Index: default-filters.php
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--- default-filters.php	(revision 11270)
+++ default-filters.php	(working copy)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 // Strip, trim, kses, special chars for string saves
-$filters = array('pre_term_name', 'pre_comment_author_name', 'pre_link_name', 'pre_link_target',
+$filters = array('pre_comment_author_name', 'pre_link_target',
 	'pre_link_rel', 'pre_user_display_name', 'pre_user_first_name', 'pre_user_last_name',
 	'pre_user_nickname');
 foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
 	add_filter($filter, 'wp_specialchars', 30);
 }
 
+$filters = array('pre_term_name', 'pre_link_name');
+foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_specialchars', 1);
+	add_filter($filter, 'strip_tags');
+	add_filter($filter, 'trim');
+	add_filter($filter, 'wp_filter_kses');
+}
+
 // Kses only for textarea saves
 $filters = array('pre_term_description', 'pre_link_description', 'pre_link_notes', 'pre_user_description');
 foreach ( $filters as $filter ) {