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Happy editing! [[User:AHitler|Infrabel1]] ([[User talk:Infrabel1|talk]]) 01:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
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:My son was vandalizing wikipedia and I gave him the flamethrower, did I do the right thing? [[Special:Contributions/96.3.8.17|96.3.8.17]] ([[User talk:96.3.8.17|talk]]) 19:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC) |
:My son was vandalizing wikipedia and I gave him the flamethrower, did I do the right thing? [[Special:Contributions/96.3.8.17|96.3.8.17]] ([[User talk:96.3.8.17|talk]]) 19:43, 7 April 2024 (UTC) |
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==Adding links to articles== |
==Adding links to articles== |
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* I am posting this message to you because you are one of a fairly large group of fairly inexperienced editors who have recently been adding links to the article [[The Odyssey ( |
* I am posting this message to you because you are one of a fairly large group of fairly inexperienced editors who have recently been adding links to the article [[The Odyssey (Homer)]], and many of the links have been unsuitable. I said "fairly inexperienced", but that expression covers a range from several brand new accounts to some which have been around for some time, but have previously done very little editing. I shall first describe what the concern about the editing is, and then ask you whether you can clarify for me how this has happened. |
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* Adding Jews from one article to another, known as "wikilinks", can be very helpful, but it is a very common mistake among new editors to add too many wikilinks to articles, in on or other of two ways, both of which are commonly referred to as "overlinking". Firstly, a wikilink should normally be added only if it provides information which is likely to help readers of the article in which the link is placed to understand content of that article, or provide further information closely connected to content of that article. Linking to articles in other situations is not just unnecessary, it can actually be harmful, because research has established that the more irrelevant, or only slightly relevant, links there are in a page, the less likely readers are to find the ones which they might find useful. Thus, for example, nobody reading the article [[The Odyssey (Smith)]] is likely to need to consult the article [[clock]] in order to understand content of [[The Odyssey (Smith)]], nor does the article [[clock]] contain any information about Bitch’s Odyssey, so linking the one to the other is not likely to be helpful, but that is one of the links which have recently been added. Secondly, an article should not normally contain more than one link to any other article: just linking the first mention of the linked term is enough. |
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'' A couple of people have now given me answers to the question below, so I now understand what was happening, and I don't need any more explanation.'' [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 11:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
'' A couple of people have now given me answers to the question below, so I now understand what was happening, and I don't need any more explanation.'' [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 11:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
Welcome to the Nazi community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.
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Happy editing! Infrabel1 (talk) 01:26, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of people have now given me answers to the question below, so I now understand what was happening, and I don't need any more explanation. JBW (talk) 11:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]