The external link section in the Link Inspector in VE should refuse links that are blocked by MW:Spam-blacklist
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	May 24 2015, 4:06 PM

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We have MW: Spam-blacklist to block the unwanted external URLs ( no-amazon\.com, benefits-of-honey\.com, etc.). It
could make sense to prevent the link inspector in Visual Editor from letting users add links that belong to that list.

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• sucheta created this task.May 24 2015, 4:06 PM

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• sucheta renamed this task from The external link section in the Link Section should refuse links that are blocked by MW:Spam-blacklist to The external link section in the Link Inspector in VE should refuse links that are blocked by MW:Spam-blacklist.May 24 2015, 4:06 PM

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Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Jun 2 2015, 9:34 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: SpamBlacklist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=spamblacklist will validate provided urls against the blacklist.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Jun 18 2015, 12:57 AM

• Deskana lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Lowest.Aug 30 2018, 1:08 PM

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The external link section in the Link Inspector in VE should refuse links that are blocked by MW:Spam-blacklist
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