Last modified: 2013-12-07 00:10:24 UTC
The ConfirmEdit extension allows for local wikis to whitelist links using [[MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist]]. But this only allows for whitelisting http and https links, even though the extension will trigger a captcha for any protocol. The question here is twofold: 1. Should ConfirmEdit trigger captchas for other types of links in the first place? 2. If so, how can we extend [[MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist]] to allow these to be whitelisted? Personally, I'm inclined to answer "yes" and "Perhaps add flags like in [[MediaWiki:TitleBlacklist]], one of which would indicate that this line should not be prefixed with /^https?:\/\/+[a-z0-9_\-.]*/"
(In reply to comment #0) > Personally, I'm inclined to answer "yes" and "Perhaps add flags like in > [[MediaWiki:TitleBlacklist]], one of which would indicate that this line > should not be prefixed with /^https?:\/\/+[a-z0-9_\-.]*/" This sounds sensible to me.
*** Bug 57468 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Should have checked the bug list beforehand. This above modification would be much appreciated. -- On the English Wikivoyage, we have added tel:// protocol links to phone numbers so that users can dial through on their mobile phones. However, since tel:// links are considered external links, all new phone numbers added now require a CAPTCHA to be filled. I checked MediaWiki:Captcha-addurl-whitelist, but it seems that it is restricted to HTTP/HTTPS. Is it possible to modify it to accept tel:// links, and maybe even geo:// links?
Change 97317 had a related patch set uploaded by Anomie: Allow 'noprotocol' option in captcha-addurl-whitelist https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/97317
Thanks for the quick patch. To confirm, the regex for whitelisting tel: links would be something along the lines of - tel <noprotocol> ?
I had it on my todo list since November 1, and your comment coincidentally came at the same time I found the combination of volunteer time and motivation to work on it ;) I'd use "tel:// <noprotocol>", or "tel: <noprotocol>" if the links don't use the //.
Change 97317 merged by jenkins-bot: Allow 'noprotocol' option in captcha-addurl-whitelist https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/97317
Change merged. It should be deployed to WMF wikis with 1.23wmf7, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.23/Roadmap for the schedule.
