On 2/24/08, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
I think most people create links as they go along, using their
Most "people" or most "skilled editors"? Sure, those of us who have spent hundreds of hours know what we're doing, but the average editor, and particularly the average beginner would really benefit from some help.
judgement as to which links would be helpful and which would not (i.e. which concepts might need further explanation). If you can write an
I suspect there are some good heuristics which could make good guesses. You could start with rare words and phrases, then look at the frequency of a certain word within "similar articles" etc.
article (decide what information is important and how much explanation to give), you should be able to choose the links as you write. They are the same skill.
Don't interpret the existence of a tool as somehow preventing the user doing something. Of course you "should be able to choose the links as you write'.
The suggestor would not be intelligent and couldn't judge which links are related and which would be appropriate to suggest.
Wouldn't be? Couldn't be? Really?
I see no advantage over just going through the article and placing double square brackets around particular concepts, words and phrases.
I see lots. It would be much faster, for a start. It would be one less task to have to worry about. I would love to be able to quickly whip up a stub, see a proposed list of links, then be able to click OK or finetune them. The less cognitive load required to edit, the better for everyone.
Steve