[WikiEN-l] Fiction and Wikia

Steve Block steve.block at myrealbox.com
Mon Nov 27 17:19:31 UTC 2006


Steve Bennett wrote:
  > In general, we should be more selective with what external links we
> provide, and how we present them. 

We already do.

> We should distinguish between:
> 
> - Sources of the information in the article

These should be placed in the References section, not the External links 
one.

> - 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...)

These should be in the External links section.

> - Community/portal/forum sites, where people may want to go if they're
> really interested in the topic..

These should generally not be included.


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