Lqwiki-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

[Skyline]

foo has a link to blarny
bar also has a link to blarny
blarny has no links back! (or only one to foo)

As a genral point and dealing implicitly first -
simply clicking "What links here" on the "blarny" page
will bring up links back to "foo" and "bar" and any
others - trivial, simple - ergonomically speaking one
might want to have a more accesible "button" for the
"What links here" link - however... that's a different
matter.

Dealing explicitly - links to "foo" and "bar" can
simply be added to "blarny"'s body text or blarny's
"See also" section if one considers them *very
relevant* - again, trivial - depending on whether one
would want a *systematic* approach here, we could
simply stipulate an explicit guideline to make sure
that if a "very relevant" page isn't linked in a
page's body text, then maybe it should be the first
entry in the "See also" section (or something similar)
- again trivial.

--Skyline



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[Aaron Peterson]

I guess I covered this in my last post, covering the different types of
navigation and their strengths and weaknesses.

it's all simple.. some of it just takes a lot more work, and then there is
maintenance, which nobody wants to do...

another way to look at it, is, if it's simple, it can be done automatically

another thing is, why make people do an extra-not needed click?

I just realized that I might not be clear on what a WikiAction is, it's
essentally embeding automatically generated content into the web page.

{{baclklinks}} would be replaced with a list of pages that link to the site.

Post by Skyline
As a genral point and dealing implicitly first -
simply clicking "What links here" on the "blarny" page
will bring up links back to "foo" and "bar" and any
others - trivial, simple - ergonomically speaking one
might want to have a more accesible "button" for the
"What links here" link - however... that's a different
matter.

It is extremely nice to see the content, with the links that refer to other
pages, and it is a common enough action that it might be beneficial to have
it automatically expanded for every page. (have it turn of if the server is
about to melt though)

Post by Skyline
Dealing explicitly - links to "foo" and "bar" can
simply be added to "blarny"'s body text or blarny's
"See also" section if one considers them *very
relevant* - again, trivial - depending on whether one
would want a *systematic* approach here, we could
simply stipulate an explicit guideline to make sure
that if a "very relevant" page isn't linked in a
page's body text, then maybe it should be the first
entry in the "See also" section (or something similar)
- again trivial.
--Skyline