Wikipedia talk:Bad links

Suggestion[edit]

Can we create a template to use in edit summaries instead of having to type "Bad link repair ([[Wikipedia:Bad links|You can help!]])". TheLimbicOne(talk/cntrb) 02:35, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It will only save a little time on each article, but it adds up. Usually I put it on my clipboard, but often while editing I end up having it replaced so it becomes a hassle. -- PS2pcGAMER 03:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As a suggestion in the meantime, I use a text expander program when I'm doing bad link or disambiguation link repair. I only type 'blr' and it's replaced with the above edit summary. I'm a Mac user, but I'm pretty sure there are such programs for other operating systems. - ddlamb 21:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the Mediawiki software expands templates in edit summaries...that's probably intentional, and I actually use double curly braces there all the time, to mean the literal text, not the template expansion. -- Beland 03:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

helpful tool[edit]

I completed most of 'W' bad links using AutoWikiBrowser, a manually assisted program by BlueMoose. It's very useful. :) Gflores ^Talk 18:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

comment[edit]

While I was fixing the bad links, I encountered several that were of this kind [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex]. This should actually be [[Regex]]. I was wondering if the person who collects the bad links could also gather these instances. In fact, a bot could probably do it itself. I'll post this on the bot request page too. Gflores ^Talk 03:36, 7 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Technical difficulties[edit]

Due to the tremendous growth of Wikipedia and my other data-handling responsibilities, I no longer have a machine with enough combined RAM and hard drive space to continue updating this report. We would like to have it run on the Toolserver, but this may take some time. The source code has been posted; if you can help with the Toolserver installation, or wish to run the scripts yourself, please see Meta:Toolserver/Reports. -- Beland 03:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe we can contact Interiot and ask him to host it? He has other reports ([1] and [2]). --M @th wiz 20 20 19:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Using AWB[edit]

How would I configure AWB to help you guys out? --Mboverload 03:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AWB automatically fixes bad links if you have the "general fixes" option checked. However, due to (a) technical problems with the computer of the person who normally makes the bad link lists and (b) the toolserver being down, it doesn't look like we'll have any lists of articles to fix anytime soon. --M @th wiz 20 20 22:09, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

broken link instead of bad link[edit]

notice: Bluebot caused a broken link when he wanted to repair the article floppy disk. He and the wiki-software has problems with '' and probably with ''', so these constructions should be excluded from replacements or could somebody tell me another (and better) solution instead of escaping the characters? --CyRoXX 17:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Definition[edit]

Can somebody tell me the definition of a Bad link?--Kozuch (talk) 12:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LOG OUT at top-right of Edit pages doesn't work[edit]

The LOG OUT at top-right of Edit pages doesn't work. In fact, it's not even a link. Look at the code, it's just text:

<a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="Special:SpecialPages">Special pages</a> | Log out</td></tr>

First of all; there should be somewhere for users to notify wiki managers of problems. All I could find was a talk page where the topics available for discussion were already determined. Three topics matched my needs, but they had all been deleted because the problems were solved.

Secondly; this page should provide links to anyone who will ensure that problems are reported to the necessary people. Maybe there is already such a list, somewhere, but wiki is huge and I haven't found the contact into.

I'm using: Mac OS X 10.6 (10A432) Darwin 10.0.0 Safari web browser version 4.0.3 (6531.9) Michael McGinnis (talk) 20:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Obsolete project[edit]

As this project is obsolete, I have deleted the sub-pages and redirected the project page to Wikipedia:Database reports, after discussion with Rich Farmbrough who was one of the last to be actively using these pages. – Fayenatic L (talk) 21:21, 9 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]