At nowiki there was a rather heated debate over adding a few links to [[ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki:spam-blacklist | w:no:Mediawiki:spam-blacklist ]] ([[ https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ASpam-blacklist&type=revision&diff=14881427&oldid=13999394 | these entries ]]), mostly because one of the sites is a well-known left-wing site. Much of the debate was simply because it couldn't be used as a source at all, but a good bit was about the notation that it was "spam". This comes from the fact that the blacklist is stored on a page called "spam-blacklist", thus being "spam".
It does not seem wise to call the pages "spam-blacklist" and "spam-whitelist" if it can be avoided, and better terms seems to be "link-blacklist" and "link-whitelist". This is also more in line with "email-blacklist" and "email-whitelist".
Because ordinary users don't see the name of the extension, that should not create the same amount of debate – I hope!
Renaming will have consequence for {T190517}
A few discussions from nowiki
- [[ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tinget/Arkiv/2015-45#Protest_p%C3%A5_anonym_svartelisting_av_meg | w:no:Wikipedia:Tinget#Protest på anonym svartelisting av meg ]]
- [[ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tinget/Arkiv/2015-45#Hvorfor_blokkering_av_nettstedet_monsanto.no_? | w:no:Wikipedia:Tinget#Hvorfor blokkering av nettstedet monsanto.no ? ]]