PeerInfinity comments on Proposed New Features for Less Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PeerInfinity 27 April 2010 05:21:07PM 4 points [-]

The way I would implement this is to add a bot that parses [[wiki-links]] the same way that the wiki parses them.

That way, if someone wants to automatically link to a wiki page for a neologism, they just have to put those brackets around the phrase.

This feature should work both for posts and for comments.

It might also be a good idea for the bot to be able to parse links in this form: [[standard name|alternate name]]. Another option is to create a redirect page on the wiki for any alternative titles for a concept.

Once this is implemented, we can go back through the old posts and add these wiki links wherever it would be appropriate.

Comment author: thomblake 27 April 2010 05:44:18PM 0 points [-]

Well, I don't think this requires a bot; if it's implemented at all, it could just be in the comment/post - parsing engine.

Comment author: RobinZ 27 April 2010 05:24:34PM 0 points [-]

You wouldn't even need a bot - just an upgrade to the Markdown syntax.