"What links here" is MediaWiki's best kept secret. Hidden in a misleading "Toolbox" in a crowded left navigation bar, surely it is not found by many users that would enjoy this feature.
Imagine that link in a more prominent spot, as a tab:
Page | Talk | Context |
Where "Context" == "What links here".
This is where it actually belongs. Example:
You are very interested about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_%28Hebrew_Bible%29 (random article)
After reading the article you can check the discussions about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Simeon_(Hebrew_Bible)
And then you can also check the pages that link to it, obviously related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Simeon_%28Hebrew_Bible%29
Neat.
This proposal is not perfect. Ideas welcome:
- Discussion pages also have "What links here" so how should we treat this. In my own experience I use this feature often for articles, almost never for discussions (and when I try most time there are zero results).
- Yes, I'm aware of the issues reported about What Links Here and I do suffer them as well (mildly). Still, I keep using this feature regularly because it is useful and awesome. I believe highlighting it would give us a better idea of the pain points (if any) for regular users and perhaps more developer attention from volunteers would be put here.
Version: 1.22.0
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43170