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There is currently an RfC at [[Talk:Ryukyu Kingdom#RfC: Infobox]] concerning the MoS of the article. Thank you. '''[[User:Sturmgewehr88|<span style="background:black"><span style="color:red">ミーラー強斗武</span>]]</span>''' ([[User_talk:Sturmgewehr88|StG88ぬ会話]]) 19:52, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
== Linking to sections ==
The main MOS says this:
:'''Linking to sections:''' A hash sign (#) followed by the appropriate heading will lead to a relevant part of a page. For example, <code><nowiki>[[Apostrophe#Use in non-English names]]</nowiki></code> links to a particular section of the article [[Apostrophe]].
However, [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking]] says:
:If you decide not to use a [[#Redirects|redirect]], you have to use a piped link, because the format "Article name#Section name" is inappropriate for display in an article.
A few points:
1. The MOS should not give as an example a format which is stated elsewhere to be bad practice.
2. While I agree with the sentiment expressed in the second quote above, the wording "have to" seems odd to me. It seems to be implying that the link will not work otherwise, which is incorrect.
3. No advice is given about cases where there is no obvious paraphrase, or where it may be confusing to present users with what appears to be a link to an article only to throw them into a subsection of a different article. The best solution that I have seen uses the section sign, §, i.e. <code><nowiki>[[Article#Section | Article § Section]]</nowiki></code>. It would be useful for this to be mentioned.
4. The section [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Piped]] gives, and apparently endorses, the example {{xt|<code><nowiki>[[Oman#Culture|culture of Oman]]</nowiki></code>}}, but then goes on to say that links to sections like "Eastern Anyshire#History" are "bad practice" because an article "History of Eastern Anyshire" could later be created. It is unclear why the same does not apply to "Culture of Oman".
[[Special:Contributions/109.157.11.14|109.157.11.14]] ([[User talk:109.157.11.14|talk]]) 05:02, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
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