# Irritating Wikipedia Linking **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 14, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-wikipedia-linking/264360 "2004-09-14T03:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-wikipedia-linking/264360/21 "2004-09-19T02:43:31Z")
It’s too bad the links are usually only one way. It’s easy to say that something happened in Irwin, Illinois and link it, in an article about it. Yet it’s quite hard to find out everything that happened in Irwin, Illinois from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-wikipedia-linking/264360/22 "2004-09-19T03:16:24Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > It’s too bad the links are usually only one way. It’s easy to say that something happened in Irwin, Illinois and link it, in an article about it. Yet it’s quite hard to find out everything that happened in Irwin, Illinois from scratch. There’s a “What Links Here” link on every page. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Irwin%2C\_Illinois](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Irwin%2C_Illinois) ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-wikipedia-linking/264360/23 "2004-09-20T04:10:25Z")
Hey, you’re right. I agree with the above posters, there are too many links on a wikipedia page. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritating-wikipedia-linking/264360.md?page=1)