Anon commenters are not allowed to link to Wikipedia, really?
No not really. Check out 43037 and use the wikipedia:// (or wp://) shortcut:
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Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
May I suggest that a) the "permission denied" error message is improved to say what exactly the problem is (it doesn't even tell you you're linking to a "forbidden" site, much less which one), that b) Wikipedia is added to the whitelist (shortcuts nonwithstanding, I see no issue with linking to Wikipedia using regular a tags), and c) that the bullet points below the "comment on" form, when listing approved HTML tags, caution that a is restricted in its use?
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I'm pretty sure that these were anti spam measures, which is a hard fight when dealing with anonymous posts. Codifying all measures in written text makes it even harder.
All other boards I know solve this by simply disallowing anonymous posts.
So the natural reaction to your requests are:
Why don't you get a login?
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