Frequent Redlinks

Red links are often misspellings, abbrevs., or works we don't have pages on yet.

Here is a list of the common causes of red links and how to fix them.


 * Misspellings
 * Example: Anti Villian instead of Anti-Villain
 * How to fix: Correct the misspelling.

Complete Monsters becomes Complete Monsters -- or just use alt text like Complete Monsters.
 * Plural Trope Names
 * Example: Complete Monsters
 * How to fix: Put the trope within two square brackets with the plural letter(s) outside the brackets.


 * Referring to pages that without a work type makes a redlink:
 * Example: using Groundhog Day when only Groundhog Day exists.
 * Solution 1: Edit the link to include the text -- a Help:Links pipe trick will automatically skip the parenthesized text when it is viewed. So Groundhog Day (note the "|" at the end) displays as Groundhog Day.
 * Solution 2: Add a redirect for the page, or a disambiguation page if necessary.


 * Works we don't have pages for yet.
 * Red links for works pages should not be removed. If you are familiar with the work, feel free to launch the page.


 * Members of the Permanent Red Link Club. (See page for further details.)
 * How to fix: Get rid of them. If it's a pothole, just take it out. If it's a wikiword, rewrite the sentence (or paragraph, if necessary) to not use the phrase.

The following are particularly common Red Links. If you have the time or are bored, you can help out by fixing them. The links will lead to a list of pages that have the Red Links. Ideally, they should be empty. If you clean up all the wicks, please write a note beside the link of the clean up date.

Also note that the "Related To" feature cannot distinguish between ptitle and ptitle subpages, so if you can't find a redlink on a ptitle page, check the subpages.

Do not edit other people's contributor pages.

Common Redlinks
1. Misspellings
 * Looney Toons (Should be Looney Tunes or the contributor User:Looney Toons, depending on context) - last cleaned up 11/17/2011

2. Plural Trope Names
 * Complete Monsters (Should be marked up as Complete Monsters ) - last cleaned up 03/05/2012

Should be expanded:
 * CMoA (Should be Awesome Music or Moment of Awesome depending on context) - last cleaned up 1/10/2012
 * CMOAs (Should be Awesome Music or Moment of Awesome depending on context) - last cleaned up 1/10/2012
 * CMoF (Should be Funny Moments) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * DA2 (Should be Dragon Age II) - last cleaned up
 * DnD (Should be Dungeons and Dragons)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * DS9 (Should be Deep Space Nine) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * GoF (Should be Goblet of Fire)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * HL1 (Should be Half-Life 1) - last cleaned up 1/14/2012
 * HL2 (Should be Half-Life 2) - last cleaned up 1/14/2012
 * KotOR (Should be Knights of the Old Republic) - last cleaned up 3/18/2012
 * KotOR2 (Should be Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords) - last cleaned up 3/10/2012
 * L4D (Should be Left 4 Dead) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * L4D1 (Should be Left 4 Dead) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * L4D2 (Should be Left 4 Dead 2) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * ME1 (Should be Mass Effect 1) - last cleaned up
 * ME2 (Should be Mass Effect 2) - last cleaned up
 * ME3 (Should be Mass Effect 3) - last cleaned up
 * MGS1 (Should be Metal Gear Solid) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS2 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS3 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * MGS4 (Should be Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots) - last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * OotP (Should be Order of the Phoenix)- last cleaned up 1/11/2012
 * PoA (Should be Prisoner of Azkaban)- last cleaned up 1/13/2012
 * TF2 (Should be Team Fortress 2) - last cleaned up 1/21/2012
 * WMGs (Should be Wild Mass Guessing; can be quick linked with s )- last cleaned up 1/14/2012

Other:
 * AMVs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; if it is referring to AMV, set it as a plural abbreviation AMVs . - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * CoS/COs (Depending on the context, it should be Commanding Officers or Chamber of Secrets and should expanded respectively) - last cleaned up 1/15/2012
 * MMORPGs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; should be either changed to one of its expanded forms or set as a plural abbreviation put between [= =] depending on which flows better in context) - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * NPCs (An abbreviation and a plural "trope" name; should be either expanded into Non-Player Characters - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * RPGs (Depending on the context, it should be Role Playing Games, except when referring to rocket-propelled grenades - last cleaned up 1/18/2012

5. Referring to pages that are not on the main namespace

6. Works we don't have pages for yet These should not be fixed.

7. Members of the Permanent Red Link Club
 * GAR - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * I Am Not Making This Up - last cleaned up 1/18/2012
 * If You Know What I Mean - last cleaned up 1/23/2012
 * So Yeah - last cleaned up 1/23/2012
 * This Troper