Summary

Billinghurst/2010

“ I responded with a series of arguments that strike me as quite reasonable: (1) "overlinking" harms no-one and if an article is "overlinked" there are ways a person can easily view a text-only version of the article; (2) a well-linked page is beneficial to people who for whatever reason lack a background in the subject and who don't get references you and I might consider easy to understand; and (3) a well-linked page is useful for people who want more information on a subject touched on in the text. ”
Source: Wikisource

Billinghurst/2010

“ The other page is a new creation, so undoing it is a deletion, not an undo. Again, if someone has a better idea, then delete it. Or prepare something better and replace it. What is there is not wrong, it just may not be to your preference. I am simply going through and bringing forward a whole heap of text that has been validated or proofread, and I get people being cryptic with me, and asking me to do things that they can themselves achieve. If there is no note on a work that there is something in process, then what else is expected? ”
Source: Wikisource

Billinghurst/2010

“ Let alone people who are young, or for whom English is a second language, or whatever. Linking makes a work more accessible to people who might not have the necessary background to understand a work, especially one like this where Lord Macaulay makes all sorts of oblique references. And then, secondly, I think that one of the wonderful things about wikis is that, even for people who get the reference, if you want to learn more about a topic. I read Wikipedia like that all the time, and I see no reason people wouldn't want to read Wikisource in the same way. ”
Source: Wikisource

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