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:*'''[[:Category:Articles with dead external links|Pages with dead links]]''' <br><br> | :*'''[[:Category:Articles with dead external links|Pages with dead links]]''' <br><br> | ||
:*'''Problem:''' The articles in this report contain one (or many) broken or dead external links. <br> | :*'''Problem:''' The articles in this report contain one (or many) broken or dead external links. <br> | ||
:*'''Why fix:''' A patron | :*'''Why fix:''' A patron can become very frustrated going to a link they think might have the answer they're looking for only to find it is dead or no longer exists.<br> | ||
:*'''Steps to resolve:''' | :*'''Steps to resolve:''' | ||
::#Go to the [[:Category:Articles with dead external links|Pages with dead links]] report. | ::#Go to the [[:Category:Articles with dead external links|Pages with dead links]] report. | ||
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::*Information in one article on the same topic not in the second. | ::*Information in one article on the same topic not in the second. | ||
:*'''Why fix:''' | :*'''Why fix:''' | ||
::*All material on a topic should be in one article rather than in many others. | ::*All material on a topic should be in one article rather than in many others. Or the very least, links from each of the articles to all the others. | ||
:*'''Help links:''' | :*'''Help links:''' | ||
::*[[Help:Redirects|Help Redirects]]. | ::*[[Help:Redirects|Help Redirects]]. | ||
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::#Decide which article to keep in Wiki which we will call the target article and the other articles we will call duplicates. | ::#Decide which article to keep in Wiki which we will call the target article and the other articles we will call duplicates. | ||
::#Take content from the duplicates and place in the target article. | ::#Take content from the duplicates and place in the target article. | ||
::#Editing of the target article maybe required to make the information flow in a logical manner. Material may have to be restated to match the langauge of the target article. | ::#Editing of the target article maybe required to make the information flow in a logical manner. Material may have to be restated to match the langauge of the target article. | ||
::#Erase the text from the duplicates and place a "Redirect link;" to take the patron to the target article by the following steps. | ::#Erase the text from the duplicates and place a "Redirect link;" to take the patron to the target article by the following steps. | ||
:::#Log in. | :::#Log in. | ||
:::#In the duplicate article/articles click on the "Edit This Page." | :::#In the duplicate article/articles click on the "Edit This Page." | ||
:::#In the rich editor box, type: #REDIRECT <nowiki>[[target article name]]</nowiki>at the | :::#In the rich editor box, type: #REDIRECT <nowiki>[[target article name]]</nowiki>at the in the rich editor box at the top. | ||
:::#Type in Summary box: "Placing redirect link" | :::#Type in Summary box: "Placing redirect link" | ||
:::#Place a check in the "This is a minor edit" box. | :::#Place a check in the "This is a minor edit" box. | ||
:::#Save page. | :::#Save page. | ||
:::#Check to see that redirect link works.<br> | :::#Check to see that redirect link works.<br> | ||
:*'''Steps to resolve in Wikitext:''' | :*'''Steps to resolve in Wikitext:'''(Wikitext processes much faster than rich editor) | ||
:::After rich editor comes up, click on the word "Wikitext" in the tool bar just under "rich editor." | :::After rich editor comes up, click on the word "Wikitext" in the tool bar just under "rich editor." | ||
:::#Type #REDIRECT <nowiki>[[target article name]]</nowiki> | :::#Type #REDIRECT <nowiki>[[target article name]]</nowiki> | ||
:::#Type in Summary box: "Placing redirect link" | :::#Type in Summary box: "Placing redirect link" | ||
:::#Place a check in the "This is a minor edit" box. | :::#Place a check in the "This is a minor edit" box. | ||
:::#Save page. | :::#Save page. | ||
:::#Check to see that redirect link works.<br> | :::#Check to see that redirect link works.<br> | ||
== Archive requests (3) == | == Archive requests (3) == | ||