History of Add-ons that cause stability or security issues are put on a blocklist

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Current M AliceWyman Replaced Firefox Monitor link - see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-monitor/discuss/11203#post-25636
Approved M AliceWyman [[T:Open Add-ons|type=Extensions]]
Approved M Ihor Hordiichuk Removed unneeded tags.
Approved MT Caitlin Neiman Updated to reflect current blocking process. Please do not change URL.
Approved M AliceWyman fixed template name
Approved M Angela Lazar Replace warning with template
Approved M AliceWyman T:PluginSupportEOL-> {warning} Adobe Flash EOL
Approved   Artist removed full stops (sentences end with a question mark already)
Approved   AliceWyman (minor) reworded "Adobe Flash plugin" for fx69
Approved M AliceWyman updated for fx69, Adobe Flash; removed outdated template
Approved M Andrew edit formatting and removed typos
Unreviewed   Caitlin Neiman Clarified different blocking categories, cleaned up information about installation blocks
Approved M AliceWyman edited revision by underpass; updated blocklist URL
Unreviewed   Underpass instructions to get to the addons settings icon
Approved M AliceWyman edits to revision by Caitlin
Unreviewed   Caitlin Neiman General updates about blocklisting
Approved M Joni added template
Approved M Joni removed reference to plugin check as it's no longer maintained
Approved M Joergen Changed "The add-on ''name'' has a high risk of causing stability or security problems and can't be installed" according to Bug 552965: https://bug98304.bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552965
Approved M AliceWyman PluginSupportEOL template added (bug 1269807) and other edits
Approved M Mark Schmidt removed flashblock template
Approved M Joni added warning template
Approved M Lan Updated screenshot - see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/why-do-i-have-click-activate-plugins/discuss/5681
Reviewed M sandeep
Approved   user669794 removed share article
Approved M AliceWyman updated using template: [[T:Open Add-ons|type=Extensions]]
Approved   Tonnes nit (hardly visible): space
Approved M scoobidiver add-on guidelines, showfor winxp, win7 & win8
Approved   AliceWyman edited keywords and other minor revisions
Approved   Ralph Daub Added the "Add-on tools" icon on line 27.
Approved M Michael Verdi Added info about CTP plugins
Approved   scoobidiver fixed links, drop support for fx35
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M scoobidiver updated for fx4, unsafe added in front of add-ons, added summary and keywords
Reviewed   scoobidiver incompatible add-on adding, automatic add-ons updates for fx4, difference of behavior between fx35 and fx4, summary and keywords adding.
Unreviewed   AliceWyman Windows Presentation Foundation plugin is no longer blocklisted

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