is apparently the website of a 30 year old British company that sells distressed businesses, stating it has done £6.5 billion of trade in its 30 years, so seems a quite substantial reputable company. In improving Mesh Computers I found it had the best information on the demise of that company, compatible with other cites, but with better info on the sale of its brand name for continued use (so helped explain reincarnation using same logo & website!).
  2. Ideally I would like the whole website whitelisted, as it is a generally useful cite resource for helping explain when a company with WP article comes to its demise (and still has 31 uses in WP). Failing that the specific URL above (I have left commented-out cites in Mesh Computers for now).

Thanks, Rwendland (talk) 20:34, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Rwendland: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 02:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
I added the entire domain since it seems to be a clear false positive, but I also noticed that many of the pre-existing links are dead. The short shelf life of these links may pose a problem and adding archived versions may be a good idea. * Pppery * it has begun... 02:50, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks. The particular link I am using for Mesh Computers is nearly 13 years old, so they seem to have a pretty good lifetime. I suspect the dead pre-existing links must be very old. I don't plan to try to fix these dead pre-existing links, leaving those article editors who think it worthwhile to try to sort out an archived version if deemed worth the trouble! Cheers. Rwendland (talk) 13:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

kencarson.xyz

  1. This page should be whitelisted because it's the official website of rapper Ken Carson. Other rappers have their websites displayed in their infobox (e.g., Future and Young Thug). It seems like it would be good if Ken Carson could similarly have a clickable link to his website in his infobox. I'm honestly not sure why this site is blacklisted, but I tried to make the link clickable and couldn't save the edit since the site is blacklisted (it looked like it might be a block for any *.xyz site?). palindrome§ǝɯoɹpuᴉןɐd 05:11, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
    You're right that the entire .xyz TLD is blacklisted. I'll leave this for a day or two in case anything unexpected pops up, but intend to grant this request. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
    Got it, thanks! palindrome§ǝɯoɹpuᴉןɐd 15:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
    @Palindromesemordnilap: plus Added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. --* Pppery * it has begun... 15:38, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
    Thanks! palindrome§ǝɯoɹpuᴉןɐd 01:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

scroggins.xyz

  1. This page should not be whitelisted because it is my personal site link for my own user page. TYSM. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Micah J II (talk • contribs) 06:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
 Not done That's not a compelling reason for whitelisting; Wikipedia is not a WP:WEBHOST. OhNoitsJamie Talk 12:44, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659066


  1. This page should be whitelisted because it relates solely to an article (Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill) which the petition seeks for to be passed, and in the article on the Bill it says that there is previous petitions on the substance of the Bill, and is therefore relevant to establish a pattern of fact. UnicornSherbert (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
    no Declined We should not link to active petitions, especially ones just started today, per WP:NOTADVOCACY. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:15, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
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