On 09.11.2013, 20:57 Nathan wrote:
Hi all, bug 42594
<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42594>proposes
changing the default value of
$wgNoFollowLinks
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks>from true to
false. The status quo is that, by default, external URL links
in wiki text will be given the rel="nofollow" attribute as a hint to search
engines that they should not be followed for ranking purposes as they are
user-supplied and thus subject to spamming. If the change is implemented,
you will need to change your LocalSettings.php to switch $wgNoFollowLinks
to true if you want to keep the status quo on your wiki.
Please email wikitech-l about this proposal - here is a wrong place to
discuss this.
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Best regards,
Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])