Template talk:Dead link
Link status indication
Hi, I'm working on a script for (semi)automatic detection of dead links: [1].
There are still many issues to be solved, but it is already pretty confident at detecting 4xx errors which are being flagged with Template:Dead link. Other cases will definitely need human intervention, because the classification is not unambiguous (see [2]), so I'm wondering if we should create a new template or add an optional "status" parameter to Template:Dead link to indicate cases like SSL certificate verification error, connection refused, connection timeout, or the 5xx errors in general. I'm still figuring out how and when these should be marked, so any opinion would be appreciated.
-- Lahwaacz (talk) 16:27, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
- Awesome! Maybe we can add an "info" symbol like ⓘ (ⓘ) or ℹ️ (ℹ) to Template:Dead link's superscript, and report the error description in its 'title' attribute ("tooltip"). It's not mouseless-friendly though of course. -- Kynikos (talk) 15:41, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
- Would it be too weird if the "title" attribute is added directly to the <sup> tag? It is much easier to hover than a single character. See Template:Sandbox for example. -- Lahwaacz (talk) 10:27, 21 March 2020 (UTC)