[WikiEN-l] Delinking years and only making links relevant to the context considered harmful

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/12/08, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Your verb example is a sub-case of my own linking pet peeve: Linking
> some specific instance of something to a 'generic' article.  In your
> example I'd expect "injured" to link to some article about this
> specific instance of injury, or at least the specific class of injury.

No it would be better to explicitly mention the type of injury as an
undisguised link, never like [[bone fracture|injury]].

> It's not just noun->adfoo, it happens with perfectly noun-noun things
> as well.  In your example I would have expected "ping poing player" to
> link to an article about the specific involved ping pong player.

No, here it would be better to mention the ping pong player's name as
an undisguised link, never like [[Glenn Cowan|ping pong player]].

—C.W.