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Interlanguage links - an intermediate solution
I know this is low on our priorities.
Some time ago, someone suggested a better way of doing interlang links.
The problem is that as more pages are added into a "set", the work
involed to add yet another one increases. By the time you have about 6
languages, there's a high risk of bad linking, and they end up as a
chain rather than a net of links.

I have an intermediate solution which I think would be simple to implement:

: ignore the link made to the *current* language.

ie, on the English wikipedia, ignore an [[en:foo]] link

this would mean the the SAME block of links can be pasted between all
the involved pages. It's not perfect, but it would speed things up for
the time being :-)

See http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia for what I mean.
Re: Interlanguage links - an intermediate solution [ In reply to ]
tarquin wrote:

> I have an intermediate solution which I think would be simple to
> implement:
>
> : ignore the link made to the *current* language.
>
> ie, on the English wikipedia, ignore an [[en:foo]] link
>
> this would mean the the SAME block of links can be pasted between all
> the involved pages. It's not perfect, but it would speed things up for
> the time being :-)

erm...
no comments on this?
Re: Interlanguage links - a very good intermediate solution [ In reply to ]
--- tarquin <tarquin@planetunreal.com> wrote:
>
>
> tarquin wrote:
>
> > I have an intermediate solution which I think
> would be simple to
> > implement:
> >
> > : ignore the link made to the *current* language.
> >
> > ie, on the English wikipedia, ignore an [[en:foo]]
> link
> >
> > this would mean the the SAME block of links can be
> pasted between all
> > the involved pages. It's not perfect, but it would
> speed things up for
> > the time being :-)
>
> erm...
> no comments on this?

Sorry

That's a great idea which would certainly help setting
up links much more quickly. I second you entirely.

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Re: Interlanguage links - an intermediate solution [ In reply to ]
Tarquin wrote:

>Tarquin wrote:

>>ignore the link made to the *current* language.
>>this would mean the the SAME block of links can be pasted between all
>>the involved pages. It's not perfect, but it would speed things up for
>>the time being :-)

>erm...
>no comments on this?

Sorry, yes, it's a good idea.


-- Toby