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Dead links (priority 2)

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 * Problem: The articles in this report contain one (or many) broken or dead external links.
 * Why fix: A patron is not helped in their research by a broken link that doesn't take them to where they can learn more.
 * Help links: Review the following about the how/where/why of adding links to an article.
 * About linking in the Wiki
 * Adding links
 * Advanced linking
 * How to report: If a broken or dead external link is found, add the   template directly after the bad link. (External links are those that go to web pages outside of the Wiki.)
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Find the text of [dead link] in the article. The link just before this text should be the problem link.
 * Double check to make sure the link is really a bad link. Sometimes websites are down temporarily, and the dead link could have been reported during such a time, but is now up again.
 * Review the text around the link to find out where the link should go.
 * Research to see if you can find a replacement for the old link.
 * Replace the bad link with the correct page, if you can find one, or remove the link if you can't find a replacement.
 * Note:As of January 2011, there are hundreds of links that need to be changed from the old FHLC search page to the new FHLC search page. Those should be easy to fix by replacing theold FHLC search page with this link: www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog

Ambiguous page title (2)

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 * Article naming conventions
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Requested moves (2)

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 * Article naming conventions
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Duplication/merging (3)

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Archive requests (3)

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 * Problem:
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 * Help links:
 * Archiving a talk page
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External links that should be internal (4)

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Miscellaneous (2-4)

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Long pages (**)

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**These reports are lists of pages that meet a specific criteria; they don't mean that there is a problem with all the pages in the report and don't need to be "cleaned up."