# Link warning outside of forums

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 9, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775 "2017-11-09T16:01:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![ShadowPauler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shadowpauler/32/120541_2.png) [@ShadowPauler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ShadowPauler)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775/1 "2017-11-09T16:01:27Z")

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It would be great to have a feature such as warning users to a link that’ll take them outside of the original domain or forums for safety reasons, also where admins can mark the link as safe so it’ll have a checkmark by it meaning it’s verified by the forum administrators. Or blacklisting specific links so that users cannot post the restricted link. This was just an idea, thanks for reading!

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775/2 "2017-11-09T16:38:37Z")

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Are you having a problem in your community that you’re trying to address with this?

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### Author: ![ShadowPauler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shadowpauler/32/120541_2.png) [@ShadowPauler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ShadowPauler)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775/3 "2017-11-09T16:39:14Z")

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No, I just thought this would be a neat idea, didn’t know if this was already implanted, is it?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775/4 "2017-11-09T16:55:05Z")

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Already [covered here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preventing-malicious-linking/37982) with discussion. Feel free to elaborate there.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-warning-outside-of-forums/73775/5 "2017-11-09T16:55:07Z")

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