[Wikipedia-l] Protocol/Etiquette (fixed)

[David Goodman]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:12 PM, David Goodman <dgoodmanny at gmail.com> wrote:
> Opinions vary.  . In my view. never more than once a section, and then
> only if they are long sections, or the section about that particular
> thing. Once per normal screen (40 lines or so) is wildly excessive.
> Assuming people get beyond the first screen, they know how to scroll.
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> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2008/10/28 DESLIPPE, MICHAEL CIV DCMA CIV DFAS <MICHAEL.DESLIPPE at dfas.mil>:
>>> Thanks, that was what I needed. My concern was that on some lengthy
>>> pages, someone may jump to a section of the page not containing the
>>> reference and miss the fact that one exists, but I guess everything has
>>> a tradeoff.
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>> If they're in close proximity, it's pretty easy - only link one. As
>> you say, though, this becomes a bit trickier for several instances.
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>> The first time in each new section is often a good rule, or the first
>> time in a "screen" of text - a very hard to define way, but generally
>> a useful one! Certainly don't feel required to only do once per page
>> if this seems clumsy or unhelpful.
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>> - Andrew Gray
>>  andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk
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