Thread:Twizzzler/@comment-30748321-20170712022249/@comment-5956954-20170712073742

Except we don't. It's just an editing practice that is consistent with the wiki for an inexplicit reason since it is not something we have to do.

There is a guidebook coming that has the "one-link rule" be paramount when there is a dispute, so those who have read it would know. Here is a snippet from the "overlinking" section:

"Links to any specific page should only appear once. This is because linking multiple times is redundant and increases the article size unnecessarily which can be bad for limited data plans. Another form of overlinking is excessive URL characters (like amazon.com/unnecessary-title-name/dp/numbers?ref=whateverexcessive&keywords=whatever). Experiment with the URL and find the shortest link that works. Link shorteners are forbidden (including YouTube's), so this will not be an option."

So yeah.