pages should have links to the article. Avoid both underlinking and overlinking, as described below. This page provides guidelines as to when links should...

This essay addresses the overlink crisis and problems of overlinking Wikipedia pages with excessive wikilinks, especially in navboxes or infoboxes. For...

(→top: Delinked per MOS:OVERLINK) Tag: AWB diffhist m Grays Harbor Light 20:45 −7 Staryu talk contribs (→top: Delinked per MOS:OVERLINK) Tag: AWB diffhist...

See the link there. Bensaccount 06:11, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) The term, 'overlinking,' has 300+ Google hits, and is a real term. What you're judging is an...

Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox Wikipedia:Overcategorization Wikipedia:Overlink crisis This page is a list of project pages associated with the same title...

from talk pages, and has only one reference. A search on google for "overlinking" can get me one legit reference. Furthermore, I've cleaned up the article...

INFOBOXES? WP:DISINFOBOX Wikipedia:Disinfoboxes: a refutation Wikipedia:Overlink crisis (from February 2008) Wikipedia:Thinking outside the infobox (from...

I'm not too sure on the laws around overlinking within the tables. If its the same as FAC, check for overlinking to Embassy Theatre and St. Martin's Theatre...

freely mixed, since they all produce a similar format. WP:DUPLINK and WP:OVERLINK do not apply to citations. It is expected that a reference citation includes...

per 90.199.41.160. Too much overlink. It could be a FA, but not now. Raymond "Giggs" Ko 08:11, 16 May 2014 (UTC) The overlink problem regarding guardiola...

about a topic. In many cases, the use of a wikinet can result in severe overlinking of other pages, many only remotely related to the initial topic. In extreme...

information on the critical/commercial success of his releases. Try to avoid WP:OVERLINK in the references. — Simon (talk) 15:18, 10 May 2016 (UTC) @HĐ: The article...

Unlink society per WP:OVERLINK Unlink television per WP:OVERLINK twenty-second season. Please link it US$ Unlink it as per WP:OVERLINK again Series overview...

Unlink society per WP:OVERLINK Unlink television per WP:OVERLINK twenty-second season. Please link it US$ Unlink it as per WP:OVERLINK again Series overview...

clear WP:V problems is not good. The next thing that leaps out is the overlinking. I would suggest going through the whole article looking for common words...

WP:ORDER for more information Overlinking: In an article one link should not be added more than once or twice. See WP:OVERLINK. Remember Wikipedia is not...

networks/channels/stations) and several other topics with WP:MOS, WP:HOAX, WP:LIBEL, WP:OVERLINK as well unconfirmed, libelous and fake information related issues. The...

every page Wikipedia:Not everything needs a template Wikipedia:Infobox too large Wikipedia:Avoid template creep Wikipedia:Overlink crisis c. 2007–2011...

skin screenshots) AlexAshman (talk) 13:37, 23 July 2009 (UTC) Wikipedia:OVERLINK states to "Provide links that aid navigation and understanding, but avoid...

this page. The result was Keep. ST47Talk 11:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC) Overlinking (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)...

understand about wp:overlink on Billboard and ARIA, but how does a single link of BBC and The Daily Telegraph violates wp:overlink? --Legolas (talk2me)...

attributes where categories could be used, or else combined or deleted. wp:Avoid data hoarding wp:Overlink crisis wp:Thinking outside the infobox wp:Rulespam...

linked RIAA, MC, and BPI again. Also a lot of WP:OVERLINK in the Notes column. A lot of overlinking in the Music videos table. For ref #3, instead of...

(talk) 21:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC) there are a few examples of potential overlink: in the References both Hewlett and Morland are linked three times in a...

in the lead. WP:Overlink, the winners and nominees table is not sortable therefore there is no reason why it some word are overlink. ″Because of the...

Thanks, Double sharp (talk) 09:02, 26 February 2012 (UTC) Comments Don't overlink "IUPAC systematic names" in the lead. Define what IUPAC is before using...

first one. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC) But what about WP:Overlink? Oh... that's weird. I thought reference lists lists were excluded from...

be simplified, or else combined or deleted. wp:Avoid data hoarding wp:Overlink crisis wp:Thinking outside the infobox wp:Indexspam User:Kephir/gadgets/unclutter...

lot of the text is wikilinked. I think the article might suffer from overlinking. The Other On-Screen Talent table is awkwardly placed, at least it is...

every header in the lead in some way. Please see WP:LEAD Watch overlinking per WP:OVERLINK - Gondwana is linked twice in just the lead. A good rule is to...

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#What generally should not be linked (WP:OVERLINK), don't link to common words Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons (WP:COMMONS),...

the Ciara nom, you can link things over and over again in tables per WP:OVERLINK as it helps sometimes (the reader). --SRX 22:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)...

whether a table is sortable or not, there are special cases where normal overlink are bypassed so that repeat nominations can be linked for convenience purposes...

Don't overlink Australian Rules Football in the lead. "of New South Wales,Queensland " - space after the comma - and check you don't overlink the Aussie...

is more contra-WP:OVERLINK with a orthodox colouration. Also, examining the WP:EASTEREGG/WP:OVERLINK overlap, the part of WP:OVERLINK:RPT within the overlap...

television season both discourage the use of wikilinks in the infoboxes per WP:OVERLINK. Template:Infobox television channel doesn't have any instruction on the...

WP:OVERLINK. Before, someone told me I should not overlinked team names per WP:OVERLINK. And now you told me I should link all of them per WP:OVERLINK....

major issue.  — SoapFan12 Talk 14:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC) I know the WP:OVERLINK issue has been brought up before, but is there a need to link titles multiple...

avoid wikilinking words in section headers (like 20th century) and don't overlink too much. I found 19th century and United States linked over 5 times. It's...

WP:OVERLINK issues in the lead (People and Teen Choice Awards, Golden Globe). – jona ✉ 23:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC) @AJona1992: Corrected the overlink. Sorry...

wing" to "Left/right Wing") – Roje Vala vs. KSI Fan; violation of MOS:OVERLINK regarding nationality – Roje Vala vs. KSI Fan. The IP has also been used...

theatre.!! Lead is very short. Who said the quote about his "life"? Don't overlink (e.g. "joiner" is over linked quickly). "in manor" -> "in manner". "depicted...

given the length of the article is a bit on the long and dense side WP:OVERLINK - don't link very common terms, and don't link the same term multiple times...

into a poor working-class household" - linking poverty is perhaps a WP:OVERLINK, I would remove it "She is one of Izuku Midoriya's closest friends" - it...

text. Done --haha169 (talk) 19:17, 9 August 2008 (UTC) WP:CONTEXT and WP:OVERLINK say not to wikilink two or more words next to each other, so American animated...

produced by Ed Rose. Watch overlinking - Ed Rose is linked five times in the article (once for the studio) - see WP:OVERLINK The caption The Uptown Theater...

"Chris Brown is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter..." Done. Don't overlink. One example I've seen is Billboard Hot 100 which is linked twice in the...

side of an ongoing dispute should be avoided.") WP:LINKFARM nofollow WP:NPOV WP:Overlink crisis WP:Paid editing WP:Search engine optimization WP:Soap...

Thank you. Regards, RJH (talk) 18:44, 7 April 2012 (UTC) Comments Don't overlink "Kelvin" in the lead. "that air had weight " weight or mass? "brother in...

here, seperate links to both city and state are regarded as a case of WP:OVERLINK. Concensus favours a single and simpler link such as [[Kennewick, Washington]]...

Comments Avoid linking common terms like countries and languages, per WP:OVERLINK.  Done I don't think so. Europe, Italy and quite a few are still linked...

the same reason. There is an MOS:OVERLINK infraction in the Pueblo caption (i.e., unlink "Spain"). Another two overlink infractions are in the Castle Rock...

comments. The unsourced information is too much. Also some issues with MOS:OVERLINK. seefooddiet (talk) 18:23, 5 August 2024 (UTC) seefooddiet, your !vote...

probably reveal more spelling errors. Secondly, there is a bad case of WP:OVERLINK throughout the article. Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, the Dominican...

statement, needs a "as of Date". stick to one convention km or kilometres WP:OVERLINK: Delhi, Nizam of Hyderabad, Khilji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Charminar...

infoboxes) !!! Add interwiki links to articles that need them...don't overlink though. Add more detail to the Category:Shannara novels articles. Improve...

that conference awards navboxes are overkill that lead to clutter and overlink crisis in the footer of biography articles. Jweiss11 (talk) 16:46, 3 January...

also probably should be four paragraphs long per WP:LEAD. Watch overlinking, see WP:OVERLINK. For example in just the lead Leeds is linked twice (once as...

should be limited to linking in order to support a particular event. See WP:OVERLINK for more on the general topic. Red links should not be created in the Wikicalendar...

half-dozen points here, one is valid; one identifies a slight tendency to overlink by citing the link to million, which is a perfectly sensible avoidance...

either you link it on its first appearance or you link it everytime (WP:OVERLINK). Please choose one of these. It is really inconsistent at the moment....

"scientist and diplomat" Surely we don't need to link scientist? See WP:OVERLINK on linking common terms. "Austro–Hungarian monarchy"-->Austro-Hungarian...

from Nikkimaria See here for a list of potentially problematic links WP:OVERLINK: don't link very common terms like United States, and don't link the same...

contribs) 00:17, 21 September 2012 (UTC) Lead Unlink television series per WP:OVERLINK. It would probably be better to leave it as "Fox Broadcasting Company"...

manual of style issues. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:59, 16 July 2011 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK: don't link very common terms, don't link the same term multiple times...

not "didn't" Avoid overlinking, for example Newcastle Knights is linked twice in the second paragraph of the lead. See WP:OVERLINK This does not make...

WP:OVERLINK Only two areas where professional wrestling is linked. One in the lead and one in the see also secton. Point out any other overlinks and...

bad thing if other editors would look in and improve on my efforts. WP:OVERLINK: you need to go through the text removing all duplicate links. I've taken...

hyphen. "gave a signal to the hidden fedayees......" then what? Don't overlink articles, e.g. you link Macedonian-Adrianopolitan militia twice in quick...

year anniversary celebration, I believe that's a 2012 typo. The credits overlink everyone, once is enough. That's all for now. I'd recommend heading to...

might consider asking WP:GOCE to take a look  Done By SuperHamster WP:OVERLINK - don't link very common terms, and don't link the same terms more than...

further improvement, although this is by no means a line-by-line review. Overlinking. Words familiar to most readers of English should not be linked. In the...

compliance MoS (dates and numbers) compliance MoS (mathematics) compliance Overlink See also Trivia sections Copyediting : The following sections needs to...

and Togo because of MOS:OVERLINK. Delinked the first two, United States, and Haiti, but the rest don't run afoul of OVERLINK, in my opinion @Parsecboy:...

thing that jumped out at me when giving the article the once-over was overlinking. Nellee Hooper is linked six different times. Underneath It All is linked...

punctuation and spelling A complete failure to understand WP:CITEVAR, WP:OVERLINK and similar basic guidance An over-reliance on a primary source, ie: the...

WP:OVERLINK on the article, the artist should only be linked once in the list, remove that. Secret account 02:42, 21 September 2010 (UTC) Overlinking in...

advice presumably so that it's not a WP:OVERLINK issue. Cowlibob (talk) 21:26, 7 November 2014 (UTC) Hmm... OVERLINKING doesn't really apply to captions, leads...

is indeed usual to do this in sortable lists, and isn't regarded as WP:OVERLINK, but I can't lay hands on the MoS authority for it. You are inconsistent...

only once in an article as short as this. More than that is overlinking. See WP:Overlink for more details. "turbines with a 100 metre hub height" - Quantities...

changes at the time. There is no need to rush on this conversion. Wikipedia:Overlink crisis Wikipedia:Thinking outside the infobox Wikipedia:Advanced article...

besourced, however it is difficult on these tables not to pass into WP:OVERLINKING (sorry, no sign within englich WP: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Peter...

paragraph of the "Economy" section lacks a source or sources. Avoid overlinking. Generally, it's sufficient to link special terms no more than once in...

Before I noticed the copying, I made a few other suggestions, as follows: Overlinking. Common terms like business, industry, weapons, and manufacturing, all...

(talk) 03:03, 16 December 2025 (UTC) In addition, there's a lot of MOS:OVERLINK. Not sure how many times Portadown and Craigavon are linked, but its a...

→was an American . Links to relevant discussions (where appropriate): MOS:OVERLINK is the relevant guideline. Edit period(s): Continuous (when I have AWB...

2014 (UTC) Within the tables, there are instances of WP:OVERLINK for award recipients WP:OVERLINK allows for links to be repeated in tables. Also, because...

although tables are permitted to relink, they are still not permitted to overlink. Please include a "total" row for caps and goals for the combined MLS and...

May 2008. The second series ran between April and May 2009.[2] Watch overlinking and needless repetition - just in the lead we are twice told "Will (Simon...

00:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC) Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) Per WP:OVERLINK, don't link common geographical terms such as England. "limited edition...

the album name are in italics. "Music and themes" is unreferenced. Don't overlink "English" six or seven times in the next section. And again, not in italics...

synopses. Question: I know I brought this up before on another FLC but WP:OVERLINK says tables are except from this. Whilst I noted that you said this is...

from Nikkimaria Citation for the paragraph about boilers? Check for overlinking - I see two instances where destroyer is linked thrice in a single sentence...

and National Anthem Ordinance 1959[7] was passed to regulate... Watch overlinking - millimetres and inches probably do not need to be linked, and MICA...

sources. Huon (talk) 00:20, 5 February 2013 (UTC) Delete - So immensely WP:OVERLINK-ed that we have to deal with that first. Looking at the article I'm not...

Tower" should be linked in the lede image caption Unlink "Canada" per WP:OVERLINK Same goes for "skyscrapers" Add alt text to the images per MOS:IMAGES Words...

summarise the article.  Done —Bloom6132 (talk) 09:50, 24 June 2012 (UTC) Don't overlink in the lead (e.g. home run, doubles etc are linked multiple times).  Done...

their purpose by obscuring the most relevant links. Here's an example of overlinking: Wikipedia's greatness stems from being able to link articles together...

third. First paragraph I've added the serial comma and removed a space. WP:OVERLINK should be followed for the 'Australia' link. This sentence: The combination...

Europe" (emphasis add only to highlight suggested changes); in the lead, overlink of "Asia Minor"; repetition: "The result, however, was a series of Arab...

was on their team that year. But I could be wrong. But I *know* that overlinking Boston Celtics doesn't work for a Featured List. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs)...

include in the lead at least a mention of each of the main text sections. Overlinking The centuries shouldn't be linked unless there's some special reason...

system, as of the 2016 AFL season, consists" You overlink Bigpond in the references section. Per WP:OVERLINK it only needs to be linked once (on its first...

(UTC) Oppose. Not sufficiently well-written. Linking and MoS issues. Overlinking: "high school" and "USA" (common terms); doesn't the MoS say to use "US"...

sandlot ball game." -- The linking of "sandlot ball" could be breaching WP:OVERLINK, but it's a close call, so just consider it. "During an autopsy, the agents...

Russian Wikipedia...) ShannºnTalk 19:32, 27 June 2011 (UTC) Also some overlinking (wheat? Fort Peck Lake AND Fort Peck Dam?) Given how much we really have...

possible (IBC Studios?) and the city is identified. Also, there is some overlinking: lead singer, common musical instruments, Bible, funerals, film, etc...

I see many more examples of overlinking in the rest of the lead and lower down in the article. Please see WP:OVERLINK for more details. "In this case...

claims. @Fylindfotberserk: You need to come up with better evidence than WP:OVERLINK.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 25 October 2019 (UTC) This sock farm had an agenda...

Easily passes WP:GNG. I have done some work on the article (especially WP:OVERLINK); much more remains to be done. Edwardx (talk) 15:30, 5 July 2020 (UTC)...

most successful team" you've already abbreviated the team name. Don't overlink IPL. Check "singh" in the infobox for capitals. 3-year -> three-year. Lots...

in this section to avoid WP:OVERLINK (linked in the lead, infobox, plot, cast and now this?! It's definitely overlinking.) IMO, "Development and casting"...

States.[5][1]" normally expect to see refs in numerical order.  Done Don't overlink Kyle Killen, and after his first mention, just refer to him as Killen....

final paragraph, removed overlinking from the column notes, removed excessive links to placenames, and removed overlinking of the publisher information...

the body (per WP:OVERLINK) It helps very little to link common terms most readers undertand like Perfect and Humans. See WP:OVERLINK Where no link exists...

2016 (UTC) Support - I just thought linking them everywhere might border OVERLINK, but i agree with your reason. Overall its a nice list and meets the criteria...

approach to linking, and avoidance of overlinking. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 13:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Support overlinking is distracting. --NullSpace (talk)...

points below: the duplicate link checker identifies a few examples of overlink: Military Cross, Australian Army Cadets, Charles Bean, John Gellibrand...

look, and found that the notes and references are over linked per MOS:OVERLINK, there are many, like "the beatles", " Paul McCartney", " Parlophone",...

2012 (UTC) Hmmmmmm. About overlinking, is this version ok?[2] -- Frous (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2012 (UTC) Alright, overlinking seems to be cleared up....

Aventura, is that as of now? Billboard needs to be italicized There is overlinking found in the article body (e.g; "You" is linked twice; once in Billboard...

specific on how much it made and cost would be clearer / less POV. Per WP:OVERLINK I would link the same item no more than once each in the lead, infobox...

there should be no overlinking. -- SRE.K.Annoyomous.L.24[c] 20:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC) Well, table are exception to WP:OVERLINK. But this is not a...

suppose I could link it, but that may be considered a violation of WP:OVERLINK. I'll wait for more opinions for now; if more people feel that linking...

April 2011 (UTC) Comments by Sjones23 Link where appropriate, but do not overlink. Make sure that this article undergoes a thorough copyedit. Other than...

"conflict" to "War".[1] Rjjiii (talk) 20:27, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Per MOS:OVERLINK, please delink Pacific Ocean in the Artemis II blurb. Abductive (reasoning)...

mess. Your choice, here, is between some overlinking or a bloody mess. Personally, I will choose some overlinking instead of a bloody mess every time. If...

character "×" instead of the letter. Done Delink Italy in the lead; see WP:OVERLINK on linking commonly known geographical terms. Done "2009 saw the band return"...

Variety (magazine) per WP:OVERLINK as those were already linked in previous ref's Comment: I would advise against this. Overlinking isn't considered applicable...

Already deleted by User:Athaenara. --Taelus (talk) 08:54, 4 July 2011 (UTC) OVERLINK → Wikipedia:Manual of Style (linking)#What generally should not be linked...

Variety (magazine) per WP:OVERLINK as those were already linked in previous ref's Comment: I would advise against this. Overlinking isn't considered applicable...

(UTC) Otto4711 comments Lead: Reduce overlinking of common terms and multiple links to the same article per WP:OVERLINK. For instance, in the lead, Continental...

helpful in working on the article.) The article suffers from overlinking (see WP:OVERLINK) and most of the links therein should be removed (chiefly the...

dab - should be removed per WP:OVERLINK Done. Randolph Caldecott is also linked twice in one section, watch for overlinking - usually one link in the lead...

School" – why repeat the blue link? (see WP:OVERLINK) Broadway lyricist Remove blue link from London (see WP:OVERLINK) "with the new songs due in 2009" – 2009...

WP:OVERLINK. I think everyone who uses en.wiki will be aware of those countries and not need to visit those articles from this one. Done Don't overlink NBC{{done}...

he didn't just shout "Matthew Edwards!" at the TV screen Remove the overlinking of WWE Superstar, Diva and commentator. After appearing in the lead,...

Overlinking Make wikilinks only where they are relevant and helpful in the context. Links can be distracting and may slow the reader down. Redundant links...

(UTC) Dvorak's article is cited by the second sentence in WP:OVERLINK for why overlinking should be avoided. Sorry if I wasn't clear. Both reasons given...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

Don't use contractions This and this are dead links, check for others WP:OVERLINK File:David_Byrne_and_Brian_Eno_-_Everything_That_Happens_Will_Happen_Today_deluxe...

23:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC) Comment: The problem I have is a possible overlinking of words, such as DVD, Theatrical release, Internet browser game, etc...

Winter Olympics. Arsenikk (talk) 21:02, 19 August 2011 (UTC) Check the overlinking of the place names like Oslo etc. Format tables per WP:ACCESS. — Legolas...

compliance MoS (dates and numbers) compliance MoS (mathematics) compliance Overlink See also Trivia sections Copyediting : The following sections needs to...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

common terms like satellite. Hurricane Connie En-dash for the SSHS. Avoid overlinking (e.g. Huron). Refs for multiple pages should use pp. (e.g. ref 18). Nasty...

much. Rambo's Revenge (How am I doing?) 23:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Per WP:OVERLINK. --John (talk) 23:37, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Absolutely. Even when a date...

more significant. —Designate (talk) 00:56, 30 January 2011 (UTC) Re overlinking, I've tended to repeatedly link people, but link parties only on their...

stuff is wikilinked). I like the wikilinks, but many would consider it overlinking I think. This needs a bit more discussion I think.Headbomb {talk / contribs...

of the prose is confusing simply because of the poor diction. =) See WP:OVERLINK. Some common terms are linked within the article. I.e. cowboys for knights...

small proportion of dates to be linked, but basically complies with WP:OVERLINK - only link what is necessary. "It is generally not necessary to link:...

should be unlinked in this article may run into the hundreds. Please see WP:OVERLINK. The article has many sources, but some sections remained unsourced. For...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] removed superfluous links. Michel Doortmont...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

Freiheit und Gleichheit" ("Friends of Freedom and Equality") Avoid WP:OVERLINK on common terms known to most English speakers and not needed for understanding...

in the toolbox on the left of every mainspace article. The tool finds overlinking in the main text, but ignores the lead section, infoboxes and captions...

"ofcadmium and zinc" space needed, and try to stop relinking things per WP:OVERLINK! In each new section, reiterate that you are talking about group 12 elements...

automatically bolded. MOS:BOLD has details. "General I see quite a bit of overlinking. For example, it's not necessary to link Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg...

ISBN 0312226535.). Redundant wikilinks in the same section should be removed per WP:OVERLINK. Specific offenders include 'Napoleonic Wars' in History (I'd keep the...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

(UTC) The intro is rather short. Selected articles - thoughts: Beware overlinks, e.g.: Selected article 1 (Roe v Wade) "1973" / Selected article 2 (Afroyim)...

the body could be linked, but is only linked in the see also section. WP:OVERLINK is violated multiple times throughout the article. Some info and sourcing...

blocked on 30 May 2025 for disruptive editing. The similar usernames and overlinking (e.g. 9690: [1][2], 5000: [3][4]) strongly suggest that they and 9690...

[sic] to show the mistake is intentional. WP:OVERLINK to Paris. I'm sure most would know where Paris is. OVERLINK to Mastering as it directs to the same article...

Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, the Fuse Awards and other many. -- 1)Overlink of Kerrang! Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards 2)Its not proper to state...

13 July 2008 (UTC)  Done -- iMatthew T.C. 15:36, 13 July 2008 (UTC) Overlinking of wrestlers in the main event col - it's not a sortable table so avoid...

Grandin); the duplicate linker checker tool identifies a few examples of overlink which should possibly be removed: Jorge Ubico, Jacobo Árbenz, United Fruit...

Interaction Timeline • User compare report Auto-generated every hour. Overlinking and MOS:NOPIPE violations (recent example, another recent example), edited...

readability. Furthermore, the current date autoformatting system can lead to overlinking, especially in date-heavy articles; this may reduce the value of other...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

might want to consider delinking a few of the places in the table per OVERLINK, but this is an excellent list.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:18, 26 March 2014 (UTC)...

the list. All of the issues that I raised have been resolved barring overlinking in references; however, that's not an issue and and that is something...

better. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:48, 1 June 2021 (UTC) Keep - the overlinking is a problem but deletion is not needed to fix it. As mentioned above...

excessive links to music articles related to Kanye West, in violation of MOS:OVERLINK. They made many of the same edits.[1][2] Easy case, no need for checkuser...

final paragraph, removed overlinking from the column notes, removed excessive links to placenames, and removed overlinking of the publisher information...

same interest in Mughal Empire battles, with a pronounced tendency to MOS:OVERLINK. And three of the four accounts share strikingly similar user pages (Varmakumar200...

." Are we missing a word from the start of this sentence? OVERLINK to "Macduff". OVERLINK to "Banff". copy edit "Most of the line was built with gradients...

gold? Too many links to this everyday, well-understood term are of the WP:OVERLINK variety, and readers can usually readily determine from the context, whether...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

example of the increased content that will be needed. There is some WP:OVERLINKing (see WP:MOSLINK), citation formatting needs to be completely reworked...

behind-the-scenes pictures, film posters, and pictures of cast members. Fix overlinking (mostly words and phrases linked multiple times). Dabomb87 (talk) 22:25...

December 2007 (UTC) Support Well-referenced, Well-written minor issues: overlinking - "spanish nanny"; parenthesis "([...]exterior scenes were shot [...])...

WP:Alert WP:Thinking outside the infobox WP:About translating German Wikipedia WP:Pruning article revisions WP:Overlink crisis WP:Authors of Wikipedia...

purpose of links by obscuring the most relevant ones. Here's an example of overlinking: Wikipedia's greatness stems from being able to link articles together...

"concert tour" are commonly known terms that don't need linking per WP:OVERLINK. Don't use italics for "pictured" as you did in the caption for File:Barbra...

enough. TBrandley 15:49, 26 November 2012 (UTC) Unlink "church" per WP:OVERLINK No, since there are two different types of churches. Also this guideline...

purpose of links by obscuring the most relevant ones. Here's an example of overlinking: Wikipedia's greatness stems from being able to link articles together...

articles to use the hash character, but our MOS seems to frown upon it. Don't overlink in the info box (e.g. you link Kindt twice). You have a single ref in the...

and German outfit Hamburg confirmed as participants." per WP:OVERLINK (I know OVERLINK says they could be linked in the first mention after the lead...

should have periods, see WP:CAPTION. Overlinking throughout, examples: mirror, second, vacuum. See WP:OVERLINK. Wrong use of bold text, see Wikipedia:Manual...

multiple people way to many times. See MOS:OVERLINK(Greengrass, etc) Jumping in to point out that MOS:OVERLINK says that repeated links in tables are permissible...

Times Best Seller list." needs a comma before "recounting". Background: overlinking (Catholic, bachelor's degree, theater) Perhaps mention where The Stranger...

something like this: The comment about rowspan is same as above, and about the overlink, if you scroll over you can see that each of these links are for different...

most of the time I think we avoid starting sentences with a number. Don't overlink 3D. "That is not interference or a production fault" who said it was? Just...

practice a couple of times" is unclear as to what's being described WP:OVERLINK - don't link common terms like website, don't repeat links in close proximity...

avoid overdoing it. MOS:IMAGES has the relevant guidelines. Reduce the overlinking. Generally, it's sufficient to link terms no more than once in the lead...

of FAC's just comment on how to fix these very minor issues and some overlinking if its there. There are no prose or unreliabilty issues. So that need...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

to be more staggered, not all down the right side. Perhaps a bit of overlinking going on? Do we really need links to health food, cyperspace, popular...

since link appears in the section above. Other examples of overlinking? According to OVERLINK, articles' "first occurrence[s] after the lead" should be...

same borough like Workingham, Bracknell Forest etc. Link once per MOS:OVERLINK and merge the row of brorough if repeated in the consecutive rows. Like...

see the overlink; as far as I can tell, these words are only linked in the lead? Sasata (talk) 16:49, 12 December 2012 (UTC) See WP:OVERLINK - "An article...

class. Here are some suggestions for improvement of the article. Avoid overlinking - George Washington is linked twice in just the lead. Generally it is...

fix the error single is overlink, ballad is linked twice in Composition, unlink Billboard in Tour, music video is also overlink, both Vicente Calderón...

Dicdef. And remove links to the page from other articles. People love to overlink some pages and it should not be encouraged. -R. fiend 15:29, 17 Mar 2005...

editing user css/js, RefToolbar instead of hand-coding citations Avoid overlinking Make navigation clear and apparent Chart the most common pathways and...

"music video", and "online dance challenge" don't need to be linked per WP:OVERLINK. More to follow later. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 14:50, 25 February 2023...

might consider using a TOC limiter such as {{TOC limit}}; be careful of overlinking per WP:REPEATLINK. The duplicate link checker tool reports a number of...

(UTC) Link check - 1 DAB-link fixed, no dead external links, a few minor overlinks fixed, lead links see below. GermanJoe (talk) 15:32, 25 October 2011 (UTC)...

now. Parsecboy (talk) 15:54, 28 July 2012 (UTC) Good. Be careful with overlinking/duplicate linking. I'm still on the lede and I've removed three In early...

accounts edited some of the same articles, and share his pattern of overlinking and adding unrelated or borderline subjects, often government agencies...

2010 (UTC) Linked TbhotchTalk C. 23:55, 1 April 2010 (UTC) See Wikipedia:Overlink#Repeated links for future reference, where it says "tables, in which each...

Antique Pen (talk) 19:15, 20 October 2012 (UTC) Delink World War II per OVERLINK. Delinked. What are civic virtues? Linked civic virtues and explained....

Sport Unlink work in ref 8 as cricinfo is already linked in ref 7 per WP:OVERLINK — Great list and I'm happy to support and have left a few comments that...

bit about jigsaw puzzles for example. Check here and elsewhere for WP:OVERLINK. Common terms like "fishing" shouldn't be linked unless they have special...

understanding of the subject. Ohconfucius (talk) 23:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Per WP:OVERLINK. --John (talk) 23:36, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Support, the links are almost...

the article text, I also see some Manual of Style issues (including overlinking and hyphen/dash problems). Nikkimaria (talk) 20:36, 31 July 2011 (UTC)...

took it out to 3. US 6 is signed along I-70, so I included it. Removed overlinking in the references. Thanks! Feel free to do more. Daniel Case (talk) 17:10...

and 'I'm'. I think you can probably delink 'comedian', for concerns of overlinking. "Also satirists Berger and Wyse parodied the song in one segment of...

the city and state separately constitutes overlinking. Unless consensus is established that it is overlinking, I don't think there's grounds to delete...

it's clearer now. --BelovedFreak 22:28, 6 February 2010 (UTC) There is overlinking eg: I can see that "The Sound of White" is wikilinked in almost every...

US before Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 Taylor Kinney it's a WP:OVERLINK in the 2015–present: American Horror Story and fifth studio album section...

purpose.  Sandstein  13:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC) Delete. Remove all WP:OVERLINK links, WP:OC#SMALL categories and other irrelevant content, and you'll...

would put left/right in italics and no need for the full stop. Done Don't overlink Watt. Could only find one instance where watt is mentioned - YuMaNuMa There's...

it may be overlinking, since both the MD 831A and MD 831C links go to the MD 831 entry in the list of minor routes. It wouldn't be overlinking exactly since...

article. I see Twelve Heavenly Generals linked at least four times. See WP:OVERLINK for thoughts on this and WP:LINK for general ideas about linking. You need...

articles. Please check all other links. Also Elara in section 2 See WP:OVERLINK: Link only most relevant articles and only once. Most people know what...

know you want some policy for deletion, so it fails WP:N. (Minor point WP:OVERLINK was apparently never read by these editors either). Possibly this could...

Associated press, CNN, New York Times)</s> (Reconsidering per talk at WP:OVERLINK) Lower casing on <REF> tags Convert bracketed URLs to references Move punctuation...

Waiting For?" - Hollaback Girl is already linked before this sentence, don't overlink. What raised her to prominence as a solo singer?--SRX 20:57, 20 October...

that I though it would be overlinking. I have now added links. Arsenikk (talk) 16:19, 23 January 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia:Overlink#Repeated links states "long...

edits needed - WP:OVERLINK, WP:HYPHEN/WP:DASH, etc I tried to take care of this a little. I have trouble with auditing for overlinking, though.LaMenta3...

family (scroll down to see overlinking patterns) Berlinnh1's edits to Delano family (scroll down to see same overlinking pattersn) And while I was filing...

Al-Manar as the official publication". The article also violates both MOS:OVERLINK and MOS:UNDERLINK within the space of four words, when it says that the...

needs formatting. Are flags really that important? Also there are some overlinks like in Liga I where Steaua București is linked three times. Neverthelesss...

names like Sofia Rotaru should not be linked multiple times. Please see WP:OVERLINK for details. I hope these few suggestions prove helpful. Finetooth (talk)...

reading of Wikipedia's "overlinking" guidelines is this: linking a place name of a major geographical location is only "overlinking" if you link say New...

20 and 21. Billboard wiki linked on 26. Clash is not wikilinked on 31. Overlink on 45, 46, 59 and 50. Not sure if Gothamist is a reliable source as it...

Watch overlinking. Terms can be linked once in the lead and once in the article and that's usually it. You should go through and check for overlinking. Refs...

guidelines which explain performance problems and how to avoid them: "WP:Overlink crisis" - about limiting the huge bottom navboxes "WP:Avoiding MediaWiki...

you said it forked from. I also agree the title needs fixing. Also WP:overlink needs to be applied to the article. Other than needing a cleanup and project...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

big issues that stood out to me! Maybe there's a little issue with WP:OVERLINK, but maybe not. Cheers, oncamera(t) 02:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC) Thanks...

pararaphs in the Origins and development until modern times section. See WP:OVERLINK, where it recommends link words only once per article (although personally...

floor space? Could link A92 road for our international audience. Don't overlink Ingolstadt. "Sport and Leisure" -> "Sport and leisure". It's Raith Rovers...

suggestion is to mix paper sources (books) with online sources; watch out for overlink - "brigade" is linked a number of times in the one paragraph (there may...

"heart attack.") " - why in parentheses and where's the citation? Don't overlink cockpit voice recorder. Memorials section lacks citations. Don't merge...

anything in the name (the Mexico City Boxing and Wrestling Commission) its WP:OVERLINK and does not redirect to any relevant articles (3)Remove the second Mexican...

freely mixed, since they all produce a similar format. WP:DUPLINK and WP:OVERLINK do not apply to citations. It is expected that a reference citation includes...

they get too big, and this is not just a list, thought there is a mass of overlink in the tables, after all six links to the cavern all go to the same place...

(UTC) More... Delink publishers in references 2, 3, 5, and 6 – no need to overlink reference publishers. linking only once when the word is mentioned is enough...

2012.[2" very poor grammar and odd to read, suggest a copyedit. Don't overlink NBC etc. "Despite the series' relatively short life span, it has had large...

This is problematic when pages are moved. It is also not okay per WP:OVERLINK to have a link redirect to the same page. Note: The automatic taxobox to...

Men. And there are many nitty-gritty little errors here and there, ala overlinking. What's your take? ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 09:23...

and Demand" example from WP:OVERLINK where linking of "potatoes" doesn't add anything to the S&D article. I cited WP:OVERLINK in my edit summary and Cupertino...

 DoneSpiderone (talk) 16:22, 15 June 2009 (UTC) for SPL too Also per WP:OVERLINK do not link the same thing twice in two paragraphs - so the following section...

avoids errors like this. In sections 1-3 you have some problems with overlinking (Belgium particularly). Personally, I think the article could do with...

helpful comments Bencherlite! I'm not sure on the linking issue (per WP:OVERLINK), but I hope to address the rest of your suggestions in the coming days...

Comments from Admrb♉ltz (t • c • log) (02:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)) WP:OVERLINK: please delink the units of measurement in the lead Images check out External...

throughout the article. De728631 (talk) 23:08, 9 January 2012 (UTC) Watch for overlinking - for example, you wikilink World War I twice in a single paragraph Don't...

here if the link does not add value to the page. Bear in mind: Context. Overlinking. What links here. Simple comments can, and should, be added next to an...

term is introduced. Tankred 21:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC) We don't want to overlink and link every mention (against WP:MOS), but a mention per screen so you...

but the Background does not seem to be in the lead, for example. Per WP:OVERLINK common terms like United States do not need to be linked. Per WP:MOS#Images...

purpose of links by obscuring the most relevant ones. Here's an example of overlinking: Wikipedia's greatness stems from being able to link articles together...

explicit versions." suitable links for these kinds of releases? Don't overlink The Slim Shady LP. " ("Stan","I'm Back",& "Marshall Mathers")" spaces after...

 Done--GDuwenTell me! 18:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC) I would also watch WP:OVERLINKing - the rule of thumb is to link once in the lead, and once in the body...

per WP:REDDEAL. The rest is more or less a cumbersome restatement of MOS:OVERLINK. Defeats the purpose of having an essay when it explains the content less...

in the media soon too. Would particualrly like to check for grammar and overlink. I think refs are fine, but if the reviewer sees something else id be glad...

21:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC) The first paragraph of Pathophysiology may overlink. A professional isn't going to need a link to calcium, and a nonprofessional...

February 2010 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK maybe? – ukexpat (talk) 14:46, 26 February 2010 (UTC) Thanks but that looks like it is overlinking in the context of individual...

another full stop, in the article you don't. Be consistent again. Don't overlink Star Wars. "was the exact same location" - exact is redundant here. "cast...

January 2010 (UTC) Oppose Again, are we going to have to go through the overlinking thing? Head coach is not worth implying to our readers that diverting...

expand or merge short sections to overcome this problem. Avoid overlinking per WP:OVERLINK. My rule of thumb is to link terms no more than once in the lead...

appropriate): Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Infobox_settlement_country_label_easter_egg/overlink_delinking Edit period(s): Continuous Estimated number of pages affected:...

OneHistoryGuy (talk) 09:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC) Also avoid WP:OVERLINKing Did not see any Wiki overlink. Extensive wiki links have been added (since the peer...

their style is OK. --Redtigerxyz Talk 18:23, 25 January 2012 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK:In "1988–1990: Look Sharp!" - "Listen to Your Heart", "Dressed for Success"...

September 2016 (UTC) You link George R. R. Martin twice in the lead. Per WP:OVERLINK you shouldn't "between 50 to 69" → "between 50 and 69" "and will" → "which...

why he has all these alternate names, don't just list them. Watch for overlinking. Almoravids is linked twice in two consecutive sections. "Averroes’s...

well-supported. I see some overlinking and some problems with pronouns but otherwise not much to grumble about. Here are my suggestions: Overlinking Linking a term...

12 July 2013 (UTC) Do we really require a link to CCTV? Borderline overlinking: I've taken it out - SchroCat (talk) 23:24, 12 July 2013 (UTC) In the...

take OVERLINK to exclude superfluous linking of common cities such as New York, Los Angeles, London and Paris. Besides, the issue is not OVERLINK, it's...

June 2012-" perhaps better to say "11 June 2012 – present"?  Done Don't overlink AFER in the infobox.  Done "a nonprofit formed" is there a word missing...

you referring to in regards to overlink? Reading past discussions on that page (and how I learned) is that WP:OVERLINK is geared more towards prose, and...

works only need to be linked within the first reference using it per WP:OVERLINK. Other than that, good to go once FrB.TG's comments are addressed. Snuggums...

and just «Maracanã» (vide 1998 and 2008). I notice an effort to avoid overlinking has been made, but still many teams and stadiums (and even cities and...

discography the Videos should be formatted like an albums table. dont overlink the formats No music videos? No miscellaneous releases: charity compilations...

2009 (UTC) Comments from Dabomb87 (talk · contribs) Breaches MOS per WP:OVERLINK, I can't read the article for all the blue. "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia...

details. General The article includes quite a lot of overlinking of the sort described by WP:OVERLINK. For example, the first two links in the lead both...

licensing... — Hunter Kahn (c) 15:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC) Oppose. WP:OVERLINK, prose worries. We are meant to be able to speak English if we're consulting...

(e.g. "1986–Family" and "2002-Microsoft Windows")... Looks like some overlinking, e.g. Virtual Console seems to be overlinked unnecessarily. Family Computer...

other uses take the traditional spelling. Origins "minister" – touch of WP:OVERLINK, possibly. Early Anglo-American cooperation "He met with the Uranium Committee"...

or another article. Or worst you lose the source for good. Notes Per WP:OVERLINK and the Infobox film documentation Per WP:LEADCITE Per WP:COPYPASTE IMDb...

September 4, 2002.[34][35][36][37][38]". It's over the top. I've removed overlinking: why DVD should be linked at all is beyond me, but twice in a sentence...

bit of repetition (for example attending school and university) and overlinking in the first section (not everything needs linking, it makes it look...

for AllMusic references, as well as others they, check. It would be WP:OVERLINK to continue to do so in references as explained in several of my failed-FLC...

Robert200070 account was created. It is also engaged in the same sort of overlinking, and is adding machine translated content to the same type of pages as...

lead, so you just need to use ISRO (unlinked) subsequently.  Done Don't overlink DRDO.  Done Don't bold text unnecessarily.  Done Put spaces between refs...

long list is hard enough to maintain, a second only adds to the nest of overlinking that is "credit" and "finance". Redundant, I recomend deletion. brenneman(t)(c)...

Themeparkgc  Talk  23:16, 26 November 2012 (UTC) Unlink all countries per WP:OVERLINK, as done in the tables  Done Themeparkgc  Talk  23:50, 26 November 2012...

located on the Grand Canal and in Pinewood Studios." There is also some overlinking of common words, and underlinking of full dates in the footnotes. Epbr123...

infobox to decrease the huge white space in the middle. Overall Per WP:OVERLINK you can link the subject over and over again in the tables. --SRX 22:18...

September 16, 1989 -- no need to link to the Latin chart again per WP:OVERLINK--Truco 503 23:39, 19 February 2010 (UTC) Fixed! Closing note I have archived...

situation a prominent enough incident for the lead? "Plot" section: Overlinking throughout. See "vigilante", "corrupted", "cathedral" and "bell tower"...

Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 16:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC) Comments WP:OVERLINKing - Glorious First of June and Battle of the Nile both linked twice in...

repeat links to ships (Revenge and Philadelphia) are present here. An overlinking audit in the rest of the article would be a good idea. Legacy: "his son...

Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups." Music and lyrics There's some overlink of both Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol in this section. Suggest resolving. Rankings...

We'll be working on "Early life" and "Influences". There is too much WP:OVERLINK throughout the article. As a general rule, one link from the Lead and one...

I think it's better "known as ... in Japan" knight is an example of WP:OVERLINK of a everyday word; and Cavia is linked twice in the lead the article is...

Some editors feel the need to edit like this, by linking totally unnecessary words, that everyone knows, despite the WP:MOS saying in WP:OE,[citation needed]...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] This article has no or few images. Please...

necessary. Done. "Second World War" – can be linked That feels like overlinking. MOS:OVERLINK discourages links to "Everyday words understood by most readers...

the field of mathematics." in the list's infobox Unlink Norway per WP:OVERLINK I unlinked Norwegian. Same goes for all countries linked in the table "The...

September 2019 (UTC) @CPA-5: That is no overlinking: the one is in the lede, the other in the main body. Per WP:OVERLINK: " if helpful for readers, a link may...

feature film? D'oh! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:11, 15 July 2013 (UTC) OVERLINK to Jakarta OVERLINK to newsreels Got both. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:11, 15 July 2013...

(UTC) OK. Dabomb87 (talk) 01:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC) There is WP:Overlinking galore. Is there information about notable landscapes or buildings that...

Extended plays has a note B but a note A underneath the table. No need to overlink DVD in the videos section. Still concerned over Zobbel being an RS. The...

misunderstood what constitutes overlinking? Neelix (talk) 02:28, 25 October 2012 (UTC) Well, it's not what the overlink section says, and there are sometimes...

[[Landmass|Landmasses]], shifting close brackets of templates etc. to a new line, overlinking) as 2sc945 does. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:11, 27 April 2011 (UTC) A second...

his name appears in the main text) but he is linked 5 or 6 times. See WP:OVERLINK See also is generally for links to articles that are not already linked...

numerous FL criteria. Image is needed Unlink television series per WP:OVERLINK "30 Rock, a situation comedy television series, premiered on October 11...

17 September 2014 (UTC) Remove duplicate wikilinks in the table per WP:OVERLINK See the comments above by Cowlibob: The table is sortable so they should...

and overlinking, extensive problems with caption formatting, etc Lead paragraph  —  Done  — Onel5969 (talk) 16:53, 2 March 2014 (UTC) Overlinking  — ...

scare article (they are all linked in the section itself). Watch for WP:OVERLINK Senator Overman is linked three times (once in the lead, twice in captions)...

part and merged the bits about election. Does that work better? Avoid overlinking Henry I in the Time in England section. I fight a constant battle against...

in jail? Should link 1983 Grammy Awards to 25th Annual Grammy Awards Overlinking with Nicole Ritchie You want to make sure that readers know Mandy Moore...

reference, and will scrub for overlinking this evening. –Grondemar 12:45, 12 July 2010 (UTC) I believe I have resolved all overlinking issues; let me know if...

The links in the article need to be cleaned up. Some need to follow WP:OVERLINK better - the rule of thumb is to link once in the lead and once in the...

consistent in whether you use Knowles' or Knowles's for possessives WP:OVERLINK - don't link very common terms and don't repeat links, particularly not...

showing several dead links. Is that a failing of the tool? Also a bit of overlinking (e.g. Pro Bowl). Should the "time" be a range rather than two separate...

a positive working relationship after an uncertain start". Beware of overlinking; terms such as "Jewish" and "rock" do not in my view require a link As...

needed, and there are multiple manual of style issues (particularly overlinking). There are extensive problems with reference formatting - it should...

already been introduced, so just Theodoric will do at this point, also overlink  Done are any details of the Battle of Orleans known? None in particular...

careful about being too informal, outside of direct quotes Where exactly? WP:OVERLINK - for example, Tainy twice in first three sentences  Done "where the building...

High Tech Computer Corp. in " put (HTC) after the company name. Don't overlink Samsung. [162][165][166][167] [168] [169] [170] [171] [172] [173] remove...

since 2006. - 1)Benes and Peavy do not need to be linked again per WP:OVERLINK. 2)You have already mentioned them, you have to just mention them by their...

basic terms are linked, like "staff" and do not need to be - please see WP:OVERLINK Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing...

• User compare report Auto-generated every hour. Same obsession with overlinking ethnicity related wikilinks and also worth noting identical editing patterns...

these points that the building is in the US linking "President" is WP:OVERLINK Will work on all that tomorrow. Epicgenius (talk) 04:51, 12 November 2014...

some work before promotion Like another editor said, still too much overlinking. Common nouns in the lead should be linked with caution and there's no...

also. Dave (talk) 23:21, 14 September 2008 (UTC) There is a bit of WP:OVERLINKing here. I would suggest on an article of this length not relinking in each...

consider it necessary to wikilink more than once within the same section. Overlinking is most obvious in the "Records" section. "Curiously, Jones was involved...

electronic music." "...was also cited as an influence on early Napalm Death." Overlinking - No need to link (just examples) "vegetarians" "satirical" "anti-racism"...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] If there is not a free use image in the...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] Please ensure that the article has gone...

Scorpion0422 04:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC) There is some occasional overlinking, especially in the merchandising section. Also, I have troubles linking...

that the sky is blue Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability Wikipedia:Overlink crisis mw:Extension:HarvardReferences – extension to improve references...

a single reference [e.g. #2, #15]). We can't add repeated links per WP:OVERLINK. Oz talk 11:01, 15 December 2011 (UTC) That's for the article itself, not...

another genre. More overlinking, "neatening up" of infobox content. On Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four) (song): Some overlinking, infobox neatening On...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] Avoid including galleries in articles...

partnership with a Mr. Watts" – omit "a Mr." 1954 should be delinked per WP:OVERLINK. "local rivals" – should it be "local rival"? 1999 should also be delinked...

country, so that you can sort after all three parameters. Also, to reduce overlinking, it's enough to link entries like Wembley Stadium once in the first row...

WP:OVERLINK issues in the lead (People and Teen Choice Awards, Golden Globe). – jona ✉ 23:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC) @AJona1992: Corrected the overlink. Sorry...

each problem. Thanks. -Red marquis (talk) 13:13, 11 April 2011 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK in the references. Please expand on where I overlinked so I can fix each...

information was added NapHit (talk) 14:32, 20 September 2008 (UTC) no need to overlink teh publishers in the refs section This is common in most featured lists...

awarded in 2008. -- (1)Unlink U.S. its a common geographical term per WP:OVERLINK (2)the final and should be a but Awards Each awarding body needs a purpose...

nationalities given but others (Gloria Estefan) do not? FIXED Watch overlinking - singer-songwriter is linked twice in the lead at least. FIXED Hope...

unknowns or do the links really improve understanding of the song? See WP:OVERLINK Done At the same time there are some places where adding links could help...

abbreviate company names: "Funimation" -> "Funimation Entertainment". Mind WP:OVERLINK. Linking the first occurence of a term or name is in most cases sufficient...

alphabetization of Sources; "ever grateful thereafter" is a bit much; check for overlinking (Jibal twice in a single paragraph); suggest using full headings rather...

link to in bird articles. (Nevertheless, please be mindful of Wikipedia:Overlinking.) Links to definitions in the glossary may be added in other articles...

list of", because it is redundant; WP:YOU, WP:ACCESS, WP:BOLDFACE, WP:OVERLINKING etc. violations; references are not ready (WP:BAREURLS, {{ru icon}} is...

help to link common terms most readers undertand like Perfect? See WP:OVERLINK Some things in the article seem wrong - Evolution does not argue that life...

WP:OVERLINK. When the table is sorted the first appearance of the name is linked. Why does every repeated entry need to be linked? It's not overlinking as...

(UTC) The intro is rather short. Selected articles - thoughts: Beware overlinks, e.g.: Selected article 1 (Roe v Wade) "1973" / Selected article 2 (Afroyim)...

(talk) 15:49, 5 July 2010 (UTC) I made the comment in relation to WP:LINK#Overlinking and underlinking, which suggests we link to articles "that will help...

Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin article, as this is likely one of those cases of overlinking and optimism. If anyone at all knows more about the fellow, that person...

puddings and dumplings." (I always thought "cookbook" was one word) Overlinking of common terms some of the images don't use the default thumbnail setting...

mean "classical" or "classic"? Changed to "central" Legacy A touch of WP:OVERLINK here – does, e.g., "mathematics" really need another link at this point...

not be linked in the singles table per WP:OVERLINK. Dt128 let's talk 19:06, 27 October 2009 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK also states that tables are an exception...

as possible. Certainly the flags should be removed and delink, per WP:Overlink, as much as possible. Lead Try trimming down the lead. It will be hard...

need to link to nationalities (i.e. Norwegian, Moroccan, Swedish), per WP:OVERLINK. Someone said above to link them, but I agree, they shouldn't. AARON• TALK...

(UTC) I haven't read all the way down yet, but I can that there is some overlinking, specifically "Jehovah's Witnesses". They're linked in the lead, why...

seen missing spaces, commas, tense agreement, and misspellings. Don't overlink. Don't wikilink common terms. Seems to be an over-reliance on quotes. Could...

Metropolitan Travel, and Newtrade Technologies." Comma after 2002, perhaps? Overlinking of Expedia in the Notes section. Images? Dabomb87 (talk) 17:29, 2 November...

2019 (UTC) @Sturmvogel 66: You know it's hard to follow MoS here. By MOS:OVERLINK you shouldn't link common units. But then this rule WP:DATELINK says that...

Broadcasting (India)}. I think it's okay now. Yes, looks good Overlinking in the refs. Where is Overlinking? please mention. like "Doha Asian Games' " or "New...

Wikipedia using collective attention" From the abstract: "... we tackle overlinking in Wikipedia as a ranking problem. We apply Learning to Rank algorithms...

don't see any reason why we shouldn't have a template for ridiculous overlinking, even if all the links are blue. --ais523 10:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)...

"of ComicBook.com described" italics or not? Be consistent. And don't overlink. "comedian Amy Sedaris performs" overlinked. "Britt of Inverse said that...

Though I'd have to agree with Circeus on the blue wall. Doesn't MOS:Overlinking apply? -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 04:17, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Support:...

WP:OVERLINK, but that only applies to article usage; if we make the template conditional so it only display plaintext in articles, then the overlinking problem...

months, CPHL registered and started making the same disruptive edits, overlinking, adding professions to music artists and exhibit the same inability to...

TALK ] 18:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC) You link iTunes twice. Avoid WP:OVERLINKing. " In January 2009 the song was released on a CD single in Germany "...

should link to both of the above articles where sensible, but avoid overlinking! All book titles should be italicised and linked on their first appearance...

relations of South Korea to his preferred form, which suffered from severe overlinking, bad grammar, and copy violations from the website of the ministry of...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] This article has no or few images. Please...

country name is unlinked. This template should be used in articles with WP:OVERLINK concerns (e.g. when the same flag is used many times in a single table)...

where I think an additional link would be helpful, but I also see some overlinking. It's usually enough to link a term once in the lead and perhaps once...

navigate then the big list of overlinks. I hope in the future all will be presented in this matter instead of the overlink page. One has links to city articles...

"3ality Digital" could be eliminated, some common words are wikilinked and overlinking is unnecessary. As for the style, writing and comprehensiveness, it stands...

on to FAC. You can probably find someone at WP:GOCE. Overlinking I see two kinds of overlinking. One kind involves links for things like fruit, which...

an interesting comic, here are some suggestions for improvement. Per WP:OVERLINK, avoid repetitive links - for example Pride (comics) is linked twice in...

earlier The duplicate link checker tool reports several examples of possible overlink: First French Republic, Montagnards, National Convention, Committee of...

number one chart positions should not be in bold. per WP:OVERLINK the tables contain overlinking. There is no reason, requirement or need to include sales...

common terms like satellite. Hurricane Connie En-dash for the SSHS. Avoid overlinking (e.g. Huron). Refs for multiple pages should use pp. (e.g. ref 18). Nasty...

platinum --> Why not three-times and six-times? Done. There's an issue of WP:OVERLINK in the CRIA, RIAA with the ones in infobox. Keep either one. Done. A brief...

Comment Support – List looks solid overall. The only issue I saw was overlinking in a couple of places. Brian Lara doesn't need two links in the lead...

terms are linked, like "website" and do not need to be - please see WP:OVERLINK Quantitative analysis is a disambiguation link and needs to be fixed. Any...

always a judgment call. I see quite a few examples of what I would call overlinking. Common terms like "road", "banking", "industry", "trade", "services"...

sentence of Languages of the United States. My link allegedly violated WP's overlink policy of never linking "common terms." Yet every single country-related...

mouth shut to avoid her spoiling Tapp's test" WP:MOS edits needed - WP:OVERLINK, capitalization ("Detective Sing's Widow"?), etc Quite a bit of information...

19:12, 27 November 2013 (UTC) Delete. Classic spam, replete with rampant overlinking. bd2412 T 21:18, 27 November 2013 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included...

time to do it. I note that one point raised is a WP:F1 convention: 'Overlinking' in tables (because for that purpose it is far more convenient for the...

consistent. Standardize, either on past tense. "Rescue operations" - WP:Overlink IMO, and overly focused on logistical details. Should give more of an overview...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Manual...

repeated instances of linking towards the bottom of the page. Avoid overlinking; common words are no longer linked. Less important: Consider adding an...

had been in the lead for too long ! A few notes on this article: Don't overlink. If linking Auckland it is not necessary to link New Zealand immediately...

much per WP:LEAD. Made a few changes Geoff Lawson is a dab. Fixed Don't overlink RP Singh in the lead. You link him four times, and his article is actually...

And again later. Don't repeat-link like this, please. I've removed the overlinking for now, but have yet to think of a good way to reword. Nikki311 15:46...

pending question about what you specifically mean by overlinking in the Table. Re; overlinking - I don't want to change something if it isn't what you're...

"mankind"? 4. makes heavy use of the word "currently"? 5. violates WP:OVERLINK? 6. has no discussion of the childhood of a biographical subject? 7. includes...

first one. –Drilnoth (T/C) 19:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC) But what about WP:Overlink? Oh... that's weird. I thought reference lists lists were excluded from...

Wikilinks of arts and other non-Wiki works may be enough for me. See Wikipedia:OVERLINK, WP:CITE, and WP:CITEKILL. By the way, use strikethrough formats next time...

articles in 2010 WP:No angry mastodons just madmen WP:No consensus WP:Overlink crisis WP:Pruning article revisions WP:Thinking outside the infobox WP:Wikifinagling...

should really be incorporated into the rest of the article There is some overlinking that does not add to the readers understanding. 1990s, pedal, 1960s,...

wikilink articles in this section because tables are an exception to the overlinking guideline of Wikipedia. Shortcut WP:PW/ELIMWP:PW/ELIM For elimination...

2020 (UTC) Infobox and lead Ref(s) should not be used in the infobox WP:OVERLINK issues and red links should not be left to rot either Link to the music...

"omitted" would sound better. Would the link to "polar bear" fall within WP:OVERLINK? That's all I have to offer for this interesting little article. Short...

incorrect? Correct it! See terms and conditions. 03:30, 16 July 2011 (UTC) WP:OVERLINK and other manual of style issues need to be addressed I've reduced the...

bombardment and air transport since links in the infobox are freebies under WP:OVERLINK, Done. Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:21, 31 August 2013 (UTC) Commas to eliminate:...

eastern Europe, not just Poland. In any case please unlink Poland per MOS:OVERLINK. Abductive (reasoning) 02:48, 6 April 2026 (UTC)  Done Schwede66 10:51...

17:42, 29 June 2008 (UTC) Crzycheetah, Gman124 told me to remove the overlinking from the table so I thought it would be the right choice. I'll undo the...

Oppose—formatting and prose. Here are samples from the opening: Overlinked (see WP:OVERLINK). I've removed some from the first half. In particular, common geographical...

of these orphans here and there throughout the article. Overlinking I see a lot of overlinking in the article. For example, I don't think United States...

shortly. AJona1992 (talk) 18:27, 12 July 2011 (UTC) Oppose There is a lot of overlink with the refs (mainly Billboard) The refs are not consistent (some list...

the Ramayana, such as those by Tulasidas (15th Century). - Yremoved WP:OVERLINK: common words like town, pilgrim are linked. Remove such links - Yremoved...

and pp for multiple pages, citation is consistent yet. Also there's overlinking everywhere, puget, BC and WA are linked repeatedly, that stuff needs...

Aquarium#Calculating_aquarium_capacity needs to be converted to prose, if possible. Overlinking-nitrogen cycle, nitrite (among others) In general, more references needed...

second paragraph because it should be a commonly understood term per WP:OVERLINK. Correct? Done. Hwy43 (talk) 14:43, 1 February 2017 (UTC) Why is Municipal...

at the very minimum, the 2nd or 3rd+ occurrence (so as to also cover WP:OVERLINK). Double check to make sure, via the api, that things like gram and inch...

section needs a cleanup; far too many "In X, Y happened" sentences and overlinking of store names (Macy's is linked three times in the same sentence) "The...

quite a bit of MoS cleanup ... on a quick flyover, I saw a lot of WP:OVERLINKing and WP:ACCESS issues. As it gets further along, I'll have another look...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] You may wish to consider adding an appropriate...

overlinked - Phil Hartman is linked three times in three paragraphs - see WP:OVERLINK Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing...

Sources Footnotes Captions External links Summary style Lists Context (Overlinking) Stubs Categorization Writing better articles All accepted guidelines...

(missing period). There are also a couple of stylistic problems, including overlinking of years (see WP:MOSDATE), linking in headings, starting with "The" in...

sources should be cited as well. The prose also have various issues like overlinking and structural issues (Why do we have Pavan v. Smith as the only sub-heading...

were drawing both decreasing financial and critical success Watch WP:OVERLINKing - usually links are only provided for things directly related to the...

unnecessary. which likened Latin American countries link Latin American. Per MOS:OVERLINK, broad geographical areas are not usually linked. @Vanamonde93: Hmm in...

mentioned, they should probably be delinked.  Done There's some ridiculous overlinking in general; does Kate Bush's pet cat need its own article?  Done That...

if I ever saw "either" wikilinked in an article, I'd remove it per WP:OVERLINK. Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding your comments.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:57, 12...

reviewer has said? The film of Catching Fire is due to come out in 2013...has Lawrence been confirmed for it? Be aware of overlinking. This is a fansite....

they're all pointing to announcements about records and artists... see MOS:OVERLINK and WP:REFBOMB. HighKing++ 21:42, 9 November 2021 (UTC) weak keep I'd consider...

information on the critical/commercial success of his releases. Try to avoid WP:OVERLINK in the references. — Simon (talk) 15:18, 10 May 2016 (UTC) @HĐ: The article...

what WP:OVERLINK already says. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC) Support I try to use common sense as well. While I hate overlinking (everyone...

However, when it comes to FLs, the lead might need them. I notice too many overlinks in the table. Reference 13 needs formating "Highs Nobility http://www...

my talk page. Thanks. 09:05, 11 August 2008 (UTC) I noticed you didn't overlink players names in the table, but the teams are. Why? Fixed.—Chris! ct 20:14...

are all needed; the "and also"s usually aren't, from my experience. Overlinking: there's no need to link something more than once in a section; anyone...

Slackintosh talk contribs (Hyphenated adjective. Also remove link as per MOS:OVERLINK.) diffhist List of mobile network operators in Europe 18:49 +228 ~2026-42557-76...

problems "joined the existing group, Sigma 6.[9] Sigma 6 was also" - overlinking "The Sound was dropped fairly quickly, but the definite article was still...

and "Incitement to violence" are right next to each other, causing an overlink issue. Fixed. Z1720 (talk) 02:52, 5 February 2026 (UTC) The photo of David...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] You may wish to consider adding an appropriate...

link in the lead and one on first mention in body of the article – see WP:OVERLINK Fixed - Do the founders’ names (Burns and Kramer) need to be in the lead...

something. BelovedFreak 20:06, 10 May 2011 (UTC) Though I am conscious of WP:OVERLINK I wonder if you might consider (and then, if you wish, reject) blue-linking...

another policy, it should do so briefly, clearly, and explicitly. Avoid overlinking. Policies and guidelines may contain links to any type of page, including...

stand to be copyedited. Don't link countries or their demonyms per MOS:OVERLINK. Per the first point, don't mention the renaming to Bishan until it actually...

see WP:LEAD Watch overlinking - for example, Martina Hingis is linked four times in the article before the tables. See WP:OVERLINK I agree this needs...

of providers is at List of music recording certifications. Watch for overlinking when adding certifications. You may need to remove links from providers...

to all images properly per MOS:IMAGES Unlink "science fiction" per WP:OVERLINK in this case "and the human race's development and" not keen on too many...

overlink from them, artist names etc. Cells can't be merged because it is a sortable table and I was told sorting tables are an exception to overlink...

Wikipedia:NBSP Wikipedia:MOSQUOTE Wikipedia:Italics Wikipedia:MOSBOLD Wikipedia:Overlink There are almost always more peer review (PR) requests than reviewers,...

--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC) Don't overlink minor league baseball in the lead. Thanks.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR)...

etc...) Also no need to link to US State, that would be considered overlinking. I was gonna say the exact same thing after reading other FLs. BeatlesLedTV...

link to "University of Oklahoma Press" that also appears in FN 9. Per WP:OVERLINK, only the first footnote should include the link and the subsequent ones...

inline citations. Make sure the External links follow WP:EL Watch WP:OVERLINKing and WP:NPOV THis could also use a copy edit and the issues in the clean...

copyedit. ~~ ĈőмρǖтέŗĠύʎ890100 (t ↔ Ĕ ↔ ώ) 01:09, 11 August 2008 (UTC) The overlinking needs to be fixed. One other little nit-pick keeping me from supporting...

Championship of ECW) at any time and any place over a one-year period. - WP:OVERLINK of ECW, anyhow, its pipedlinked to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW)...

— Richwales 22:38, 4 February 2012 (UTC) I tweaked the lead for WP:OVERLINKing (I think everyone knows what China and the US are), and to merge the...

"release" from the earlier section and "Release history". Watch for overlinking well-known/easily understood words – music critic, music videos, boy...

incorrect titles. WP:MOS. Your not using "en-dash", your using simple "-". WP:OVERLINK left and right. Linkin_Park_discography#Soundtracks does not need release...

Man (talk) 12:44, 22 May 2017 (UTC) Please check for overlinks to Bryan Gunn. Reduced overlinking. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:44, 22 May 2017 (UTC) "however...

use of flags in the venue column is non-compliant. There is a lot of overlinking of place names in the Venue column; Melbourne, Kolkata etc don't need...

Gary King (talk) 02:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC) I've done some light editing (rm overlinking, et al), and also left some inline comments. Check my edits; I had to...

nice reading throughout. Here are a few suggestions for improvement. Overlinking. It would be worthwhile to go through the whole article to hunt down...

- very long sentence, suggest splitting Done Calvin • NaNaNaC'mon! WP:OVERLINK: don't link very common terms, and don't link the same term multiple times...

usually follow punctuation, not sit in the middle of sentences. Per WP:OVERLINK, once linked you shouldn't need to link an article again. If you want to...

article itself is clearly in need of editing, for example to remove overlinking, but AfD is not for clean-up. AllyD (talk) 14:44, 25 December 2015 (UTC)...

This article has numerous issues with uncited statements. Instances of overlinking are also present (the word green is wikilinked!) No improvements or commitments...

At this point, I noticed what was happening and I mentioned avoiding overlinking of common words on their talk page, and they have not edited since then...

Currencies are currently wikilinked multiple times; likely unnecessary per MOS:OVERLINK I think. Reply:  Done Preference thing, but I think in the episode list...

looks redundant. YouTube shouldn't be linked while mentioning Blush. WP:OVERLINK. Also its YouTube, "t" in caps. The article is over-crowded with images...

an article of this size should have at least a 3-paragraph lead Per WP:OVERLINK, don't link very common terms like "boarding school" and "Polish" Article...

Guides recommend having greater than 3% words in links, but be sure not to overlink words just to add more links.[?] You may wish to consider adding an appropriate...

does the average reader really need a link to wig, for example? See WP:OVERLINK Be careful that references back up everything important in the part(s)...

strategy. Some plain English words such as "arcane" should be delinked per WP:OVERLINK. Take care when assigning literary genre labels such as "gothic" without...

not do a good job of summarizing the article, and MOS issues including overlinking and MOS:SANDWICHing of images. Its main contributor has not edited since...

case of overlinking in the references. It's only necessary to link the publisher or publication name in the first reference. See WP:OVERLINK, references...

checks are green (dab, ext links, reflinks, redirects, earwig, and no overlinking) (no action required) suggest "and his wife Jean" in the lead what does...

of Gilgamesh. "works couldn't be properly " avoid contractions. Avoid overlinking, e.g. George A. Romero is linked twice in quick succession, as is his...

July 2012 (UTC) Oppose: Prose and MOS comments from TRLIJC19 Lead Some overlinking of common terms (ie. Detective, car accident, canceled) Done "Critically...

re-paragraphed into a more flowing style? Minor grammar and MOS issues Overlinking: WP:OVERLINK advises against wikilinking "everyday words understood by most...

(Heroes (Better Off Ted)) to clean it up a bit, for example for the overlinking, links to other WP articles, references, date format. I've left a message...

including them, should be given in a separate sentence. There is evidence of overlinking in the lead and early sections. Terms like "North America", "English"...

the most cynical of series 1. I think linking "cynical" might be a WP:OVERLINK. Given that I'm identifying cynicism as a theme, I think the link is useful-...

July 2013 (UTC) Alright, looks good and I don't have an issue with the overlinking that was brought up, particularly because it's a table, not prose. --JDC808...

the same reason. There is an MOS:OVERLINK infraction in the Pueblo caption (i.e., unlink "Spain"). Another two overlink infractions are in the Castle Rock...

major issue.  — SoapFan12 Talk 14:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC) I know the WP:OVERLINK issue has been brought up before, but is there a need to link titles multiple...

good article: There are several dead links among the references. Some overlinking issues too. For instance al-Qaeda, bin Laden, Taliban and Pakistan are...

contributions Ndeshipandago and Ndatipo1998 same type of newbie edits, e.g. overlinking (example: Ohangwena Region) and linking to an article from within (example:...

means and it should have an explanation of what they are. Issues with MOS:OVERLINK should be dealt with. Thats it for now. Cowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 22:52...