[WikiEN-l] Nofollow back on URL links on en.wikipedia.org articles for now

[David Gerard]

On 23/01/07, Jeff Raymond <jeff.raymond at internationalhouseofbacon.com> wrote:
> Brion Vibber wrote:

> > Indefinite. I'd prefer to see actual improvements (whitelisting, fading,
> > flagging and approval system, etc) rather than just turn it off one day,
> > though.

> Why aren't we treating nofollow like the spam blacklist?


The spam blacklist failed to disincentivise spammers in general;
nofollow is already making them feel like their hard work was wasted.
GOOD.


- d.