User talk:Buzzlovestravel

Not needed
Links like this are not needed, the commons category is linked on the left side (Under: "In other projects"), cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:57, 8 May 2019 (UTC)

Hi Huldra, thanks for your note. In the example that you flagged, what you say is true. However, I have seen Wikipedia pages where the left menu item that you referred to is either missing or it links to some other page but not the exact commons category. I have also seen many Wikipedia pages that have the templated link to the Commons Category (same as the one I added) in the "External Links" section of the Wikipedia article. I have also seen similar links to Wikivoyage pages. Can you tell me what the current convention is and where I can read up on it? Also, if a Wikipedia page is missing the link in the left menu, then how do I add it? Thanks for your help. Buzzlovestravel (talk) 23:16, 8 May 2019 (UTC)Buzzlovestravel
 * Well, the link to the left was just added a year..or three ago, earlier we all had to link it the way you did. So many articles are still linked that way; they just haven't been "cleaned up" yet. I find it easiest to link a commons category from commons. I just made the commons cat for Ali Jarbawi, then over at commons you get at the bottom left hand side a "what links here" link, and then you can link the en.wikipedia article there. As for the link to the left showing the wrong category, yeah, that can happen, then you have to go to https://www.wikidata.org/ and remove it (remember to log in again), then link the correct one, (All this is a bit difficult to explain; it would have been so much easier to show...) Huldra (talk) 23:28, 8 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much. The new convention is certainly better in terms of organization. I'll follow what you said going forward and get back to you if I have any questions. Buzzlovestravel (talk) 23:34, 8 May 2019 (UTC)Buzzlovestravel