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Broken redirects (priority 2)

 * Click to help clean up these redirects
 * Problem:
 * Redirects that lead to a dead link.
 * Why fix:
 * So patrons can go to the link they intended.
 * Help links:
 * Help:Redirects
 * How to report:
 * Automatically reported.
 * Steps to resolve:.
 * Try to determine what the link was taking patron to. The problem may be something simple like a spelling error. Or the page has been deleted.
 * If page link no longer exists, then delete link and the sentence that had the link in it.
 * If page still exists, then repair link in either rich editor or in wikitext by the following steps.
 * Log in.
 * Click on "Edit This Page."
 * In the rich editor box find the bad link and correct it.
 * Scroll down to the Summary box and type: "repaired broken link."
 * Check the "This is a minor edit" box.
 * Click "Save page."
 * Make sure that the link is fixed or has been deleted if necessary.

Double redirects (2)

 * Click to help clean up these redirects
 * Problem:
 * After being redirected to an article, finding another redirect link.
 * Why fix:
 * Should be able to get to target article from the first article with only one click.
 * Help links:
 * Help:Redirects
 * How to report:
 * Automatically reported.
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Log in.
 * If you arrived at an article with a redirected link, you will have to go to the Special:Redirects to correct this problem.
 * In this Maintenance page, each entry will consist of three links separated by arrows. The first and second links are separated by (Edit).
 * Copy the third link.
 * Click on the first article to open it.
 * Click on "Edit This Page."
 * In the rich editor box, delete the link following: #REDIRECT underlined in blue.
 * Click on the icon on the bottom row of the tool bar, fourth from the right (world w/link).
 * In the box labeled Link paste in the third link you copied from the Special:Redirects page.
 * Click ok.
 * The new link should now appear in the rich editor underlined in blue.
 * Scroll down to the Summary box and type: "deleted double redirect."
 * Check the "This is a minor edit" box.
 * Click "Save page."
 * The double redirect will disappear from maintenance report.

All redirects (**)

 * Click to review potential problems with redirects


 * Problem: Link may not be going to the correct page.


 * Why fix: Users should be able to access the page they need with one click
 * Help links:
 * Help:Redirects
 * How to report: Automatically Reported
 * Steps to resolve:See instructions for Re-directs and Double Re-Directs and these pages may have specialized problems.

Lists of pages that meet a specific criteria contain two asterisks; they don't mean that there is a problem with all the pages in the report and don't need to be "cleaned up."