Kurt Jansson wrote:
I don't like the idea. Having an index above the article is a good idea, but linking into an article is not. I makes the Wikipedia more static. Headings will change, articles will be completely rewritten with a new structure, and people shouldn't worry about it ("Hmm, I'll better leave it like it is, or xx links will be broken").
This is a good point. For my purposes, I'd be happy if the functionality were limited to links within a single article, which removes this problem. Of course, if an article is a reasonable length, then this functionality is only a convenience, not a necessity. I would agree that we should hold off on this pending further discussion.
-- Toby Bartels toby+wikipedia-l@math.ucr.edu