Talk:Essays of Elia

Adding links to articles
I added a link to the first of the essays, from "The South-Sea House" to South Sea Bubble. This was removed, with the edit summary that it does not link to the essay. I think it is unlikely that Wikipedia will soon support an article on each individual essay, nor do I see that level of detail as a priority. On the other hand, I believe it provides a service to our readers to show them what the essays refer to. I could understand if the objection was to the link itself, preferring South Sea Company to South Sea Bubble, but how does it improve the article to have neither? I will be bold, and re-add, and will link another essay to the eponymous Christ's Hospital. (Could the reader be expected to guess that this is not a hospital, but the famous and influential Bluecoat School?) Perhaps many more such links would be possible; I haven't examined all of the essays. I think links such as these help build the encyclopedia. If anyone wishes to remove these links, please explain how you think their omission improves the article. BrainyBabe (talk) 19:35, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining your reasoning here. I agree that those links might help clarify some of the words/phrases. I had just seen others before take those type edits out elsewhere since it wasn't a link to the work itself. Might be related to link clarity or specificity perhaps. You are right that, especially since they don't have articles of their own, linking some of the words for clarity could help readers, possibly. Thank you for your work. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 18:19, 15 August 2012 (UTC)