Proposal:Green wikilinks - an invitation to read

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1. Achieve continued growth in readership
2. Focus on quality content
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Wikipedia currently only has two types of links: the blue links for existing articles, and the red links for nonexistent articles. I propose to add a system of green links whereby any wikilink to a good or featured article would be coloured green.

Q&A

• Q: Why implement this?

• A1: Green links would invite users to read quality articles they might not have otherwise read.
• A2: Green links would complement "Today's featured article" in showcasing Wikipedia's best work.

• Q: How would this be implemented?

• A1: Using the well watched and controlled categories Category:GA-Class articles and Category:FA-Class articles, and the help of a script similar to this rather neat one.
• A2: Some other ingenious way!

• Q: For who would this be implemented?

• A: Green links would be implemented by default for all readers.

• Q: What are the drawbacks?

• A1: This add complexity to the linking system, and may cause confusion. (Rebuttal: True, but only very few links would be green, since very few articles are good or featured.)
• A2: Some colourblind may not distinguish green/red or green/blue.
• A3: There are potential performance problems.

• Q: Why green?

• A1: Because of the connection with the green GA logo .
• A2: Because green is very distinct from the existing blue and red. (Except for certain colourblind, see above.)

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