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 ## General issues about variables and binding in programming languages ##
 
-*      [[!wikipedia Variable (programming)]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Variable (programming) desc="Variables"]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Variable shadowing]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Scope (programming)]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Scope (programming) desc="Variable scope"]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Free variables and bound variables]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Name binding]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Name resolution]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Parameter (computer science)]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Parameter (computer science) desc="Function parameters"]]
 
 ## Functions as values, etc ##
 
 *      [[!wikipedia Higher-order function]]
 *      [[!wikipedia First-class function]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Closure (computer science)]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Closure (computer science) desc="Closures"]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Currying]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Recursion (computer science)]]
 
 ## Functional vs imperative programming ##
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ get more out of out. (Rinse and repeat.)
 
 ## Learning Scheme ##
 
-*      [Wikipedia overview of Scheme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_%28programming_language%29)
+*      [[!wikipedia Scheme (programming language) desc="Wikipedia overview of Scheme"]]
 
 *      If you are new to programming or if you have the patience to work through a textbook, you should work through a textbook. Some good choices are The Little Schemer book(s) we recommended for the seminar; and also:
 
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ community.
 
 ## Recursion and the Y Combinator ##
 
+*      [[!wikipedia Recursion (computer science) desc="Recursion"]]
 *      [[!wikipedia Y combinator]]
 *      [Chapter 9 from The Little Schemer](http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTLS/sample.ps) on the Y Combinator "...and Again, and Again, and Again..."
 *      [The Y combinator](http://mvanier.livejournal.com/2700.html)
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ community.
 
 ## Side-effects / mutation ##
 
-*      [[!wikipedia Side effect (computer science)]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Reference (computer science)]]
-*      [[!wikipedia Pointer (computing)]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Side effect (computer science) desc="Side effects"]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Reference (computer science) desc="References"]]
+*      [[!wikipedia Pointer (computing) desc="Pointers"]]
 
 ## Monads ##
 
-*      [Monad in Functional Programming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(functional_programming))
+*      [[!wikipedia Monad (functional programming) desc="Monads in Functional Programming"]]
 
 *      [A Gentle Intro to Haskell: About Monads](http://www.haskell.org/tutorial/monads.html)
 
@@ -178,17 +178,17 @@ community.
 [Part 3](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2007/10/monads-are-elephants-part-3.html)
 [Part 4](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2007/11/monads-are-elephants-part-4.html)
 
-*      Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad (67 minute video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Brian-Beckman-Dont-fear-the-Monads/)
+*      [Brian Beckman: Don't fear the Monad (67 minute video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Brian-Beckman-Dont-fear-the-Monads/)
 
-*      A monad non-tutorial...or why you shouldn't ask what a monad is](http://strongtyped.blogspot.com/2010/01/monad-non-tutorial.html)
+*      [A monad non-tutorial...or why you shouldn't ask what a monad is](http://strongtyped.blogspot.com/2010/01/monad-non-tutorial.html)
 
-*      The Mother of all Monads](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2008/12/mother-of-all-monads.html)
+*      [The Mother of all Monads](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2008/12/mother-of-all-monads.html)
 
-*      You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html)
+*      [You Could Have Invented Monads! (And Maybe You Already Have.)](http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html)
 
-*      Monads! (and Why Monad Tutorials Are All Awful)](http://ahamsandwich.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/monads-and-why-monad-tutorials-are-all-awful/)
+*      [Monads! (and Why Monad Tutorials Are All Awful)](http://ahamsandwich.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/monads-and-why-monad-tutorials-are-all-awful/)
 
-*      Of monads and spacesuits (archived)](http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=ixx7fcluvek_9lfolsxr_g)
+*      [Of monads and spacesuits (archived)](http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=ixx7fcluvek_9lfolsxr_g)
 
 *      [Haskell wikibook: Understanding monads](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Understanding_monads)
 
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ invited talk, *19'th Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages*, ACM Pres
 *      [[!wikipedia Delimited continuation]]
 *      [Delimited/composable continuations tutorial](composable-continuations-tutorial) at SchemeWiki
 
-## Monads ##
-
-*      [[!wikipedia Monad (functional programming)]]
-
 ## Linear Logic ##
 
 *      [[!wikipedia Linear logic]]