such a major change should be discussed thouroughly before implementation in MW1.4. I don/t think this is a good idea. Read my blog where I explain why this technique could lead to fuirther commercialisation of the Internet: http://nsk.wikinerds.org/blog/index.php?p=118
[MediaWiki-CVS] phase3 RELEASE-NOTES,1.40.2.119,1.40.2.120
From: Brion Vibber vibber@users.sourceforge.net
To: mediawiki-cvs@wikimedia.org
Date: Today 11:58:41
Update of /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3 In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv9436
Modified Files: Tag: REL1_4 RELEASE-NOTES Log Message: * Add $wgNoFollowLinks option to add rel="nofollow" on external links (on by default)
Index: RELEASE-NOTES =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wikipedia/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES,v retrieving revision 1.40.2.119 retrieving revision 1.40.2.120 diff -C2 -d -r1.40.2.119 -r1.40.2.120 *** RELEASE-NOTES 19 Jan 2005 03:53:00 -0000 1.40.2.119 --- RELEASE-NOTES 19 Jan 2005 09:58:38 -0000 1.40.2.120 *************** *** 257,260 **** --- 257,262 ---- * Call-tree output mode for profiling * (bug 730) configurable $wgRCMaxAge; don't try to update purged RC entries + * Add $wgNoFollowLinks option to add rel="nofollow" on external links + (on by default)
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NSK a écrit :
such a major change should be discussed thouroughly before implementation in MW1.4. I don/t think this is a good idea. Read my blog where I explain why this technique could lead to fuirther commercialisation of the Internet: http://nsk.wikinerds.org/blog/index.php?p=118
I don't agree your statement. If people can make money choosing to apply or not "nofollow" attribute on links, they can also make money choosing to display or not the links (display => include it into the page source). I don't see any disadvantage to use this attribute, but I don't think this will impact a lot spamming on Wikipedia.
Aoineko
On Wednesday 19 January 2005 12:12, Guillaume Blanchard wrote:
I don't agree your statement. If people can make money choosing to apply
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050118-4536.html
"Many people believe that by blindly applying this tag to all links left in comments and guestbooks, online publishers are singlehandedly destroying a community that was built upon linking to one another."
btw: you can post your comments on the blog, too. I welcome constructive criticism.
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