Re: Idea for navigation

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Aaron Peterson wrote:

> > 	It shouldn't be one way links, but a web.
> 
> But my navigation links always get deleted because they are "not a part of the 
> manual of style"

	I hope you can see that it's desirable to have a consistent look 
and feel throughout the wiki, as opposed to having pages you enter look 
one way and pages every other user enters look another way.  You should 
feel free to enter whatever info you like, but it will likely get edited 
to follow the format we follow.  Also, the "backlinks" you desire are only 
ever a single click away.

> now, here comes a user who actually finds bar/is familiar with the wiki, and 
> doesn't need the navigational structure  (moderators)  Does that moderator 
> put a link up from blarny to bar?  No! not currently.

	If they are related there should either be a link in the article 
text and a link in ==See also==.

> Here comes Aaron, or somebody else who cares about usability for the end user, 
> and not some religious  manual of style,   (who is willing to work with the 
> manual of style but got shot down)    and creates a link from blarny to bar!

	I get the impression that when you say "willing to work with the 
manual of style" you mean write it as you see fit. 

> Then along comes the manual of style fanatic, and deletes the link!  without 
> putting it elsewhere or fixing the problem in another way!

	If the link was relevant it should have been put someone in there.
> 
> This MoS fanatic effectively harmed Aaron!  and the community!   I put a lot 
> of effort into finding the back links. 

	I appreciate any effort you put into it.  You however seem unable 
to accept that we use the "What links here" functionality in lieu of 
backlinks.

--jeremy