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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. It may be something simple like a spelling error. Or it just may that the page no longer exists.
 * 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 Summery 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 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:DoubleRedirects to correct this problem.
 * In this Maintenance page, each entry will consist of three links separated by a arrow. 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."
 * Click on "Wikitext" in tool bar.
 * Highlight the existing text between the  brackets and paste in the newly copied third link.
 * 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."