User talk:Jordanwdunne

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Your edit in the Sean Bean article

Hi, and welcome to editing Wikipedia. You correctly used Wikipedia formatting syntax to link Sean Bean. That's good. However there are a few very important, simple principles (the Five pillars) for building this collaborative encyclopedia. Over the years, many principles and guidelines have developed that help us work together. Some rules give the articles a uniform look; these are necessary since Wikipedia is produced by volunteers and has no centralized editorial staff as conventional encyclopedias do.

One of these rules concerns linking: only link the first occurrence of a word, name, or phrase in an article. Your edit linked the second occurrence of Boromir; Boromir is linked in the Career section of the article. Therefore I reverted your edit.

We follow the rules even if we believe a different version would be an improvement. Any editor can start a discussion suggesting changes]]. I am of two minds concerning 'only one link' but follow the rule until it is modified. I think that in some articles, obscure words or names (as Boromir would be to a reader with no knowledge of Lord of the Rings) should be linked more than once, especially in long articles. This will help a reader who, upon reaching a later occurrence, having become more interested in the word or name, wants to learn more, but does not remember the location of the linked occurrence. For the moment, I follow the rule as it is—one day I may start a discussion to change it.

I hope you will enjoy building Wikipedia. Do not be concerned about making mistakes. They are easily corrected. —Neonorange (Phil) 05:22, 19 December 2019 (UTC)