Last modified: 2014-07-20 12:21:42 UTC
in Arabic Wikipedia there is no icon differentiate between interwiki links and external web link (as hyperlinks) as in other Wikipedia languages. We discussed it in Arabic Wikipedia Village pump (technical) here:(https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9#.D8.A7.D9.84.D9.88.D8.B5.D9.84.D8.A7.D8.AA_.D8.A7.D9.84.D8.AE.D8.A7.D8.B1.D8.AC.D9.8A.D8.A9) and there is no Objection from Arabic Wikipedia society to activate it. note: it seems that External link icon was activating in the past, but it was deactivated later for unknown reason.
Its caused by the following line in [[ar:MediaWiki:Common.css]] /*External link color transition **http://ar.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=10832343&oldid=10832341*/a.external{-o-transition:color .2s ease-out, background 1s ease-in;-ms-transition:color .2s ease-out, background 1s ease-in;-moz-transition:color .2s ease-out, background 1s ease-in;-webkit-transition:color .2s ease-out, background 1s ease-in;transition:color .2s ease-out, background 1s ease-in;padding:0!important;background:none!important;direction:rtl!important;} (Specifically the background:none!important part tells browsers to not show the icon, which is considered part of an external links "background") MediaWiki:Common.css is controlled by local admins, not us, so closing this bug as invalid.
thank you
