Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery
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[edit] Introduction
This project is looking at methods of transforming red links (links to articles that do not exist, like this one) into blue ones (links to articles that do exist). See Wikipedia:Red link.
It will look at all methods of transforming red links into blue ones, including but not limited to:
- Creating missing articles or redirects for which many red links exist
- Automatically suggesting alternate targets for red links
- Identifying and removing red links to topics for which no article will ever exist
In order to help people find this project, consider using an edit summary like the following: link repair ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery|You can help!]])
In addition to fixing red links by altering the article in which the link appears, it is often worthwhile to make a redirect from the old target to the new target in case anyone makes the same mistake again.
[edit] Template Newarticle
You can add a link to an article you want to be created using the {{newarticle}} template:
{{newarticle|name of the suggested article to be created}}
which shows:
name of the suggested article to be created (you can help Wikipedia by creating this article; click in the red link).
It can be included in the Wikipedia User page.
[edit] Template Created2
When the article has been created, you can use the {{created2}} template:
{{created2|name of the suggested article to be created}}
which shows:
name of the suggested article to be created has been created (it was included in the WikiProject Red Link Recovery, using the template {{newarticle}}).
[edit] Status
New reports being generated from 20th April 2006 database dump - TB 23:01, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Todo
Current lists of things to fix are:
| Category | Last updated | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitalisation suggestions | 5th August 2006 | Completed | Suggestions for turning red links blue by changing the case of letters |
| Repeated letter suggestions | 23rd May 2006 | Completed | Suggestions for turning red links blue by changing repeated letters |
| Vowel transposition suggestions | 28th July 2006 | Completed | Turn red links blue by transposing vowel combinations |
| Unlikely links | 28th July 2006 | Completed | Red links to topics that are unlikely ever to exist |
| Punctuation suggestions | 20th May 2006 | Completed | Suggestions for turning red links blue by altering punctuation |
| Numeric suggestions | 30th June 2005 | Completed | Turn red links blue by changing numbers to words or vice versa |
| Initialisation suggestions | 30th June 2005 | Completed | Make red links blue by using middle names or just their initials |
| Diacritic suggestions | 23rd June 2005 | Completed | Suggestions for turning red links blue by changing diactrics |
| Pluralisation suggestions | 23rd June 2005 | Completed | Suggestions for turning red links blue by making words plural |
[edit] Related
- Most red links - Articles containing the greatest number of red links. Updated 24th May 2006.
- Wikipedia:Most wanted articles - The most common targets of red links. Updated 2007-02-11.
- Category:Red list
- Wikipedia:Requested articles
[edit] Participants
Add your name to the list below if you consider reducing the number of red links in Wikipedia a useful task:
[edit] Userbox
I've made this userbox. Feel free to use it!
{{User:JackSparrow Ninja/Userboxes/User Redlinkrecoveryteam}}
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This user is part of the WikiProject Red Link Recovery. |
[edit] Scripts and tools
- The exception list - this is a list of previous suggestions that project members have marked up as incorrect. Suggestions on the list won't be made again.
- The script used to generate lists of suggested corrections for red links
- Random additional SQL scraps used in/by this project.
[edit] General strategy and discussion forums
[edit] Stats
The first iteration of this project (in Summer 2005) succeeded in 'fixing' over 50,000 red links. While this is a vanishingly small proportion of the red links in the whole of wikipedia, this nevertheless represents 50,000 improvements in nearly as many wikipedia articles. Additionally, a lot has been learned, particulalry about the sorts of typos, assumptions and mental farts in general that lead people to add red links to articles that needn't be. A list of 5000 or so 'false positives' (that is, suggested alternate targets for red links that were not correct) have been collected and are available to 'fine tune' the next iteration of the project.
