"blue link" meaning in English

See blue link in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: blue links [plural]
Etymology: In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text. Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue link (plural blue links)

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          "ref": "2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox",
          "text": "Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia.",
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