[Wikipedia-l] linking

Mon Nov 25 23:05:38 UTC 2002

Ray Saintonge wrote:

>
>
>  -- up-links that are not germane to the article.  Thus, a link in 
> saying that B. B. King was born in the [[United States]] is not 
> helpful because the reader is not likely to be interested at this time 
> in a general discussion about the United States.  Another way of 
> saying this might be "Avoid uplinking to an article where you would 
> not reasonably expect a down link back.
>
I disagree -- the reader may think "what and where is the United 
States?" The same applies for any other country of birth.