Jdlrobson added a comment. In https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127230#2036674, @Quiddity wrote:
> I've edited the description to clarify which templates are being discussed, > and give examples. :-) > > > Now on certain pages we are duplicating this content which causes bloat to > > the html which should be as thin as possible. > > I agree that we want to unbloat HTML, and that examining redundant > duplication is worthwhile. This is all I'm asking in this task. > However, I think the visual prominence of the template'd versions of these > links is very useful and important. > It's already difficult to encourage users to visit our sister projects, > where much related content exists, and we want to make that easier and more > frequent. Removing the old/established convention of templated boxes, and > leaving only the links in the sidebar - which, I would guess, most readers > don't look at very often or very closely - would make it even less likely > that they'll travel from enwiki:James_Joyce over to > https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:James_Joyce Have we ever done any analysis to see if people click on them or is this based on personal opinion? TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T127230 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Jdlrobson Cc: Quiddity, Steinsplitter, Jdlrobson, Lydia_Pintscher, Aklapper, Jdforrester-WMF, Tpt, Bene, Ricordisamoa, Mbch331, Snaevar, Addshore, Nemo_bis, aude, Glaisher, Matanya, Jheald, Romaine, JEumerus, Johan, hoo, putnik, MGChecker, Luke081515, gerritbot, Izno, Wikidata-bugs _______________________________________________ Wikidata-bugs mailing list Wikidata-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-bugs
