[WikiEN-l] Contradiction between guidelines

Alphax (Wikipedia email) alphasigmax at gmail.com
Mon Feb 5 12:02:57 UTC 2007


Ray Saintonge wrote:
> Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
> 
>> Steve Bennett wrote:
>>  
<snip>
>>> However, you're never supposed to link *anything* in section headings.
>>>
<snip>
>> "never" overrides "always", so "never link anything in section titles in
>> articles" overrides "always link dates in articles".
>>
> Just because you want to invent that kind of rule in your own little 
> imagination doesn't mean that it's going to apply to anybody else.  If 
> you don't want to link from section headings nobody is going to force 
> you to do it.  Please don't disrespect others by saying that they can't.
> 

I didn't invent it, I'm just stating how it should be applied; secondly,
linking section headings is horrible from a usability perspective - just
imagine how it will look when you print it!

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