Carl Beckhorn schreef: > The assumption that if A-B and linked and B-C is linked then A-C are > linked is perfectly reasonable. If page A on wiki A is not on the same > topic as page B on wiki B, there really shouldn't be an interlanguage > link. > > For example, if wiki A has separate articles on "Beer" and "Wine" and > wiki B has only one article on "Alcoholic beverage", no interlanguage > link is appropriate.
Consider the example I mentioned: [[Hoek]]. It is a dab page of all things referred to as "Hoek" in English. It is linked to [[nl:Hoek]], which is a page of all things called "Hoek" in Dutch, which is covers much more (places called "Hoek", and things that are called "hoek" in Dutch). Different coverage, so invalid wikilink? The Dutch dab page for "angle" and "corner", which are synonyms in Dutch, was linked to a Polish dab page, since "angle" and "corner" are synonyms there too (I assume). Is that also an incorrect link? I would say both links are valid. Unfortunately, then bots started linking the English article on [[Hoek]] to the Polish article on angles, and I had to revert them at least 15 times. I would be interested in Lukasz' conclusions if he had left out dab pages. Eugene _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
