User talk:Twistflam
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Happy editing! GRuban (talk) 15:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for the welcome message and editing my work for better clarity on this page. Twistflam (talk) 15:45, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
External links in Sarah Jane Baker
Hey. Could I convince you to self-revert this edit please? Per WP:NOELBODY#2, external links should not be used in an article body in this manner. You could however add an external links section at the end of the article. Please see WP:ELCITE and MOS:ELLAYOUT for how to position and style this. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:37, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- I'll have a go thank you, is this what another commenter said was an easter egg? I think an external link for reference to the campaign should be included but understand it needs to be inputted correctly. Twistflam (talk) 16:40, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- An Easter egg link usually refers to WP:EASTEREGG and MOS:EGG, which is where you use a piped link that points to somewhere non-obvious. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- Ok so it is not about this then, I'm confused as to why I linked it incorrectly as it conforms to "Wikipedia articles about any organization, person, website, or other entity should link to the subject's official site, if any." it is the official website of the free sarah jane baker campaign and therefore should be linked externally where it occurs. Twistflam (talk) 16:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- In the case of the edit that I asked you to self-revert above, it's because NOELBODY#2 reads
With rare exceptions, external links should not be used in the body of an article. Instead, include appropriate external links in an "External links" section at the end of the article, and in the appropriate location within an infobox, if applicable.
- By turning the "Free Sarah Jane Baker" text in the article body into a link, you were creating an external link in the article body. Had you instead created an external links section, or instead added the link as an inline citation by wrapping it in
<ref></ref>tags, I wouldn't have reverted it, and wouldn't have started this discussion with you :) Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:53, 23 November 2023 (UTC)- Ok I'm not sure how to do that but please feel free to change it to that instead, I'm new to editing. Twistflam (talk) 16:54, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- In the case of the edit that I asked you to self-revert above, it's because NOELBODY#2 reads
- Ok so it is not about this then, I'm confused as to why I linked it incorrectly as it conforms to "Wikipedia articles about any organization, person, website, or other entity should link to the subject's official site, if any." it is the official website of the free sarah jane baker campaign and therefore should be linked externally where it occurs. Twistflam (talk) 16:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- An Easter egg link usually refers to WP:EASTEREGG and MOS:EGG, which is where you use a piped link that points to somewhere non-obvious. Sideswipe9th (talk) 16:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)