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Hi Stbalbach,
it seems the hierarchy thing is your main concern. How do the {main} templates not create a hierarchy? It is even more insiduous, since it allows cycles. It is like going from [[set]]s to [[hyperset]]s. --[[User:MarSch|MarSch]] 6 July 2005 11:55 (UTC)
*It's not just my concern, thats the way Wikipedia was intentionally designed, using templates to get around that design is problematic for a lot of reasons. {main} doesnt create heirarchy. Conceptually Wikipedia mirrors a point to point network, any node a peer of any other node. All articles stand on their own as self contained units. The notion is anyone can use Wikipedia in any media format for any reason with each article self contained. Viewing articles on a computer with access to linking is optional when its been printed out. See the style guidelines and how to write a good article. "Main" is used rhetorically it doesnt actually mean there is a main article, its just a way of communicating there is an article with more detail in as few words and unobtrusive as possible that people understand. But, in the context of the article where "Main" is used, enough information is provided in summary format for the reader to understand and not need to go to the more detailed article. [[User:Stbalbach|Stbalbach]] 6 July 2005 13:46 (UTC)
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