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==External links embedded in text == I think all external links belong in references or learn more. Some articles rely heavily on many external links - including some of the most popular articles that may have been created when there was far less content to link to on here. I think the editorial policy should say internal links only in the content. Also I suggest removing Wikipedia from the article outlines given it is not acceptable in the Science guidelines. [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 13:29, 7 May 2019 (EDT) : I'm in favor of keeping Wikipedia links in the "Learn More" sections, in cases where the Wikipedia page is substantial. Linking to wikipedia as a companion source of information is qualitatively different from using it as a citation, in my opinion. An official ruling on this would be helpful. -- [[User:EscapeTheFog|EscapeTheFog]] ([[User talk:EscapeTheFog|talk]]) 01:57, June 13, 2019 (EDT) ::Paging [[User:JaimeS]]... :) ::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 20:25, June 14, 2019 (EDT) ===Re: External links embedded in text -- [[User:JaimeS|JaimeS]] ([[User talk:JaimeS|talk]]) 14:18, June 26, 2019 (EDT)=== : I'm actually okay with using Wikipedia sources in the Learn More section but ONLY as [[User:EscapeTheFog]] mentions, when the article is superlative. : Regarding external links, I'd say the same wobbly rule, unfortunately. Generally speaking we should be linking within the Wiki and external links should be rare. Think, internal links first, if there is nothing that works internally, then external link. : Our ultimate goal is that people know where good resources are located. If Wikipedia or another external source is the best we've got, we lead them there. ::Has this issue been resolved? Do we need to add anything to the page? ::[[User:Pyrrhus|Pyrrhus]] ([[User talk:Pyrrhus|talk]]) 13:55, October 24, 2019 (EDT) :::Typical cases we come across are links to organizations, books they wrote or particularly notable events in the start of articles - all of which should be in Learn more anyway (or changed to a reference). Also external Wikipedia links within the text about related topics or defining a term - those should be removed or in Learn more i in my view. [[User:JaimeS]] ~[[User:Notjusttired|Njt]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]])
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