User:Chris Brown/Interwiki practice

I am starting this sub-page article so that I can relate my findings without having to include the whole of the findings when discussing InterWiki policy.

The issue of interwiki policy arose when I added interwiki (internal) links to Infosecpedia within the main text of two Wikipedia articles (information security and confidentiality).

Definitions

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External vs Interwiki

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  • External - links of the form [URL]] and [URL description], examples:
    • [http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterWiki] - looks like [1]
    • [http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterWiki InterWiki] - looks like InterWiki
  • Interwiki - links of the form [[Code:Pagename]], examples:

Wikified text vs Source note

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  • Wikified text - words or phrases that themselves are some sort link, examples:
    • [http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterWiki InterWiki] - looks like InterWiki
    • [[MeatBall:InterWiki|]] - looks like InterWiki
  • Source note - numbered pointers to the source of material or fact, examples:
    • [http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterWiki] - looks like [2]

Inventory of current practice

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Sponsor Project Interwiki use in main text Interwiki use in appendicies
Wikimedia Foundation Wikipedia

General articles:

  • Interwiki used rarely
  • Interwiki, when used, is only to Wiktionary.

Current events:

  • External used regularly to cite sources.

Interlanguage:

  • Interwiki used exlusively
  • Interwiki used when available
  • External used regularly
Wikimedia Foundation Meta-Wikipedia
  • Interwiki has been used, eg: [3], [4]
Wikimedia Foundation Wikinews
  • Interwiki used regularly for links to Wikipedia.
  • Interwiki used only for links to Wikipedia and Wiktionary.
  • External used regularly for words/phrases and to cite sources.
  • Interwiki used when available
  • External used regularly
Wikimedia Foundation Wiktionary
Wikimedia Foundation Wikibooks
Wikimedia Foundation Wikiquotes
Wikimedia Foundation Wikisource
Wikinfo
Security Commons Infosecpedia
  • Interwiki used
  • Interwiki generally does not hide interwiki link, eg: Infosecpedia:Password
  • External used for source notes
  • Interwiki used when available
  • External used regularly

Suggested reading

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General background

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Use of interwiki

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  • Wikipedia:Guide_to_writing_better_articles#Standard_appendices - The last paragraph of the section Standard appendicies states, in part: Don't use external links where we'll want Wikipedia links. Don't put in links ... to external URLs linking text that we will want articles on Wikipedia about. Put external links in an "External links" section at the end of the article. For example, if you're writing an article about Descartes and you know of a great article about rationalism online, don't link the word "rationalism" to that article. Simply wikify the word rationalism, and add an "External links" section with an external link to the source (perhaps in both articles).

Furthur reading

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Active discussions

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Past discussions

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Reference

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