# Fill your post with Wikipedia links.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-your-post-with-wikipedia-links/404657>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 18, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-your-post-with-wikipedia-links/404657 "2007-05-18T22:38:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-your-post-with-wikipedia-links/404657/1 "2007-05-18T22:38:14Z")

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This [thread](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threaded_discussion) is [dedicated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication) to [linking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink) [superfulously](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption) to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia). Not every [word](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word) or [phrase](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrase) needs to be a link, but the [Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_an_article%3F) should [relate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism) to the word or phrase [connected](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_%28TV_series%29) to it. [Include](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion_%28value_and_practice%29) as [many](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many) as [possible](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibilities) without [repeating](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetition_%28rhetorical_device%29) a [link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_%28The_Legend_of_Zelda%29).

I will [start](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_%28essay%29) by [relating](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling) to [you all](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audience) the [demise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death) of my [wife](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife)’s [MINI Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MINI_%28BMW%29). The [CVT trasnmission](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuously_variable_transmission) [failed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakdown_%28vehicle%29) on her [way to work](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuting) a few [weeks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week) ago. It could not be [repaired](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repair), and the [cost](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost) of replacing it, [plus](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addition) the cost of replacing the [GPS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gps) [navigation system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_navigation_system) ([also busted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law)), was [roughly](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_idioms_derived_from_baseball#B) [$](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_dollar)11,000. We [estimated the value of the car in-tact](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Blue_Book) to be a [bit](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_%28horse%29) over $[13](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia),000. We [ended up](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution#Literature) [selling it for $3,800](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Used_car) to a [private mechanic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_mechanic). While I’m [riding](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transit) [light rail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail) to work, we’re [looking into](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine) [purchasing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Car_Smell) a [Honda Element](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Element).

[Feel free](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will) to [move the topic along](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation) in [whatever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatever_%28slang%29) [direction](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_points) you [feel like](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling), this is a [free-ranging](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-range) [subject](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_%28grammar%29) [thread](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn).

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-your-post-with-wikipedia-links/404657/2 "2007-05-18T23:52:03Z")

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Until a decision is made on a game forum, we’re still following the guidelines for games here in MPSIMS. This particular game is merely post-padding, so I’m closing it down.