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LongLiveHumour Since: Feb, 2010
#1: Mar 2nd 2018 at 5:47:27 PM

I'm sorting the Funny.Mash page by season (currently on page 17 out of 27 and contemplating the meaning of life), and some of the episodes link to recap pages while others do not. As I went through the episodes I added links to the recaps, because it made them easier to sort and I was using that page as a reference anyway; but it turns out there's a ton of red links. Though seasons 1-3 are completely covered, the remaining eight seasons are mostly red, with only a few episodes summarised.

Should I bow to aesthetics and stop linking the recap pages, or be consistent and hope the red links will draw attention?

(Incidentally - red linked double quotes become single quotes, so [[Recap/MashS11E12SayNoMore "Say No More"]] renders as "Say No More". Is this intended behaviour or a bug?)

edited 2nd Mar '18 5:49:36 PM by LongLiveHumour

MorganWick (Elder Troper)
#2: Mar 2nd 2018 at 11:31:25 PM

Regardless of whether or not it's intended, why are you sticking the quotes inside the link?

LongLiveHumour Since: Feb, 2010
#3: Mar 3rd 2018 at 8:46:31 AM

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That sound you just heard was the echo of my head slamming against a computer keyboard. The recap page has the quotes inside the link, and as I was just copy-pasting it never occurred to me to change them. [awesome] Fixed now.

edited 3rd Mar '18 11:00:04 AM by LongLiveHumour

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#4: Mar 4th 2018 at 9:56:42 AM

{{MASH}} should be in all-caps, because that's what triggers the custom spelling: M*A*S*H.

Yes, put redlinks:

Links to works that don't yet have pages will thus show up as red. However, they'll automatically shift to blue when the page is created, so don't be afraid to link to works this way — it makes it easier for when someone eventually writes it up.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
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