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:*'''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/&limit=500&offset=0 Pages with links to be fixed]'''<br> | :*'''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/&limit=500&offset=0 Pages with links to be fixed]'''<br> | ||
:*'''Problem:'''<br> | :*'''Problem:''' Links to other pages that are inside the wiki have been formatted as external links.<br> | ||
:*'''Why fix:'''<br> | :*'''Why fix:''' Internal and external linking is done differently, and user expectations are set a certain way when they see a certain type of link (external links look [http://www.example.com like this] with the box and arrow after them). It helps make for a cleaner Wiki to have the links formatted correctly.<br> | ||
:*''' | :*'''Steps to resolve:''' | ||
:*'' | ::#On the list of [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/&limit=500&offset=0 pages with links to be fixed]: | ||
:*''' | ::#*The first link in each row shows the link that is the problem. <br> | ||
::#*The second link is the page the wrong link is on. (Note: Ignore Talk/Discussion pages. We generally don't edit contributors' comments on these pages.) | |||
::#Make note of the first (problem) link, then right click and open the second link in a new tab (opening in a new tab allows you to keep the report open while you work on the individual pages). | |||
::#Find the problem link, then click to edit that section. | |||
::#Fix the link so that it is formatted correctly as an internal link. When you are done, go back to the report, refresh the page, and you'll see the page you worked on disappear. <br><br>Note: Following are a few differences in the ways that internal and external links are formatted: | |||
{| width="80%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" | |||
|- | |||
! width="50%" scope="col" | Internal | |||
! width="50%" scope="col" | External | |||
|- | |||
| Uses double brackets - <nowiki>[[....]]</nowiki> | |||
| Uses single brackets - <nowiki>[....]</nowiki> | |||
|- | |||
| Uses the name of the article inside the brackets | |||
| Uses the URL inside the brackets | |||
|- | |||
| Uses a pipe - | - to separate the name of the article and the "label" given to the link | |||
| Uses a space to separate the URL and the label given to the link | |||
|} | |||
:*'''Help links:''' | |||
::*[[Help:Adding Links]] | |||
::*[[Help:Advanced Linking]] | |||
:*'''How this is reported:'''The Wiki software identifies these and shows them on the report. Ironically enough, this above link had to be created as an external link, but it is internal.<br> | |||
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