said by justin:Wikipedia (although it indicates external links with a little icon) does not add target=blank to them.
So why do people not lose track of their wikipedia page when clicking those links? just curious.
Well, just my opinion, but I tend to wander through wikipedia and don't really backtrack to a previous page. When I click on an outside link on a forum, I normally want to continue reading the commentary on the thread or even add my own comment to the thread.