Template talk:W

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I added those tags so that when the cursor hovers over a link, it would read as "" rather than "wikipedia:". Chimera-gui (talk) 05:22, April 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * That makes sense, but don't we want to make it clear to the readers that they're going to another site? 03:41, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't readers already know? For starters a link's URL address is displayed at the bottom of the browser window when you hover over it.

Additionally if the link in question is for something that's not specifically Digimon-related like say "garbage can" on Garbagemon's page, it's safe to assume that the link's going to an interwiki link without even having to hover over it. Especially so if one looks at the page's format code and notices that there's a template specifically for interwiki links. Chimera-gui (talk) 05:06, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * I suppose so, although I was more thinking about casual readers, rather than editors familiar with wiki editing. 14:44, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * I think casual readers can tell that a link with hoverbox saying "train" is going to go to Wikipedia even without the "wikipedia:" prefix simply because there is no article on trains on this wiki.

The context in which the link being used can give an idea of where it's going to send someone clicking on it. Chimera-gui (talk) 18:15, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * We don't always link to wikipedia, though. 22:19, April 21, 2014 (UTC)
 * I was speaking in the context of when this specific template is used since this template always links to Wikipedia. That said my comment about link context applies to all the interwiki templates I've seen used here. Chimera-gui (talk) 04:35, April 22, 2014 (UTC)