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Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2016[edit]
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The name of the movie used in sample external links should be "Babbette's Feast" rather than "Babette's Feasts" Ccvickery (talk) 22:10, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
Done — interwiki in-text links[edit]
Is a link to a foreign language wiki regarded an external link? Should such inline links (like the picture's caption on the right at the Wroclaw article) to foreign wikis be avoided? HerkusMonte (talk) 16:54, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
- No, it's not regarded as an external link, although some interwiki links to non-Wikipedia sites are available, and I think consensus would support treating them with extreme caution (that is, remove them unless very helpful for the article concerned). Sorry I don't have the information at hand, but there is a page somewhere saying that links to other-language Wikipedias are ok if no enwiki article is available. In fact, {{Interlanguage link}} (or its redirect {{Ill}}) can be used for that. Like every piece of text in an article, people might discuss whether an interwiki link is helpful and if it should be removed. However, there is no guideline supporting removal. Johnuniq (talk) 00:27, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
- Thanks, German wiki has such a policy, thought it would be the same here. HerkusMonte (talk) 06:50, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
What do I do if I find a hijacked link?[edit]
The article says that links can be hijacked (i.e. the domain expires and someone unrelated takes it), but doesn't say what to do about it. It's not a dead link, so I shouldn't add Template:Dead link. But what should I do? The article as it is doesn't say. -Thunderforge (talk) 01:08, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
- The quick answer is to remove any external link that is not useful for readers with an encyclopedic interest in the topic (that is, which does not satisfy WP:EL). Sometimes, perhaps on more technical articles, it might be apparent that the link might have had really useful information and I have sometimes Googled trying to find if there is a new location so I can update the link. If a reference includes a hijacked link...well, that's a matter for some other noticeboard I guess, but I might use an HTML comment to remove such a link if I couldn't find an update. Johnuniq (talk) 01:50, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
