Why isn’t every word in a Wikipedia article ‘blue linked’. That is, how is something deemed as worth being linked to its own article?
In: Other
Because it’s an encyclopedia, not a language learning tool or a dictionary. Though for the latter there is [wikitionary.](https://www.wiktionary.org/)
A basic level of proficiency in the language is assumed, and only high level and specifically relevant concepts necessary for understanding the subject at hand are linked back to other articles.
Though, for a fun game that kind of exemplifies how this works out anyway, you can take literally any article, click on the first link that isn’t a disambiguation link or a pronunciation link, then do the same thing for the article you land on. Follow that process, and you will inevitably land on the article for Philosophy.
That’s not a built-in feature. That’s an emergent property of the system of a community built encyclopedia, and that’s just wonderful. If you’re really starting from scratch, it’ll take you right back to the basics of knowledge.
Latest Answers