User:Ferien/WikiProject TBA/Phase II

COMPLETE:

The backlog has reduced from 139 articles to 5. There are a few articles here that need a closer look at, so there's no need to empty the category just to complete the task. Thanks Ayesha46 for your help in this phase! --Ferien (talk) 13:39, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

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Week start April 18, 2024

This is another easy one, folks. 139 articles with broken file links are in the category Category:Articles with broken file links. It's easy to do. Auntof6 recommended this category.

Instructions for fixing

SEE COMMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FIRST

Open the article up and look at the page.
In the article, you will see where the file link is broken. *There may be more than one.
There are a few options you can do here:
- If it begins with File: or En: or anything like that, remove those and then preview to see if the image shows up IF NOT THEN
- Remove that entire line which includes the [[ and the ]] on the page, but only for that line.
Preview the page before saving anything to ensure the broken link(s) is gone.
Mark it as a minor edit.
Use the edit summary of "REM broken link per User:PotsdamLamb/Project/Total Backlog Annihilation/Phase II".
Save your edit and review the article again.

For an example, look at this link (apologies for having issues with diffs lately)

Starting count

139

Final count

5
As of: 13:40, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Participants

Feel free to sign up here and let everyone know you are helping out.

Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!}
💌Ayesha46 (talk)
--Ferien (talk)

Questions or Comments

Feel free to leave comments or questions in this section, including any issues you have.

I'd like to amend your instructions for fixing.

If it begins with File: or En: or anything like that, remove those and then preview to see if the image shows up

Maybe clarify exactly what to remove. You could give examples of before and after. You might also need to remove brackets to get the image to appear.

Remove that entire line which includes the [[ and the ]] on the page, but only for that line.

In some cases, you don't need to remove an entire line. The image might be coded in an infobox parameter in such a way that you can just remove the parameter value, not the whole parameter. It might also be coded at the beginning of a template parameter and have other data after it, in which case you can just remove the image, not the parameter or the rest of the parameter value. An example is in the allegiance parameter of this version of Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades; there, you could just remove the code that is supposed to produce an image, you don't need to remove the entire line.

--Auntof6 (talk) 05:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Auntof6 Feel free to update the instructions how you see fit. I’m ok with that. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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