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

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/14/2008 11:25:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
charlottethewebb at gmail.com writes:

How  would you handle something like:
> The '''September 11, 2001 attacks'''  were a series of coordinated....
> attacks.... upon the [[United  States]] on [[September 11]],
>  [[2001]].>>


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I just wildly prefer simple language when possible.
If this paragraph were *within* an article called "September 11, 2001  
attacks" already then:
 
The '''[[September 11]], [[2001]] attacks''' were a series of  coordinated....
attacks.... upon the [[United States]].
 
 
If this paragraph were *not within* an article called "September 11, 2001  
attacks" then:
 
The '''[[September 11, 2001 attacks]]''' were a series of  
coordinated....attacks.... upon the [[United States]].
 
So within the main article about an event, you link the dates.   However 
outside that main article, you link *to* that article and let it link  the dates.  
That dimenishes that overlinking of dates where their mention  is tangential.
 
Will Johnson
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