Index: wp-admin/options-general.php
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--- wp-admin/options-general.php	(revision 23400)
+++ wp-admin/options-general.php	(working copy)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="home"><?php _e('Site Address (URL)') ?></label></th>
 <td><input name="home" type="text" id="home" value="<?php form_option('home'); ?>"<?php disabled( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ); ?> class="regular-text code<?php if ( defined( 'WP_HOME' ) ) echo ' disabled' ?>" />
-<p class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your site homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></p></td>
+<p class="description"><?php _e('Enter the address here if you want your site homepage <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory" target="_blank">to be different from the directory</a> you installed WordPress.'); ?></p></td>
 </tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 <th scope="row"><label for="admin_email"><?php _e('E-mail Address') ?> </label></th>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
 	checked( $custom );
 	echo '/> ' . __('Custom:') . ' </label><input type="text" name="date_format_custom" value="' . esc_attr( get_option('date_format') ) . '" class="small-text" /> <span class="example"> ' . date_i18n( get_option('date_format') ) . "</span> <span class='spinner'></span>\n";
 
-	echo "\t<p>" . __('<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time">Documentation on date and time formatting</a>.') . "</p>\n";
+	echo "\t<p>" . __('<a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time" target="_blank">Documentation on date and time formatting</a>.') . "</p>\n";
 ?>
 	</fieldset>
 </td>
Index: wp-admin/options-discussion.php
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--- wp-admin/options-discussion.php	(revision 23400)
+++ wp-admin/options-discussion.php	(working copy)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 <td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Comment Moderation'); ?></span></legend>
 <p><label for="comment_max_links"><?php printf(__('Hold a comment in the queue if it contains %s or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)'), '<input name="comment_max_links" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="comment_max_links" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('comment_max_links')) . '" class="small-text" />' ); ?></label></p>
 
-<p><label for="moderation_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the <a href="edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated">moderation queue</a>. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
+<p><label for="moderation_keys"><?php _e('When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be held in the <a href="edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated" target="_blank">moderation queue</a>. One word or IP per line. It will match inside words, so &#8220;press&#8221; will match &#8220;WordPress&#8221;.'); ?></label></p>
 <p>
 <textarea name="moderation_keys" rows="10" cols="50" id="moderation_keys" class="large-text code"><?php echo esc_textarea( get_option( 'moderation_keys' ) ); ?></textarea>
 </p>
Index: wp-admin/options-permalink.php
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--- wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(revision 23400)
+++ wp-admin/options-permalink.php	(working copy)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 <form name="form" action="options-permalink.php" method="post">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('update-permalink') ?>
 
-  <p><?php _e('By default WordPress uses web <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s which have question marks and lots of numbers in them, however WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. This can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks">number of tags are available</a>, and here are some examples to get you started.'); ?></p>
+  <p><?php _e('By default WordPress uses web <abbr title="Universal Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s which have question marks and lots of numbers in them, however WordPress offers you the ability to create a custom URL structure for your permalinks and archives. This can improve the aesthetics, usability, and forward-compatibility of your links. A <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks" target=_blank">number of tags are available</a>, and here are some examples to get you started.'); ?></p>
 
 <?php
 if ( is_multisite() && !is_subdomain_install() && is_main_site() ) {
Index: wp-admin/options-writing.php
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--- wp-admin/options-writing.php	(revision 23400)
+++ wp-admin/options-writing.php	(working copy)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 
 <?php else : ?>
 
-	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services">Update Services</a> because of your site&#8217;s <a href="%s">visibility settings</a>.'), 'options-reading.php'); ?></p>
+	<p><?php printf(__('WordPress is not notifying any <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Update_Services" target="_blank">Update Services</a> because of your site&#8217;s <a href="%s">visibility settings</a>.'), 'options-reading.php'); ?></p>
 
 <?php endif; ?>
 <?php } // multisite ?>