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All internal links on Stack Exchange sites should be protocol-relative

In preparation for the eventual deployment of full HTTPS support on Stack Exchange, and also to make the currently available "alpha" HTTPS support more usable, all links from Stack Exchange sites to ...
Ilmari Karonen's user avatar
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Could the citation helper include DOI-links as https rather than http?

The citation helper usually includes some link in the citation. Specifically, it includes a link to zbMATH. And a link to a paper - quite often as DOI. However, the DOI-links are in the "old"...
Martin's user avatar
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Changing http to https and mobile links for Wikipedia

Many old posts with links to Wikipedia articles contain http rather than https links. As far as I can tell, it is better to have https link rather than http. (After all, internal links have been ...
Martin's user avatar
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Link to stackexchange.com is not HTTPS under the default "community-specific" close reason on per-site metas

There is a default close reason available on per-site metas under "Needs improvement → A community-specific reason" that has a link to stackexchange.com that is not HTTPS. For instance, on ...
The Amplitwist's user avatar
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Link to parent site is not HTTPS in the sidebar/dropdown "Step 1: Draft your question" on any per-site Meta

When asking a question here on Meta SE, the sidebar titled "Step 1: Draft your question" (which appears as a dropdown menu on mobile in the responsive design) has the following text: Is ...
The Amplitwist's user avatar
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Link to per-site meta in the sidebar/dropdown "Step 1: Draft your question" is not HTTPS and has the old format meta.*.stackexchange.com

Similar to: Link to parent site is not HTTPS in the sidebar/dropdown "Step 1: Draft your question" on any per-site Meta. When asking a question on some SE sites, such as Mathematics the ...
The Amplitwist's user avatar
9 votes
1 answer
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Should http links within the SE network be automatically converted to https?

I have noticed that occasionally some people still link to some other posts using http rather than https. Two random examples I have seen recently: Dependent multiple choice vs. dependent choice - ...
Martin's user avatar
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Change blog link in election text to HTTPS

The introductory text for elections contains the following paragraph with a link that's still HTTP: Community moderators are accorded the highest level of privilege on our community, and should ...
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Http link in the side bar after the sites are rolled-out with https

In Ask Question, when you click inside the body section, we can see the How to Format section in the side bar. In the list of tips, the last line is: ► basic HTML also allowed There still the ...
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Should we force users to post links to SE sites in HTTPS?

Network-wide HTTPS is a good idea. SE devs have been working hard to replace existing HTTP links to HTTPS, and they even batch replaced links in existing posts with the Community bot on May 20[...
iBug says Reinstate Monica's user avatar