User talk:Cnilep/Archive/28 August 2011

The colors man ... the colors
Heya Cnilep!

I noticed you going around de-linking color names. I saw your edit comments, and thought this is probably a good point ...

Then I noticed that you were selectively doing this ... I noticed for example that you delinked "silver", but didn't delink "Columbia Blue". I figured "silver is common ... Columbia blue may not be as common". There's logic to this.

I just want to throw this out: I am betting that it will be only a matter of time on some of those articles when someone sees one color linked, one not, and restories the link ... Overlinking is not something that a lot of (especially novice) editors know about, and I could easily see them thinking that they are helping out. Even on pages where all of the color links have been removed, I would bet that younger editors (and school articles do tend to attract them) who lack experience will link them anyway.

I am certainly in no way tellin you what to do ... I am certainly not going to revert your edits. I guess I am also speaking the obvious ... but you may be investing time in a lot of edits that may not last a whole long time.

Best of luck! LonelyBeacon (talk) 02:51, 28 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I suspect you are right that the edits may not survive very long, for just the reasons you suggest. I have suggested that some language about over-linking be added to Template:Infobox school, but I'm not all that emotionally invested in it. I won't lose much sleep if all those links are re-added by well-meaning editors. Cnilep (talk) 07:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC)