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<h2>IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES</h2>
'''Links''' should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable  
This is an imported revision from Wikispaces. The revision metadata is included below for reference:<br>
 
: This revision was by author [[User:xenwolf|xenwolf]] and made on <tt>2017-01-13 03:45:51 UTC</tt>.<br>
<ul><li>it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? "...what are your pointing to...", "...what's the name of this ''thing''..." )</li><li>there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window?)</li><li>its psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology</li></ul>
: The original revision id was <tt>604005064</tt>.<br>
: The revision comment was: <tt></tt><br>
The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br>
<h4>Original Wikitext content:</h4>
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">**Links** should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable  
* it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? "...what are your pointing to...", "...what's the name of this //thing//..." )
* there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window?)
* its psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology


== Bad text ==
== Bad text ==
* here
<ul><li>here</li><li>click here</li></ul>''todo: add realistic examples''
* click here
//todo: add realistic examples//


== Good text ==
== Good text ==
To find a good text for your link, you have to think a bit about your text, sometimes, you have to rewrite a section. If nothing helps, add a section that explicitly prepares for a list, make this list typographically obvious and use the page title of the link targets (there are helpful add-ons for browsers).
To find a good text for your link, you have to think a bit about your text, sometimes, you have to rewrite a section. If nothing helps, add a section that explicitly prepares for a list, make this list typographically obvious and use the page title of the link targets (there are helpful add-ons for browsers).
//todo: add realistic examples//
 
''todo: add realistic examples''


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
...there are a lot of articles about this issue
...there are a lot of articles about this issue


* [[https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/ask-pecan/click-here|What’s wrong with using "Click Here" links? | Web Access]]
<ul><li>[https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/ask-pecan/click-here What’s wrong with using "Click Here" links? | Web Access]</li><li>[https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/links-should-never-say-click-here/ Why Your Links Should Never Say "Click Here" – Smashing Magazine]</li><li>[http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478171 HTML Class: Creating Links to Other Pages]</li></ul>     [[Category:help]]
* [[https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/links-should-never-say-click-here/|Why Your Links Should Never Say "Click Here" – Smashing Magazine]]
[[Category:link]]
* [[http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478171|HTML Class: Creating Links to Other Pages]]</pre></div>
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<h4>Original HTML content:</h4>
[[Category:todo:add_examples]]
<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;here-links&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt; should have meaningful text, something like &amp;quot;here&amp;quot; is not acceptable &lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:todo:expand]]
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? &amp;quot;...what are your pointing to...&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;...what's the name of this &lt;em&gt;thing&lt;/em&gt;...&amp;quot; )&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window?)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;its psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:wiki]]
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc0"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Bad text"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 --&gt; Bad text &lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;here&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;click here&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;em&gt;todo: add realistic examples&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc1"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Good text"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 --&gt; Good text &lt;/h2&gt;
To find a good text for your link, you have to think a bit about your text, sometimes, you have to rewrite a section. If nothing helps, add a section that explicitly prepares for a list, make this list typographically obvious and use the page title of the link targets (there are helpful add-ons for browsers).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;todo: add realistic examples&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc2"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Further reading"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --&gt; Further reading &lt;/h2&gt;
...there are a lot of articles about this issue&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/ask-pecan/click-here" rel="nofollow"&gt;What’s wrong with using &amp;quot;Click Here&amp;quot; links? | Web Access&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/links-should-never-say-click-here/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Why Your Links Should Never Say &amp;quot;Click Here&amp;quot; – Smashing Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478171" rel="nofollow"&gt;HTML Class: Creating Links to Other Pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

Revision as of 00:00, 17 July 2018

Links should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable

  • it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? "...what are your pointing to...", "...what's the name of this thing..." )
  • there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window?)
  • its psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology

Bad text

  • here
  • click here

todo: add realistic examples

Good text

To find a good text for your link, you have to think a bit about your text, sometimes, you have to rewrite a section. If nothing helps, add a section that explicitly prepares for a list, make this list typographically obvious and use the page title of the link targets (there are helpful add-ons for browsers).

todo: add realistic examples

Further reading

...there are a lot of articles about this issue

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