User blog:ToaAuserv/Public Service Announcement: Fixing Links

Now that we've switched over to the (2001)/(2015) naming scheme rather than using (Reboot), there are a load of links that need to be fixed. For the most part the (2015) pages are good, but the (2001) pages have a ways to go. Here is some quick information on how to help.

Toa Mata/Toa Nuva

 * Tahu (moved to Tahu (2001))
 * Gali (moved to Gali (2001))
 * Lewa (moved to Lewa (2001))
 * Pohatu (moved to Pohatu (2001))
 * Onua (moved to Onua (2001))
 * Kopaka (moved to Kopaka (2001))
 * Toa (moved to Toa (2001))

And some others...

 * Mask of Creation (moved to Mask of Creation (2007))
 * Mata Nui (island) (moved to Mata Nui (Location))
 * Mata Nui (being) (moved to Mata Nui (Being)) (done in main namespace, still appears on talk pages)
 * Mata Nui (spirit) (moved to Mata Nui (Being))
 * Makuta (moved to Makuta (Species))
 * And just about every page that used to end with (Reboot), which now all end in (2015), aside from Maskmakers. I took care of most of these, but feel free to check them.

Step-by-step guide

 * 1) Go to Special:WhatLinksHere and type in the name of one of the pages from the list above and select "Template" as the namespace. (You can also just click on one of the links in the list above.)
 * 2) Change all links to go to the page's new name on every template it appears on. If the list is blank, skip to step 4.
 * 3) Refresh the list until you've confirmed that there are no pages left on it.
 * 4) Set the namespace to (Main).
 * 5) Change all links to go to the page's new name on every page it appears on. IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure you pothole the links like this so we don't have ugly parenthetical tags clogging up the body of the article: Kopaka
 * 6) Refresh the list until you've confirmed that there are no pages left on it.

Your browser's search function (Ctrl+F for Windows users) is helpful to make sure you got all of the links. Type in the search box, e.g., [Tahu]. When all links to Tahu have been changed to link to Tahu (2001), the search will find nothing. Feel free to fix links for other pages on the list too, especially because links to the Toa Mata/Toa Nuva pages tend to appear together a lot. And of course, if you see any other things on the page that need to be fixed, feel free to take care of that too.

All in all, since there were so many links to the Toa pages, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, but with just a few people working on it for a little while at a time, it can be taken care of in a matter of days. If you do decide to help us out, leave a comment when you finish one of the pages so it can be removed from the list. Thanks!