On 2/24/08, Oldak Quill <oldakquill(a)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