On Monday 14 October 2002 06:16 pm, wikipedia-l-request(a)nupedia.com wrote:
I don't see the "anchors are subpages"
argument
either. I'm reworking the FAQ, and I was wishing for
anchors so that I could create a clickable index of
questions. Spinning each individual question into a
separate page is a bad idea.
Stephen G.
They may not be subpages but they will most certainly lead to the creation of
needlessly long pages. There is nothing more intimidating to edit than a huge
page therefore we shouldn't encourage their creation.
What is wrong with the format I established for the Naming conventions page?
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions
I think having a title, very brief description and then a link to a more
complete description on a separate page is the best thing to do.
There is also the issue of people on dial-up modems and other people who use
browsers that can't edit large pages.
If a page is so long that it needs an index, then it should be broken-up into
more digestible pieces.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)