[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4958: Add rel="nofollow ugc" to user-generated links

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#4958: Add rel="nofollow ugc" to user-generated links
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 Reporter:  diddledan  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
Component:  General    |   Keywords:
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 Currently W.org adds rel=nofollow to links generated by users. Following
 recent changes referenced at https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/09
 /evolving-nofollow-new-ways-to-identify.html and the precedent by
 WordPress Core at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48022 we should
 add to the rel attribute the additional ugc value to indicate User-
 Generated Content. Attached is a patch to do just this based in part on
 WordPress Core's implementation.

 The bbpress ticket at https://bbpress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3318
 contains the bbpress-specific changes to add `ugc` into topic and reply
 content. Once that is committed to bbpress trunk and filtered through onto
 W.org, combined with the patch attached here committed to W.org and
 deployed, the changes will be complete.

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