Difference between revisions of "LinkingGuide"

Latest revision as of 17:08, 7 January 2020

Policy

Linking off of AboutUs is limited to linking from the website profile page to the site being described. Example, you could link to http://Foo.com from the website profile page Foo.com. Any other external links should be internal WikiLinks to the website profile page, and then external link to that website.

The exception to this is social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. - and news articles, etc.

Internal Linking

By nature, Wikis support rich internal linking, also known as Automagical Linking or WikiLinking.

The Related Domains area of each domain page uses this internal linking idea to create a system that allows users to discover related sites within the AboutUs.org database. Ideally, each domain page will have somewhere between a few and no more than 30 related links.

If you have a site that is related to a given topic, feel free to add some related links from other site pages to your page. Please don't over do it, however. If you're adding more than 30 such links or are putting up links on very popular and unrelated sites, then it will look like spam to us. In addition, linking from a high profile site is questionable.

To link internally

While editing a wiki page, place double square brackets around the AboutUs page name and the description text you wish to become a link. Be sure to separate them with a vertical bar. This: recent changes will appear as recent changes.

Link Spam

When a page is loaded with links to outside pages that have no correlation or links that still have html tags around them, we view this as link spam. These are subject to deletion.

Category Spam

When someone creates a bunch of categories and adds their external links to the category. This is a bit of work to clean up and should be stopped as soon as seen. Try to always AssumeGoodFaith and request the person read this guide.

Misleading Naming

Please do not add links (internal or external) with titles that purport to be something else.

BiLinks

Allow comfortable navigation and maintaining of internal and external Wiki-contributions. It should go without saying that a link to an external (wiki-) page should be linked back for fairness.

<a href="/WikiLink" title="WikiLink">WikiLink</a>

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:LinkingGuide}}<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Policy">Policy</span></h2>
-==Internal Linking==
+<hr><p>Linking off of AboutUs is limited to linking from the website profile page to the site being described.  Example, you could link to http://Foo.com from the website profile page <a href="/Foo.com" title="Foo.com">Foo.com</a>.  Any other external links should be internal <a href="/WikiLinks" class="mw-redirect" title="WikiLinks">WikiLinks</a> to the website profile page, and then external link to that website.
-[[Image:Link.png|left]]By nature, Wikis support rich internal linking, also known as [[Automagical Linking]] or [[WikiLinking]].
+</p><p>The exception to this is social media sites like <a href="/Facebook" class="mw-redirect" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/Twitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, etc. - and news articles, etc.
+</p><p><br></p>
-:The [[Related Domains]] area of each domain page uses this internal linking idea to create a system that allows users to discover related sites within the [[AboutUs.org]] database.  Ideally, each domain page will have somewhere between a few and '''no more than 30 related links'''.
+<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Internal_Linking">Internal Linking</span></h2>
+<hr><div class="floatleft"><a href="/File:Link.png" class="image"><img alt="Link.png" src="http://d11i3gcvg70i17.cloudfront.net/images/f/fd/Link.png" width="48" height="48"></a></div>By nature, Wikis support rich internal linking, also known as <a href="/Automagical_Linking" class="mw-redirect" title="Automagical Linking">Automagical Linking</a> or <a href="/WikiLinking" class="mw-redirect" title="WikiLinking">WikiLinking</a>.
-:If you have a site that is related to a given topic, feel free to add some related links from other site pages to your page.  Please don't over do it, however.  If you're adding more than '''30''' such links or are putting up links on very popular and unrelated sites, then it will look like [[spam]] to us.  In addition, linking from a high profile site is questionable.
+<dl><dd> The <a href="/index.php?title=Related_Domains&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Related Domains (page does not exist)">Related Domains</a> area of each domain page uses this internal linking idea to create a system that allows users to discover related sites within the <a href="/AboutUs.org" class="mw-redirect" title="AboutUs.org">AboutUs.org</a> database.  Ideally, each domain page will have somewhere between a few and <b>no more than 30 related links</b>.</dd></dl><dl><dd> If you have a site that is related to a given topic, feel free to add some related links from other site pages to your page.  Please don't over do it, however.  If you're adding more than <b>30</b> such links or are putting up links on very popular and unrelated sites, then it will look like <a href="/index.php?title=spam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="spam (page does not exist)">spam</a> to us.  In addition, linking from a high profile site is questionable.</dd></dl><dl><dt> To link internally</dt>
+<dd></dd></dl><dl><dd>While editing a wiki page, place double square brackets around the AboutUs page name and the description text you wish to become a link.  Be sure to separate them with a vertical bar.  This: [[RecentChanges|recent changes]] will appear as <a href="/recent_changes" class="mw-redirect" title="recent changes">recent changes</a>.</dd></dl><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Link_Spam">Link Spam</span></h2>
-:<b>To link internally:</b>
+<hr><dl><dd> When a page is loaded with links to outside pages that have no correlation or links that still have <a href="/index.php?title=html&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="html (page does not exist)">html</a> tags around them, we view this as link <a href="/index.php?title=spam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="spam (page does not exist)">spam</a>.  These are subject to deletion.</dd></dl><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Category_Spam">Category Spam</span></h2>
+<dl><dd> When someone creates a bunch of categories and adds their external links to the category.  This is a bit of work to clean up and should be stopped as soon as seen.  Try to always <a href="/AssumeGoodFaith" class="mw-redirect" title="AssumeGoodFaith">AssumeGoodFaith</a> and request the person read this guide.</dd></dl><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Misleading_Naming">Misleading Naming</span></h2>
-:While editing a wiki page, place double square brackets around the AboutUs page name and the description text you wish to become a link.  Be sure to separate them with a vertical bar.  This: <nowiki>[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]</nowiki> will appear as [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]].
+<dl><dd> Please do not add links (internal or external) with titles that purport to be something else.</dd></dl><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="BiLinks"><a href="/BiLinks" title="BiLinks">BiLinks</a></span></h2>
+<p>Allow comfortable navigation and maintaining of internal and external Wiki-contributions. It should go without saying that a link to an external (wiki-) page should be linked back for fairness.
-== Categories ==
+</p>
-: Instead of mass linking (internal or external), categories are a constructive way to gather and categorize sites that are related. You can help us build categories, but please keep in mind that the purpose of categories is to help users locate useful information and to link wiki pages to related sites.  Categories are '''not''' designed to be an SEO tool and can be viewed as [[spam]] when overused.  Hyper categorization makes information harder to locate, not easier.  On the other hand, it is not a category if there are only 1 or 2 webpages linked, or if you are advertising your website.
+<pre><a href="/WikiLink" title="WikiLink">WikiLink</a>
+</pre>
-: No external links, other than to the occasional wiki are supposed to be in categories.  If you work on a making a category description good, it is very acceptable to add at the bottom, your [[WikiPage]] or [[PersonalPage]] link.
+[[Category:About_Us:Glossary]][[Category:About_Us_Help]][[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]][[Category:AboutUs_Help]]
-: '''For example:'''
-:[[:Category:Culture Jamming]]
-:[[:Category:Internet Search]]
-:[[:Category:Service]]
-:[[:Category:Websearch]]
-:[[:Category:Search Services]]
-==Link Spam==
-: When a page is loaded with links to outside pages that have no correlation or links that still have html tags around them, we view this as link [[spam]].  These are subject to deletion.
-==Category Spam==
-: When someone creates a bunch of categories and adds their external links to the category.  This is a bit of work to clean up and should be stopped as soon as seen.  Try to always [[AssumeGoodFaith]] and request the person read this guide.
-== Misleading Naming ==
-:Please do not add links (internal or external) with titles that purport to be something else.
-== [[BiLinks]] ==
-allow comfortable navigation and maintaining of internal and external Wiki-contributions:
-<-> [[WikiLink]]
-[www.caribbeantg.com]
-[[Category:AboutUs Help]]
-[[Category:AboutUs:Glossary]]
-__NOTOC__