Ed Poor wrote
But I deplore the constant mention of alternate names. Why can't whoever writes the sentence include a link? Then we only have to ensure that the reader will see the alternate name immediately upon clicking the link?
- German philosopher from [[Danzig]]
Only once per article, anyway. For me, it depends a bit on prominence. For example, I think
'Constantinople (present-day Istanbul)'
is over-the-top,
'Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik)'
is helpful (especially since it turns out that there is another Ragusa)
and
'New Amsterdam (present-day New York)'
saves me from a guilty feeling that I should have learned this sometime, but am not quite sure when.
Charles