[WikiEN-l] Fiction and Wikia

Tue Nov 28 03:50:11 UTC 2006

On 11/28/06, Steve Block <steve.block at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> > - Sources of the information in the article
>
> These should be placed in the References section, not the External links
> one.

Is this actually in the policy? At least once I've seen someone move
links I've placed in the Sources section into the External Links
section.

(did I mention that I strongly support renaming "References" and
"External links" to "Sources" and "Further reading" respectively?)

>
> > - 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.

Which frequently becomes an unmitigated spamfest. There should be ways
to avoid this.

> > - Community/portal/forum sites, where people may want to go if they're
> > really interested in the topic..
>
> These should generally not be included.

To play devil's advocate, aren't we trying to be informative? Should
we be keeping genuine sources of information away from our readers? If
the topic is "Juggling in Copenhagen", then wouldn't a forum for
jugglers in Copenhagen be a really appropriate link?

Steve