MEpedia:Author links

Author links are a field available for inline references. It is valuable to fill out this field whether or not the author in question has an MEpedia page yet. For authors who do, it gives readers a blue link to click on to learn more about the researcher, journalist or other author. If the author does not have a page yet, their name will appear as a red link, but will also be automatically added to the list of wanted pages. That list is organized by how many pages contain a red link to a given term, so making sure to link to an author in each place they are cited lets other editors know which authors are a priority in creating new pages: for instance, an author who has been linked from 15 different MEpedia pages but doesn't have a page of their own yet will appear higher on the list than an author who is only linked from two pages. Adding author links helps make sure that list accurately reflects how often someone appears in MEpedia.