On 9/8/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/9/07, Anthony wikimail@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.