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

[Florence Devouard]

Rich Holton wrote:
> Blu Aardvark wrote:
>> John Lee wrote:
>>> Having said that, I still don't understand why the MediaWiki patch was
>>> rejected. Why is it not sensible to allow MediaWiki installations to
>>> nofollow interwiki links? It's a feature someone out there might conceivably
>>> want.
>>>   
>> It's conceivable, but probably fairly unlikely. Interwiki links, by 
>> their nature, are incredibly unlikely to be spam (although there are a 
>> lot of prefixes in the default table that are, in my opinion, utter 
>> crap). Still, the patch is available if a user is genuinely concerned 
>> about it.
> 
> I still don't understand the resistance to making all non-Foundation 
> sites no-follow. The fact that people disagree with the idea, but are 
> providing no rational reason, only encourages the perception that there 
> *is* conflict of interest in the current situation.
> 
> Let me emphasize: perception is important in this issue.
> 
> -Rich

I fully agree. All non Foundation sites should be no follow.

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