Editing GoArch:Style guide (section)

==Linking==
In general, people, places, and other terms in need of explanation should be linked on their first use. For subject matters outside the D'ni universe, interwiki links to Wikipedia or another relevant wiki is preferred to duplicating the content here. See [[Help:Editing]] for more information on creating links.

Linking to a page that does not exist will create a redlink, e.g. [[Atrus's bad parenting]]. Redlinks are not automatically bad, and can in fact be a valuable tool in identifying the areas in which the wiki is lacking. Leaving something unlinked just so as to avoid a redlink is to be discouraged, as when the article in question is finally created it becomes a pain to track down where all the links should have been before. [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Linking is a fundamental part of any wiki]], and redlinks can some times be just as important as blue ones. That said, in many cases, such as the example above, such an article would not be within the scope of the wiki project and should not have been linked to begin with. Deciding whether something should be linked or not is usually left to the discretion of the editor.

Generally, a link should appear only once in an article, or once per section for longer articles. However, if helpful for readers, links may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, and image captions. Unnecessarily frequent linking is known as "overlinking" and is discouraged.

===Linking dates===
The Archive does not adhere to Wikipedia's policy of not linking dates in articles. Dates should be linked on first use, as with any other linked term. Date links must include the era, e.g. [[625 DE]].

===Redirects===
When linking to a page, do not link to a redirect, simply link to the redirect destination. You may set the link to display with the name of the redirect via the format link-pipe-display name, e.g. <code><nowiki>[[GoArch:General disclaimer|GoArch:Copyrights]]</nowiki></code>.