Proposed in Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016. Received 53 votes, and ranked #19 out of 265 proposals. View full proposal with discussion and votes here.
Problem
There are so many dead links in WP, this reduces the quality of the encyclopedia.
Who would benefit
A dead link checker would be of benefit to all!
Proposed solution
Not easy to know whom to notify about dead links. Maybe a notice on the article's discussion page?
Technical details
Time, expertise and skills required
- e.g. 2-3 weeks, advanced contributor, javascript, css, etc
Suitable for
- e.g. Hackathon, GSOC, Outreachy, etc.