"redlink" meaning in All languages combined

See redlink on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: redlinks [plural]
Etymology: From red + link. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|red|link}} red + link Head templates: {{en-noun}} redlink (plural redlinks)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "red",
        "3": "link"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From red + link.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redlinks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "redlink (plural redlinks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "red link"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, & Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 250:",
          "text": "If you add a category to an article, but the category doesn't exist yet, it displays as a redlink in the article's list of categories.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, John K. Waters, The Everything Guide to Social Media: All You Need to Know About Participating in Today's Most Popular Online Communities, Adams Media, published 2010, →ISBN, page 182:",
          "text": "Hyperlinks on Wikipedia are rendered in blue text, but you'll also find links rendered in red. These \"redlinks\" are hyperlinks that don't yet lead to anything. If you click on a redlink, you'll end up on a page that needs content, which you're not only free to add, but encouraged to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 October 11, William M. Connelly, “Re: Clear signals showing anthropogenic global warming consequences?”, in sci.environment (Usenet):",
          "text": "Did wiki ever have one? Some wiki pages get deleted but GCMI would be unlikely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPP has a redlink to it, but that only means someone once thought they might oneday create it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of red link"
      ],
      "id": "en-redlink-en-noun-Lz3lFrIA",
      "links": [
        [
          "red link",
          "red link#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "redlink"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "red",
        "3": "link"
      },
      "expansion": "red + link",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From red + link.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "redlinks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "redlink (plural redlinks)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "word": "red link"
        }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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          "ref": "2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, & Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 250:",
          "text": "If you add a category to an article, but the category doesn't exist yet, it displays as a redlink in the article's list of categories.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, John K. Waters, The Everything Guide to Social Media: All You Need to Know About Participating in Today's Most Popular Online Communities, Adams Media, published 2010, →ISBN, page 182:",
          "text": "Hyperlinks on Wikipedia are rendered in blue text, but you'll also find links rendered in red. These \"redlinks\" are hyperlinks that don't yet lead to anything. If you click on a redlink, you'll end up on a page that needs content, which you're not only free to add, but encouraged to.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 October 11, William M. Connelly, “Re: Clear signals showing anthropogenic global warming consequences?”, in sci.environment (Usenet):",
          "text": "Did wiki ever have one? Some wiki pages get deleted but GCMI would be unlikely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPP has a redlink to it, but that only means someone once thought they might oneday create it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "red link",
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        ]
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}

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