"The thinking was that instead of putting the URL into the article text, the standard practice would..."
When editing a description, to add a link I highlight text and click the "link" icon. Usually I end up having to immediately retype the text I just selected into the metaweb link field. Seems like it might make sense to pre-fill that field with the selected text to save time (or even run a search on the selected text, and present the metaweb "I'm feeling lucky" result as one of the radio button options).
