[WikiEN-l] Fiction and Wikia

Mon Nov 27 05:59:58 UTC 2006

I'd rather keep all the forums out of external links, unless they're
for a forum we have an article about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided (#10)

On 11/26/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/06, Ryan Wetherell <renardius at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I like this idea a lot.  Just an external link to a more relevant wiki
> > isn't really as attention-getting as it should be if people really
> > want to know more.
>
> In general, we should be more selective with what external links we
> provide, and how we present them. We should distinguish between:
>
> - Sources of the information in the article
> - Sites that are more informative than the article (particularly where
> the article is very short)
> - Sites that represent some example of what is described in the
> article (eg, a ski resort, for an article about ski resorts...)
> - Community/portal/forum sites, where people may want to go if they're
> really interested in the topic..
>
> I have no objection to us providing a link to Johnny's Sk8boarding
> Forumz, but it shouldn't be mixed in with other, more "encyclopaedic"
> links...
>
> Steve
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