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#'''Support'''. if the now-deprecated autoformatting system had not incidentally created links, we wouldn't need any extra guidance about linking dates - but it did, and we do. links should be made on the basis of the relevance of the articles they lead to. squillions of unwarranted links need to be removed. i'd also support changing the names of most month-day pages to something like List of Events on Month-Day Throughout History. [[User:Sssoul|Sssoul]] ([[User talk:Sssoul|talk]]) 04:46, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''. Seems like the most sensible text. While the treatment is not really different from other links (link only if relevant) date links require special guidance because they are so often made inappropriately.--[[User:Srleffler|Srleffler]] ([[User talk:Srleffler|talk]]) 04:51, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''—<fontspan colorstyle="color:blue"; face="font-family:Cambria"; font-size="3:medium;">[[User:Chrishomingtang|<span style="color:blue;">Chris!</span>]] _{[[Special:Contributions/Chrishomingtang|<span style="color:blue;">c</span>]][[User talk:Chrishomingtang|<span style="color:blue;">t</span>]]}</fontspan> 05:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support'''. Rare links are of course okay. What we don't need is routine linking. [[User:Future Perfect at Sunrise|Fut.Perf.]] [[User talk:Future Perfect at Sunrise|☼]] 06:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

#'''Support.''' Date linking is a clunky solution in search of a problem. [[User:Bishonen|Bishonen]] | [[User talk:Bishonen|talk]] 06:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC).

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====== How to disable the display of wikilinks on dates ======

From [[Wikipedia:Village_pump (technical)#CSS link color settings for mw-formatted-date]]. After some testing, it was found that following addition to ones CSS (at [[Special:Mypage/monobook.css]] if you are using the standard style sheet) disables the display of wikilinks around dates:

<sourcesyntaxhighlight lang="css">span.mw-formatted-date a {color: black;}</sourcesyntaxhighlight>

Hope this helps. -- User:Docu

:Thanks, Docu ... except that I ''like'' my wikilinks. Thing is, ''smart'' linking—that is, a selective approach—is the way to optimise the utility of linking for our readers and ourselves. (I do turn the bright blue down to a darker shade of blue, but that may be because my Mac monitor is pretty strong on colour display. My user page has instructions on how to do so.) [[User:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</span>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</span>]] 14:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)