Forum:CT Archive/Linking to colors

This consensus track concerns whether we should link to colors.

At present, we have several articles on colors which function as disambiguation pages. They direct the reader to a variety of articles that have the particular color in its title. A recent trend has developed among some users to link any occurrence of a color to these disambiguation pages. I think we should stop this practice.

First, these color articles are disambig pages. The disambig template specifically says:
 * If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it to point directly to the intended page.

Therefore, there is a logical inconsistency in linking there. Second, I fail to see how linking to a color aids the reader of the encyclopedia in any way. A color is a color. It has no different meaning in Star Wars than in the real world. Therefore, the reader gains nothing by the link to it.

If this CT succeeds, it would be a simple task to get a bot to remove the links so there will be no great effort needed on the part of Wookieepedians. If, and this is a big if, there is a color I am unaware of that is unique to the Star Wars universe, I would be happy to link to that, but we could cross that bridge if we come to it.

As usual, please do not start any new voting options without first discussing.

Don't link to color disambiguation pages

 * 1) --Eyrezer 10:32, May 14, 2010 (UTC)