What feature or behavior would you like to see:
All existing LW posts, and future ones, automatically link jargon terms to LW
articles (on the wiki or the main site, though maybe just the wiki to start)
that explain the jargon. Ex.: the first instance of "FAI" in any post would
link to http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/FAI Another idea is to make it possible
for users to mouse over jargon terms and get tooltip definitions based on wiki
pages. Logged-in users would have an option in their preferences to turn this
auto-linking off. From an SEO perspective, it might make sense to introduce
these new links gradually so it didn't look like some kind of automated
link-building attempt.
Tell us a story of a user using this feature (invent humorous character
names):
Grouchy Gary is reading Hacker News and comes across a story from Less Wrong.
As he reads the story, he finds that LWers seem to use a lot of specialized
jargon that's inaccessible to newcomers. Grouchy is frustrated by this. It
takes him a while to figure out that he can use site:lesswrong.com and LW Wiki
search to piece together what is being said, and he finds this inconvenient.
He decides that LW is an echo chamber with its own bizarre set of ideas.
A few months later, after the feature is implemented, a friend of Grouchy's,
Helpful Heather, sends Grouchy another link to LW. Grouchy finds this article
much easier to read since all the terms he doesn't know have links to their
related wiki pages. He finds himself clicking around, reading more and more
interesting stuff, and thanks Helpful for the great link.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by notifyj...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2013 at 6:37
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
notifyj...@gmail.comon 30 Jun 2013 at 6:37