https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35363
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Bug #: 35363
Summary: Anchors to first sentence in lead paragraph of
Wikipedia articles
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
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ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Feature Request: External web sites need to be able to link directly to the
First sentence of an article.
The Wikipedia Manual of Style requires the First sentence to include the name
of the topic and its concise definition, which is precisely what is needed for
a glossary reference by web sites anywhere in the world wide web. The ability
to link directly to that sentence is an essential first step in creating a
Semantic Wikipedia. Currently no facility exists to point to that specific
information. My proposal to have editors insert anchors to that first sentence
has been soundly rejected by editors who fear (I think unwisely) a
proliferation of such tags throughout Wikipedia, and who seem unconcerned with
the potential role that Wikipedia might play in the web.
Since the distinction of the "First sentence" is an internal Wikipedia concept,
with no syntactic marker for software to grab (indeed that is the technical
essence of the problem), I am skeptical that there is a "software solution".
However, in the event that I am incorrect in that assumption, I am inserting
this feature request into to Bugzilla facility.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#First_sentence,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29#Proposal:_allow_anchors_to_lead_paragraphs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Semantic_Wikipedia#Automatic_link_to_lead_section_content)
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