Editing Eurovision Wiki:Village pump (policy) (section)

== Suggested links is problematic ==

For example, this suggestion (the second link) [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Delieuvin&curid=65578197&diff=1343182980&oldid=1334602621 to link a reference to a fairly ancient sketch to the obviously unrelated more recent magazine, ''The Sketch'']. I have seen numerous instances of editors following suggestions for equally bad links. This is doing more harm than good. [[User:BD2412|<span style="background:gold">'''''BD2412'''''</span>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 22:54, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:That's a bad one. Please raise it on [[Wikipedia talk:Growth Team features]]. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 09:01, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:In my view, responsibility lies primarily with the editor who added the incorrect link. I see [[User_talk:Electronmore#Wikilinks|they have already been warned]] and have agreed to do better, though this is now their third warning. You are welcome to suggest modifications to the suggestion algorithm, but calling it "problematic" because someone can't be bothered to check their work misses the real issue. If I make a mistake, I expect to be blamed; I do not expect people to blame the visual editor, or Twinkle, or my computer. '''[[User:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">Toadspike</span>]] [[User talk:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">[Talk]</span>]]''' 09:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
::I agree. The link suggestion feature isn't supposed to be doing the thinking; otherwise we'd just have a bot which automatically implements the link suggestions. Obviously it's a bad suggestion, but we should also be able to trust the editors using it to give it some thought and make sure that the link they're adding is actually relevant and adds something to the article. After all, the whole point of the link suggestion feature is to be a low-risk way for newer editors to contribute. If anything, the occasional bad suggestion encouraging them to use some critical thought in their editing is a feature, not a bug. [[User:Athanelar|Athanelar]] ([[User talk:Athanelar|talk]]) 12:57, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:::Yes, but it'd be nice if we could have the best of both worlds:  better algorithm-based suggestions ''and'' better human thinking. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 20:42, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:::: For the record, I wouldn't have raised it here at all had I not seen the problem [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Law_school_dean&diff=1330740979&oldid=1239560751 arise more than once]. [[User:BD2412|<span style="background:gold">'''''BD2412'''''</span>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 21:37, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
:: {{re|Chipmunkdavis}} I have started a discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:Growth Team features#Suggested links are problematic]]. {{re|Toadspike}}, I gather that suggested links are a tool for newbies to get use to editing. I ''do'' hold the algorithm responsible if it is making suggestions based primarily on a linkable phrase appearing in some vaguely connectable context. [[User:BD2412|<span style="background:gold">'''''BD2412'''''</span>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 00:42, 14 March 2026 (UTC)