Once upon a time, [1], [2], [3], [4] used to refer to remote references. Every
EditText page had a link to a special
EditLinks page, where you could set the URLs to this references.
See
FixingLinks on what to do about it if you stumble across a [1], [2], [3] or [4].
(If only I could do a full text search for "[1]", I could fix all the EditLinks old-style links that have been broken. )-:
True - but,
WardCunningham can probably use grep[?] and/or perl replace to clear these out, whereas us normal wiki users cannot. Only the operators at c2.com have true system access.
AnswerMe: Why was
EditLinks abandoned? A similar mechanism has been proposed as one of the
WikiSpamSolutions -
ExternalLinkArea. Some pages seem to indicate that
EditLinks suffered from some kind of abuse. What was the abuse? Would
ExternalLinkArea also be vulnerable? --
MichaelSparks
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