hmmmm... I could see how this would work with systematic
suffixes such as "cow/cows", but how would it convert"oxen"
to "ox", "sophistry" to "sophism" or
"misanthropic" to "misanthropy"?
I think we'd need either a consistent language (which is not
likely in our lifetimes), or else a huge database of how terms link to one
another. Even then we'd run the risk of words like"feminine" being linked to
"feminism" which is not accurate.
Manning
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:55
PM
Subject: [Wikipedia-l] a quick feature
request...
I'm very lazy, so I like typing things like [[algebra]]ic to
create the word
"Algebraic" with a link to algebra. This is
convenient but ugly looking.
Are ther compelling reasons why software
shouldn't convert the whole word into
a link, exactly like
[[algebra|algebraic]] would?
--
Gareth
Owen
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