# Why is this URL invalid for 45worlds?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Tags:** relationships, musicbrainz
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715 "2020-07-06T14:48:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![scotia](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/scotia/32/34465_2.png) [@scotia](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/scotia)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715/1 "2020-07-06T14:48:44Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to attach “[https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/y6223](https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/y6223)” as an external link to a release.

MB is carping with the message “This URL is not allowed for the selected link type, or is incorrectly formatted.”

[45worlds.com](http://45worlds.com) is in the whitelist.

Does someone know what’s wrong with the URL?

Thanks,  
Scott

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### Author: ![rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/rdswift/32/7032_2.png) [@rdswift](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/rdswift)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715/2 "2020-07-06T15:10:43Z")

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What link type are you using?

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### Author: ![scotia](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/scotia/32/34465_2.png) [@scotia](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/scotia)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715/3 "2020-07-06T15:12:04Z")

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MB automatically selects the “other databases” option from the dropdown.

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### Author: ![HibiscusKazeneko](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HibiscusKazeneko](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/HibiscusKazeneko)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715/4 "2020-07-06T15:30:16Z")

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It’s not just that one URL. I tested a different 45worlds URL and it didn’t work either.  
What I suspect is they may have changed their release URL syntax recently and our URL cleanup hasn’t caught up with it.  
I made a ticket to address the issue:

> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-10938>

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### Author: ![reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/reosarevok/32/69228_2.png) [@reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/reosarevok)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/why-is-this-url-invalid-for-45worlds/484715/5 "2020-07-06T15:44:18Z")

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These links currently aren’t allowed at all at the release level, but only at the release group level. There’s a discussion about it on the ticket [STYLE-1347](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/STYLE-1347) though.