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Hello: new to both EO and this wiki, though I have 16 years in admin-ing wikis, including as senior admin on another sci-fi franchise's primary wiki. (No worries: not asking for privileges.) One of the greatest attributes of wikis is the internal linking. Before I proceed too far in doing so here, I wanted to be certain that adding wlinks in great numbers to an article that I deem lacking is not violating any policies (written or otherwise), such as I did in the lede [https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/index.php?title=Stormbringer&oldid=186212 here]. I appreciate the feedback. --[[User:Kansala Paquin|Kansala Paquin]] ([[User talk:Kansala Paquin|talk]]) 02:38, 16 May 2022 (UTC) | Hello: new to both EO and this wiki, though I have 16 years in admin-ing wikis, including as senior admin on another sci-fi franchise's primary wiki. (No worries: not asking for privileges.) One of the greatest attributes of wikis is the internal linking. Before I proceed too far in doing so here, I wanted to be certain that adding wlinks in great numbers to an article that I deem lacking is not violating any policies (written or otherwise), such as I did in the lede [https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/index.php?title=Stormbringer&oldid=186212 here]. I appreciate the feedback. --[[User:Kansala Paquin|Kansala Paquin]] ([[User talk:Kansala Paquin|talk]]) 02:38, 16 May 2022 (UTC) | ||
: Hello back, and welcome. This question is more for [[User:Arin Mara|Arin Mara]], the current [[Wiki Department|Wiki Manager]], I will pull her attention to this convo.. Have you seen this [[UniWiki:Welcome]] and are you aware of the #wiki channel on the Uni [[Discord]]? That said: The page you specifically asked about is a [[:Category:Ship Database|Ship Database]] article and the part you edited here is a direct "copy" from the text in-game. In <em>my</em> opinion that part of the information should be left as-is. I also avoid creating red links to articles that, I feel will never be written, but that is my personal style. --[[User:Evon R'al|Evon R'al]] ([[User talk:Evon R'al|talk]]) 10:30, 16 May 2022 (UTC) | : Hello back, and welcome. This question is more for [[User:Arin Mara|Arin Mara]], the current [[Wiki Department|Wiki Manager]], I will pull her attention to this convo.. Have you seen this [[UniWiki:Welcome]] and are you aware of the #wiki channel on the Uni [[Discord]]? That said: The page you specifically asked about is a [[:Category:Ship Database|Ship Database]] article and the part you edited here is a direct "copy" from the text in-game. In <em>my</em> opinion that part of the information should be left as-is. I also avoid creating red links to articles that, I feel will never be written, but that is my personal style. --[[User:Evon R'al|Evon R'al]] ([[User talk:Evon R'al|talk]]) 10:30, 16 May 2022 (UTC) | ||
: Hello! In [https://web.archive.org/web/20210418182130/https://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=270&t=119804 Making of The Ploy] I wrote ''".. link every first term occurrence to a Wiki page that explains the term"'' which specifies what the rules written in the [[UniWiki:Manual_of_Style/Linking#Overlinking_and_underlinking]] section mean. Linking more than that is overlinking. Making [[UniWiki:Manual_of_Style/Linking#Red_links|Red links]] should be avoided. Creating links on [[:Category:Ship Database|Ship Database]] articles isn't going to hurt, but if you'd like to maximize the usefulness of your edits, visit [[UniWiki:To-Do List]], [[UniWiki:Projects]] or, even better, come talk to me on [[Discord]] so I can get to know you, your skills and perhaps find something appropriate for your skill level. [[User:Arin Mara|Arin Mara]] ([[User talk:Arin Mara|talk]]) 14:28, 16 May 2022 (UTC) | |||