[Wikipedia-l] Protocol/Etiquette

[Thomas Dalton]

2008/10/28 DESLIPPE, MICHAEL CIV DCMA CIV DFAS <MICHAEL.DESLIPPE at dfas.mil>:
> What is the proper protocol when authoring a page that has multiple
> references to the page. For example, if I was writing a page and it
> said:
>
>        The weather in the USA today is warm. The weather in the USA is
> always warm this time of year. That's just the way it is in the USA.
>
> That uses the acronym USA three times. Is the correct protocol to show
> all three occurrences as a link to the page on USA, or just the first
> occurrence of the acronym?

Usually, we (on the English Wikipedia, at least) only link the first
occurrence of any given term. If there is a section of the page that
may be linked to directly, then you may want to link the first
occurrence of the term in that section, too.