User talk:Jonathan RA Maier
Linking
[edit]Jonathan, thank you for your contributions to Wikipeida. Your recent edit to Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson here violated the Wikipedia policy on linking, and undid the clean up that I had performed on the article. You have made a number of other good edits, so I don't want to revert your edit en masse, so I'm going to ask you to undo the excessive linking that you have done on the article.
- The Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles says: "When you do create links, link only one or a few instances of the same term; don't link all instances of it."
- Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes warns against "Over-Wikifying": "Wikipedia thrives on internal links, but keep it within reason."
- Also, links should be made only where they are relevant to the article, and not to every word. See Wikipedia:Make only links relevant to the context.
WP:OVERLINK specifically says:
- "Unless they are particularly relevant to the topic of the article, it is generally inappropriate to link:
- plain English words;
- terms whose meaning would be understood by almost all readers;
- items that would be familiar to most readers, such as the names of major geographic features and locations, religions, languages, common professions and common units of measurement (particularly if a conversion is provided);
- dates."
Thank you in advance for cleaning the article up to reflect this policy. Ground Zero | t 17:08, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
De-linking performed
[edit]I have gone through the article on Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson and removed what I think were all the excessive links. Thanks for pointing out the policy on that! I have left in the currently dead links to several historical figures and few other things that I intend to create pages for in the coming days... these include Nathan and Ester Frame, Culberson, North Carolina, the Theocratic Party, etc. Jonathan RA Maier (talk) 08:15, 15 June 2012 (UTC)Jonathan RA Maier
Yeah. You can always edit an article to improve it. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help pages
- How to write a great article
Thanks for your feedback!
Salma Vian (talk) 20:47, 19 June 2012 (UTC)