Permissible Other Databases Relationship Type

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I have some questions about the Other Databases relationship types.

Background: I recently created an event, Prom 1: First Night of the Proms - MusicBrainz. I was attempting to link to the event’s official page (https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/epnwhn), expecting to add a link of the type Event-URL / Official homepage. However, I noticed that the link was set to “Type: other databases”, with a note to check this against the whitelist. I did so but don’t see any reference to a database hosted by the BBC. I also don’t see one documented in Event-URL relationship types - MusicBrainz. I can’t see how to change the type back to ‘Official homepage’. I added the link anyway but I can undo it if necessary.

Is it impermissible to link events to https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/*? I suspect that this would preclude listing official homepages for a large number of events.

Is there a reference for which URLs get forced to type other database?

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It looks like the use of “other databases” here is deliberate; see these tickets:

@reosarevok can probably say more.

I think that the big JavaScript file that does all of the work is here, and the BBC Events section is here.

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It is intentional, yes. The Proms site is basically a huge database of all their Proms concerts anyway, and the databases option just fits. An official homepage would mean a separate website for the event in question (something such as proms2024.com, and even that would be only the case for the main Proms umbrella event if any), which these are not.

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Ok, so it sounds like I did the right thing.

Is this poorly documented or was I just confused?

Thanks!