User talk:Nickj/Can We Link It

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Hi ! nice tool, thanks. I have tried it for Study Skills, I haven't had the occasion to test it horoughly but seems good. --Khalid hassani 20:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Apostrophe problem?

I seem to be having problems using the tool for St. Brendan's Island and I think it is having problems with the apostrophe. The output is:

The "St. Brendan\'s Island" article text was empty, or does not exist, or could not be retrieved. Maybe it's not a valid Wikipedia article? To search for link suggestions for more pages, click here.

--NHSavage 19:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi NHSavage, and thank you for the heads up! It was definitely a bug with apostrophes. I've updated it, and it should be fixed now - e.g. seems to show the suggestions okay, and save and apply them okay - but if you notice anything else wrong please let me know. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 06:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good work, very useful

Tool works and is very useful. Used it for US article and it came-up with lots of relevant suggestions. Thanks Tom 16:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Though I haven't used it, myself, somebody used it *on* an article I wrote. Please use this tool with caution. The article I wrote was so overlinked it looked absurd. I grant that some suggestions were excellent, but linking to articles that have nothing to do with the article one is reading is just plain distracting. Jeffpw 16:21, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Seconded! This tool simply works amazingly well — perhaps better than human editors in some situations. I think the {{wikify}} template should include a direct link to your tool. :)
Although I also agree with jeffpw — perhaps the tool should explicitly warn/notify the user about overlinking and relevant linking. -- intgr 01:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion: non-javascript interface

It would be good to include users of non-javascript enabled browsers, such as links, lynx, w3m, as well as users who have turned off javascript in their browser. -Pgan002 22:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nice job!

Very interesting tool. I've set it on my favorites and I'll be using it often. Thanks! Kafziel Talk 17:06, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Yes We Can!

Very useful! I discovered this yesterday and have tried it on a couple of articles so far – an excellent addition to the Wikipedia armory – which should, I think, be given more publicity.

But, how on earth does it work? Do you have an expanding database of all Wikipedia articles for it to search through? An explanation (in laymans' terms, please!) would be most interesting. Regards – Agendum 10:17, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apostrophes

The same glitch was produced when I used the page a minute ago. The tool is fantastic, just added 30-40 useful links to the Palace of Versailles article. Thanks! —Dogears (talk • contribs) 00:44, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] &?

Hello! As I've mentioned before, your tool is great. However, it does not seem to accept articles which contain an ampersand (&), such as East Durham & Houghall Community College. I've tried replacing it with "&", but the tool simply states that no article by the name of "East Durham " exists. Just FYI! Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 13:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special characters

As has been pointed out above, this script seems to have occasional trouble with special characters. I have just removed a stray backslash (escape character gone spare?). May I also suggest a link from this tool's page to the guidelines WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOS-L? Enthusiastic use of this tool may lead to serious overlinking. Thank you. — mholland 13:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quick question

Hi Nickj,

I just wanted to say great job on the tool. I've been using it for a while and some of the suggestions it comes up with are pretty impressive.

On a somewhat related note, I'm the author of a very simple script called Tags which basically helps editors add frequently used maintenance templates to articles. A few minutes ago, I added an option to wikify an article using Can we link it (at this time, disabled by default) and I just wanted to make sure you didn't have any objections. Thanks and keep up the good work, -- Seed 2.0 16:55, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

No objections at all - please feel free to include it or link to it in any tools you wish. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 09:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. :) --S up? 09:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Erhm...

This is a very nice and incredibly useful tool, but one thought that occurs to me is that it would be quite easy to use this tool for link spamming. Have you considered this yet, and if so, have you taken any steps to protect against it? --Dinoguy1000 Talk 20:01, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] trailing blanks

I noticed that if a pasted-in article title has a trailing blank CWLI won't find the article. Andyvphil 17:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Good job!

Great tool! It's suggesting some good links I wouldn't have thought of. And I love the ability to click on the suggestion to see what the page being linked to really is. This is an awesome addition to the DEP arsenal.--Fabrictramp (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work! - Rjd0060 (talk) 04:38, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Doesn't seem to be working

Many of the articles I type in, it doesn't find. When it does find an article and I make my selections, then submit them, it never connects. Will this be fixed anytime soon? I'd love to use it, it looks like an awesome tool. --Skylights76 (talk) 21:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Me too. When it does find an article and I make my selections, then submit them, it never connects. It looks as if it will be really useful when it works though. --Northernhenge (talk) 11:47, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
It's working for me now. I've just used it on Clannad and it came up with some really helpful suggestions. --Northernhenge (talk) 22:39, 11 June 2008 (UTC)