Community Suggestion: Autolink first per line or first per paragraph
Autolink first per line or first per paragraph
Feature Upgrade · Editor: euclid · Created by Minkers
declined
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
In long articles not every instance of a reference needs to be linked. With the current Autolink feature it links either all of them, or you have to do a manual link, which takes a lot of time in long articles.How does this feature request address the current situation?
Adding the posibility to autolink first per line serves as a middle ground between the two options.What are other uses for this feature request?
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! We're declining this, as there's clearly no support from the community. The autolinker only looks at each individual text field, so if you use the "first instance only" option in each field, you'll end up with multiple links anyway.
Current score
5/300 Votes · -600 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by Bleichmeister
on 2025-03-01 16:13If you would ever look up fandom articles for Warhammer 40K, Star Wars or Dragon Ball, you'd run across huge articles of over 20 pages. Adding a button for first *per line* is inefficient. If the user splits the info across headers, though, it could be for the first instance of every section. I'm adding 100 points because I'm skeptical over how massive such articles could get that such a feature will be needed.
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-300
by A Lusty Dwarf
on 2025-02-20 04:54We already have first instance only which is great
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-300
by A Sneaky Ooze
on 2025-02-20 02:55 -
-100
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-300
by SoulLink
on 2025-02-17 18:35You can also link the first mention only. I feel that is already the necessary in between all or nothing.
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+300
by Minkers
on 2025-02-17 16:39
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