I want to find broken section links on Wikipedia so that I can repair them. How can I find links to non-existent sections on Wikipedia (such as [[Google#fbffgfd]]) and replace them with working links (such as [[Google#History]])? Is there a specific category for broken section links such as these, or are tools available for finding them?
asked Jul 2, 2012 at 17:43
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To clarify, I want to find a list of all the currently broken section links on Wikipedia.– Anderson GreenJul 2, 2012 at 17:46
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A related question: is it possible to obtain a list of all the links to sections on Wikipedia, so that they can be replaced with links to redirect pages?– Anderson GreenJul 2, 2012 at 17:46
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I want to do this because links to a section become "broken" when the name of the section is changed.– Anderson GreenJul 2, 2012 at 17:51
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Here's a page with a slightly outdated list of broken section links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/…– Anderson GreenJul 2, 2012 at 17:53
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It would also be useful if I could find a "what links here" feature for individual sections.– Anderson GreenJul 2, 2012 at 18:06
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Make a comment here in Wikipedia to ask that the report be updated.
answered Jul 2, 2012 at 18:02
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It's also possible to fix broken section links by adding an anchor to a section. webapps.stackexchange.com/a/37486/20087 Jan 6, 2013 at 5:24
You can search for
site:wikipedia.org [keyword] + "dead link"
on Google.
