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{{subcat guideline|editing guideline|Build the Web|WP:BTW|WP:BUILD}} |
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{{nutshell|Link articles sideways to neighbours, upwards to categories and contexts, and downwards to sub-articles to create a useful web of information.}} |
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{{Guideline list}} |
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'''Build the Web''' is the idea of connecting '''relevant''' topics throughout an [[Wikipedia:What is an article|article]] since all articles in the [[encyclopedia]] are [[node (computer science)|node]]s in a [[hypertext]] system. Do not just write the article, but also consider its place in the web. Make upward [[WP:Links|links]] to categories and contexts ([[Charles Darwin]] was a [[biologist]]; [[Sahara]] is a [[desert]] in [[Africa]]; [[The Enlightenment|the Enlightenment]] happened in the [[18th century]]). Make sideways links to neighboring articles (for [[proton]] see also [[electron]], [[Oregon]] borders on [[California]]). Introduce links from related articles to avoid [[WP:ORPHAN|orphaning]] the article. Do not build category trees too deep and narrow, or too flat. Writing category directories first (top-down) will help ensure that subcategory articles get useful names. |
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Think carefully before you remove a link altogether (apart from the case of a duplicate link). Remember that what may seem like an irrelevant link to you may actually be useful to other readers. |
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Don't be afraid to create [[WP:Red link|links to articles which don't exist yet]]. If you think there should be an article with that title, then '''[[WP:BOLD|be bold]]''' and make the link. Of course, the ''best'' way to build the web is to then go ahead and write that article. |
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Remember that a link can also be useful when applying the "What links here" feature from the target page. If you feel that a certain link does not belong in the body of the text, consider moving it to a "[[WP:See also|See also]]" section at the bottom of the article. This keeps the web intact while removing overlinking. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Red link]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:External links]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Integration]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Dead-end pages]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Wikiproject Orphanage]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Walled garden]] |
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*[[Wikipedia:Allwiki]] |
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*[[WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information|Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information]] |
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*[[Template:Deadend]] |
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*[[Template:Wikify]] |
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{{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}} |
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[[mk:Википедија:Направете мрежа]] |
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[[ms:Wikipedia:Bina web]] |
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