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Bug 44512 - Have option for noreferrer on external links.
Have option for noreferrer on external links.
Status: PATCH_TO_REVIEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Parser (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Tyler Romeo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi...
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Reported: 2013-01-30 17:51 UTC by Tyler Romeo
Modified: 2014-02-12 23:35 UTC (History)
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Description Tyler Romeo 2013-01-30 17:51:20 UTC 
Similar to how $wgNoFollowLinks, $wgNoFollowNsExceptions, and $wgNoFollowDomainException can be used to set rel="nofollow" on certain external links, there should be a complimentary set of config options to set rel="noreferrer".

A discussion is ongoing on enwiki about adding noreferrer to external links for privacy reasons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#noreferrer_for_Wikipedia). This will give them the software option of doing so if they decide.

Patch soon to come.
Comment 1 Tyler Romeo 2013-01-30 18:05:12 UTC 
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/46790
Comment 2 Tyler Romeo 2013-01-30 18:36:38 UTC 
A quick note. I do *not* agree/disagree with the actual usage of this on enwiki (or any other WMF wiki). I just think it'd be a good feature to add if enwiki or somebody decides they want to add blanket noreferrer to their external links, which may be desirable in private wikis.
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