User talk:Sam Staton/wikilinkingetc

Answer to your "echo"
Hi Sam, thanks for writing me. As I allready wrote to "Silly Rabbit" I apologize for my excessive wikilinking. I will try to be more cautious in the future... As I wrote to Arcfrk (Talk | contribs I had in the recent days experience 4 (four) meaningful coincidences and I feel confused because I don't know what is going on exactly. I took a quick look at your uni web page, so I thought about attaching what I wrote him, maybe you have an answer for it. Thanks for your attention. Maurice Carbonaro (talk) 12:37, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Excessive wikilinking
Hi, Just so you know, the Wikipedia manual of style suggests only to make links that are relevant to the context. I have noticed that many of your recent contributions to Wikipedia are creating wikilinks to isolated words which are irrelevant to the context of the article. For example, at manifold, you linked point rather than to the correct point (geometry). It is important, when wikilinking, to consider not just if the word can be linked, but if it should be linked, and if so how. I would ask that in the future you please exercise more discretion in your choice of words to link. Regards, Silly rabbit (talk) 12:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry
Hi rabbit, you are definitely right and I apologize... as for manifold I am studying category theory and I thought about setting point instead of point (geometry) because I was just following my train of thought... But okay, I will try to pay more attention in the future... Thanks for your time. Maurice Carbonaro (talk) 16:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello Maurice, I would like to echo the above comment: please have a look at the manual of style and exercise some discretion. Most of the links you have been adding are not helpful. Sam Staton (talk) 11:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

What is a "point" in reality exactly? And how do these "points" connect to each other?
Hi Arcfrk, I read the correction you operated on the manifold entry where you removed the wikilink point that I created.

(cur) (last) 07:38, 26 January 2008 Arcfrk (Talk | contribs) m (52,873 bytes) (rv meaningless wikilink) (undo)

In my talk I had also the following message from Silly rabbit (talk) :
 * Excessive wikilinking


 * Hi, Just so you know, the Wikipedia manual of style suggests only to make links that are relevant to the context. I have noticed that many of your recent contributions to Wikipedia are creating wikilinks to isolated words which are irrelevant to the context of the article.  For example, at manifold, you linked point rather than to the correct point (geometry).  It is important, when wikilinking, to consider not just if the word can be linked, but if it should be linked, and if so how.  I would ask that in the future you please exercise more discretion in your choice of words to link.  Regards, Silly rabbit (talk) 12:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

4 (Four) meaningful coincidences during these days
Now if you don't mind I would like you to take part of the train of thought that took me insert a wikilink on the word point. I have experienced a total of 4 (four) meaningful coincidences (synchronicity) that have been witnessed by my parents during these days right in the middle of the 2008 Italian political crisis and International Holocaust Remembrance Day (one coincidence today). I am very impressed and scared at the same time because I don't understand what is going on exactly... I saw you have a barnstar on your profile for your "outstanding comments made in the discussion on Hilbert space and how to make the intro more accessible". I know all this could sound odd to you but maybe you could explain me or try to explain me what is going on from a scientific or epistemologic point of view using mathematics...or maybe even psychology because I am the one that wrote the italian wikipedia article on the political crisis: Crisi Politica italiana 2008 as you can check from the history page. . I don't even remember when was last time I have experienced a significant coincidence before... On the synchronicity entry (english wikipedia) I added in the "See also section" the link to Hilbert Space... I was thinking to add synchronicity in the "See also section" of Hilbert Space but then I thought about contacting you before and listen to your opinion first. Thanks for your time. Maurice Carbonaro (talk) 18:45, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikilinking and coincidences
Ciao Maurice, grazie per tue commenti alla mia pagina di discussione. I am not a philosopher and, frankly, I've had a bit of difficulty following your train of thought. One thing which occurred to me: as you know, our life consists of millions of small events that we hardly ever notice. Therefore, certain coincidences are bound to occur! For example, as the article on the Birthday paradox explains, a room full of people will likely have at least one pair who share the same birthday, even with as few as 30 persons. When I stand on a busy street corner, there will inevitably be people or cars passing by who would remind me of something or have interesting patterns in their license plate numbers. Having said that, I am at a loss for a comment concerning the political events in Italy or other things that you've mentioned. However, I'd like to caution you against inserting certain links just because they have personal meaning or significance to you: this is an encyclopaedia, thus we should strive to present information that is universally meaningful and valuable. I think that Silly Rabbit's note right above is self-explanatory. Cheers! Arcfrk (talk) 04:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)