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==How to fix bad links== | ==How to fix bad links== | ||
*In most cases, fixing an [[wp:List_of_Japanese_Latin_alphabetic_abbreviations#N|"NG"]] link will mean finding the desired web page in the [ | *In most cases, fixing an [[wp:List_of_Japanese_Latin_alphabetic_abbreviations#N|"NG"]] link will mean finding the desired web page in the Internet Archive's [https://archive.org/web/ Wayback Machine] and linking to that archived page instead. In some cases, an "NG" link will not be recoverable and should be either removed from the page or, if the link was a part of a conversation and it would be confusing for it to be absent, it should be surrounded in nowiki tags [[Special:Diff/16377/26212|like this]] to prevent it from showing up in future reports. | ||
**Val automatically queries the Archive for the latest snapshot of each NG page and will put the returned snapshot URL in its report. Note that you still have to verify this link by clicking on it, as it may not have the correct content. You may have to go further back in the Wayback Machine to find the proper snapshot to use. Sometimes the Archive simply never got around to archiving a given site. In that case, you will need to follow the advice above as to deleting the link or marking it with nowiki tags. | **Val automatically queries the Archive for the latest snapshot of each NG page and will put the returned snapshot URL in its report. Note that you still have to verify this link by clicking on it, as it may not have the correct content. You may have to go further back in the Wayback Machine to find the proper snapshot to use. Sometimes the Archive simply never got around to archiving a given site. In that case, you will need to follow the advice above as to deleting the link or marking it with nowiki tags. | ||
*A link marked as "RD" is redirecting the browser to a new page. The new page should be evaluated, and if it has the content we intended to link to then we should update the link to point to the new location. However, many redirects actually are "soft 404s" and simply redirect the browser to the site's main page. In this case, an RD link needs to be treated like an NG link (see above). | *A link marked as "RD" is redirecting the browser to a new page. The new page should be evaluated, and if it has the content we intended to link to then we should update the link to point to the new location. However, many redirects actually are "soft 404s" and simply redirect the browser to the site's main page. In this case, an RD link needs to be treated like an NG link (see above). | ||
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**Sometimes an "external internal" may seem to be necessary; for instance you may wish to link to a specific version of a page, which used to require putting the full URL, [http://wiki.oni2.net/w/index.php?title=Oni&oldid=7685 like this]. In fact, there's no need to link to any page at all, as the "ID" of an edit, like the one you see in that sample URL, is unique wiki-wide. All you need to do is supply the revision ID to the special Permalink page like this — [[Special:Permalink/7685]] — and you're done. | **Sometimes an "external internal" may seem to be necessary; for instance you may wish to link to a specific version of a page, which used to require putting the full URL, [http://wiki.oni2.net/w/index.php?title=Oni&oldid=7685 like this]. In fact, there's no need to link to any page at all, as the "ID" of an edit, like the one you see in that sample URL, is unique wiki-wide. All you need to do is supply the revision ID to the special Permalink page like this — [[Special:Permalink/7685]] — and you're done. | ||
**Sometimes you need to link to a diff between two revisions of a page, or between two different pages. In this case you plug the old and new revision numbers into the special Diff page like this — [[Special:Diff/21491/21492]] (no need for page names as the revision IDs are unique, as explained above). | **Sometimes you need to link to a diff between two revisions of a page, or between two different pages. In this case you plug the old and new revision numbers into the special Diff page like this — [[Special:Diff/21491/21492]] (no need for page names as the revision IDs are unique, as explained above). | ||
*Some links simply have to be presented the way that they are, and some links return error codes but actually work fine. These links can be | *Some links simply have to be presented the way that they are, and some links return error codes but actually work fine. These links can be added to the [[/Exceptions|exceptions list]] in order to hide them in future reports. | ||
==Coming features== | ==Coming features== | ||