Ray Saintonge wrote:
-- up-links that are not germane to the article. Thus, a link in saying that B. B. King was born in the [[United States]] is not helpful because the reader is not likely to be interested at this time in a general discussion about the United States. Another way of saying this might be "Avoid uplinking to an article where you would not reasonably expect a down link back.
I disagree -- the reader may think "what and where is the United States?" The same applies for any other country of birth.