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Links to Swiss should not go to Switzerland, because we do not link to current countries. I assume that in many cases, "Swiss" could just be removed altogether. What does Swiss mean for a cultural institution? Not a country. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:41, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Gerda Arendt: I've linked more to Swiss people or more specific topics such as Swiss citizenship where appropriate. I agree, often "Swiss" can just be unlinked. I've tried to limit linking to the country to cases where an organisation is based in Switzerland, where I do think it appropriate. I notice that another editor has (I imagine as a good-faith mistake) piped "Switzerland" to "Swiss" rather than the other way around, so in reversing that I may have inadvertently linked to Switzerland rather than make a better choice. This is apropos the RM at TalK:Swiss (disambiguation), as you may have guessed. 94.21.252.238 (talk) 21:46, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Fine, I just looked at 2 ;) - I still think that often, no link would be better than any, and sometimes no "Swiss" at all the best solution. I "lost" the last RM, - so am not in the mood for more. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:58, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Gerda Arendt: Yes, I've been unlinking or removing "Swiss", it's not helpful to link "a Swiss company based in Geneva". If there's a strong need, there's always the R Geneva, Switzerland. A bit like with date linking of years, it's often irrelevant what origin someone or something has. 94.21.252.238 (talk) 22:08, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Good, we seem to agree a lot ;) - Could you perhaps get a user name, then - lazy me - I could simply click thank-you for an edit a like? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:12, 16 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]