Show Me How:Ideas

"Why?" tooltips or links after steps
I think it would be cool to have a little #|Why? superscript link after a step in a guide, which takes you to an explanation for why the preceding step was necessary. For example, a guide on powering an LED with a battery which has a step like "3. Connect resistor in series with LED.", would have a #|Why? after the step, which, when clicked, or possibly just hovered over, would display something like "Without a resistor to limit current from the power source, the current may be so high that it damages the LED." This would be for things that aren't integral to knowing how to do something, but is there for the curious to understand why they are doing it.

I'm not sure what the best way to do this is. Tooltips that appear with a mouse hover wouldn't work well on mobile. Maybe something like references and notes, and clicking on the #|Why? takes you to the corresponding note at the bottom, where you can then click a link to go back to the step. It's not too bad of an idea, but I'm not a huge fan of separating it on the page from where the actual step it's referring to is. Maybe clicking the #|Why? expands a note right next to or below the step. Dimpizzy (talk) 21:57, 29 August 2022 (UTC)