On 9/8/07, Steve Bennett
<stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/9/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
> Presumably you knew this before you went to the article about him.
Nah, I frequently follow links just to find out who the person is.
But surely the
text surrounding the link tells you why the person is
notable.
Well, I actually use a javascript plugin that
lets you hover over a
link and that shows you the first paragraph.
There are all sorts of reasons you'd end up on a Wikipedia article -
not necessarily because you're searching for more information on that
specific subject.
Well, yeah, if you're new page patrolling, for instance, and searching
around for stuff to delete. But I would think the times "normal
people" go to an article for a reason other than to find more
information about that subject are extremely rare.
I use the "random article" button a lot when I'm not editing, because
it's
often an interesting way to learn new things. If articles didn't say
quickly why the subject is notable, I doubt I'd have much interest in doing
that.
-- Jonel