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The  extension allows verifying URLs used on user pages. This is primarily used by Mastodon and similar software.

Verifying a link on your user page


The extension lets you verify an external link that is included on your user page.

Links marked as verified will have a matching  HTML tag added to the   element of the user page, which some platforms (for example, Mastodon) use to mark profile links as verified.


 * 1) Edit your user page to add an external link to the URL you want to mark as verified. For example:  . The link can have any label or no label.
 * 2) In the "" section of your user profile preferences, add the exact same link to the "" setting, and save the changes.
 * 3) In your Mastodon profile (or similar services), edit the "Profile metadata" to add a link to your user page.

Limitations

 * The link must use the  or  protocol.
 * Only five links can be set.

Global user pages
On wikis that use, the preference must be set on each local wiki or globally through the.

Verifying a link on non-user pages
It is possible to verify links on non-user pages by adding them to  on your wiki. For example, to verify the link  on "Main Page", add:

Multiple links can be specified for a single page by using an array. Unlike user pages, these links do not need to be present on the wiki page itself to be verified.