[WikiEN-l] Date linking a done deal!?!

[Charlotte Webb]

On 11/10/08, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> The discussion at the talk page of MOSNUM did raise the valid point that
> single-year linking has been avoided for years, and that discussion probably
> predates the start of date autoformatting.

Actually, it doesn't.

> My view is that the advent of autoformatting meant that the various date
> linking debates went quiet, and now they are coming back because some
> people (quite rightly) want to link dates for reasons other than autoformatting.

Other reasons include but are not limited to:
*Lack of an objective way to determine whether a link is "relevant to
the context", particularly if one has no familiarity with the subject
matter.
*Lack of a reason to have day/month/year articles, if they will go
unread in the absence of incoming links (no traffic).
*Lack of an efficient way to update and maintain such pages in the
absence of incoming links (no whatlinkshere).

—C.W.