On 11/10/08, Carcharoth carcharothwp@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.