On Monday 14 October 2002 06:16 pm, wikipedia-l-request@nupedia.com wrote:

I don't see the "anchors are subpages" argument either. I'm reworking the FAQ, and I was wishing for anchors so that I could create a clickable index of questions. Spinning each individual question into a separate page is a bad idea.

Stephen G.

They may not be subpages but they will most certainly lead to the creation of needlessly long pages. There is nothing more intimidating to edit than a huge page therefore we shouldn't encourage their creation.

What is wrong with the format I established for the Naming conventions page? http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions

I think having a title, very brief description and then a link to a more complete description on a separate page is the best thing to do.

There is also the issue of people on dial-up modems and other people who use browsers that can't edit large pages.

If a page is so long that it needs an index, then it should be broken-up into more digestible pieces.

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)