[Wikipedia-l] Newspaper links article keywords to Wikipedia

[Fred Bauder]

Linking to all uncommon capitalized words leads to some strange links like
[[Urging Beijing]] and to non-notable persons, but most links lead to
something.

Fred

> From: Henry Tan-Tenn <share2002nov at lomaji.com>
> Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:38:56 -0500
> To: wikipedia-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Newspaper links article keywords to Wikipedia
> 
> Taipei Times, a leading English-language daily in Taiwan, recently (I
> think) added a function that allows on-line readers to "Wikipedia-ize" a
> number of pre-selected keywords in its articles.  The keywords do not
> necessarily correspond to existing en: articles.  I have not seen an
> explanation posted regarding the thinking or motivation behind it (not
> being a regular reader), but it would seem to be a push to have its
> readers engage Wikipedia, perhaps conveniently incorporating or citing
> the paper's contents along the way.  For an example see
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/archives/2005/03/14/2003246212 (link
> labeled "Wikipedia" on the right).
> 
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