Opinion - We don't need to link to every fucking thing
WARNING: INCOMING FOUL-MOUTHED RANT. AUTHOR HAS BEEN TRIGGERED.
FasciPedia is not a red link contest. We link to things that are *fascist*. If you are linking to a non-existent article, you better be prepared to WRITE IT.
As far as our readers are concerned, clinking on a red link gives a 404 message. On any "professional" website, this would be completely inexcusable. So red-links aren't "professional". Stubs and Definitions are better than a blank page. It is easier to add to what is there than to come up with something from scratch. In the case of a stub, think of all the fancy page features: info boxes, references and standard sections. A noob has a lot to learn to create an article. Even a small stub has a lot in it that only comes from reading lots of guidlines; article naming rules, categorisation, lede paragraph, images, quotes, possibly even some references! A stub shows up in a category page; a missing article doesn't (people don't notice what they don't fucking see).
So be prepared to write it. If you aren't, you probably should not link to it at all. Similarly, if you are writing an article, and it does not reference fascism somewhere in it, you should consider not even writing it. Obviously there are certain articles that SHOULD be written, and need to be told from a fascist point of view, just make sure your non-fascist article, if you are writing one, falls into that category! A good rule of thumb is to make sure that it has valid links to two or more articles that *do* qualify.
Do you lift shit from Wi***edia? I keep saying I don't like you fuckers doing that, but you do it anyway. Yes, I can spot when you do, and I hit revert, and your work goes to waste! I actually wouldn't mind so much if you faggots wouldn't copy over all the stupid shit Wi***edia has in its fucking articles. References full of bullshit written by lesbian nigger-loving jews, broken references. Stupid woke bullshit. Fake history. But the biggest rrd flsg is the fucking links. If you insist on lifting shit like you're not supposed to, and you don't want to rewrite it, and you're too lazy to de-faggot the article, at the very least you can scrub the fucking links. Please. For the love of all things fascist, please:
- Scrub the FUCKING links!
- Make links only where they are relevant and helpful in the context:Excessive use of hyperlinks can be distracting, and may slow the reader down. Redundant links clutter the page and make future maintenance harder.
- Link the first mentioning: Unless the context calls for it, link only the first time a topic is mentioned rather than every time that it appears in the text.
- Linking to sections: A hash sign (#) followed by the appropriate heading will lead to a relevant part of a page.
- Check your fucking links: Ensure that the destination is the intended one.
Oh, you own a "fascist" business? You have a store with an "even handed" book about fascism in it? You make swastika stickers on your computer printer? Well fuck you. You don't get to advertize your fake internet company on FasciPedia. That particular privilege goes to business owners, philanthropists, and artists who are supporting FasciPedia right now, or who have done so in the past. they are REAL. they have things like BUSINESS LICENSES, and CUSTOMERS, and do real things in the real world.
You say "What's the big deal? Asthetics don't matter?"
Aesthetics do matter: they affect readability, fucko. I kinda want people to read the fucking website. The developers of the wiki software, in their usual disregard of basic fucking usability, chose a disruptive colour for these links. Few readers, who feature much higher on my list of priorities than editors, will know what the hell the red means, and red somehow says "important", not "this goes nowhere". It comes off like the site is broken. It is a shitty system. It is particularly shitty when there is a red link in the lede. We might well have a high density of them, all over the fucking place, in prominent places, like lesbian feminista "art" splattered all over this otherwise awesome website. .
If something is painfully obvious, you don't need to link to it. Links to YouTube, Chevrolet, Reebok, and your hometown football team will be de-linked. Everyone knows what those things are. they are huge capitalist horrors and they don't need articles. GAB, Volkswagon, and Nike get to have their own articles because they are either fascist friendly, or have a solid fascist history.
On the largest most popular online encyclopedias they literally link to EVERY FUCKING THING, and we don't do that here. Ever. We have absolutely no desire to be either large or popular. Not our mission. Our mission is to tell the truth, and from a fascist point of view.
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