Memory Beta:Describe external links

Readers don't always have the time to conduct their own in-depth research on a specific subject. Websites can often take a long time to load, and even longer to evaluate their content. Providing a plain link like this...


 * Ex Astris Scientia

... is often not useful, because the reader has no idea just what the linked website is about. Who maintains it? What's its focus? How good is it?

Instead, provide a short description about the link to assist the reader in evaluating it, like this:


 * Ex Astris Scientia - Bernd Schneider's website is devoted to the careful analysis of starships of all sorts. Includes reconstructions of the kitbashes seen in the Wolf 359 wreckage and a database of all starships seen on screen.

Additionally, if the external link is to a specific page that requires special software to interpret (for example, a PDF document), it's useful to add a note to that effect.