User talk:Tosta Dojen

Drakøns changes

Ok, so I am curious. Is there some benefit to changing the wikilinks for the Drakøns rather than letting the redirects do the work?--Dmon (talk) 13:38, 4 August 2020 (EDT)

The links, not really I suppose. I used to work in a wiki where Special:WhatLinksHere for the page wouldn't show you links from redirects, among other things, so there were small benefits to eliminating redirects. I developed the habit of adjusting links to avoid redirects while I was fixing other style issues, which is what I was about with Drakons/Drakøns and their ordinals in the text. Tosta Dojen (talk) 14:08, 4 August 2020 (EDT)

Sarna is the only wiki I have ever worked on so pretty much all wiki code I know is what I have picked up here. A nice feature we have is that out redirects show up in whatlinkshere.--Dmon (talk) 14:27, 4 August 2020 (EDT)

Yeah, that seems to be standard wiki technology now, but old habits and whatnot. Improvements like that can be a double-edged sword, where suddenly I'm the most out-of-date component. :) Tosta Dojen (talk) 14:42, 4 August 2020 (EDT)

Comments to me regarding my edits

Tosta Dojen, thank you for your commentary. I let my emotions get the best of me, and you are right to correct me. I will endeavor to keep my notes on the content only, from here forward. You're right -- the community is important, and I have no interest in putting anyone down or making them feel bad.

Thanks again. Constructive criticism received. TheVengeant (talk) 17:13, 22 August 2020 (EDT)

Follow up semi-related question: how do we flag articles for needing work? Take the Battle of Northwind section of the 5th Deneb Light Cavalry page. It's a giant block o text! Needs chopping up and almost certainly (though I haven't read through it yet) will need some editing for quality. Thanks in advance! TheVengeant (talk) 17:19, 22 August 2020 (EDT)

The most common method is to flag the article with the {{cleanup}} tag. Help:Cleanup is your guide on the subject. I also recommend having a look at the template gallery, which features other tags that can be used for more specific issues, like {{refimprove}} and {{verylong}}. Some of these are reported out on the BattleTechWiki:ToDo list as current issues that need to be addressed. Tosta Dojen (talk) 15:19, 23 August 2020 (EDT)