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Allow urlshortener for additional third-level domains from wmcloud.org and toolforge.org
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Following on from T413211 please allow:

Note: although sone of these offer shorter URLs as an alternative to their full versions, there is still a saving in length to be made.

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See also T231518#5729426 for previous consideration on a domain level instead.

sbassett changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Tue, Feb 17, 4:59 PM
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The Product Safety and Integrity (PSI) Team is rejecting this request as these services are not under WMF control.

Although the domains are hosted within WMCS/Toolforge infrastructure, the services themselves are community-operated and are not maintained by WMF production teams. The primary concern is not the specific content currently available at these URLs, but that shortened links would route users through Wikimedia’s trusted redirector (w.wiki) to services whose code, behavior, and operational security are outside WMF’s direct control.

@aranyap: For future reference, please update the task status accordingly - thanks!