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href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Κόκκινος σύνδεσμος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Κόκκινος σύνδεσμος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helpo:Ru%C4%9Daj_ligiloj" title="Helpo:Ruĝaj ligiloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Helpo:Ruĝaj ligiloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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comment--without-parentheses"><span class="autocomment"><a href="#Dealing_with_existing_red_links">→<bdi dir="ltr">Dealing with existing red links</bdi></a>: </span> new redlink, <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_Somalia" title="Literacy in Somalia">Literacy in Somalia</a></span></div><div id="mw-diff-ntitle5"><span class="mw-tag-markers"><a href="/wiki/Special:Tags" title="Special:Tags">Tag</a>: <span class="mw-tag-marker mw-tag-marker-visualeditor-wikitext"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2017_wikitext_editor">2017 wikitext editor</a></span></span></div><div id="mw-diff-ntitle4"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Red_link&diff=next&oldid=1181529394" title="Wikipedia:Red link" id="differences-nextlink">Next edit →</a></div></td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 74:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 74:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>In general, a red link should be allowed to remain in an article if it links to a term that could plausibly sustain an article, but for which there is no existing candidate article, or article section, under any name.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>In general, a red link should be allowed to remain in an article if it links to a term that could plausibly sustain an article, but for which there is no existing candidate article, or article section, under any name.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>A red link to an article that will plausibly be created in the future should be "left alone rather than being created as a minimal stub article that has no useful information." An example of a plausible red link might be to [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mexican</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians</del>]],<ref>For past examples listed here, see [[/History of the example red link]].</ref> since an article on [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hispanic</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and Latin American</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians</del>]] exists, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do</del> articles <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ethnic</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">subgroups</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">such</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">as</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Argentine</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians]]</del>. However, it is better to leave this link red than to create a "placeholder [[WP:STUB|stub]]" that says only "<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mexican</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians</del> are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mexican</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">descent</del>", with the sole purpose of turning the red link to blue. Editors should create stubs with a usable amount of content, or else not create the stub at all. Red links serve the purpose of notifying readers that a need exists in Wikipedia for the creation of a new article with at least minimal information content; the creation of minimalist marker stubs simply to get rid of a red link destroys this useful mechanism.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>A red link to an article that will plausibly be created in the future should be "left alone rather than being created as a minimal stub article that has no useful information." An example of a plausible red link might be to [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Literacy</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in Somalia</ins>]],<ref>For past examples listed here, see [[/History of the example red link]].</ref> since an article on [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Literacy</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">China</ins>]] exists, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">country-specific</ins> articles <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">literacy</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">likely</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">area</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">future creation</ins>. However, it is better to leave this link red than to create a "placeholder [[WP:STUB|stub]]" that says only "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Literacy</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rates in Somalia</ins> are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">among</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lowest in the</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">world</ins>", with the sole purpose of turning the red link to blue. Editors should create stubs with a usable amount of content, or else not create the stub at all. Red links serve the purpose of notifying readers that a need exists in Wikipedia for the creation of a new article with at least minimal information content; the creation of minimalist marker stubs simply to get rid of a red link destroys this useful mechanism.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Likewise, a valid red link term like [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mexican</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Australians</del>]] should not be dealt with by removing the link brackets, simply to temporarily reduce the amount of red text in an article. However, red links to articles that have since been deleted should usually be unlinked.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Likewise, a valid red link term like [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Literacy</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in Somalia</ins>]] should not be dealt with by removing the link brackets, simply to temporarily reduce the amount of red text in an article. However, red links to articles that have since been deleted should usually be unlinked.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>An existing red link can indicate one or more of the following things:</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>An existing red link can indicate one or more of the following things:</div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Revision as of 16:26, 23 October 2023</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:RED" redirects here. 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For the RedWarn counter-vandalism tool, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDWARN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDWARN">WP:REDWARN</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Blue tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">editing guideline</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">Editors should generally follow it, though <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">exceptions</a> may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>. When in doubt, discuss first on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Red_link" title="Wikipedia talk:Red link">this guideline's talk page</a>.</div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RED"></span><span id="WP:REDLINK"></span><span id="WP:REDLINKS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RED&redirect=no">WP:RED</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDLINK&redirect=no">WP:REDLINK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDLINKS&redirect=no">WP:REDLINKS</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Red links for subjects that should have articles but do not, are not only acceptable, but needed in the articles. They serve as a clear indication of which articles are in need of creation, and encourage it. <b>Only remove red links</b> if you are certain that Wikipedia <i>should not</i> have an article on that subject.</td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:30%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Most new articles are created shortly after a corresponding reference to them is entered into the system. </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">Spinellis and Louridas, "The Collaborative Organization of Knowledge"<sup id="cite_ref-spinellis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spinellis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>A <b>red link</b>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_link_example&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Red link example (page does not exist)">like this example</a>, signifies that the linked-to page does not exist—it either never existed, or previously existed but has been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Viewing_deleted_content" title="Wikipedia:Viewing deleted content">deleted</a>. </p><p>Add red links to articles to indicate that a page will be created soon or that an article should be created for the topic because the subject is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a>. Red links help Wikipedia grow.<sup id="cite_ref-spinellis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spinellis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creation of red links prevents new pages from being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan" title="Wikipedia:Orphan">orphaned</a> from the start.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Good red links help Wikipedia—they encourage new contributors in useful directions, and remind us that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress">Wikipedia is far from finished</a>. </p><p>In general, a red link should remain in an article if there is a reasonable expectation that the article in question will eventually be created (either as its own article or as a redirect); remove red links if and only if Wikipedia should not have any coverage on the subject. It may be possible to turn the red link into a redirect to an article <em>section</em> where the subject is covered as part of a broader topic (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOPAGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOPAGE">Notability – Whether to create standalone pages</a>). But please do not "kill" red links by redirect because their red color (annoying to some readers) seems to scream for a fix. It is easy to turn any red link blue by creating a redirect, but valid red links exist for a reason, and they are the "buds" from which new Wikipedia articles grow. A valid red link should be left in place if the reader agrees on need for a future article with that best name, but does not want to provide one. </p><p>Articles should not contain red links to files, to templates, or to topics that do not warrant an article, such as a celebrity's romantic interest who is not notable in their own right. Red links should not routinely be made to every chapter in a book, or to all the people mentioned in an article. Red links should not be made to articles deleted because the topic was judged unencyclopedic or lacking notability. Red links may sometimes be created to articles deleted for some other reason. In addition, even if a page has been deleted because it does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines, you may make a red link to the term if you intend to write an article about an entirely different topic that happens to have the same title. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Creating_red_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Creating_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Creating_red_links"></span>Creating red links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Creating_red_links"></span></h2></div> <p>A red link appears whenever double square brackets <code>[[ ]]</code> are placed around a word or phrase for which Wikipedia does not have an article, disambiguation page or redirect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="When_to_create_red_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-When_to_create_red_links-Creating_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-When_to_create_red_links-Creating_red_links"></span>When to create red links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-When_to_create_red_links-Creating_red_links"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDYES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDYES&redirect=no">WP:REDYES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Create red links whenever a non-existent article with more information would <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context">help a reader understand</a> the content of the article in which the red link will appear. An easy example is a technical term that merits a treatment beyond its dictionary definition, to help support its role for its existing context. A technical term could qualify because it is probably "notable" and should have that obvious title. </p><p>Before adding a red link, make sure that its subject does not already exist under a different <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_name" title="Help:Page name">page name</a>. The topic may well be covered in a section of another article; it could even be buried in several paragraphs nearby. So it is the responsibility of the person who creates a red link to scan for the topic's coverage. The <a href="/wiki/Help:Categories" title="Help:Categories">category</a> links at the bottom of that page will link to virtually all related articles, and the search engine <a href="/wiki/Help:Search#Search_engine_features" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Search">provides features</a> for advanced queries that can pinpoint matching text anywhere on Wikipedia. Both search methods employ <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> features crafted to find information on Wikipedia. They can help us build Wikipedia, red link by red link. </p><p>Take care when creating a red link that it has a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">valid title</a> and that its subject meets <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">notability</a> guidelines for topics (including those for people (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BIO">WP:BIO</a>), web content (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WEB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WEB">WP:WEB</a>), businesses (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CORP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CORP">WP:CORP</a>), etc.). </p><p><span class="anchor" id="incoming_links"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:INCOMINGLINKS"></span><span id="WP:CHECKAFTERCREATE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INCOMINGLINKS&redirect=no">WP:INCOMINGLINKS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CHECKAFTERCREATE&redirect=no">WP:CHECKAFTERCREATE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>After creating an article, (a) use <a href="/wiki/Help:What_links_here" title="Help:What links here">What links here</a> to find any red links that your new article turned blue, (b) check whether those links refer to the topic of your new article, and (c) change any links that refer to a different topic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Avoiding_creation_of_certain_types_of_red_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Avoiding_creation_of_certain_types_of_red_links-Creating_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Avoiding_creation_of_certain_types_of_red_links-Creating_red_links"></span>Avoiding creation of certain types of red links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Avoiding_creation_of_certain_types_of_red_links-Creating_red_links"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDNO"></span><span id="WP:REDNOT"></span><span id="WP:NORED"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDNO&redirect=no">WP:REDNO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDNOT&redirect=no">WP:REDNOT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NORED&redirect=no">WP:NORED</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Do not create red links to: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARTICLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARTICLE">Articles</a> that are unlikely to be created and retained on Wikipedia, including articles that do not comply with Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions">naming conventions</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CAT">Categories</a> that do not exist. Either the category <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#Creating_category_pages" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">should be created</a>, or the non-existent category link should be removed or changed to one that already exists.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template" title="Help:Template">Templates</a> that do not exist. Templates should only be added to a page if and after they have been created.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Files" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Files">Wikipedia files</a> that do not exist. Such red links are categorized for cleanup at <a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_missing_files" title="Category:Articles with missing files">Category:Articles with missing files</a>.</li></ul> <p>Because they are useless as navigation aids, do not create red links in: </p> <ul><li>Templates such as <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Details" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Details">Details</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Further" title="Template:Further">Further</a>}}</code>, and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Seealso" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Seealso">Seealso</a>}}</code>, which are intended to direct readers to existing articles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ALSO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ALSO">See also</a> sections (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTSEEALSO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTSEEALSO">WP:NOTSEEALSO</a>).</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:About" title="Template:About">About</a>}}</code> and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Otheruses" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Otheruses">Otheruses</a>}}</code> hatnotes.</li> <li>Redirect pages.</li></ul> <p>Red links may be used in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NAVBOX" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAVBOX">navboxes</a> which also contain links to existing articles, but they cannot be excessive. Editors who add excessive red links to navboxes are expected to actively work on building those articles, or the links may be removed from the template. </p><p>Red links are not to be shown on the <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_biographical_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-To_biographical_articles-Creating_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-To_biographical_articles-Creating_red_links"></span>To biographical articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-To_biographical_articles-Creating_red_links"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDBIO"></span><span id="WP:REDLINKBIO"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDBIO&redirect=no">WP:REDBIO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDLINKBIO&redirect=no">WP:REDLINKBIO</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>As with other topics, red links can be created to biographies of people who would likely meet <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)" title="Wikipedia:Notability (people)">Wikipedia's guidelines for notability</a>. All the rules that apply to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">our biographies on living people</a> equally apply to red-linked names. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Non-unique_names" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-unique_names-To_biographical_articles"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-unique_names-To_biographical_articles"></span>Non-unique names<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-unique_names-To_biographical_articles"></span></h4></div> <p>Redlinking a name which may not be unique bears the risk of the link eventually pointing to an article added later for a different person with the same name. This is unlikely for, say, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard,_14th_Earl_of_Arundel" title="Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel">Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel</a>, but very likely for football player <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard" class="mw-disambig" title="Thomas Howard">Thomas Howard</a>. Redlinking names of people who are not obviously notable also creates a link that may be unlikely to ever become blue. Adding detail to the link makes a misdirected link less likely (but not impossible); <a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Smith_(physician)" title="John Alexander Smith (physician)">John Alexander Smith (physician)</a> is better than <a href="/wiki/John_Smith" class="mw-disambig" title="John Smith">John Smith</a>. Simply redlinking names of people in an article, without detail, particularly if not obviously notable, should be avoided. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INCOMINGLINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INCOMINGLINKS">Checking incoming links</a> is particularly important when creating new biography articles with article names that may not be unique. If some article has a redlink to that name but meaning a different person, the link will become blue but incorrect. This does happen in reality: for example, in 2012 a red link was placed in the article about the book <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&oldid=644038859"><i>Extra Virginity</i></a></span> to link to a future article about the book's author, [[Tom Mueller]]. In 2014 an article was created for a different <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mueller" title="Tom Mueller">Tom Mueller</a>, a rocket scientist, without checking for existing incoming links. The red link in the <i>Extra Virginity</i> article thus became blue, but the link was to the wrong person. The error was <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Extra_Virginity&diff=705760355&oldid=702105237">not corrected until 2016</a>, by renaming the link, which remained red, to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Mueller_(writer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Mueller (writer) (page does not exist)">Tom Mueller (writer)</a>. It might have been preferable to unlink the name; the writer may not be Wikipedia-notable, and even [[Tom Mueller (writer)]] is not guaranteed unique; in this particular case there is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mueller-84a53a8">at least one more writer of that name</a>, though without a Wikipedia article as of June 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_disambiguation_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-In_disambiguation_pages-Creating_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-In_disambiguation_pages-Creating_red_links"></span>In disambiguation pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-In_disambiguation_pages-Creating_red_links"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDDAB"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDDAB&redirect=no">WP:REDDAB</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Disambiguation_pages#Red_links" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages § Red links</a></div> <p>Use of red links on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">disambiguation</a> pages should be limited. The whole point of a disambiguation page is to help the reader arrive at the correct existing article from a choice of articles with similar titles. Since a red link is a link to a non-existent article, using red links in disambiguation pages is usually discouraged. Red links can be used in disambiguation pages if existing encyclopedic articles (i.e. not disambiguation pages, because disambiguation pages are not considered encyclopedic) have such red links. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dealing_with_existing_red_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"></span>Dealing with existing red links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REDDEAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDDEAL&redirect=no">WP:REDDEAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Creation_of_example_red_links_as_pages" title="Wikipedia:Creation of example red links as pages">Wikipedia:Creation of example red links as pages</a></div> <p>In general, a red link should be allowed to remain in an article if it links to a term that could plausibly sustain an article, but for which there is no existing candidate article, or article section, under any name. </p><p>A red link to an article that will plausibly be created in the future should be "left alone rather than being created as a minimal stub article that has no useful information." An example of a plausible red link might be to <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_Somalia" title="Literacy in Somalia">Literacy in Somalia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since an article on <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_China" title="Literacy in China">Literacy in China</a> exists, and country-specific articles on literacy are a likely area for future creation. However, it is better to leave this link red than to create a "placeholder <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:STUB">stub</a>" that says only "Literacy rates in Somalia are among the lowest in the world", with the sole purpose of turning the red link to blue. Editors should create stubs with a usable amount of content, or else not create the stub at all. Red links serve the purpose of notifying readers that a need exists in Wikipedia for the creation of a new article with at least minimal information content; the creation of minimalist marker stubs simply to get rid of a red link destroys this useful mechanism. </p><p>Likewise, a valid red link term like <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_Somalia" title="Literacy in Somalia">Literacy in Somalia</a> should not be dealt with by removing the link brackets, simply to temporarily reduce the amount of red text in an article. However, red links to articles that have since been deleted should usually be unlinked. </p><p>An existing red link can indicate one or more of the following things: </p> <ul><li>A new article is needed. When a Wikipedian writes an article, it is common practice to link key topics pertinent to an understanding of the subject, even if those topics don't have an article on Wikipedia yet. <b>Do not remove these red links.</b> This has several applications: <ul><li>From within an article, such a link prepares the article to be fully supported (not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan" title="Wikipedia:Orphan">orphaned</a> upon creation). 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.</li> <li>The red link may identify a need to create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDIRECT">redirect</a> to another article, but only if that article comprehensively deals with the topic.</li> <li>Some WikiProjects have bots that determine how many times a certain red link appears in Wikipedia. This is used to determine what articles are the most needed. Editors can also, after clicking on a red link, use the "<a href="/wiki/Help:What_links_here" title="Help:What links here">what links here</a>" function (although the article does not exist) to determine how many times the subject has been red-linked.</li></ul></li> <li>The link is broken and no longer leads to an article (perhaps because the underlying article was deleted). In such a case, the link usually needs to be removed or renamed to point to an existing article.</li> <li>The link may have been made by someone who wasn't aware of what should and shouldn't be linked to within articles. Always evaluate whether or not a red link is pointing at a title that actually needs creation. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#What_generally_should_be_linked" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#What generally should be linked</a>.</li> <li>The red link may be a typo—e.g., someone wanted to link to <a href="/wiki/African_elephant" title="African elephant">African elephant</a>, but instead typed "<a href="/w/index.php?title=African_eelephant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African eelephant (page does not exist)">African eelephant</a>". In this case, try to figure out the intended article and fix the link. If it looks like a common misspelling, such as <a href="/wiki/Scandanavia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandanavia">Scandanavia</a>, you may want to create a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_from_misspellings" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirects from misspellings">redirect from that misspelling</a> to the correct one, but you should still correct the misspelling even though it would no longer appear red.</li> <li>Links in any of the various <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:About" title="Template:About">About</a>}}</code> and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Otheruses" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Otheruses">Otheruses</a>}}</code> hatnotes, in <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Details" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Details">Details</a>}}</code>, <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Further" title="Template:Further">Further</a>}}</code>, and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Seealso" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Seealso">Seealso</a>}}</code> notes, as well as in "See also" sections, are meant to serve a navigational purpose. Red links are useless in these contexts; if possible they should be replaced by a functioning link, or else be removed.</li> <li>Lists of "notable people" in an article, such as the "Notable alumni" section in an article on a university, tend to accrue red links, listing people of unverifiable notability. Such red links should be removed only if it's certain the subject <i>would not</i> qualify for an article on Wikipedia.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Red_links_and_interlanguage_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Red_links_and_interlanguage_links-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Red_links_and_interlanguage_links-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"></span>Red links and interlanguage links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Red_links_and_interlanguage_links-Dealing_with_existing_red_links"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>The subject of the red link may be covered on another edition of Wikipedia. If such an article meets the English-language Wikipedia criteria and you are able to translate, then follow the procedures at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Wikipedia:Translation</a>; if not, use <a href="/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links#Inline_links" title="Help:Interlanguage links">a link to the article in the other edition of Wikipedia</a> instead of or next to a red link. Such links can be made manually or by using the interlanguage link template <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Ill" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Ill">ill</a>}}</code>. For example</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><code>{{ill|Richard J. Youle|de}}</code></span> produces: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_J._Youle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard J. Youle (page does not exist)">Richard J. Youle</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Youle" class="extiw" title="de:Richard J. Youle">de</a>]</span> until the name is added to English Wikipedia (as of June 2022 there is a German, but no English article);</li> <li><span class="nowrap"><code>{{ill|Hanning Schröder|de}}</code></span> links to the existing English page: <a href="/wiki/Hanning_Schr%C3%B6der" title="Hanning Schröder">Hanning Schröder</a>.</li> <li>If the English and foreign names are different:<br/> <span class="nowrap"><code>{{ill|Hooglede town hall|nl|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}}</code></span> produces: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hooglede_town_hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hooglede town hall (page does not exist)">Hooglede town hall</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeentehuis_van_Hooglede" class="extiw" title="nl:Gemeentehuis van Hooglede">nl</a>]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cleanup_red_links" title="Template:Cleanup red links">Cleanup red links</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Red_Link_Recovery" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery">Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context">Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">Wikipedia:Write the article first</a> – an essay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Your_first_article" title="Help:Your first article">Help:Your first article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">Help:Link color</a> – including instructions to change the color, if you don't like red</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-08-11/Growth_study" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-11/Growth study">Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-08-11/Growth study</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-08-13/Op-ed" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-08-13/Op-ed">Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-08-13/Op-ed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_a_work_in_progress" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a work in progress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lists_of_red_links" data-mw-thread-id="h-Lists_of_red_links-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Lists_of_red_links-See_also"></span>Lists of red links<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Lists_of_red_links-See_also"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles" title="Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles">Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles</a> – mostly red-linked articles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:WantedPages" title="Special:WantedPages">Special:WantedPages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles">Wikipedia:Requested articles</a> – red-linked articles</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WIR/REDLIST" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WIR/REDLIST">Wikipedia:WIR/REDLIST</a> – red-linked lists focusing on women</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-spinellis-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-spinellis_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-spinellis_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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.cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDiomidis_Spinellis_and_Panagiotis_Louridas2008" class="citation journal cs1">Diomidis Spinellis and Panagiotis Louridas (August 2008). "The collaborative organization of knowledge". <i><a href="/wiki/Communications_of_the_ACM" title="Communications of the ACM">Communications of the ACM</a></i>. Vol. 51, No. 8, pp. 68–73. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F1378704.1378720">10.1145/1378704.1378720</a>. <q>Most new articles are created shortly after a corresponding reference to them is entered into the system.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Communications+of+the+ACM&rft.atitle=The+collaborative+organization+of+knowledge&rft.pages=Vol.+51%2C+No.+8%2C+pp.+68-73&rft.date=2008-08&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1145%2F1378704.1378720&rft.au=Diomidis+Spinellis+and+Panagiotis+Louridas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWikipedia%3ARed+link" class="Z3988"></span> See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inflationary_hypothesis_of_Wikipedia_growth" title="Wikipedia:Inflationary hypothesis of Wikipedia growth">Wikipedia:Inflationary hypothesis of Wikipedia growth</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-01-31/Orphans" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-31/Orphans">Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-31/Orphans</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For past examples listed here, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link/History_of_the_example_red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link/History of the example red link">/History of the example red link</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div></div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Red_link&oldid=1181529394">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Red_link&oldid=1181529394</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_editing_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines">Wikipedia editing guidelines</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Red_Link_Recovery" title="Category:WikiProject Red Link Recovery">WikiProject Red Link Recovery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_links" title="Category:Wikipedia links">Wikipedia links</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_semi-protected_project_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia semi-protected project pages">Wikipedia semi-protected project pages</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Interlanguage_link_template_existing_link" title="Category:Interlanguage link template existing link">Interlanguage link template existing link</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 23 October 2023, at 16:26<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright"><span class="nowraplinks">This version of the page has been <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">revised</a>. 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