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2. Rendering links would be helpful but it seems to clutter up thereading experience of printed articles which have a lot of links inthem (e.g. God). It would be better if some kind of alternative waschosen to highlight links such that they don't distract the user fromtheir main motive (reading).
I agree! I'm trying to find subtle ways to indicate links but we also have to be cautious of best practices around accessibility. We usually avoid using color alone to indicate an intend. i.e. links. There have been requests to even add the underlines to desktop wikipedia for same reason. For now, I'm playing around with thick but grey underlines and increasing the line height to not clutter up the reading experience. Keep an eye out for desktop print styles, where I will be adding designs for this.
and thank you for detailed feedback :)