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22: 590: 625: 996: 923: 850: 777: 166:-- with the 's' included in the highlighted link text. I actually looked for guidance on the apostrophe question (though perhaps not hard enough) in the MOS before reverting. Having it outside the link text just looks wrong to my eye, but I suppose that doesn't mean much if that the way it should be... Is this documented somewhere? 172:
Thanks for pointing out the issue with the book title. Some later printings used different titles, including the one I linked to in the ref, but I agree using the original name would be an improvement. (Especially since the link appears to be dead.) I'll change book title and make a direct link to
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template, just like you did last October 30. You immediately reverted your change, and I don't know why. Your comment at the time was "reverting due to messed-up legend; timeline experts take a look...". Well, I'm no expert, but it looks fine to me. Let me know if the current version needs more
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should be preferred? After all these are just different forms of the base word. Why should the possessive form be singled out and excluded from the link? In the end it is no a big deal either way, but strange there is apparently no solid guidance on this. Best,
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Hm, with me, it's the other way around, it looks wrong (and feels illogical) to me as part of the linked area, but I, too, couldn't point to a section in the MoS where it's dealt with. Still, I thought that's how it's usually handled – ain't 100% sure about it,
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I definitely understand your point... and now that I look around, it does appear the more common way of doing it. But I suppose my objection is from a typographic perspective. The unhighlighted '
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I don't think there's anything wrong with "Shakespeare's Hamlet", only that, again, if I wikilinked both terms, I'd keep "'s" outside the brackets, rendering it like this: "
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looks as if it is just dangling there. While I do think there is logic to the reasoning that the link is referring to the article/person proper, might it also follow that
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Hi there ὁ οἶστρος! Sorry for my confusing terminology, I'm quite sure "suffix trick" isn't the real name for it. All I meant was the behavior where ]s renders as
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As far as the possessive phrasing itself, it is intended in the same way one might say "Shakespeare's Hamlet". I had thought that was an acceptable usage.
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I didn't mean to imply you chose the wrong book title. Both seem to be in use, and I don't know the usage of which is appropriate. –
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article. Do you know if there is any way to get one of those online? A link would be very much appreciated if you have one.
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As an aside, to avoid redirection, "John Smith (explorer)" should be used in place of "John Smith of Jamestown", anyway.
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Nah, I don't think that compares. Even something like the following (second link) seems perfectly fine to me:
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I love your articles, but I also love the marlin(e)spike that you used for the photo accompanying the
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Why? Because it's still the subject per se that's referenced, as opposed to something
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include the apostrophe in the link, it's because it's part of a name, as with "
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future. Anyways, apologies for the inconvenience or frustration. Cheers,
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unfortunately the suffix trick doesn't work with an intervening apostrophe
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Awesome, thanks so much for the info (on my talk page).
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