[WikiEN-l] Opinions sought: linking source-access dates per MoS?

[Luna]

On 1/1/07, Christopher Thieme <cdthieme at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 1.) That dates consisting of a day and month should be wikilinked to
> interface with user preferences.
> (per:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29
> )
>
> 2.) That things should only be linked if they're relevant to the context
> (of
> the article).
> (per:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context
> )


I'm inclined to agree; so long as the article itself is internally
consistent, it doesn't seem like a Big Deal to me.

If it's really that important, why not modify the template to do the linking
automatically, anyway?

Just my two cents,
-Luna