Thread:MrThermomanPreacher/@comment-691135-20150327235128/@comment-691135-20150328004826

In essence, this. It adds unnecessary code, enough of which can make for messy editing. Moving the designation into the link changes nothing in its functionality but when you look at the code, it has all that extra text. There's no need for (Gokai Blue) to be part of the link. That's why we don't do it.

That said, there are times when this is useful - such as specifying something more specific. Such as reading an article about Shinken Red, when you read it you see Shinken Red but which one is the one intended? If you look at the code (or mouse over the link) you see "oh, they mean Takeru Shiba!". But had the link been left as Shinken Red you would wind up at a disambiguation page. Specifying Takeru Shiba in this manner removes the dis-ambiguity while maintaining the link as intended (to be read as Shinken Red).

But in the Joe Gibken example, there is only one Joe Gibken - so there is no need to change those links like that. Even then, adding the designation to the viewable portion of the link isn't necessary because when it is clicked on, visitors would be taken to the correct page. And there's still that extra code. To give you an idea of how this would be a problem, imagine a tabber with multiple tabs, each with links like that and you had to go make a change. Not pretty.