Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive (external links)

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I would like to add something to the style guide Wikipedia:Manual of Style, but am not sure how to do this and with whom I have to discuss this. My question is about "external links": sometimes it is handy to add additional information than just the URL. Unfortunately there is no standard about that and at the moment I am aware of three different methods:
# Adam Bede
# http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/qt.php -- History of Qt and Harmony
# City's own website: http://www.hannover.de/
examples: George_Eliot, Harmony toolkit, Hannover
-- mkrohn 23:05 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
:I think the Adam Bede method is the preferred method. See external links on this page:  -- Notheruser 23:13 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
:#1 is the standard. Note that the "printable version" of a page reveals the URL. --mav 23:49 Apr 7, 2003 (UTC)
I object very much to the proposal suggesting two different styles for "External links" heading. Wikipedia is far too confused as it is wrt. the style of the external link heading, and it certainly does not help to confuse the matter further by having two different styles in the "Manual of style". If it is believed that a smaller font size is suitable when there are no other headings in an article (something which in my view looks odd and inconsistent, but that is another issue), then that must certainly be handled by the Wiki markup to html converter. The Wiki markup *must* be consistent. -- Egil 18:55 Apr 8, 2003 (UTC)
:I agree, and I've changed it to say that two equals signs should be used, not three apostrophes. The external link header is just like any other header, so this is how it should be treated. I've very rarely seen "external links" marked up any other way, and I change it if I do. --Camembert
: Agreed. -- Tarquin
I've had a post on my talk page about link style, I'm reposting the reply here:
Personal I really think that the URL should not be shown. It is ugly, and confusing. It would be acceptable to put 
# Example.org - Snuggle Bunnys
But then if the site has a "name", that should be used instead:
# Example Media Inc - Snuggle Bunnys
The styles
#Example.org/Articles/SnuggleBunny - Snuggle Bunnys
# Snuggle Bunnys
# http://www.example.org/Articles/SnuggleBunny Snuggle Bunnys
IMO should never be used.
While inline can use , I personally don't like it, and will change it to some text. Unless someone objects.
~ Mlk 00:55, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style of External links section

message: I have a question about headers and subheaders in articles.  Obviously, the first word should be capitalized, but should the subsequent words be capitalized?  Obviously if the words are part of an official title, it should be capitalized, but what about in general?  I've seen it both ways, and I didn't see this issue addressed anywhere.  I know article titles are not supposed to be capitalized, but what about headers in those articles? Which should it be:
 ==External links==
or
 ==External Links==
-- 136.152.197.237 06:28 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)
:My impression is that the general convention is not to capitalize subsequent words in section headers (unless they're proper names, of course). I suppose it doesn't really matter, but "External links" etc fit in better with the house style. --Brion 06:32 Feb 14, 2003 (UTC)
::And if there is only one link, use  ==External link==    Bevo 21:30, 12 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links -or- External Links