On 22/03/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond(a)internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
> On 22/03/07, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hmm which still leaves open the question of
why we are giving an
>> external project an interwiki link.
> Because lots of external projects have them and
it's been common
> practice from before there was a
wikipedia.com.
So why aren't they nofollowed? I mean,
theoretically speaking, couldn't I
simply make an interwiki link to my site that makes me a little dough on
the side for the same result? If not, does that mean that certain sites
get exempted?
No, they're determined by a list on meta which can only be edited by a
meta admin:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map
Suggestions are made on the talk page.
Interwiki links are handy, sure, but what a way to get
around the
nofollows. I assume that *wasn't* by design?
One would hope the meta admins are on-the-ball enough to add only
decent interwiki links :-)
- d.