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  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

Addition of links wasn't sole purpose of edition, he fixed grammar; they're rather bonus, not hurting the post, so if the editor likes it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

In the particular case it's subjective (anybody not knowing HP here?). So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't harm the post.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the linked edit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouragedtrivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for purposes of fixing (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is a non-commercial one.

  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

Addition of links wasn't sole purpose of edition, he fixed grammar; they're rather bonus, not hurting the post, so if the editor likes it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

In the particular case it's subjective (anybody not knowing HP here?). So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't harm the post.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the linked edit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for purposes of fixing (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is a non-commercial one.

  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

Addition of links wasn't sole purpose of edition, he fixed grammar; they're rather bonus, not hurting the post, so if the editor likes it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

In the particular case it's subjective (anybody not knowing HP here?). So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't harm the post.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the linked edit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for purposes of fixing (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is a non-commercial one.

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  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

The editionAddition of links wasn't made for sole purpose of adding linksedition, the authorhe fixed grammar. The addition of links, I'd saygrammar; they're rather bonus, doesn't hurtnot hurting the post, so if the editor likelikes it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

In the particular case it's subjective (anybody not knowing HP here?). So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't hurtharm the post. Do they improve it? Well, in the particular case it's subjective. But, they definitely doesn't hurt it.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the edit you linked would haveedit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for fixing purposes of fixing (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability of the post, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is freea non-commercial one.

  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

The edition wasn't made for sole purpose of adding links, the author fixed grammar. The addition of links, I'd say, doesn't hurt the post, so if the editor like it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't hurt the post. Do they improve it? Well, in the particular case it's subjective. But, they definitely doesn't hurt it.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the edit you linked would have made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for fixing purposes (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability of the post, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is free one.

  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

Addition of links wasn't sole purpose of edition, he fixed grammar; they're rather bonus, not hurting the post, so if the editor likes it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

In the particular case it's subjective (anybody not knowing HP here?). So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't harm the post.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the linked edit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for purposes of fixing (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is a non-commercial one.

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  • This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much "affection" for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant

The edition wasn't made for sole purpose of adding links, the author fixed grammar. The addition of links, I'd say, doesn't hurt the post, so if the editor like it, why not?

  • Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?

I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't hurt the post. Do they improve it? Well, in the particular case it's subjective. But, they definitely doesn't hurt it.

  • Should these kinds of edits be: 1. accepted without caring too much about them? 2. encouraged because they provide useful background? 3. rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?

That depends. If the edit you linked would have made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and trivial edits are discouraged.

Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.

In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for fixing purposes (like grammar, formatting, etc), and links doesn't hurt to readability of the post, it is fine to accept.

As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is free one.