Dead links are often located on news websites that have relocated the content. Fixing broken links can be a quick task if you only have a few minutes to edit, provided you're able to find the new link to the information. If you aren't able to find a corrected link, just move on to the next dead link.
- Select an article from the page linked below below and click the link to go to it.
- Click Edit to edit the article; use the source editor.
- Press Ctrl-F to search and type in "dead link" to find it in the article source; it will look like this: {{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}
- In the reference just before it you will find the website, URL, and article title for the source. Look for an updated link.
- Once you have the updated link, replace the dead link with the new link. You can also update the Access Date with today's date.
- Remove the dead link template, i.e., {{dead link| ...}}
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and Preview your work to make sure it looks good.
- Enter an Edit Summary, "Fixed dead link," and click Publish changes.
