On 24.01.2007 13:45, Andrew Cates wrote:
Regardless of rel="nofollow" the current whitelist and blacklist features which are used across languages anyway will still be needed.
Therefore, could I put in a request for a "greenlist" feature to allow sysop approved links to be generated without rel="nofollow"?
"sysop approved" links?
Sysops are choosen by consensus. How can that consensus be expanded to "can choose external non-nofollow links by own discretion"?
Or do we hold "Request(s) for external non-nofollow link" discussions then? (Um, WP:RFN is already taken ;-)
What's next?
Sysop approved new articles? Sysop approved article content? Sysop approved edits? Requests for article edits?
I know I'm exaggerating, but you might get the idea...
(I wouldn't be surprised if Google starts ignoring rel=nofollow anyway - sooner or later. Or they might give it some weight depending on some obscure unknown criteria.)