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Other features. And feature comparison of URL shorteners.

1) It should be in the lede that most of these services create a random URL. eg jO3u6

2) Some do not have the option of a user defined string as shown in the lede: goo.gl no, TinyURL yes.

3) Some allow the extending of the short URL with subpages. goo.gl no, TinyURL yes.

4) goo.gl/maps, can only be a Google Map, youtu.be can only be a YouTube video. It should mention that this is a security feature, as the user knows which website it links to.

QuentinUK (talk) 14:12, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

EL: blocked link

It should look like this but the link is blocked:

==External links==

* Directories:
** {{Dmoz|Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosted_Components_and_Services/Redirects/|URL redirection and shortening}}
** [http://www.tiny-url.info/ Tiny-URL.info]
* Articles:
** [http://searchengineland.com/analysis-which-url-shortening-service-should-you-use-17204 Comparison of URL Shortening Services], [[SearchEngineLand]]. April 2009.
** Nesbitt, Scott (7 February 2010). [http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2010/a-look-at-url-shorteners.htm "Shorter Is Sweeter: A Look at URL Shorteners"]. [[Geeks.com]].

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—User 00 0 name 20:00, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

reddit ENCOURAGES shortlinking?

Good grammar changes

Remove goo.gl from the list?

added zgzg.link

Please remove racist language

This article uses the term "blacklist", meaning a list of users or sites that are banned or not allowed. This term should not be used, as it reinforces racist ideas by associating the word "black" with something unwanted, shunned, and vilified. We could convey the same meaning while being more respectful by calling it a "banned list", or a "list of urls that the site rejects", or if that sounds too awkward, we can re-word the whole sentence. There are plenty of ways to get the point across without using derogatory terms. Miranda Brawner (talk) 02:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

I had not heard that "blacklist" was racist before. I agree that we should try to avoid racist language even when it is "just part of English", but "blacklist" is trickier for me, because it is not obviously racist like "welching" and "Indian-giver".

<digression> I started writing this comment to say that I disagree with Miranda and it was going to be a pithy, two sentence message. But, as I typed I remembered what I learned years ago teaching computers at the Urban League. One of the kids, clearly upset, asked me why the computer always flashed "Slave Master" at him. I explained that the computer wasn't intending to be racist, it was just stating that it had found a "Master hard drive and no Slave hard drive". Before that question, it hadn't occurred to me that people whose ancestors were actual slaves would, of course, be hurt by casual usage of the term. Looking back, I wish I had also told him that, although seeing this every time a computer is turned on might push some Black kids away from studying computer science, it was all the more reason he should pursue it. The people who came up with the Master/Slave device terminology hadn't meant to be hurtful, they were just ignorant. They need people like him so those mistakes won't happen again. </digression>

Anyhow, long story short, I agree with Miranda and am going to change the word "blacklist" to the word I see being used more and more frequently in tech discussions for a list used to block unwanted sites: "blocklist". Ben (talk) 19:33, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

I find this kind of attempted language manipulation to be beyond idiotic. It takes energy and attention away from actual instances of racism, instead of imagining racism around every corner and missing the forest for the trees. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:200:C082:2EA0:85E1:E183:ED1B:6CF5 (talk) 02:45, 7 January 2024 (UTC)