Deadlinks Project

Re: Deadlinks Project

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:52:24 +0000

1 Deadlink Fixed More to Follow

Deadlinks Project Report

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:11:37 +0000

[+] 1 deadllink not fixed | 3 need response from author | 10 fixed

[-] 1 deadllink not fixed | 3 need response from author | 10 fixed

Not fixed

This hub tries to link to a tale by DrGemini (http://fondationscp.wikidot.com/grenat) titled "Sensitive Data - Source: GARNET_". Dead link appears to be a placeholder until that tale can be translated. Not fixed as this whole hub page just consists of an include module from another wiki - [[include :scp-int:saphir-centre]]

Needs response from author

This tale has two series navigation links to a page titled "Green Day III". Author (BananaRepublic) will need to be contacted regarding their preference for fixing this link.
This tale has a series navigation link to a page titled "High Society". Author (Randomini) will need to be contacted regarding their preference for fixing this link.
This tale has a series navigation link to a page titled "The Soldier". Author (Vincent_Redgrave) will need to be contacted regarding their preference for fixing this link.

Fixed

This artwork page had a link to an author page by Gaffsey titled "Dr. Ali Kamelov". The dead link was created by the renaming of the author page, and the link has been fixed.
This SCP had a link to an article by an unknown user titled "Ginger". The dead link was created by deletion of the article, and the link has been removed.
This news page had a link to a tale by Blutenberg titled "Glory To The Machine". The dead link was created by deletion of the tale, and the link has been replaced with href="#".
This archived hub had a link to a tale by Jekeled titled "Goodbye". The dead link was created by deletion of the tale, and the link has been removed.
This news page had a link to a tale by Zachary Maxwell does not match any existing user name titled "Hands Under the Water". The dead link was created by deletion of the tale, and the link has been replaced with href="#".
This contest hub had a link to a tale by CyrusFiredawn titled "Hazy Scotch". The dead link was created by deletion of the tale, and the link has been removed.
This news page had a link to a tale by not_a_seagull does not match any existing user name titled "Homaquis". The dead link was created by deletion of the tale, and the link has been removed.
This author page had a link to a hub by Decibelles titled "How to Leave Town". The dead link was created by deletion of the hub, and the link has been removed.
This contest hub had a link to a fake tale titled "I Know You Too Well to Love You Anymore". The dead link was created intentionally, and the link has been replaced with href="#".
For formatting demonstaration purposes this contest hub had a link to a fake SCP-5423 before that SCP slot was filled. The dead link was created intentionally, and the link has been replaced with href="#".

Deadlinks Project

Sun, 24 May 2020 17:45:02 +0000

Hello folks, it's time to make this project official. To get things rolling I'm going to outline the reporting method, provide an example, and cover any exceptions/additional considerations.

Our goal here is to find and fix dead links. A good chunk of these will be pages that no longer exist, and an equally big chunk will be on the Site News pages. Some of these will be articles that were moved/re-titled. Others will be pages that have not been created. In regards to these two categories, if you cannot find a record of deletion in the deletion threads, PM the author, if they are still present, and inquire whether or not this was an intentional dead link for narrative purposes or if they had renamed the page, assuming you aren't already aware of it being renamed.

When does the above not apply? When an author is including deadlinks on their page as part of a tale series where they are leaving an open link to the next entry. Offer to remove the deadlink or replace it with the element I will discuss next. On Site News pages, pages that are using a dead-link for narrative purposes, or tale series replace the broken link with a [[a class="newpage" href="#"]][[/a]] which should look like SCP-XXX. In regards to link removal, simply remove the triple brackets around the item to preserve the content of the page.

As far as reporting the broken links goes, we want to document a number of things:

Where the deadlink was (article link).
Who the deleted/moved page was created by (If attainable).
What type of page the broken link went to (Tale, SCP, other?)
How was the deadlink created? (Typo, page deleted, page moved and link not changed)
How the link was fixed (Link removed, fixed, or replaced)? Link to the moved article if available.

The link to our google doc with the full list of deadlinks is available to anyone in the MAST discord.

As an example of the reporting standards I will do one link from the first page of links.

This workbench had a link to a tale by Kain Pathos Crow titled "21st - 30th November 2008". The link was created by a deletion of the tale, and the link has been removed.

Obviously for dead-links where multiple different pages link to an absent page, report all the pages that were altered. All reporting should be done in this thread.