When a link in Wikipedia leads to nowhere, it is displayed in red to alert our editors that it requires attention. A
red link can mean one of two things:
The link is broken and no longer leads to an article (perhaps because the underlying article was deleted). In such a case, the link needs to be removed or renamed to point to an existing article.
A new article is needed. When a Wikipedian writes an article, it is common practice to linkify key topics pertinent to an understanding of the subject, even if those topics don't have an article on Wikipedia yet. This has two applications:
From within an article, such a link prepares the article to be fully supported. At any time, a Wikipedian may independently write an article on the linked-to subject, and when this happens, there's already a link ready and waiting for it. The red link also gives readers the opportunity to click on it to create the needed article on the spot.
In topic lists, it is useful to include every topic on the subject you can possibly find or think of. When they are turned into links, the list immediately shows where the gaps in Wikipedia's coverage for that subject are, since all of the topics missing articles will show up in red. Such lists are useful tools in developing subject areas on Wikipedia, as they show where work is needed most.
Well someone finally wrote the
Susan Cagle page. Any pictures from
her site I can use freely? Check out the terms on Nalick's and other major label artists to see if the same applies to Cagle/Columbia Records.
Turns out those little butterfly shell things are coquina clams (
Donax variabilis), & Wikipedia does have something on them. I thought they were the related
Donax denticulatus; looks like all
Donax look like this.
Snitch Newsweekly needs to be renamed (like "Snitch (newspaper)" maybe? "newsweekly" isn't in the name, so it shouldn't be in the article title) and cleaned up (it needs more work than I've got time to do right now, e.g. links at the bottom--is that dash notation used anywhere else, or just something I made up? Should those be cited more officially?
Velocity (disambiguation) needs to add "Velocity (newspaper)" too, and this needs to be linked from
Louisville, Kentucky#History and
History of Louisville, Kentucky#Louisville's_renaissance too, the latter two also needing their sections on alt weeklies cleaned up, perhaps put somewhere more relevant than history, and (especially) centralized in one location, instead of having duplicate text that needs to be maintained. I need to look up Wikipedia recommendations and precedent regarding sub-articles like this; check out
Hurricane Katrina for an example maybe?
Wikipedia editor
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mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PeterJohnson.
When a link in Wikipedia leads to nowhere, it is displayed in red to alert our editors that it requires attention. A
red link can mean one of two things:
The link is broken and no longer leads to an article (perhaps because the underlying article was deleted). In such a case, the link needs to be removed or renamed to point to an existing article.
A new article is needed. When a Wikipedian writes an article, it is common practice to linkify key topics pertinent to an understanding of the subject, even if those topics don't have an article on Wikipedia yet. This has two applications:
From within an article, such a link prepares the article to be fully supported. At any time, a Wikipedian may independently write an article on the linked-to subject, and when this happens, there's already a link ready and waiting for it. The red link also gives readers the opportunity to click on it to create the needed article on the spot.
In topic lists, it is useful to include every topic on the subject you can possibly find or think of. When they are turned into links, the list immediately shows where the gaps in Wikipedia's coverage for that subject are, since all of the topics missing articles will show up in red. Such lists are useful tools in developing subject areas on Wikipedia, as they show where work is needed most.
Well someone finally wrote the
Susan Cagle page. Any pictures from
her site I can use freely? Check out the terms on Nalick's and other major label artists to see if the same applies to Cagle/Columbia Records.
Turns out those little butterfly shell things are coquina clams (
Donax variabilis), & Wikipedia does have something on them. I thought they were the related
Donax denticulatus; looks like all
Donax look like this.
Snitch Newsweekly needs to be renamed (like "Snitch (newspaper)" maybe? "newsweekly" isn't in the name, so it shouldn't be in the article title) and cleaned up (it needs more work than I've got time to do right now, e.g. links at the bottom--is that dash notation used anywhere else, or just something I made up? Should those be cited more officially?
Velocity (disambiguation) needs to add "Velocity (newspaper)" too, and this needs to be linked from
Louisville, Kentucky#History and
History of Louisville, Kentucky#Louisville's_renaissance too, the latter two also needing their sections on alt weeklies cleaned up, perhaps put somewhere more relevant than history, and (especially) centralized in one location, instead of having duplicate text that needs to be maintained. I need to look up Wikipedia recommendations and precedent regarding sub-articles like this; check out
Hurricane Katrina for an example maybe?
Wikipedia editor
This is a Wikipediauser page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a
mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PeterJohnson.