On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Lars Aronsson <l...@aronsson.se> wrote: > > In the edit box, when I type [[John Doe]], I want some chance to > verify that I'm linking to the right article,
Humm? I don't know the wikipedia, but on other wikis is like that: Fire and forget. You link [[Mr John Doe]]. Once is published you notice is not a link, so you click, and make a redirection from [[Mr. John Doe]] to the existing article [[Doc. John Doe]]. You can also make links that don't exist. Like in "english expression '[[a pocket full of horses]]'", you don't need to link to articles that exist. On a wiki (I don't know wikipedia) you don't have to post correct or complete stuff. And having unpopulated links is a invitation to others to create more articles or redirections. I know Wikipedia has always been a strange wiki, so maybe thats not how it works. I hate wikipedia a bit. Also, the creation of a redirection from [[Doc John Doe]] and [[John Doe]] to [[Dr John Doe]] is content. Maybe a dude could be googling "Doc John" and find the redirection one. Is a happy "error" that these redirections are created. -- -- ℱin del ℳensaje. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
