Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Elly Waterman wrote:
If there is no lookalike article in another language, you just should not link to it. I think these problems will also be diminished by a central database, at least they get more clearly visible.
That's your POV. Other people disagree. If you are going to implement some technical solution to a problem, you can't just say "if everyone follows _my_ opinion, the problem is solved".
When a solution is proposed, it has its own inherent rules/restrictions, calling this POV is a bit off.
That is not what I called POV. Elly said (above): "If there is no lookalike article in another language, you just should not link to it." That is her opinion, and it doesn't happen to agree with mine. My opinion is that "If there is lookalike content, even if it is part of an article on a more general topic that encompasses it, you _should_ link to it."
Therefore, if you make it impossible for me to make that link, I will not be likely to call that a "way forward", nor will I think of it as a "solution" to the problem.
When it improves on the current practices, it is a way forward.
But if it improves on the current practices only in the opinion of some people but not others, then it is a way forward only in the opinion of some people but not others.
Timwi