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andymorgan
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Thats the point, to encourage people to write the article, or hope one already exists.
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mudman
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andymorgan said:
Yeah, I can see that arguement, but when you end up with it littered with a load of empty links that lead to blank pages, the casual browser soon gives up and goes away.
It might be better to have a category or page that people could add ideas for articles to. They could list ones they intend to do or would like to see. When it gets written, then the page could be updated with a link to the article and so on.
bubba said:
Keep the red links! They serve a purpose.
As stated at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day/July_12%2C_2006 (with apologies for the use of the term "linkify")
...When a Wikipedian writes an article, it is common practice to linkify key topics pertinent to an understanding of the subject, even if those topics don't have an article on Wikipedia yet. This has two applications:
From within an article, such a link prepares the article to be fully supported. At any time, a Wikipedian may independently write an article on the linked-to subject, and when this happens, there's already a link ready and waiting for it. The red link also gives readers the opportunity to click on it to create the needed article on the spot.
In topic lists, it is useful to include every topic on the subject you can possible find or think of. When they are turned into links, the list immediately shows where the gaps in Wikipedia's coverage for that subject are, since all of the topics missing articles will show up in red. Such lists are useful tools in developing subject areas on Wikipedia, as they show where work is needed most.
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mudman
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Rhys said:
:-[
Ah, now see I didn't know that.
Perhaps I better actually read the help pages.
RobinGriffiths
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Slow day at work you see....
bubba
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bubba said:Thanks for all the standardisation work Robin
PS - there may be some breadcrumb extensions to mediawiki which might make this sort of thing a bit easier - I'll have a dig about.
In light of the other topic: http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,2804.0.html
Do we want to breadcrumb pages and impose a hierarchical structure? Maybe not. It's just not how wikis work, even though I thought it was.
mulucaver
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rhychydwr1
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Rhys said:
did. A load of useful stuff. Enough for another book.
RobinGriffiths
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Yes I understand why not. There's only a certain combination of usernames and passwords you can manage before a critical pair has been released to a website which may be 'safe' or 'unsafe'.
