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Every page has a link labelled '''"What links here"''' or "backlinks" in the sidebar toolbox. This facility provides a list of all pages in the same project which link to the specified page. The facility is especially useful to find related articles. | Every page has a link labelled '''"What links here"''' or "backlinks" in the sidebar toolbox. This facility provides a list of all pages in the same project which link to the specified page. The facility is especially useful to find related articles. | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 22 June 2006
Every page has a link labelled "What links here" or "backlinks" in the sidebar toolbox. This facility provides a list of all pages in the same project which link to the specified page. The facility is especially useful to find related articles.
Limitation
Not listed are subpages that just have an automatic link to a page.
Redirects
The backlinks feature shows which backlinks are redirects. The backlinks of the redirect are also shown, and if they include a redirect, the backlinks of that also (not more). This makes it a useful tool for finding double redirects, which do not work, and, except in special applications (see below) can better be replaced by redirects to the final target.
Order
When the link tables in the database are rebuilt, the lists are alphabetically ordered. However, adding a link subsequently causes it to be added to the end, and thus these occur in chronological order.
