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As a general rule, if a document already exists on the WS server then it is prefereable to link other pages to it rather than re-link to the external source. Less server load; less bandwidth and keeps things in-house so-to-speak. This probably needs putting somewhere in the help system too. (Prompted by [[Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret]]) --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 07:49, 9 March 2016 (GMT) | As a general rule, if a document already exists on the WS server then it is prefereable to link other pages to it rather than re-link to the external source. Less server load; less bandwidth and keeps things in-house so-to-speak. This probably needs putting somewhere in the help system too. (Prompted by [[Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret]]) --[[User:Peter|Peter P]] ([[User talk:Peter|talk]]) 07:49, 9 March 2016 (GMT) | ||
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| + | :Fully agree with that "general rule", [[User:Peter|Peter P]]. However, in the particular case of [[Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret]], there are two problems that I pointed out to [https://wikispooks.com/wiki/User_talk:Patrick_Haseldine#A_simple_idea Robin, yesterday]: | ||
| + | * The spelling in the document title is incorrect; and | ||
| + | * The document itself is not linked to its external source [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/free/lobster66/lob66-maggies-secret.pdf "Maggie’s guilty secret"] by John Hughes-Wilson. | ||
| + | :Until those deficiencies are corrected, I suggest we should directly reference to the external source [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/free/lobster66/lob66-maggies-secret.pdf by John Hughes-Wilson.]--[[User:Patrick Haseldine|Patrick Haseldine]] ([[User talk:Patrick Haseldine|talk]]) 10:51, 9 March 2016 (GMT) | ||
Revision as of 10:51, 9 March 2016
Improving this page
This page could do with improvement by someone familiar with this affair. It contains a (deprecated) "See Also" section - it is preferable to include references to these people/events in the text. Some of the links don't even have a page. Plenty of work to be done, especially if new evidence is still emerging, as the Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret would seem to indicate. -- Robin (talk) 12:24, 8 March 2016 (GMT)
Internal/external linking
As a general rule, if a document already exists on the WS server then it is prefereable to link other pages to it rather than re-link to the external source. Less server load; less bandwidth and keeps things in-house so-to-speak. This probably needs putting somewhere in the help system too. (Prompted by Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret) --Peter P (talk) 07:49, 9 March 2016 (GMT)
- Fully agree with that "general rule", Peter P. However, in the particular case of Document:Maggies's Guilty Secret, there are two problems that I pointed out to Robin, yesterday:
- The spelling in the document title is incorrect; and
- The document itself is not linked to its external source "Maggie’s guilty secret" by John Hughes-Wilson.
- Until those deficiencies are corrected, I suggest we should directly reference to the external source by John Hughes-Wilson.--Patrick Haseldine (talk) 10:51, 9 March 2016 (GMT)
