[Enhancement] Remove "Page Does Not Exist" text for Failed Internal Hyperlinks #31

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opened 2024-08-26 10:36:46 +00:00 by Binzy_Boi · 0 comments

Binzy_Boi commented

2024-08-26 10:36:46 +00:00

While this overall does a more direct job at telling the end user that the link in question doesn't lead anywhere, stating each time that the page does not exist can lead to disruptions in the reading experience when multiple internal hyperlinks fail to point to existing pages.

As an example, here is the Etymology of the word "shun" in Wiktionary and Wikimore as it appears in the respective links below:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shun
https://wikimore.private.coffee/wiktionary/en/wiki/shun

Whereas in Wikimedia projects where failed internal hyperlinks are simply colour coded to red to show the end reader that the linked page on Wikipedia does not exist, Wikimore does this as well as state in brackets "_page does not exist_". While this overall does a more direct job at telling the end user that the link in question doesn't lead anywhere, stating each time that the page does not exist can lead to disruptions in the reading experience when multiple internal hyperlinks fail to point to existing pages. As an example, here is the Etymology of the word "shun" in Wiktionary and Wikimore as it appears in the respective links below: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shun https://wikimore.private.coffee/wiktionary/en/wiki/shun ![image](/attachments/cb7b94b3-2519-437f-a03e-96551baa106d) ![image](/attachments/0bd9be8b-d4d1-4735-817e-59e7e83cd01b)

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