Thread:Lesdin/@comment-35918733-20180908175420/@comment-27802145-20180908180504

You link it for the first instance of the page, but not the rest. It's to keep pages from being bloated.

The idea is that excessive icons are detrimental to delivering information concisely. People who look stuff up on the wiki want their info quick and precise; being pretty and ease of access to secondary elements is not the primary goal.