On 09.11.2013, 20:57 Nathan wrote:

> Hi all, bug 42594
> <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42594>proposes
> changing the default value of
> $wgNoFollowLinks
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNoFollowLinks>from true to
> false. The status quo is that, by default, external URL links
> in wiki text will be given the rel="nofollow" attribute as a hint to search
> engines that they should not be followed for ranking purposes as they are
> user-supplied and thus subject to spamming. If the change is implemented,
> you will need to change your LocalSettings.php to switch $wgNoFollowLinks
> to true if you want to keep the status quo on your wiki.

Please email wikitech-l about this proposal - here is a wrong place to
discuss this.


-- 
Best regards,
  Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])


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