Autolinking here on meta

I have a similar feedback as Moin.

Super useful. It saves a lot of time and energy.

There are, for sure, edgy cases where the same word is auto-linked too many times in guides.
Possible suggestions:

  • Limit the number of times the word is linked – at least once per paragraph or ideally once per section if feasible).
  • Exclude self-auto-linking in the topic that the link is referring to.
  • Exclude auto-linking in headings
  • If it still doesn’t help for some guide, we can see how to improve the text.

Overall, it’s really good and convenient. I would be careful about what words to add, though. [1]


About what to add, let’s see,

  • A few reference guides for users, moderators, admins, and developers (and potentially the index ones; maybe it’s too early for that, though).

I wonder what the statistics are. Based on how often a link is referred to, it could be a good idea to add a keyword for that link. :thinking:


  1. For example, trust level would be likely overwhelming without any control. ↩︎

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