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Dirty template link anchor outdated

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This discussion is done as of 2024-03-07.

In the {{Dirty}} template, the link text "help Gentoo out" to the Help improve Gentoo by getting involved with documentation! page has an incorrect anchor to #Make_an_article_conform_to_guidelines.

Link with outdated anchor

The correct one is #Make_articles_conform_to_the_guidelines.

Link with correct anchor

Armarmgc (talk) 16:12, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Armarmgc ! I don't think this page is protected so in theory you could edit the link if you like... I guess it is a template that gets a lot of use across the wiki though, and templates are ofc trickier to modify than standard pages, so I can do it if you prefer.

For reference, when editing templates, start by doing the edit in the sandbox (Template:Dirty/sandbox), then if everything seems ok, copy the edit to the main template.

I don't know of any way to track these broken section links in mediawiki. I do have some automation scripts to detect and fix links to bad sections though (and missing anchor templates, "old-style" links, etc.) - I guess that is sort of why I'm not worrying about all this too much currently, but rather trying to find the time to validate and run the script...

Thanks for the other fixes btw!! -- Ris (talk) 16:44, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I finished editing. I just assumed that the template was protected without trying to edit it, thanks for pointing that out. Closing the discussion now.

Armarmgc (talk) 18:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix Armarmgc ! And thanks for all the other fixes - great stuff!! This sort of thing really helps get our general quality up :). -- Ris (talk) 10:12, 10 March 2024 (UTC)