Simon Kissane wrote:
#PARENT [[Afghanistan]]
This would make wikipedia editing seem more like a programming
language and less like plain English. And the original question comes
back: Is "Afghanistan" the only and natural parent/context for
"History of Afghanistan"? Isn't "History" or at least
"History of
Central Asia" just as natural a parent? Can an article have more than
one #PARENT? (That would be like multiple inheritance in C++ ...)
It is indeed very easy to start the article like this:
The [[history]] of [[Afghanistan]] cannot be fully understood
without the context of the [[history of Central Asia]]. Within
this region of [[Central Asia]], Afghanistan plays a special role
because of its high [[mountain]]s, bordering on the [[Himalayas]].
This is plain English, it doesn't require any software modifications,
it allows any number "parents" or other complex relationships between
articles. However, it is the beginning of a *well-written* article,
which is really difficult to enforce through policies or software.
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