[WikiEN-l] Fiction and Wikia

Mon Nov 27 19:19:16 UTC 2006

Steve Block wrote

> 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.

I looked at [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]] on this, and I don't think that guideline is optimal. It is much better, if you need a weblink as reference for something specific, to make an inline link or make a note. In fact a note is much superior, because you can attach a comment or point up some specific phrase used.

If you just put raw weblinks in a References section, and don't specify the relevance, how can anyone tell that the link is playing a reference role?

Charles

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