I disagree, if you link to something there's an implied recommendation, and also a possibility for subtle commentary. (For example, link to something critical o

I disagree, if you link to something there's an implied recommendation, and also a possibility for subtle commentary. (For example, link to something critical of the anchor text.) When I see a link and I'm curious what's being linked, I often hover to see where it's going. If it turns out it's a link to Wikipedia for a mundane, off-topic article like the US Gov't, I think that kind of wastes brain cycles, and I'm a bit disappointed. I know this is a small, hair splitting issue, but I think it's valid. Some writers try to cut words where they can to make their writing concise and tight. I think this falls in the same category. The worst case I've seen is in one of the earlier Clojure (print) books (not Joy of...) that actually had a few footnotes with Wikipedia URLs in them, for CS topics.