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| + | : Some of the reason for preferring the internal links is historical. For a very long time the wiki was hosted as [http://www.wikia.com/Wikia Wikia], a spin-off project from Wikipedia. The idea behind Wikia was to provide a location for all the Wikipedia articles that didn't really fit into Wikipedia. The encouragement from the Wikia staff was to use the Wikipedia internal links. Over time Wikia has moved away from that original mission, and the Traveller Wiki has moved here. So my original brain process of thinking of the Wikipedia and The Traveller Wiki as two halves of the same Encyclopedia has not been changed. | ||
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| + | : I agree we should be consistent. And I'm happy to accept consensus on this matter. [[User:Tjoneslo|Tjoneslo]] ([[User talk:Tjoneslo|talk]]) 16:10, 20 May 2014 (EDT) | ||
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Forums: Index > Watercooler > Wikipedia Links
Question: Is it better to make Wikipedia links look like external (sabot) or internal links (sabot)? There are arguments for either arrangement. If they look external, they let the user know that there is no internal page reference. If they look internal, the page may look a little better. Personally I prefer the external look. It lets me know right away that by clicking, I'm headed off site. Either way, I believe it is best to be consistent. Other opinions?
Jmattera (talk) 21:42, 19 May 2014 (EDT)
- Some of the reason for preferring the internal links is historical. For a very long time the wiki was hosted as Wikia, a spin-off project from Wikipedia. The idea behind Wikia was to provide a location for all the Wikipedia articles that didn't really fit into Wikipedia. The encouragement from the Wikia staff was to use the Wikipedia internal links. Over time Wikia has moved away from that original mission, and the Traveller Wiki has moved here. So my original brain process of thinking of the Wikipedia and The Traveller Wiki as two halves of the same Encyclopedia has not been changed.