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Checklinks is a tool that checks external links for Wikimedia Foundation wikis.It parses a page, queries all external links and classifies them using heuristics.The tool runs in two modes: an on-the-fly for instant results on individual pages and project scan for producing reports for interested WikiProjects.
Link Sleuth runs on Microsoft Windows. Link verification is performed on links which appear in <a> tags, as well as images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts, and Java applets. The program follows links to other pages, and checks the links on those pages also, so it is possible to check an entire site for ...
Dab solver (links to disambiguation pages) Checklinks (unavailable) (check and correct other links) ProveIt (addition of citations and references) Open access bot (add open access links to citations) MW (Firefox Ubiquity script. It uses the MediaWiki API to suggest and insert an internal link.) Additional tools which use OAuth can be found on ...
External links and references are two important elements of Wikipedia that newcomers sometimes find trouble with. This page is designed to cover only the technical aspects of linking and referencing; it is essential that editors also familiarize themselves with Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Citing sources, as well as Wikipedia's various other policies ...
To repair an external link to one of these sites from Wikipedia, remove the link and replace it with an archived version of the original as described at Wikipedia:Link rot/Usurpations. There is an automated system for usurping entire domains. See WP:URLREQ to register all links in a domain for usurpation treatment.
Wikipedia:Linter – MediaWiki extension to identify broken and problematic markup which cannot be fixed automatically by the server; Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility. Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility; List of errors
This template is used to mark an entire article, or a section of an article, as having many dead external links. It may be placed at the top of an article, if the article's sourcing problems are severe, or at the top of the "References" section of the article if minor cleanup in this regard is needed.
A template to indicate that the preceding URL is dead Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year the URL was found to be dead, like "June 2013" Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} String suggested Bot name bot The name of the bot used to identify ...