Author: ui2t5v002
Description:
Why is the syntax different for internal and external links? They are both
intuitively the same thing, yet are typed differently. How many times have you
seen an external link with extra brackets around it by accident? This is
confusing for newcomers and sometimes for the rest of us. Let's just use
[[link|text]] for both types of links:
[[Article name|text]] → <a href="/wiki/Article_name">text</a>
text → <a href="http://www.example.com">text</a>
We could leave the old syntax in place for backwards compatibility and just
encourage people to use the new.
Version: 1.6.x
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&oldid=29594115#Internal_and_external_links