[WikiEN-l] Why aren't *all* wikia.com links restricted under nofollow?

[Erik Moeller]

On 4/27/07, Joe Szilagyi <szilagyi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why aren't links to all *.Wikia.com links covered by nofollow?

Some Wikia links are so-called interwiki links, a type of link that
has a registered shortcut in a special table in the database. The idea
of interwiki links predates Wikia by a few years; they were originally
invented to bring the various wiki communities closer together by
having simple linking patterns, e.g. MeatBall:AssumeGoodFaith for a
link to MeatballWiki.

The software feature of interwiki links does not currently add the
nofollow tag. That applies to Wikia as to any other wiki in the
interwiki map. I suppose you could consider it a fairness issue, but
if it really bothers you, the code is open, and I'm sure Brion will be
happy to accept a patch that allows nofollow to be turned on for
interwiki links as well.
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Peace & Love,
Erik

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