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...

namespace. User:Auto movil/Overlinking would do just fine, and once you're finished, you can move the completed article to Overlinking. This way, people won't...

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...

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

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...

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...

useful links and the set of all possible links. Please see WP:OVERLINK. Related to the overlinking is the reliance on long lists. Some of these lists are of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

issue was the overlinking. Colin°Talk 09:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC) Cool. So do you feel that I addressed your concern for the overlinking? Please check...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the content on his critical and commercial reception, I'll get to the overlinking issue next.--3family6 (Talk to me | See what I have done) 18:04, 16 May...

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...

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...

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

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

will address other overlink problems as soon as possible.Abhinav0908 (talk) 17:54, 16 May 2014 (UTC) I solved a lot of overlinking problem today. 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...

Pekka Pyykkö" and why should I care about what he said or did? Avoid overlinking in general. You link "g-block" on the second usage, and have it bold...

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...

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...

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...

discussed at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (linking)/Archive 11#Does overlinking apply to the references section? with, as with so many discussions on...

addressed by project members, but wouldn't simply fixing things like the overlinking have been quicker than looking for it and typing this out? -- Scorpion0422...

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...

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...

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...

above. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:30, 3 June 2015 (UTC) I don't think overlinking applies when it comes to the sortable table. In fact it will be good...

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...

addressed by project members, but wouldn't simply fixing things like the overlinking have been quicker than looking for it and typing this out? -- Scorpion0422...

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]...

about the judges. 6. I think it's a shame to have so much repetition and overlinking, just for the sake of conforming to how the hook appeared on the main...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

- which do you think would be appropriate? I have not yet checked on overlinking, as I am in a bit of a hurry here. I will be free to revise later today...

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...

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

2024 (UTC) This article definitely needs some love and an update, but overlinking is a trivial and easily fixed complaint. I found a mere two instances...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

December 2008 (UTC) Oppose It is useless overlinking. — Emil J. 15:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC) Oppose Overlinking to with no benefit to the core audience...

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

wikilinked from the same source article, while both minimising hidden WP:OVERLINKing (by supporting adherence to visited-link colouration) and allowing maximal...

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

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...

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)...

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)...

album/song/etc. in the awards sections so that there isn't too much overlinking. Gary King (talk) 23:16, 13 September 2008 (UTC) Support from SRX - My...

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

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

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

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

 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...

pages. It is ugly and encourages overlinking. Graham Colm Talk 11:58, 30 November 2008 (UTC) Support - Overlinking is not useful to readers. If date...

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

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...

unnecessary sea of blue (see WP:OVERLINK). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:01, 27 June 2011 (UTC) I apologize for my influence on OVERLINKING. I have asked for several...

(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...

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...

get rid of the use of op.cit, which is frowned upon. There's a lot of overlinking (Catholic Church in the lead; Guatemala City is linked five times – and...

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...

"Austro-" lacks lexical independence, we use a hyphen (picky, I know). More overlinking of common geographical locations: United States, United Kingdom, France...

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...

(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...

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...

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

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....

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

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...

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"...

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...

perhaps WP:BOLDFACE and WP:OVERLINKING. Boldface is useful to highlight the main achievements in the long texts, while WP:OVERLINKING might not hold for such...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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)...

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

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...

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)...

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

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...

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...

pattern of overlinking and adding unrelated or borderline subjects, often government agencies, to see-also sections. Adds his trademark overlink to the FBI...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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

about the judges. 6. I think it's a shame to have so much repetition and overlinking, just for the sake of conforming to how the hook appeared on the main...

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...

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...

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

Support: Option 2 is too vague, and will lead to load of overlinking and fights about overlinking. Option 3 makes no sense at all (for the same reason that...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

(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"...

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...

snippet could be a bit more detailed. There appears to be a bit over overlinking going on (e.g., cease and desist, retainer agreement, and groping). voorts...

(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...

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...

March 2008 (UTC) Delist, it also has several WP:MOS issues (ref format, overlinking, etc).--Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 17:35, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Delist. Suitable...

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

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"...

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...

Detail should be in the prose; the box is for brief summary information. Overlinking; it is not necessary to wikilink continents or major countries (United...

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

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...

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,...

game was released in 2008? Speaking of Sonic Unleashed, a) watch WP:OVERLINKing (it is linked twice in two sections - rule of thumb is to link on first...

the redlinks in the subject list, especially "Classical Studies" Watch overlinking as well - "Irish" for one has too many. Grammar: "has fallen disuse'""...

use the last name Eva Chipenda then the full names as you introduce, overlinking. Often, proper nouns are linked. Merge small sub-sections and differentiate...

(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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

conflict with an anon user who's introducing some of what I consider overlinking/redundancy/stylistic problems into the article. (Take a look at the history...

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...

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...

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...

expansion. My reviewing script also points out the following (summarized): overlinking (according to WP:MOS-L), linking years that often don't provide WP:CONTEXT...

(talk) 02:07, 25 August 2025 (UTC) And they're still having trouble with overlinking. -- asilvering (talk) 02:09, 25 August 2025 (UTC) Highly Likely. Blocked...

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...

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

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...

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...

that purpose. Overlinking generally seems to link to non-redlink articles strangely... Ansell 11:30, 27 November 2006 (UTC) Overlinking is an issue that...

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...

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...

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

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...

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....

♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC) Comments Support – Overlinking in the lead: No need for two National League links in the opening paragraph...

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...

nationality/ethnicity from American to American-Israeli or to American-Argentine, MOS:OVERLINKING country/nationality, unexplained removal of content from infobox, etc...

(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...

2013 (UTC) Comments some quick overview comments. Seems to be a lot of overlinking in the info box (e.g. litre is linked many times....) Done Infobox -...

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...

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...

Wikipedia:Featured_articles#Media_biographies which might be useful models. Avoid WP:OVERLINKing - The Simpsons is linked twice in one paragraph in the lead, for example...

is much more minor than the other two points, but I think you are WP:OVERLINKING; for instance, affection does not need to be linked when we say affectionate...

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...

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...

01:21, 10 November 2007 (UTC) Support. There are some minor issues (overlinking comes to mind), but the article is written well enough.-Wafulz 19:30...

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)...

the following articles: Daisy Nwachukwu Change career life to career Overlinking – remove some unnecessary blue links. Link a word once Remove extra spaces...

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

the gallery template. Overlink doesn't apply to tables. So focus only on the paragraphs. I see numerous instances of overlinking throughout the Municipal...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

film.[1][5]" (shift the references). Mumbai, Karachi, Pakistan - WP:OVERLINKING. "As of 15 July 2017, the film has won 39 awards" - I would cut the as...

citations, minor amounts of united text, italics issues (e.g. quotes), and Overlinking, at least. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:25, 20 May 2015 (UTC) I am still giving...

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...

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

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...

the difference. "The club has an excellent European cup record," POV. Overlinking, e.g. Baku. "In 2012-13, Group stage" as a title, not good and if you...

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...

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...

Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC) I found a trivial overlinking edit in mainspace which could not be described as vandalism. Still, there...

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

DGG ( talk ) 20:57, 18 February 2013 (UTC) This list is a case of WP:OVERLINKING as the things that were removed were stand alone articles that are linked...

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...

2009 (UTC) I cut out some unencyclopedic material including the severe overlinking. One link the the relevant main pages is enough, not every subpage needs...

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....

The lead should state the overall number of awards. There is a lot of overlinking, go through the prose and unlink articles that have already been linked...

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

so I'll try again later. toolkit checks ok. there is quite a lot of overlinking, even in the lead. Watch that you only link a term once in the lead and...

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)...

focused wikilinks, improving the clarity of piped links, and reducing overlinking Adding relevant categories Adding reliable references to unsourced statements...

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

Still mixed dates in refs. Done. Still grammar issues in the lead. Done Overlinking issues and grammar issues in the second image caption. Done. Tables do...

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...

makes it unnecessary in most instances. See Template:Convert. Watch for Overlinking I see Asteroid is linked twice in the introduction alone. I think the...

of Style suggest unlinking the dates. See MOS:UNLINKDATES. I see some overlinking involving two or more links next to each other in the text, so that it...

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...

be able to stand on its own" are a listed exception to the rules on overlinking. Thus, each row should have its information linked. The use of multiple...

guide you to information you weren't aware of? If you think this is "overlinking", why not push for a way of prioritizing links, instead of it having...

As far as I'm aware these tables are not subject to overlinking. I've never had an overlinking issue in the past. I know it's obvious, but to be consistent...

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...

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

available to demonstrate WP:N. Completely non-encyclopedic with pointless overlinking (Pig is a Fortune Telling Pig and food is Mud Burger). Johnuniq (talk)...

Satellite image doesn't need a reference in the caption. Watch for overlinking; phosphate has been linked several times. Australian dollar too. Prose...

January 2012 (UTC) Do not link the same article multiple times, see WP:OVERLINKING The article generally needs copediting. You can request one at WP:GOCE/REQ...

certianly about a non-notable subject. Also, I recommend creator reads Overlinking. Lurker your words/my deeds 15:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC) The writer got...

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

September 2008 (UTC) I think I have adressed all your comments now. If the overlinking is a preference I would leave it as it is. Another reason for this is...

easy compromise between allowing users' preferences to work and not overlinking. — BrianSmithson 20:26, 3 March 2006 (UTC) Good enough explanation for...

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...

objecting. Everyking 22:09, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC) There was way too much overlinking before I edited this. For example Armia Krajowa, Polish and Polish Government...

and house except in unusual circumstances; the resulting "sea of blue" overlinking would result in unscannable articles. The same thing happens in paragraphs...

other issues. One thing though: although I removed some, check for WP:Overlinking, and also because the page was slow I forgot to check for non-breaking...

sounded like an advertisement. Also, it was stated there is a lot of overlinking occurring in the article. Kindly assist on the fact that how can i make...

Support - as in the previous review the only issue I can see is the overlinking in the list itself of the service of each recipient (e.g. Heer, Kriegsmarine...

throwing paint on Krusty the Clown for wearing a fur coat.[56] Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example the episode Lisa the Vegeterian is linked three times in...

The figures may have changed now, but the concept of overlinking, what is and what is not overlinking, is best addressed on the talk pages of the respective...

Extension of Task 43 to pick up a different flavour of {{linktext}} overlinking. Automatic, Supervised, or Manual: Auto Programming language(s): AWB...

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

Avoid needless repetition - sites of mines are in article twice. Avoid overlinking - amber does not need to be linked twice in one paragraph Images should...

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...

list isn't that long so, in my humblest of humble opinions, this may be overlinking. Especially when Hey Baby, Don't Speak and Underneath It All aren't linked...

say that many links to Seventeen in every Infobox may be a case of WP:OVERLINKING The list of cancelled shows is another MOS:HIDE violation There appear...

includes some overlinking. Here are a few other suggestions. The tools at the top of this review page find four dead urls in citations. Overlinking. No need...

section. This should be checked throughout. Don't fall into the trap of overlinking either. Each term gets linked once in the article and once in the lead...

areas, but I did not notice the same specific behaviors (specifically overlinking) that seem to connect Favygene and Nubelbariloe. Wracking 💬 10:52, 12...

(UTC) (2) I just linked the towns, cities, and states without doing overlinking. So should I link each place for each journalist? In a sortable table...

feels more like something added to haphazardly over months Watch WP:OVERLINKing Per WP:See also, links already used in the article are generally not...

deleted the IMDB references. There are multiple repeated wikilinks WP:OVERLINKING and some misused bold. Good luck - Arjayay (talk) 10:55, 18 August 2024...

 Done Added a note. Ruslik 17:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC) There is some overlinking. For example, "Upper atmosphere" has hydrocarbons, thermosphere and UV...

the interchange is a roundabout. Distances should be cited. References Overlinking is present in the references. ABC News only needs to be wikilinked once...

WHere possible combine them with others, or perhaps expand them Watch WP:OVERLINKING - just in the lead AYUSH and Government of India are linked at least...

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...

2009 (UTC) Comment Maybe a good idea to make the key into table format Overlinking of Cricinfo Don't denote rows with only color per WP:ACCESS —Chris!c/t...

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...

Article criteria (found here). I still think that footnotes are subject to overlinking; the reference should be linked to its respective book in the bibliography...

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

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...

gunshy about this a while back when I consistently got complaints about overlinking! Matter of preference, I guess, but I'm happy to oblige one way or another...

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

page legitimacy, like fan-cruft or COI, and sort of in the same vein as overlinking. Either way, in this case, even a 'one time' name drop undermines it's...

time." "one time"-->once. This occurs several times in the article. Overlinking of Black Entertainment Television. "The awards are presented before the...

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...

paragraph of the lead (and then is linked twice in two sentences - avoid overlinking). Bold fonts are way overused in this article - see WP:MOS and read it...

anywhere in the MoS. However, generally the MoS is moving away from overlinking. For instance, the format parameter on {{cite web}} is no longer linked...

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...

is an amateur hack job. But it's not a personal website. –Fredddie™ Overlinking I'm not sure it's necessary to link town names like Ogden and Tama more...

I was hoping for some guidance as to how I can resolve the issue of overlinking! I went back and tried to remove some and make it a little cleaner, but...

somespecific issues: WP:MOS edits needed: WP:DASH/WP:HYPHEN, underlinking and overlinking, etc I will try to reduce it. I think most of it is located at the intro...

mannerisms are what strikes me as the most similar, specifically the overlinking in the first sentence, the lack of sources. Though that is a different...

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...

known to most English speakers need not be linked. There is a lot of overlinking throughout (for example, the color black is actually linked, most readers...

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...

Croat Canuck Say hello or just talk 21:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC) You're overlinking in the captions. You already have links in the list proper.  Done links...

(talk) 13:42, 1 July 2011 (UTC) Support - only issue I can see is the overlinking in the list itself of the service of each recipient (e.g. Heer, Kriegsmarine...

— 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...

bands of Ida produced widespread heavy rainfall... " - I note some mild overlinking in the article. I don't think you need to link anything more than once...

Lead The lead must specify name of publisher and date of publication. Overlinking: "widow", "domestic servant" (possibly other terms throughout article)...

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...

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...

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...

jargon where appropriate and not overlinking. The two examples you have found are clear cut examples of overlinking and have been fixed; there are some...

September 2006 (UTC) Delete for all of the above reasons, including OVERLINKING DJ Clayworth 17:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Delete - agree with Wafulz...

S. television. "American Idol" only hints at that in the last line. Overlinking. Common words like "family" and "neighborhood" don't need to be linked...

a "championship ring"? World Series linked twice in lead. Avoid this overlinking. DONE! "Thus any coach who has two separate terms as head coach is only...

ambiguous. It should be removed.  Done There is evidence in the lead of overlinking. Everyday terms (alcohol, tobacco, promiscuous sex, caffeine) should...

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...

some style issues that would require a lot of work to fix, like heavy overlinking. Dcoetzee 02:35, 27 June 2012 (UTC) Automated comment: This AfD was not...

15:21, 19 August 2010 (UTC) Comment: I've taken a hack at the hyperbole, overlinking, and grammar plus added appropriate categories and wikilinks. His job...

relevant? 3) doneMPJ-DK (talk) 00:01, 13 March 2009 (UTC) No because its overlinking of common terms that a reader should be aware of already. The only link...

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...

to improve while also (doing my best to) following the guidelines of overlinking and disruptive editing. — Zachariah15 (talk) 19:31, 10 December 2016...

"citation needed" tag that should be taken care of. There some instances of Overlinking. Try looking a simlar FA article like History of Miami to see what else...

15:17, 4 January 2012 (UTC) Comments from Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) Overlinking - no need to link "assassination" Also, generally it's not a good plan...

reference is not allowed (its used twice) and you've got a fair amount of WP:Overlinking, i.e. not every occurence of Monmouth Troy railway station, for instance...

of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way. Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example High occupancy/toll and express toll lanes is linked twice...

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

FAC. There are a number of problems with linking as well, from massive overlinking (I lost count of how many times Palermo is linked) to at least one self-referential...

pointed out a few corrections. Some of the areas pointed: - There was overlinking, i.e., substance - Capitalise the first word for the subheading - Avoid...

lead). Adityavagarwal (talk) 22:11, 18 July 2017 (UTC) There is a LOT of overlinking. Plenty of major geographical features are linked: Australia, New Zealand...

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...

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...

II" are linked on very row. Personally I would wikilink it all. The overlinking MOS states an exception for tables: "Table entries are an exception to...

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

for overlinking; words should only be linked once in an article (twice if used its linked in the lead paragraph)  Done Checked and removed overlinking from...

2010 (UTC) Symbols are in, and it looks like Chris took care of the overlinking and consistency issues. References remain the major stumbling point....

were New Democrats." "20"-->twenty. "Prior to that"-->Before that... Overlinking of elected and re-elected. Ref 5 needs a publication date—See the "date...

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...

with rewrite to remove a couple of instances of puffery and lots of overlinking. Cites enough sources in my view. Contribution history of page creator...

think not. Better to have the links come up red, hopefully to discourage overlinking. --Trovatore (talk) 19:20, 7 December 2008 (UTC) It's not likely to be...

"must". -- ALoan (Talk) 16:49, 24 April 2006 (UTC) Object. Suffers from overlinking; e.g. "The brother to the king". Fredrik Johansson 07:02, 24 April 2006...

"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...

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...

would appreciate feedback on my FLC as well. Though not mandatory at all Overlinking in lead for Zee Cine Awards. "next year Khan won" he won, no need to...

no incoming links currently, and this would only serve to encourage overlinking going forward.Coastside (talk) 16:38, 28 October 2020 (UTC) Note: some...

battleships. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:57, 18 January 2010 (UTC) there's also overlinking to be sorted. GraemeLeggett (talk) 14:58, 18 January 2010 (UTC) I've...

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

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....

missing links from the first section. At the same time, there is some overlinking; Vistula for example is not linked upon its first mention in text, then...

within it? Dyce should be linked upon first mention. Multiple overlinking of 0-4-2. Overlinking of 2-2-0. "The financial situation in 1866 had precluded buying...

research. Lists of people should not necessarily all be links. It is the overlinking of lists of names that results in biographical articles that don't satisfy...

nmakes some of the sources used reliable - luckylukeonline? Watch WP:OVERLINKing - Germany is linked twice in two sentences in the lead, for example Explain...

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...

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

February 2012 (UTC) To me, this looks much like this, this, this or this: overlinking. But well, I might be wrong...--Xtv - (my talk) - (que dius que què?)...

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...

fact Mexico is only mentioned in the context of where the plant grows Overlinking - Oaxaca is linked at least three times Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:55...

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...

influenced by the conscious intermingling" Manual of Style issues, including overlinking, hyphen/dash problems, capitalization in headings, etc General copy-editing...

the body. I notice endosome keeps getting linked which qualifies as WP:Overlinking. Thanks for picking that up. Thrombosis and thromboembolism are sometimes...

FF13-2 and Lightning in gameplay; links in the lead don't count towards overlinking. Characters "via wireless com" (munnicator) " Noel Kreiss, guilty over...

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...

after prior sock was blocked. Same edits as prior - see [3] vs [4] (see overlinking and misuse of formatting) and [5] vs [6]. Ravensfire (talk) 20:09, 16...

Mixed use of WP:DASHes-- faulty emdashes, endashes and even hyphens WP:OVERLINKing. Copyedit needs: " ... reported that prostitution in clubs are tolerated...

and other cite templates may be helpful. See WP:CITE and WP:V Watch WP:OVERLINKing - link once in the lead and once in the body of the article (at most)...

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

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...

itself but the APT speed record seems to be only in the lead. Avoid WP:OVERLINKing - for example the APT is linked twice in two sentences in just the lead...

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...

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

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...

criticism section improved by the rearrangement There are still some overlinking (decorators,the loss of his wife) and this phrase is strange "awaiting...

October 2007 (UTC) Dates are the exception to this rule. Please see Overlinking and Underlinking at The Manual of Style which asks editors to refrain...

seen. I've not really started on the notes but I can see problems with overlinking for one. All in all, it's an oppose from me. I see that you've never...

me? 17:48, 25 November 2013 (UTC) You're confusing duplinks with overlinks. Overlinking is linking common terms. Curly Turkey (gobble) 02:07, 26 November...

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...

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

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]]...

the end of your section with 4 tilde characters "~~~~" Similarity of overlinking edits and topic material. Very large number of diffs across the three...

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...

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...

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

automatically adding links in formulae throws up all sort of issues of overlinking, editorial control over links, non-obvious links and styling.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds...

picked up the duplicate detector from them too, makes it easy to pick up overlinking in one's own articles as well as persecuting FAC candidates {: Jimfbleak...

section header is Alma-Ata School of Management - which is it? Watch WP:OVERLINKing - also years and months are not generally linked I agree that this needs...

images? Most game articles have at least one fair use image Watch WP:OVERLINKing Make sure to provide context to the reader and make sure to write about...

really see exactly what. 50.78.192.57 is currently blocked for disruptive overlinking of Chinese zodiac terms, and had been warned about indiscriminately changing...

and dozens of others. Mabelina was blocked in large part for extensive overlinking of common words, easter egg links, and other MOS violations (e.g. [11])...

Personally I would, but it's not major. I know it could be considered overlinking, but at the same time, Kyle's name *not* being linked jarred me. -- SatyrTN...

Does it truly reflect the content of the article? island and state are overlinking. Also dubious is constitution. "...and in fact it is separated into two...

complaints about how colorblind people can't see the colors properly.) Some overlinking, e.g. "producer", "black and white". I don't see the reasons why the...

articles seems to be Master Chief (Halo) and Arbiter (Halo). Watch WP:OVERLINKing - Mario is linked twice just in the lead. Most people link at most once...

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...

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...

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

Appeal for both civil and criminal appeals was established. Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example Court of Appeal of Singapore is linked twice in two paragraphs...

section in favor of prose, wherever possible. Also watch out for WP:OVERLINKing - the CMA is linked twice in the lead alone A model article is useful...

(UTC) Musta accidentally looked over the Italics part. and I would think overlinking the host city column wouldn't be a bad thing and would remain consistent...

03:50, 13 December 2007 (UTC) Thank you very much for your help with the overlinking. The copyeditor's league seems to be backlogged, but I'll ask on the...

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

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...

more than once; it's linked twice in this section. Ditto for similar overlinking elsewhere in the article. References Quite a few of the citations are...

fine because it's an acronym, but the title needs fixing. I see some overlinking. The linking is like italics or bolding; it emphasizes a word or phrase...

this is OK, and the prose is saveable overall. Let's try to get the overlinking under control and see if it can't be brought up to standard. Tony (talk)...

Songs from the 1980s is a FL and seems like an ideal model. Watch WP:OVERLINKing, for example José José isl inked twice in the lead - it is OK to link...

Tuf-Kat 08:20, 30 June 2007 (UTC) Oppose over various style issues Reduce overlinking. use a proper table caption no categories?? The format for "accessdate"...

here. "twenty-three and twenty-four" 23 and 24. Just be careful about overlinking. Naruto Uzumaki, for instance, is linked in four consecutive sections...

mentioned above, everything relevant is linked. We really shouldn't be overlinking just for the sake of seeing the blue text. –Juliancolton | Talk 22:36...

issues persist, including uncited text, WP:MEDRS citations needed, WP:OVERLINKing, checks needed for dated text (sample: the largest recorded litter size...

ssen in other articles, and in the subheader here that reads, Avoid overlinking dates. The notion stated on that page that "some date preferences won't...

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

approach FA standard. Its refs need shedloads of work, MOS issues (e.g. overlinking) and per SC, the nominator has not previously invested in the article:...

things, and those annoying little images increase page-load time) and WP:OVERLINKING. The other articles should be changed as well (although not necessarily...

Gary King (talk) 03:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC) Comment There's a bit of overlinking in the references section, and newspapers should be italicized. -- Scorpion0422...

relevant and reliable, but in most cases it just causes unnecessary overlinking in the references as they should probably all be linked since you can't...

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"...

that this is a sport. Wikilinking Japan in the lead may be seen as WP:OVERLINKing - most readers will know what Japan is. At the same time, I would link...

g. singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist, studio albums, singles. Overlinking draws attention away from those terms where the link is genuinely useful...

"note" something isn't the best form for an encyclopedia. Significant overlinking is also present, particularly at the beginning. 204.193.204.17 (talk)...

dates consistent. You can install User:Evad37/duplinks-alt to review WP:OVERLINKing and duplicate links (there are some). See overuse of however and User:Tony1/How...

discussed at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (linking)/Archive 11#Does overlinking apply to the references section? with, as with so many discussions on...

some more links, e.g. kopek. On the other hand, dont overdo it, see WP:OVERLINKING. First link - Double check these. E.g. ruble is linked at 2nd use, not...

German university. (then ?) Fixed Ling.Nut 03:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Overlinking, for example Kronecker, link only the first occurrence of relevant terms...

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...

started copyediting this article, there are still redundant words, some overlinking and other issues with the prose. — Wackymacs (talk ~ edits) 07:46, 1...

on—samples only, no need to get back to me as corrections are done: WP:OVERLINKing. Don't most English speakers know words and places like witch, word-of-mouth...

structure, and strength of cohesion. The article also suffers from nasy overlinking - with numerous links irrelevant to the context or otherwise simply redundant...

class. -Indy beetle (talk) 03:02, 30 December 2017 (UTC) No DABs No overlinking Link rammed, main battery, knots, squadron, Baltic Sea, torpedo, submarine...

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...

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

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...

2022 (UTC) Unlink United States in article name and also because that’s overlinking, which we have a policy about somewhere around here Unbold “the” in article...

ones [10] [11], also note similarity in POV [12] [13]; [14] habit of overlinking [15]. Interaction [16]. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:24, 14 October 2024...

shorter ones to make a less choppy section. Look through the article for overlinking. It's generally not necessary to link unusual terms more than once in...

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:...

full of overlinkings to common English words that it was difficult to read for someone whose first language is English. I see that the overlinking has been...

some overlinking of units, such as "K", "kJ·mol−1" and "kJ/mol" (one form should be used). Solved the consistency problem, but the overlinking is due...

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...

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...

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

videos need individual sources. Some references are bare and there is WP:OVERLINKING General formatting is appalling. All tables and columns should be equally...

sortable. The order is arbitrary after the first sort. Because of this, overlinking is allowed on sortable lists. Wouldn't this apply to your suggestion...

which of the tpes of Hypertrichosis are pictured in each. Done Watch WP:OVERLINKing - just in the lead image caption there are two links to the same article...

December 2010 (UTC) Comments – The biggest problem I see in the article is overlinking. To provide a couple of examples, I saw four Ogden links at various points...

of a professional standard. The latter is breached by the significant overlinking. Trivial words such as "air" and "seventeenth century" and "church",...

Microsoft Windows hyperlinked? Watch out for overlinking in this article, because I see excessive overlinking in the version releases Last sentence should...

“Overview” . “Series One”, Series Two”, etc. seems appropriate. Overlinking I see a bit of overlinking. For example, I don't think you need to link "Emmy for the...

[[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...

makes it more useful, but too many links can be distracting. To avoid overlinking, you should normally create a link in an article only at the first occurrence...

Paris is the most common place for those to come from? There's a lot of overlinking - "Paris" is linked every time it appears, for instance, which is definitely...

perhaps WP:BOLDFACE and WP:OVERLINKING. Boldface is useful to highlight the main achievements in the long texts, while WP:OVERLINKING might not hold for such...

my opinion, but not impossible to make so. There is a gross amount of overlinking, prose is a bit dodgy in places, quite a lot of missing authors of "considered...

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...

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...

Historical societies and names of companies. Please see WP:CONTEXT regarding overlinking of common terms like acting. Also TV & film industry; an & in the lead...

apparently, of some significance to Mexican culture. But there is no point in overlinking.  ​‑‑Lambiam 16:14, 18 March 2026 (UTC) Thank you, cantera led me to...

of The Daily Show recurring segments which would probably be seen as overlinking at FAC. Also I would try to provide more context - identify correspondents...

country? The list measures by country, not by region. There is also overlinking in the region column, each region need only be wikilinked once. Per Circeus...

prose needs going over by someone new to the text. There is some severe overlinking in the lead. Words should only be linked on their first appearance, and...

difficult to follow because of the layout MOS issues - hyphens/dashes, overlinking, etc File:Pick-Sloan_Plan.png: source link returns error. Same for...

abbreviation the first time, so Brigham Young University (BYU). Watch overlinking - BYU is linked in the lead and then at least the next two sections,...

here improve readability? – Any issues with headings in sentence case, overlinking, quotation style, or date consistency (dmy)? Specific checks 1) “Blackwall...

to tell a story in chronological order - this seems jumbled Avoid WP:OVERLINKing Internet refs need URL, title, author if known, publisher and date accessed...

you should just pick the one best source and use it. Watch out for overlinking. Things like PhD and US$ really don’t need links.  Done You link Brin...

weren't something in Washington DC that bears his name. Please watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example Pork barrel is linked three times in the lead, and should...

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...

Restructured. Hmlarson (talk) 18:30, 6 March 2017 (UTC) There is a bit of overlinking in the "International goals" section. *Why is "2004 CONCACAF Women's...

name for each section (I think there are too many headers too) Watch WP:OVERLINKing It seems to me that the article could be tightened somewhat by avoiding...

these should be combined with others or perhaps expanded. Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example Growing Power is linked 7 times in the article. Once each...

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...

way but I am not sure the modes (game play) are in the lead Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example Nintendo is linked twice in two sentences. In general links...

in something like the sun or wind? Clarified. There is quite a bit of overlinking that I found in the article - some of it I removed, but another check...

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

University) in St. Louis, Missouri ... under Oliver Lake[11]. See WP:PCR Watch overlinking - Downtown music is linked at least twice in two paragraphs, for example...

see no mention of Santiago Bernabéu Yeste and Los Galácticos Watch WP:OVERLINKing - Spanish Super Cup is linked twice in just the lead I also wonder if...

focused wikilinks, improving the clarity of piped links, and reducing overlinking Adding relevant categories Adding reliable references to unsourced statements...

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...

small enough and dropping the link to the PMID article is helpful due to overlinking problems. Frietjes (talk) 18:19, 22 June 2015 (UTC) @Frietjes and Magioladitis:...

Apologies. AustralianRupert (talk) 22:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC) be careful of overlinking terms, for example you have linked Air Force Systems Command twice in...

italicized usually, but is not in at least one place. ALso avoid WP:OVERLINKing - Only Fools and Horses is linked five times in the article - three is...

section should be avoided. Quote the key phrases, paraphrase the rest. Overlinking. This is particularly evident in the lead. The links on "English", "writer"...

images check out well and sources look high quality. Disambiguation done, overlinking removed. All links check out okay. Tom B (talk) 19:45, 18 October 2009...

president Woodrow Wilson Watch for "the ship" and "her" in the description. Overlinking on fiscal year, deck, dry dock and a bunch of terms in the description...

TGilmour (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2011 (UTC) In the references, I see a lot of overlinking (IFPI for example) and written in italicface, which is false (International...

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...

was fine. Thanks. --Efe (talk) 13:34, 13 February 2009 (UTC) Watch for Overlinking - Soulja Boy Tell Em is linked twice in one paragraph, did not carefully...

catch the eye of a reviewer on the GAC. It's also a good idea to avoid overlinking, a temptation to which I've often succumbed. If I remember correctly...

can find is [2], which mentions only possible impacts. Watch out for overlinking. Whoa! My goodness! I'll clamped it down. Done Check again, there are...

already verifies her performance, I removed the FindArticles source. Overlinking; an item only needs to be linked the first time it is mentioned; twice...

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...

therapy / therapies were. Provide context to the reader - see WP:PCR Overlinking has been corrected. The context is not clear from the source. Hard to...

give in. It's now changed to "Regular cast:" There seems to be a lot of overlinking. Could the directors and writers be linked to only once in each season...

15 March 2009 (UTC) There are some overlinking problems in the "References" section. The majority of the overlinking in this case is for consistancy, but...

use: "Dharamsala in India" Too many single sentence paragraphs Reduce overlinking. No need to link China and India so many times. rock singer Annie Lennox...

could be more descriptive of the images. Some images missing captions. Overlinking in article. How many links do we need to Bloomsbury, Scholastic, and...

not a long job. I'd like to see this work on and kept, if possible. Overlinking is a major problem. I've upsized a few of the tiny images. "Holloway...

paragraphs or sections with others, or perhaps expand them. Watch WP:OVERLINKing - articles are linked once in the lead and once in the body, both on...

appending something like (ed.). What do you think? Second, about WP:OVERLINKing in references. I haven't heard of this guideline being applied to citation...

have alt text (not an ACR requirement) no dablinks no external links no overlinking Earwig indicates a close match for part of the final para of this article...

unlikely to get a Wikipedia page any time soon. I think I got most of the overlinking now. All instances of 1UP.com, SwankWorld etc should be italicised. Already...

director, John Wesley Powell" again the issues about Powell's full name and overlinking. Suggest rephrase: "under Powell, who had become the USGS director" First...

archiving this nomination. I might note also that there's some serious overlinking in the article, e.g. professional, amateur, historian, and what seems...

needed throughout before FAC - seeing some overlinking, overuse of ellipses, etc Tackled the overlinking. Will request the guild of copyeditors to go...

is stepping it up.' And I was like, 'Yeah, it is my tour.' ? Watch WP:OVERLINKing - for example United States does not need a link Refs are generally nicely...

of date - better to say something like "as of December 2011" Watch WP:OVERLINKing - terms are generally linked once in the lead and once in the body, at...

("whit", "apated", etc) WP:MOS issues: ranges need endashes not hyphens, overlinking, etc FURs for non-free images generally need to be improved, particularly...

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

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...

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

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

would avoid linking "London" in the sources, seems nothing more than WP:Overlinking Reliability Are the Headley refs even needed? It seems less than ideal...

1852 led to formation of a new constitutional assembly." Be wary of overlinking. For example, "heads of state" does not need to be linked twice in the...

first instance should be linked, ft and m are linked multiple times. Overlinking: De link U.S. in route description. If somebody hasn't figured out what...

of inappropriate philosophy categories and links in disregard of MOS:OVERLINKING and WP:OVERCATEGORIZATION, often hitting the same pages multiple times...

appropriate target for merging. Right now, I'm trying to clean up the overlinking and converting the infoboxes to {{Infobox fictional vehicle}}. --Farix...

diffhist m Jani Haapamäki 02:55 −12 Bringingthewood talk contribs (MOS:OVERLINK) diffhist Everlasting Flame 02:22 +19 SirZPthundergod9001 talk contribs...

actions" mean? Are some important words missing from the quote perhaps? Overlinking You Tube is linked four times in the "Online videos" section. Richard...

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...

them. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 06:30, 28 May 2010 (UTC) Pls check for overlinking, for instance Sid Barnes is linked twice in the space of a few paragraphs...