Editing Talk:Jewish holidays (section)

== Section links ==

{{replyto|StevenJ81}} When readers click on a wikilink, they expect it to take them to the article on the linked topic, if such an article exists. That is the way the vast majority of wikilinks on Wikipedia work. So, for example, if the text "Rosh Hashanah" is linked, the link normally leads to the article [[Rosh Hashanah]]. The links in this article that work differently are confusing and disorienting, and I see no benefit to them. I tried to fix that with [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jewish_holidays&type=revision&diff=729339932&oldid=728653490 these edits], but you reverted them. Could you please explain why?

To be clear, I'm not objecting to the use of section links altogether. There are some section links in this article that I think are appropriate. The problem is when a link that looks like it should go to [[Rosh Hashanah]] instead goes to [[Jewish holidays#Rosh Hashanah]], for example. —[[User:Mr. Granger|Granger]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Mr. Granger|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Mr. Granger|contribs]]) 15:34, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

:{{ping|Mr. Granger}} I certainly take your point. However, this article is relatively unusual, in that it contains material summaries on each of the holidays. It's more than a list article, yet is not a fully detailed article on any one particular holiday. My assumption in building the article this way—and it was done intentionally—was that people might or might not be looking for full-blown articles on particular holidays. Instead, they might equally be looking to see how the individual holiday fits into the overall scheme of holidays. Therefore these links go to sections, which in turn all have links to the full article on the linked topic. Someone wanting to go forward to the full article has to click twice instead of once—not a great strain—while someone wishing to stay in the general article can easily navigate around.
:Additionally, the article has generally been stable for a while. So I'd like to give others who watch this page an opportunity to comment. If they prefer your approach I'll be more than happy to go along. But I'd like to leave it open for discussion for a few days first, if you don't mind. Thanks. [[User:StevenJ81|StevenJ81]] ([[User talk:StevenJ81|talk]]) 15:47, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

::Thanks for the explanation. I do see your point. I'll keep this page on my watchlist, and we can see if anyone else weighs in. —[[User:Mr. Granger|Granger]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Mr. Granger|talk]] '''·''' [[Special:Contributions/Mr. Granger|contribs]]) 15:54, 11 July 2016 (UTC)