On 4/27/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@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.