"redlink" meaning in English

See redlink in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "red + link",
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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, 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.",
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        {
          "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, 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.",
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          "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.",
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