Michel Clasquin clasqm@mweb.co.za writes:
Against. I've found occasional good uses for "prefix[[snafu]]suffix" that I don't want to lose - for instance it is possible to say [[peace]]fully or [[peace|peacefully]] and they link to the same page.
I don't follow. Or rather, I can't see any good uses. Can you enlighten me?
But an adjective or adverb as a link doesn't look right in an encyclopedia context.
Maybe not, but does [[peace]]fully look any better?
IMHO there's far too much talk about letting the software do all the work lately ...
Is that not what software is for?
(very OT aside: I blame GUIs. I see so many people doing repetitive tasks manually with Windows file manager that I can see why people don't classify computers as labour-saving devices any more.)