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I think this is a good idea, however, since it seems a bit unnecessary to have two things that link to the same page right next to each other, I think it would also be a good idea to unlink the names of the characters (and probably the stages too since their images ought to be linked) while the images can be linked to what they represent. <span style="font-family:Impact">''[[User:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#CC5500">BRAWLS</span>]] [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]] OF [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]][[User talk:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#8A3324">FURY</span>]]''</span> 00:10, 31 December 2013 (EST) | I think this is a good idea, however, since it seems a bit unnecessary to have two things that link to the same page right next to each other, I think it would also be a good idea to unlink the names of the characters (and probably the stages too since their images ought to be linked) while the images can be linked to what they represent. <span style="font-family:Impact">''[[User:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#CC5500">BRAWLS</span>]] [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]] OF [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]][[User talk:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#8A3324">FURY</span>]]''</span> 00:10, 31 December 2013 (EST) | ||
:I don't agree with removing the links in the character names. It's not like we're desperate for space and can't handle the tag around the character names, so I see no reason to remove them. Sure it's redundant, but users are used to seeing blue links and it makes these tables easier to navigate. We need to decide on a standard for these tables for consistency's sake. Right now, Brawl has image links and no character links, but every other game has both. [[User:Ryxis|Ryxis]] ([[User talk:Ryxis|talk]]) 08:57, 1 January 2014 (EST) | :I don't agree with removing the links in the character names. It's not like we're desperate for space and can't handle the tag around the character names, so I see no reason to remove them. Sure it's redundant, but users are used to seeing blue links and it makes these tables easier to navigate. We need to decide on a standard for these tables for consistency's sake. Right now, Brawl has image links and no character links, but every other game has both. [[User:Ryxis|Ryxis]] ([[User talk:Ryxis|talk]]) 08:57, 1 January 2014 (EST) | ||
::I will assume that the linked images were intended for the typical reader since you left no rebuttal that would say otherwise to Scr7 or I and that everything else Scr7 said is also true for the same reason. I will define "typical" as being synonymous with "usual" and "common" so that we could also say "common readers". Since the linked images were intended for the typical reader because the typical reader would click on the images to go to the characters page, I thought that linking to the characters page in the names is unnecessary and should be removed since it wouldn't be used by the typical user. There are also links in the names of the characters in the section titled "Voice actors". With there being several links in the article to the characters pages and typical users clicking on the images in the table cells (not the names) it shouldn't be hard to navigate the article or the table. You also said that this would "save numerous clicks". If we leave the linked names in, the typical user may also click on the image and the linked name thinking that they linked to different pages since it would be unnecessary/wouldn't make sense to have the links right next to each other, and the typical user making numerous and unnecessary clicks also went against the idea of adding the linked images. Finally, I think that leaving the linked names in would be bad style per [[SW:MoS]]: | |||
::"''Generally, only link to an article once. If "damage" is mentioned five times on a page, it should only link to [[damage]] the first time. The exception is if the page is very long, in which case it can be linked again near the start of a later section. ''". | |||
::This is what I would consider a long article. That is why rather than having the links in the same place, I got rid of the unnecessary links that were in the same place and left the ones that linked to the same pages in a different section. I would also be fine with fixing the other articles to be more like this one for the sake of consistency. Also, claiming something along the lines of "There's no reason not to" is a bad premise since that doesn't justify doing so/mean that not doing so is the inferior option. <span style="font-family:Impact">''[[User:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#CC5500">BRAWLS</span>]] [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]] OF [[File:BoFSig.png|19px]][[User talk:Brawls of fury|<span style="color:#8A3324">FURY</span>]]''</span> 18:40, 1 January 2014 (EST) | |||