I'm very late to this conversation but I just wanted to chime in (since I don't think I saw anybody say it yet) that I always see red links as an invitation to create an article (blue links, on the other hand, are an invitation to read another article). I don't put red links in anywhere I don't think a full, new article would be warranted. This is obviously a personal call (is it ever not one?), but as a guiding principle it works for me pretty well in ambiguous situations.
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On 6/29/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, When discovering a redlink, which is better: to leave it as a redlink, or redirect it to the "closest" topic? Eg, a redlink to the name of a book - best to leave it that way, or create it as a redirect to the book's author? Or, create a substub "X is a book by [[Author]]"?
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