Wikipedia:WikiProject Bluelink patrol/Archive 2021

This is an archive of investigations into potentially bad bluelinks completed during 2021. For more recently completed investigations, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Bluelink patrol/Archive.

February 2021

Minari, One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Invisible Man, Palm Springs, Boys State, Collective, Time, La Llorona, Enola Holmes, News of the World are also award-nominated films this year - see this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 01:16, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hillbilly Elegy, Wild Mountain Thyme, and Cherry are three more recent films - see Special:Diff/1005510544. GoingBatty (talk) 01:32, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Once on This Island and The Last Thing He Wanted are two more - see Special:Diff/1005515238. GoingBatty (talk) 02:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I changed some of the Palm Springs (California) links to Palm Springs, Florida. GoingBatty (talk) 03:25, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

...and some of the La Llorona links to La Llorona (song). GoingBatty (talk) 03:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Several old movies - see this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 02:48, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
MMA wouldn't be easy to check, but might have collected some strikingly inappropriate links. Narky Blert (talk) 11:59, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No errors found. Certes (talk) 18:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Has anyone had a look at capitalised Bar recently? I remember people, roads and a football team. Narky Blert (talk) 05:17, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done - changed over a dozen to Bar, Montenegro. GoingBatty (talk) 04:22, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalised Minder, for the TV series. Narky Blert (talk) 07:52, 4 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done, along with TV series Shoestring and Nanny. Added all three to User:GoingBatty/Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 04:53, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Alcestis (play 11, opera 1). Narky Blert (talk) 14:06, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thyestes (play 2, fish 1). Narky Blert (talk) 14:32, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Four more Greeks who are also plays etc., found accompanying Electra: Andromache, Antigone, Hecuba and Medea. I'll look into these. Narky Blert (talk) 08:33, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Andromache   ~~Done~~, just the 1 play found during the Electra sweep. Narky Blert (talk) 17:13, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, my bad - wrong searchstring. Andromache, +11 plays, equal numbers Greek and French. Now   Done. Narky Blert (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Antigone   Done. Play 51 (mainly Greek, but also French, Catalan, Croatian and Italian), ballet 4, opera, film, singer, suburb, castle and circular link 1 each; also, 7 items added to the DAB page and my first-ever smiley from a non-EnglIsh WP (German) :-) Narky Blert (talk) 16:25, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hecuba   Done. 1 play. Narky Blert (talk) 16:39, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Medea   Done. Play 100 (mostly Greek, but also Latin and French), city 13, opera 7, comune 3, film 3, province 2, Media (region) (misspelt) 2, ballet, NN character and university 1 each (about a quarter of all links). 11 items added to the DAB page. Narky Blert (talk) 14:11, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I monitor Julius Caesar but other Shakespeare works may need a check (Henry VIII, Richard II, Richard III, Edward II, Sir Thomas More). Certes (talk) 12:48, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Marlowe* Narky Blert (talk) 04:18, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I volunteer to tackle those once I've finished off the Greeks. Narky Blert (talk) 19:18, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Four kings and one saint came up clean. Pericles turned up 43 instances of the play (last time I checked, Athens and Tyre are on different continents), 1 fictional ship, and 3 antries for the DAB page, Narky Blert (talk) 16:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Salome. Opera 39, play 27 (including a {{clarify}} from August 2013) (a close-run thing between those two until the final furlong), fictional character 6 (more than one), telenovela 3, disciple 3 (theologically alarming), ballet 3 (2 of them), singers 2 (different ones), given name 2, films 2, apocryphal 1 (also alarming), NN song 1, wrong historical figure 1. Additions to DAB page 2. That was a quarter of the links which didn't involve a biblical template. Narky Blert (talk) 18:23, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The figure-skating links to the Biblical character were...heterodox. Narky Blert (talk) 18:46, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Anak. Film 4, song 1, South Korea 1. Narky Blert (talk) 12:28, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Medusa. Jellyfish 8, painting 1, album 1, rapper 1. 7 entries added to DAB page. Narky Blert (talk) 13:57, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalised Weed (Weeds redirects to the DAB page). Narky Blert (talk) 09:43, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
All 18 links look good to me. GoingBatty (talk) 20:50, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Cats. One man had performed in them. (There's an argument for an RM - only a minority of links are to article space - but a regular uppercase check might suffice.) Narky Blert (talk) 08:38, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Someone may be monitoring Cats. I checked last October and was surprised to find only three errors. Certes (talk) 16:17, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Macbeth. Verdi 14 (plus one in itwiki for kicks), Mac Bethad mac Findlaích 3, Bloch 1.

Memo to self - don't do that again. "What, will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?" Narky Blert (talk) 16:10, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Constantine. Excluding articles with templates about Christianity or the Roman Empire - 72 for the Emperor, 38 for the city in Algeria, 1 for the Cornish village. Narky Blert (talk) 14:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Gaia. Spacecraft 4, hypothesis 2, NN character, city in Portugal, Earth analog, dn 1 each. Narky Blert (talk) 12:53, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Lone Ranger - some links should be to the TV series or a particular film. GoingBatty (talk) 20:39, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
...which then leads me to Bat Masterson and The Cisco Kid, and [[Gene Autry|The Gene Autry Show]]. GoingBatty (talk) 22:26, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
... and Tonto? Narky Blert (talk) 05:39, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Narky Blert: Yes, and Cheyenne. GoingBatty (talk) 01:51, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Rawhide is a DAB, so no problems there. Narky Blert (talk) 08:25, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Madeira. Wine 7, new DAB entries , dn 1. Narky Blert (talk) 15:03, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Rust. Programming language, towns in Germany/Austria, film, band, etc. GoingBatty (talk) 02:29, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Lowercase vans. Fixed 3, added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 21:42, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Good spot. I fixed similar plural company names attackers, esquires, motorships, scalpers, seaters and zenises. Certes (talk) 00:39, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalised Mist. NB this will not be a German programming language (cf Rust, above). Narky Blert (talk) 08:03, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Narky Blert: Done - fixed 6. GoingBatty (talk) 23:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalised Suitcase. Narky Blert (talk) 11:05, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Narky Blert: - fixed 2, added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 23:19, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalised Wyvern (and probably other mythical beasts). Narky Blert (talk) 06:55, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Narky Blert: - Changed 3 to Wyvern (radio), unlinked 3 others. GoingBatty (talk) 23:32, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Uppercased Dark and Darkness. Narky Blert (talk) 06:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Narky Blert: - removed a few incorrect links. GoingBatty (talk) 23:41, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Uppercased Milestone (mostly video game companies) and Milemarker (band) - added to my Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 00:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Cars - fixed 5 that are for the film or franchise - added to my Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 01:36, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ambrose. Bandleader 3, American historian 1, Chicago street gang 1. Narky Blert (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Alphabet already looks good. I was expecting to find a couple links to change to Alphabet Inc.. Do one of you already monitor this link? GoingBatty (talk) 23:29, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's on my Backlinks along with Braun, Caterpillar, Fox, etc. Certes (talk) 23:46, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Alibi - fixed 1 for TV channel - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 03:46, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Boomerang - fixed 1 for 2019 film, 3 for British and Irish TV channel, 1 for Australian and New Zealand TV channel, 1 for French TV channel - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 03:46, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Sherri - changed 3 to Sherri (name) GoingBatty (talk) 03:50, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Whoopi - changed 1 to Whoopi Goldberg and about 40 to Whoopi (TV series) - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 03:50, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For Your Love - changed 18 to For Your Love (TV series), unlinked 1 GoingBatty (talk) 04:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized & italicized Homecoming - changed 1 to Homecoming (TV series) GoingBatty (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Rules of Engagement - changed 5 to Rules of Engagement (TV series) GoingBatty (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sabrina the Teenage Witch - changed 40+ to the 1996 TV series and a couple to the 1970 TV series - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 05:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
William Perry - changed 2 to American football, 4 to composer, 1 to boxer, 2 to Queensland businessman, unlinked 4. GoingBatty (talk) 01:51, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Mantis - changed 3 to Marvel Comics, unlinked 10, changed 1 to redlink album. GoingBatty (talk) 03:18, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Justice - changed 26 to Justice (band) - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 04:03, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capilatized Hole (1 to band) and Pink (1 to singer) - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 04:14, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Cameronian. Cameroon 1, horse 1. Narky Blert (talk) 07:36, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Pluto. Disney 9, deity 3, band 2, NN 1. Narky Blert (talk) 11:30, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Cornerstone - Festival 1, song 1, unlinked 3, added Cornerstone (company) redirect to disambiguation page. GoingBatty (talk) 22:13, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Sunshine - changed 1 to 1999 film. GoingBatty (talk) 22:55, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Tattoo - Jordin Sparks 1, Star Trek Voyager 1, unlinked 3. GoingBatty (talk) 23:08, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Armageddon. Film 1, band 1, rapper 1, drummer 1, record label 1. Narky Blert (talk) 10:21, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Araucaria. Clean. Narky Blert (talk) 14:56, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Nebula - awards 4, band 10, MCU 6, unlinked 14 (mostly record label) - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 04:31, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Teresa/Theresa. Rather to my surprise, clean. Narky Blert (talk) 06:52, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Capitalized Leader - 1995 film 1, 2010 film 1, The Leader (Melbourne) 14 - added to Backlinks. GoingBatty (talk) 18:02, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Round table retargetted to the DAB page and cleaned out - discussion 23, medieval furniture 5, modern furniture 3, India 1. Narky Blert (talk) 12:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rio Grande (1) -river - Brazil 10, Puerto Rico 3, Argentina 1, Peru 1, film 1; dn 2 (both Chile), dabentry 6. (2) -Mexico -Colorado -Texas - Argentina 1, Brazil 2, Portugal 1, film 2, shanty 1; new DAB 1. (3) Río Grande - Argentina 7, Mexican town 1, Peru 1; check 1. Narky Blert (talk) 12:09, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]