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'''[[Wikilinks]]''' [[allows]] [[an]] [[article]] [[to]] [[be]] [[WP:POINT|pointed]] [[to]] [[by]] [[enclosure|enclosing]] [[the]] [[WP:Article title|article's title]] [[in]] [[square brackets]][[Full stop|.]] [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking|This]] [[allows]] [[the]] [[editing|editor]] [[to]] [[Hyperlink|link]] [[to]] [[:ja:ガロア拡大での素イデアルの分解|another]] [[article]] [[Farringdon Without|without]] [[have|having]] [[to]] [[type]] [[in]] [[the]] [[URL]] [[of]] [[the]] [[article]] [[or]] [[enclosure|enclose]] [[it]] [[in]] [[HTML]] [[anchor]] [[tags]][[Full stop|.]]

[[This]] [[article]] [[Copula (linguistics)|is]] [[an]] [[attempt]] [[to]] [[gather]] [[information]] [[supporting]] [[the]] [[assertion]] [[that]] [[wikilinks]] [[are]] [[harmful]] [[to]] [[Wikipedia]][[Full stop|.]] [[Convenience]] [[is]] [[often]] [[cited]] [[as]] [[the]] [[reason]] [[for]] [[using]] [[wikilinks]][[Full stop|.]] [[Certainly]][[comma|,]] [[it]] [[offers]] [[a]] [[useful]] [[shortcut]] [[to]] [[creating]] [[links]] [[and]] [[allows]] [[the]] [[Hyperlink|links]] [[to]] [[point]] [[to]] [[the]] [[same]] [[article]] [[regardless]] [[of]] [[article]] [[moves]][[Full stop|.]] [[This]] [[helps]] [[to]] [[tie]] [[many]] [[articles]] [[of]] [[similar]] [[interest]] [[together]][[Full stop|.]]

== [[Why]] [[Chicken Wings|wikilinks]] [[are]] [[considered harmful]] ==
* [[ALL (complexity)|All]] [[those]] [[blue]] [[words]] [[are]] [[confusing]][[Full stop|.]] [[It]] [[makes]] [[the]] [[reader]] [[think]][[comma|,]] [["]]''[[What]] [[should]] [[I]] [[do]] [[with]] [[this]][[?]] [[Click]][[? (film)|?]] [[Or]] [[just]] [[view]] [[and]] [[appreciate]] [[the]] [[simplicity]] [[of]] [[this]] [[tranquil]] [[blue]] [[text]] [[floating]] [[in]] [[a]] [[sea]] [[of]] [[black]][[Question Mark (aircraft)|?]]''[['|"]] [[Many]] [[users]] [[think]] [[this]] [[is]] [[potentially]] [[harmful]] [[to]] [[readers]] [[and]] [[may]] [[cause]] [[Halt and Catch Fire|overheating]][[Full stop|.]] [[The]] [[color]] [[Blue (Da Ba Dee)|blue]] [[has]] [[also]] [[been]] [[Correlation|linked]] [[to]] [[depression (mood)|depression]] [[and]] [[reduce]]d [[Cerne Abbas Giant|fertility]][[Full stop|.]]
* [[Heavily]] [[V. V. S. Laxman|wikilinked]] [[texts]] [[resemblance|resemble]] [[spaghetti code]][[Full stop|.]] [[Dansevise|Doubly]] [[so]] [[if]] [[You Got Served|you]] [[have]] [["]][[Display]] [[Lynx|links]] [[to]] [[disambiguation]] [[pages]] [[in]] [[The Annoying Orange|orange]][["]] [[activated]] [[in]] [[your]] [[Special:Preferences|preferences]][[comma|,]] [[because]] [[half]] [[of]] [[these]] [[pages]] [[Copula (linguistics)|are]][[Full stop|.]]
** [[Having]] [[Green (color)|green]] [[links]] [[for (disambiguation)|for]] [[WP:REDIR|redirects]][[Comma|,]] [[Which (disambiguation)|which]] [[Can (disambiguation)|can]] [[be]] [[Found (disambiguation)|found]] [[User:BrandonXLF/greenRedirects|here]] [[And (disambiguation)|and]] [[WP:VIZ|here]] [[The Can|can]] [[Create (disambiguation)|create]] [[Even (disambiguation)|even]] [[More (disambiguation)|more]] [[Choas|chaos]] [[WHEN|when]] [[compounded]] [[With (disambiguation)|with]] [[Yellow (disambiguation)|yellow]] [[Aand|and]] [[blue]] [[Rick roll|links]][[Full stop|.]] 
* [[Is It True? (Yohanna song)|<span style="color: var(--color-destructive, #ba0000);">If a link points to a page that does not exist yet, the link appears as red (also called a "redlink"), which looks bad. The color red has also been linked to fire and feelings of anger. ARRGHH!</span>]]

* [[Every]] [[time]] [[a]] [[page]] [[is]] [[moved]][[comma|,]] [[all]] [[the]] [[WikiLeaks|wikilinks]] [[that]] ''[[incorrectly]]'' [[point]] [[to]] [[the]] [[old]] [[site]] [[Will Shortz|will]] [[now]] [[point]] [[to]] [[a]] [[SEQUEL|redirect]][[comma|,]] [[making]] [[the]] [[servers]] [[pull]] [[up]] '''[[New England|two pages in a row]]'''[[Full stop|.]]
* [[Amar pelos dois|All]] [[of]] [[these]] [[Nash equilibrium|actions]] [[deadlock|waste]] [[valuable]] [[server]] [[resources]][[Full stop|.]]
* [[True]] [[WP:BSI|Wikipedians]] [[never]] [[need]] [[links]] [[anyway]][[Full stop|.]] [[That]] [[is]] [[what]] [[the]] [[DuckDuckGo|search bar]] [[was]] [[invented]] [[for]][[Full stop|.]]
** [[And]] [[all]] [[of]] [[that]] [[scrolling]] [[is]] [[good]] [[for]] [[their]] [[Thanos|fingers]][[John Cena|.]]
* [[Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1894)|Wikilinks]] [[create]] [[many]] [[problems]] [[Fly on the Wings of Love|for]] [[readers]] [[using]] [[smartphone]]s [[or]] [[other]] [[touch]] [[screen]] [[devices]][[comma|,]] [[as]] [[they]] [[make]] [[it]] [[difficult]] [[to]] [[scroll]] [[through]] [[an]] [[Fairytale (Alexander Rybak song)|article]] [[Farringdon Without|without]] [[failure|accidentally]] [[clicking]] [[on]] [[a]] [[link]][[Full stop|.]] [[This]] [[can]] [[be]] [[frustration|frustrating]] [[if....|if]] [[pages]] [[load]] [[Despacito|slowly]] [[on]] [[Reader's Digest|readers']] [[devices]][[Full stop|.]]

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== [[See]] [[also]] ==
* [[Wikipedia:Avoid using preview button]]
* [[Wikipedia:Blue Sea with a sea of blue]]
* [[MOS:SEAOFBLUE]]

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