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'''Logical linking''' is a style for how to link pages to other pages on this wiki. It's based in a "this, therefore that" approach. It's different from "encyclopedic-style" linking you've seen on other wikis. | '''Logical linking''' is a style for how to link pages to other pages on this wiki. It's based in a "this, therefore that" approach. It's different from "encyclopedic-style" linking you've seen on other wikis. | ||
==Upstream | ==Upstream links== | ||
[[File:Persuasive tree example.png|thumb]] | [[File:Persuasive tree example.png|thumb]] | ||
When making a persuasive point, you don't | When making a persuasive point, you don't necessarily have to write everything on one page. Logical linking allows another approach: Just present the main reasons as simply as possible - and each reason could link to another page with more detail if needed (which itself might branch out to more pages, and so on)(even linking to blank pages can be okay sometimes). | ||
That way, each page is short & simple, the audience can choose to read only the details they care about (different for each person), there | That way, each page is short & simple, the audience can choose to read only the details they care about (different for each person), there's less preaching to the choir, and the next steps get reached more quickly: | ||
==Downstream | ==Downstream links== | ||
Assume that people already agree with the point you made - what's next? That's where you add links to new pages that call to action and move things forward! | Assume that people already agree with the point you made - what's next? That's where you add links to new pages that call to action and move things forward! | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Project:Style|Style]] | * [[Project:Style|Style]] | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 2 November 2024
Logical linking is a style for how to link pages to other pages on this wiki. It's based in a "this, therefore that" approach. It's different from "encyclopedic-style" linking you've seen on other wikis.
Upstream links
When making a persuasive point, you don't necessarily have to write everything on one page. Logical linking allows another approach: Just present the main reasons as simply as possible - and each reason could link to another page with more detail if needed (which itself might branch out to more pages, and so on)(even linking to blank pages can be okay sometimes).
That way, each page is short & simple, the audience can choose to read only the details they care about (different for each person), there's less preaching to the choir, and the next steps get reached more quickly:
Downstream links
Assume that people already agree with the point you made - what's next? That's where you add links to new pages that call to action and move things forward!