[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR (contd)

Fri Dec 22 08:18:05 UTC 2006

The Cunctator wrote:

>In all seriousness, I think the policy should be that any special knowledge
>needed to understand the article should be included somewhere in Wikipedia.
>For example, the above knowledge is included at [[key signature]] and at
>[[E-flat major]].
>
>Thus if the example article read
>
>"The [[key (music)|key]] of the score is [[E-flat major]]<ref>[link to
>score]</ref>..."
>
>Any person with the knowledge contained at those links would be able to
>understand the reference.
>
That's perfectly sensible.  Instead some people are intent on 
reinventing the wheels that they are already spinning too fast to see.

It is pointless to keep proving these repeatedly when the matter has 
already been properly considered in a more general article.  Just link 
to the article where it's already done.

Ec