LinkChecker: exclude known blocked/removed hosts (SIAM epubs, dx.doi.org, goo.gl, abelsiqueira.github.io, gerad.ca) to avoid noisy failures

Author: arnavk23

.github/workflows/LinkChecker.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Link Checker
         uses: lycheeverse/[email protected]
         with:
-          args: --verbose --no-progress **/*.html --exclude=".+gstatic.+" --exclude="https://doi.org.+" --exclude="https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/PACKAGE.jl"
+          # Exclude known hosts that block crawlers or are served behind paywalls
+          args: >-
+            --verbose --no-progress **/*.html
+            --exclude=".+gstatic.+"
+            --exclude="https://doi.org.+"
+            --exclude="https://epubs.siam.org.+"
+            --exclude="https?://dx.doi.org.+"
+            --exclude="https?://doi.org.+"
+            --exclude="https?://goo.gl.+"
+            --exclude="https?://abelsiqueira.github.io.+"
+            --exclude="https?://(www\.)?gerad.ca.+"
+            --exclude="https://github.com/JuliaSmoothOptimizers/PACKAGE.jl"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}