User talk:Rgdboer

Please use this space to discuss matters having to do with my edits in Wikibooks.

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  Getting help   Made a mistake?   Goodies, tips and tricks Thanks, PokestarFan*Talk*Contributions  21:41, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
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Your Book
Please do not use short names for books. Short names should redirect to big names. PokestarFan*Talk*Contributions 21:41, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

Friendly Reminder
 Hypertext Literature may be a good wikibook as the feature of hyperlinks in modern communication has changed reading and writing. The w: WP:Disambiguation contribution of the Encyclopedia makes reading more reliable for information as previous confusions are resolved. A hyperlink to the Encyclopedia also provides supporting sources for the linked term as the reliable-sources requirement is generally enforced. Furthermore, links provide tangential information for those readers unacquainted with a term or person, so dependent clauses ", who did this" or ",which has that feature" no longer stand in the way of a pre-informed reader. The practice of using links has now become standard even in journalism, and the result is a richer text.Rgdboer (discuss • contribs) 19:22, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

To keep the attention of the reader links have been reduced. Texts filled with hyperlinks invite the reader to depart to elsewhere. Four years have converted me away from universal linking to Encyclopedia articles; rather links to books in this project have been inserted. As for journalism (above), the writers link their sources and collaborators and not further. Facilitating the completion of reading a book, diversions can be limited. Rgdboer (discuss • contribs) 19:49, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Italics have been used to indicate Encyclopedia articles, and biographies continue to be linked. Rgdboer (discuss • contribs) 04:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)