Regarding links or no links: You could leave them out if you prefer but then you will need to have footnotes (endnotes, what have you) - these at least will remind both you and I of the academic tweed-jacket culture from which we both came (tho really that tweed-jacketed culture died out at least a generation before either of us but well…
Regarding links or no links: You could leave them out if you prefer but then you will need to have footnotes (endnotes, what have you) - these at least will remind both you and I of the academic tweed-jacket culture from which we both came (tho really that tweed-jacketed culture died out at least a generation before either of us but well this descriptor is better than using one that is more apt for our time).
Frankly the embedded links are more convenient than footnoted ones, but in the way you describe it the decision is an aesthetic preference rather than a practical one and it is your site. I come from a setting where Lawrence Auster would hand curate comments and edit them instead of just let any yahoo post whatever and then have moderators. (This is an analogy because it was also a personal preference of Auster's, like no-links are for you, and I will say it did give AmNation's site a distinct vibe. Distinctions are important).
Regarding links or no links: You could leave them out if you prefer but then you will need to have footnotes (endnotes, what have you) - these at least will remind both you and I of the academic tweed-jacket culture from which we both came (tho really that tweed-jacketed culture died out at least a generation before either of us but well this descriptor is better than using one that is more apt for our time).
Frankly the embedded links are more convenient than footnoted ones, but in the way you describe it the decision is an aesthetic preference rather than a practical one and it is your site. I come from a setting where Lawrence Auster would hand curate comments and edit them instead of just let any yahoo post whatever and then have moderators. (This is an analogy because it was also a personal preference of Auster's, like no-links are for you, and I will say it did give AmNation's site a distinct vibe. Distinctions are important).