This feature request is a response (counter-proposal?) to the following: [URL inside parenthesis are not automatically hyperlinked](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/99904/162705).

I propose disabling automatic hyperlinks on bare URLs entirely and requiring link text. [Cody Gray](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/153008/cody-gray) makes the following case for using link text instead of bare URLs (emphasis is mine).

> The problem [in which bare URLs between parentheses are not
> automatically converted into hyperlinks] solves itself if you don't
> post bare URLs. Make the link text *explanatory.* **Showing us where the
> link goes is what tooltips are for.**
>
> There are very few cases where bare URLs make sense, and in those few
> cases, you could use the "workaround" of creating a hyperlink with the
> URL as the link text.