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]]) _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
