https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23144
Summary: Link to non-existing section of another page should
appear differently (comparable to broken red link)
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Page rendering
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CURRENT STATUS:
On PageA: Some text. A link to [[PageB#Section1]]. Some more text.
Some time later, PageB is restructured, featuring no more Section1.
If I then read PageA, the link to [[PageB#Section1]] appears as a completely
ordinary link.
If I click on it, I get to the root of PageB (at least), but not to the
dedicated section!
SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENT:
The link to the non-existing section shall have a different appearance.
BENEFITS:
The PURE READER: Knows that the link points to a page which still exists, but
that the section does not exist anymore. This visual distinction helps to
quickly mentally reassess the accuracy/expectance for that particular link. You
may not follow it at all, choose another link, or visit it, but with the
lowered expectation, knowingly that will not find your desired information
instantly, but that you will have to spend some time to find your desired
content.
The ENTHUSIASTIC READER/EDITOR: Knowingly spots the broken section link and can
correct it. Either to a new section, which more or less closely matches the old
one, or to the root of the page at least, or to a totally new page, if
necessary.
RELATED ISSUES:
Bug 10310 - Show whether links to the page are to the whole page or to a
section
Is concerned about the same problem: A link to a non-existing section. But mine
takes rather the approach "per visitor" (reassessing expectancy + possibly
correction) whereas this one's purpose is rather for batch processing.
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