that refer to a different topic. Shortcuts WP:REDNOWP:REDNO WP:REDNOTWP:REDNOT WP:NOREDWP:NORED Do not create red links to: Articles that are unlikely...

to (quoting NAVBOX) "facilitate navigation between ... articles". Per WP:REDNOT, excessive red links are not used in navboxes. ~ Rob13Talk 04:41, 20 July...

non-existent templates. All templates that are transcluded should exist, per WP:REDNOT. This report is limited to 1,000 templates. This report ignores transclusions...

14 December 2010 (UTC) But that part of WP:RED is irrelevant, since WP:REDNOT states there should not be red links in navboxes. However, I'd support keeping...

Navbox provides zero navigation. Articles in navbox would fall under WP:REDNOT as they wouldn't be notable enough to warrant a stand alone article. In...

130 categories which do not currently exist. So a trial would: cause WP:REDNOT problems, or need to be promptly reverted, or require the creation of at...

transclusions · logs · subpages) Appears to be an abandoned test template, creates WP:REDNOT categories Le Deluge (talk) 09:18, 28 July 2018 (UTC) Per the original closing...

namespaces because of WP:REDNOT. Deleting templates (something not done by the bot) will create red-linked templates which WP:REDNOT proscribes. Editing in...

same name could be created. I'll link the guidance in a moment See: WP:REDNOT p.93–94: This should be pp. 1809-1823 should have a ndash College Avenue...

a few policies and/or guidelines, the most relevant being WP:GNG and WP:REDNOT. Has been sitting around in essentially this form since 2006 and while Afd...

a WP:REDNOT error at Template:Pittsburgh Pirates roster/testcases. A group of gnomes has eliminated all but a tiny handful of persistent REDNOT errors;...

"This category existed only as a redlink on one or more userpages. Per WP:REDNOT, redlinked categories are an error which should be fixed, either by removal...

most of the subjects will never get articles so it's in violation of WP:REDNOT. It also adds references in headings, which is a violation of MOS:HEADING:...

point of view, but ... we should be mindful of the last paragraph of WP:REDNOT Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 00:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC) Relisted to generate...

now before now 16 red links.Moxy (talk) 14:02, 6 April 2012 (UTC) Keep WP:REDNOT also states "An exception is red links in navboxes where the red-linked...

just edited the page to fix nonexistent templates, per the guideline at WP:REDNOT. Deletion seems extreme. I put stuff like this in my sandbox pages all the...

fixing categorisation errors by dumping perma-crud in their worklist. Per WP:REDNOT, a red-linked category is an error which should be fixed. The tedious work...

to a category made for a nav template to bypass our red link policy (WP:REDNOT). Moxy (talk) 18:34, 21 March 2012 (UTC) Comment: Every one of these redirects...

substantive views on the merits of the categories; my only concern is that per WP:REDNOT, populated categories should have a category page. --BrownHairedGirl (talk)...

template also had this navigation box full of redlinks in violation of WP:REDNOT. This is a navigation box, but a whole section was 100% redlinks. Redlinks...

category should exist is that if it is non-empty it should exist, i.e. WP:REDNOT should be applied. If it is no longer being populated, then of course it...

that all templates should be treated the same across Wikipedia. In fact WP:REDNOT, an accepted guideline, specifically permits this, "An exception is red...

(talk) 06:46, 23 December 2010 (UTC) The red links are not valid per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties. Mhiji (talk) 13:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC) Relisted...

2017 (UTC) WP:REDNOT discourages redlinks to people's names; there are several such links in the article. Removed. I'm not fond of REDNOT; I understand...

possible Red-links to personal names should rarely, if ever, exist (WP:REDNOT). Joefromrandb (talk) 18:06, 9 January 2014 (UTC) The nominator hadn't tagged...

linking an item that will not likely have its own article in the future. WP:REDNOT. In that case, you may decide to keep the item in bold and perhaps explain...

2016 (UTC) I'm...not sure. Should I? KSFTC 19:57, 23 June 2016 (UTC) WP:REDNOT says no. So you will need to check if the category exists each time, prior...

000 population (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:REDNOT, which states "Red links may be used on navigation templates with links...

this had ever been used, then someone would have done something about that REDNOT violation. * Pppery * it has begun... 18:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC) The...

consensus on redlinks which is also covered under WP:REDNOT, he needs to go to Seealso's or REDNOT's talk page....William, is the complaint department really...

2020 (UTC) The IP repeatedly added a non-existent category, contrary to WP:REDNOT. That it is why they were reverted. They have now made a 5th edit[25] to...

to (quoting NAVBOX) "facilitate navigation between ... articles". Per WP:REDNOT, excessive red links are not used in navboxes. No prejudice against immediately...

link again, with a direction to WP:REDNOT.[208] Lhb1239 then reverted that.2nd revert I again pointed him to WP:REDNOT. A review of Lhb1239's recent contributions...

December 2022 (UTC) Delete or draftify - Per our guideline on red links at WP:REDNOT, "Red links may be used in navboxes which also contain links to existing...

despite MOS:TV#Cast information, adding redlinks to personal names despite WP:REDNOT, unexplained deletion of some content and duplication of different content...

transclusions are fixed. There is no need for a temporary maintenance tag when WP:REDNOT is a consensus guideline; it is easy to simply fix or remove non-existent...

there was at least one transclusion, which violated the guideline at WP:REDNOT and clutters up reports like Special:WantedTemplates. The existence of such...

for every value of YYYY. So the non-existent years become redlinks (WP:REDNOT) or get created and then come to CFD. Either way that creates a maintenance...

January 2016 (UTC) While I think about it, this navbox goes against WP:REDNOT because that says "Red links may be used on navigation templates with links...

Template:Sambo (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Per WP:REDNOT, Red links may be used in navboxes which also contain links to existing...

that doesn't exist whose topic fails GNG so it can never be an article per REDNOT. I've also declined the request for an article by the IP on the WP:WPVG/R...

always plausible. As far as incorrect linking goes, that is exactly why WP:REDNOT states "Red links to personal names should be avoided..." When you see names...

involve replacing the error with the actual category, not removing it.' WP:REDNOT says 'An article should never be left with a non-existent (red-linked) category...

2012 (UTC) Comment But those templates actually connect to articles. WP:REDNOT states 'Red links are generally not included in either See also sections...

summaries as diff links): WP:REDNOT: not just navigation; +2 good examples of navtemplates with redlinks, and WP:REDNOT: not OSE, but see WP:REDLINK,...

community consensus to actually enforce our user category policy and WP:REDNOT then my mild preference would be for the category to remain red, with no...

and appears not to have read the relevant guidelines WP:NAVBOX and WP:REDNOT Over 40 of these navboxes have been nominated at TFD, and in not one case...

series of edits that removed text, re-added links that were removed per WP:REDNOT, and re-added the revisionist label that violates WP:BLP. [33] (08:01, 2...

Thank you for your time. ScotXW (talk) 23:04, 21 September 2013 (UTC) WP:REDNOT: Red links are not navbox material. "People who care of articles linked"...

pretty funny...Naraht (talk) 12:59, 23 June 2012 (UTC) Yepp and per WP:REDNOT those redlinks shouldn't be there. Now one could argue those redlinks do...

Tisquesusa (talk): — Please use only categories which actually exist. See WP:REDNOT, which is the same edit summary that I have used on many thousands of similar...

discussion/Log/2012 August 26 And then, off course, you have the editing guideline WP:REDNOT with is argument: Red links generally are not included in either See also...

whether to block: BHG and Doncram have a longstanding disagreement on WP:REDNOT which has been going on for months, making BHG WP:INVOLVED. BHG should have...

likely to ever have an article as s the guidance at the MoS, specifically WP:REDNOT. I took it to mediation, but that was rejected because it was associated...

Neither of the dictates of "solutions" according to REDNOT applies, which is a fault in REDNOT, not a campaign of Wiki-destabilisation against the closed...

articles soon-to-be-created? If not I think they shouldn't be linked (see WP:REDNOT). References / Works cited The references "Winter 1910a" and "Winter 1910b"...

some cases I just revert, with a boilerplate edit summary linking to WP:REDNOT (e.g. [4]). In other cases the cat clearly should exist, so I create it...

because they once contained pages, to prevent those pages from violating WP:REDNOT, and now they are empty. If the subcategories were not empty, I would suggest...

fork thereof), and since a redlinked category is always an error per WP:REDNOT, I created the cat pages as tracking categories since that was what the...

person isn't notable), redlinking to this is specifically discouraged per WP:REDNOT. I've removed all the links to personal names in the table accordingly....

long-term problem, with various disruptive violations of WP:ELNO and WP:REDNOT. User has refused to discuss. Jalen Folf (talk) 07:38, 30 July 2020 (UTC)...

categories, and continue to do so, then they'd likely be banned for good, as WP:REDNOT states you should not do this. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 14:15, 3 June 2020...

the same incorrect formatting, invalid infobox fields, datelinking, WP:REDNOT violations etc., that he has been warned about previously. --AussieLegend...

establish fact. Ceoil (talk) 01:09, 13 May 2017 (UTC) My reverts are for WP:REDNOT and WP:EXISTING issues, seems to have nothing to do with your comment. -...

about it, they've created a bunch of "political" userboxes creating WP:REDNOT categories like Category:Thinking that patriotism does not mean loving the...

formatting the infobox, improper use of flags in the infobox, violation of WP:REDNOT, MOS:BOLD etc, overuse of italics, improper headings etc (the list goes...

no reference to our policies or guidelines. Relevant guidance is at WP:REDNOT: "An exception is red links in navboxes where the red-linked articles are...

reverted are: Incorrect use of infobox fields WP:OVERLINK WP:REPEATLINK WP:REDNOT removal of {{clarify}} requests without clarifying - what, for example,...

redirected links. Besides, red links should not be used in navigation box per WP:REDNOT and the redirected link also not important if we dont have the link linking...

wouldn't create it if it didn't exist (and I've edited it to disable the WP:REDNOT categories), I think it's less bad to leave it empty for a few weeks rather...

List' the overlinking issue should be addressed. In accordance with WP:REDNOT you should avoid creating red links to articles that are not likely to be...

the last 24 hours by User:Hkb, who didn't create a category page. Per WP:REDNOT, it shouldn't stay as a redlinked category, so I debated whether to create...

So they retain deleted categories on their user pages, contrary to WP:REDNOT, despite numerous explanations over the years of how this creates perma-clutter...

merits of the category; my goal was just to avoid the disruption of a WP:REDNOT. As creator, I was notified of this discussion. There is too much heat here...

(talk) 06:48, 23 December 2010 (UTC) The red links are not valid per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties. Mhiji (talk) 13:58, 23 December 2010 (UTC) It...

nominator. And Adoil Descended (talk) 23:14, 7 January 2014 (UTC) Delete WP:REDNOT -- 70.50.148.122 (talk) 05:42, 10 January 2014 (UTC) The above discussion...

December 2010 (UTC) But they are all red links! They shouldn't be there per WP:REDNOT. Without them, this template doesn't add anything - it's redundant to Template:Government...

and that is the guidance I observed when editing this template. Per WP:REDNOT, Red links may be used on navigation templates with links to existing articles...

there was at least one transclusion, which violated the guideline at WP:REDNOT and clutters up reports like Special:WantedTemplates. The existence of such...

links are red. htonl (talk) 02:01, 14 December 2010 (UTC) Delete per WP:REDNOT, it's useless and unused. Mhiji (talk) 02:37, 14 December 2010 (UTC) The...

thankless work of experienced editors in this area. As you know, per WP:REDNOT, Either the category should be created, or the non-existent category link...

Sissinghurst. It is padded out with two redlinks, which should be removed per (WP:REDNOT, and with 4 separate links sub-sections to the article River Beult, for...

articles that do not comply with Wikipedia's naming conventions. per WP:REDNOT (the section above the one you linked to make your point). I would further...

such a case. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 09:29, 6 May 2012 (UTC) Oh, WP:REDNOT seems to be the applicable guideline. -- Toshio Yamaguchi (tlk−ctb) 09:32...

January 2015 (UTC) Thanks, marking this one handled. The guidance at WP:REDNOT is to avoid redlinking personal names, so there are several that should...

16:20, 18 January 2014 (UTC) @Arjayay: That's what I get for following WP:REDNOT. "Red links are frequently present in lists and sometimes in disambiguation...

winners (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) WP:NENAN and WP:REDNOT. Contains only two blue links. J Mo 101 (talk) 21:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC) Delete...

point of view, but ... we should be mindful of the last paragraph of WP:REDNOT Exit2DOS • Ctrl • Alt • Del 00:15, 8 August 2011 (UTC) Relisted to generate...

a few policies and/or guidelines, the most relevant being WP:GNG and WP:REDNOT. Has been sitting around in essentially this form since 2006 and while Afd...

Template:Cleanup Red Link (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) While WP:REDNOT does indeed suggest that some redlinks are unsuitable, this is usually fixed...

(UTC) Yes, but only with caution, since this is a personal name - see WP:REDNOT. If you're confident that this person merits an article on the English Wikipedia...

03:09, 9 December 2010 (UTC) I realise red links can be useful. But per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties, red links should not be used in navboxes. Navboxes...

05:25, 20 December 2010 (UTC) Delete. Red links shouldn't be there per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties. Only actually links 7 articles (the rest are redirects)...

navbox with one blue link in it. The red links shouldn't be there per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties. Navboxes are for navigating between articles -...

navigation between existing articles. The red links shouldn't be there per WP:REDNOT. After removing the red links, we have a navbox with just one link in it...

their userpages. In doing so, they have created a redlink that, per WP:REDNOT, shows up in error lists such as Special:WantedCategories. These lists are...

09:24, 15 December 2010 (UTC) But the red links shouldn't be there per WP:REDNOT and WP:NAVBOX#Properties. As there's now 6 links in it I'd say keep also...

tracklisting; they don't seem likely to have their own articles as per WP:REDNOT Publisher for Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, and Chicago Tribune...

links should't be created per WP:REDNOT, it further states that red links should be removed, however because REDNOT is a guideline, common sense can be...

restoration so that editors making this typo do not unintenionally violate WP:REDNOT, a guideline? Should I expect any of the above commenters to actually comment...

Subsequently cat has been recreated, speedy deleted, and is now populated as a WP:REDNOT. Suggest restoring, immediately relisting to allow broader discussion. Closing...

List' the overlinking issue should be addressed. In accordance with WP:REDNOT you should avoid creating red links to articles that are not likely to be...

policy in WantedCategories? Is it for technical reasons, because of WP:REDNOT, or was it decided somewhere by consensus? I'm just trying to understand...

(UTC) Please read the relevant portion of that guideline, which is at WP:REDNOT: Red links may be used in navboxes which also contain links to existing...

which actually exist to one or more non-existent categories, contrary to WP:REDNOT. That was disruptive. The page histories show my reverts, as I repeatedly...

wineries, breweries, and distilleries in New Jersey is mostly red links. WP:REDNOT recommends against linking to topics that are unlikely to be created but...

Subsequently cat has been recreated, speedy deleted, and is now populated as a WP:REDNOT. Suggest restoring, immediately relisting to allow broader discussion. Closing...

policy in WantedCategories? Is it for technical reasons, because of WP:REDNOT, or was it decided somewhere by consensus? I'm just trying to understand...

inadvertently putting this script from 2015 in Category:Foo in breach of WP:REDNOT. The user has not edited since 2017 and has not responded to a talk page...

where the IP is trying to force insertion of a redlink that falls under REDNOT as the topic they want linked fails GNG. The IP has also violated 3RR by...

restoration so that editors making this typo do not unintenionally violate WP:REDNOT, a guideline? Should I expect any of the above commenters to actually comment...

considered that), not external links covered by the external link guidelines. WP:REDNOT discourages redlinking personal names as a name does not uniquely identify...

2017 (UTC) WP:REDNOT discourages redlinks to people's names; there are several such links in the article. Removed. I'm not fond of REDNOT; I understand...

tracklisting; they don't seem likely to have their own articles as per WP:REDNOT Publisher for Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, and Chicago Tribune...

January 2015 (UTC) Thanks, marking this one handled. The guidance at WP:REDNOT is to avoid redlinking personal names, so there are several that should...

same name could be created. I'll link the guidance in a moment See: WP:REDNOT p.93–94: This should be pp. 1809-1823 should have a ndash College Avenue...

15:26, 13 February 2026 (UTC) Please stop violating the guideline at WP:REDNOT, specifically "Do not create red links to: Transclusions of templates that...

templates lists calls to templates that don't exist, which can be fixed per WP:REDNOT. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:26, 29 June 2024 (UTC) Great, thanks! S.A. Julio...

be an exuberant and misdirected new editor. Have you tried explaining WP:REDNOT (with respect to adding categories that don't exist) to them? Chetsford...

two redlinked categories that don't even exist at all, further defying WP:REDNOT) no matter how many times those were removed or disabled — so it would look...

the links you provided. EggRoll97 (talk) 18:12, 30 June 2026 (UTC) Per WP:REDNOT. I think this can be done using the new_html variable though it would require...

their userpages. In doing so, they have created a redlink that, per WP:REDNOT, shows up in error lists such as Special:WantedCategories. These lists are...

explanation to his talk page of why the category can't be on the page — both WP:REDNOT and WP:USERNOCAT are quite clear about redlinked categories on userpages...