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Broken redirects (priority 2)

 * Click to help clean up these redirects
 * Problem:
 * Why fix:
 * Help links:
 * How to report:
 * Steps to resolve:

Double redirects (2)

 * Click to help clean up these redirects
 * Problem:
 * After being redirected to another page, find a redirect link to still another article.
 * Why fix:
 * Should be able to get to desired article with only one click.
 * Help links:
 * How to report:
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Log in.
 * If you arrived at an article with a redirected link, you will have to go to the Maintenance page to correct this problem.
 * In this Maintenance page, each entry will consist of three links separated by a arrow. Between the first and second link with be (Edit).
 * Copy the third link.
 * Open the first article.
 * Click on "Edit This Page."
 * Click on "Wikitext" in tool bar.
 * Paste the third link between the  brackets.
 * Scroll down to the Summery box and type "deleted double redirect."
 * Check the "This is a minor edit" box.
 * Click "Save page."
 * Make sure that the link in the first article takes you directly to the third article.

All redirects (**)

 * Click to review potential problems with redirects
 * Problem:
 * Why fix:
 * Help links:
 * How to report:
 * Steps to resolve:

**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."