Template talk:Date table sorting: Difference between revisions

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The first two are for formatting & the second are for linking/nonlinking. [[User:Jimp|J<small>IM</small>p]]_{&nbsp;[[User talk:Jimp|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Jimp|cont]]} 00:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

== Linking ==

I propose that the linking function

#not be mentioned on the doc page and

#eventually be removed.

Date linking is to be discouraged. Having it mentioned here as an option may give editors the impression that it's okay. Is there any conceivable reason to link dates in the sort of tables that this template is designed for?

Once we can be sure that there are no <code>link=on</code>s left we could get rid of the option altogether. How can we be sure? Well, yes, there was something of an alterior motive to my fixing the template up. Look [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Dts/lkon here]. [[User:Jimp|J<small>IM</small>p]]_{&nbsp;[[User talk:Jimp|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Jimp|cont]]} 01:01, 4 August 2009 (UTC)