Wikipedia:Historical archive/Logs/Offline reports/This is one of the most linked to redirect pages

Overview
The list below shows redirect pages in the main english article namespace to which there are the most links. Multiple links from a single article are only counted once. It was generated on 2nd November 2004 from the 23rd October 2004 database dump.

Preamble
Links to redirect pages cause the target of the redirect page to appear when linked to. In many (but not all) cases, links should be made directly to the intended article, not to a redirect that points to it. However there are cases where links to a redirect are appropriate (e.g., where a separate article might someday be separated out from the currently redirected article). Edit articles linking to redirects to fix this unless they have an actual difference in meaning. In that case, you may want to replace the redirect with an article.

Many of these can be fixed with bots, but rigorous discussion and consensus should be gathered before making any massive amount of changes. Redirects themselves are harmless, and some redirect targets may change in the future. Choices are best made based on the context of the article.

Regenerating this report
This report is generated from a Link Analysis Database using the SQL:

select concat( '#', art_title, ' (', links_to, ' articles)' ) from art where art.art_is_redirect = 1 and art.art_is_stub = 0 and art.art_is_disambig = 0 order by links_to desc limit 200;

Suggested improvements

 * Keep it hidden. Otherwise someone may get get the idea that km² should be replaced by square kilometre, or meter should be replaced with metre. -- User:Docu
 * The benefits of km² far outweigh those of the redirected km² . Guanaco 20:13, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * What are they? It just make the source longer. -- User:Docu
 * Keeping the links redirected causes the database to be more cluttered, our search engine rankings to be lower, and users to unnecessarily see things like "(Redirected from km²)". Guanaco 01:25, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Keeping the links redirected causes the database to be more cluttered, our search engine rankings to be lower is there any authoritative evidence for any of these assertions or are they simply opinion or conjecture? Is "database clutter" an actual problem? older &ne; wiser 15:08, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Links to redirects like WikiProject U.S. Counties (Special:Whatlinkshere/WikiProject_U.S._Counties) may be worth fixing, as they link into and out-of article namespace. -- User:Docu

List

 * 1) Square_kilometer (40279 articles)
 * 2) Hispanic_(U.S._Census) (29551 articles)
 * 3) White_(U.S._Census) (29382 articles)
 * 4) Latino_(U.S._Census) (29379 articles)
 * 5) Asian_(U.S._Census) (29378 articles)
 * 6) African_American_(U.S._Census) (29374 articles)
 * 7) Native_American_(U.S._Census) (29373 articles)
 * 8) Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census) (29372 articles)
 * 9) Race_(U.S._census) (4858 articles)
 * 10) U.S._State (2921 articles)
 * 11) USA (2078 articles)
 * 12) As_of_2004 (2006 articles)
 * 13) Binomial_name (1849 articles)
 * 14) United_States_of_America (1785 articles)
 * 15) U.S._Census_Bureau (1577 articles)
 * 16) Chicago (1499 articles)
 * 17) Nazi (1415 articles)
 * 18) Movie (1376 articles)
 * 19) Roman_Catholic (1352 articles)
 * 20) New_York,_New_York (1237 articles)
 * 21) Second_World_War (1231 articles)
 * 22) Hollywood (1218 articles)
 * 23) Actress (1215 articles)
 * 24) Toronto (1180 articles)
 * 25) San_Francisco (1172 articles)
 * 26) Protestant (1095 articles)
 * 27) U.S. (1083 articles)
 * 28) Montreal (1009 articles)
 * 29) Television_series (1004 articles)
 * 30) Mediterranean (970 articles)
 * 31) Latin_language (963 articles)
 * 32) Washington,_D.C. (962 articles)
 * 33) 1911_Encyclopaedia_Britannica (950 articles)
 * 34) Drums (923 articles)
 * 35) First_World_War (904 articles)
 * 36) U.S. (896 articles)
 * 37) Boston (893 articles)
 * 38) Software (878 articles)
 * 39) 1911_Encyclopedia_Britannica (878 articles)
 * 40) Philadelphia (867 articles)
 * 41) Jesus_Christ (849 articles)
 * 42) Communist (847 articles)
 * 43) Soccer (812 articles)
 * 44) Rock_music (791 articles)
 * 45) Magnoliophyta (764 articles)
 * 46) Passeriformes (745 articles)
 * 47) Railway (727 articles)
 * 48) Emperor_of_China (726 articles)
 * 49) Hindu (716 articles)
 * 50) Railroad (716 articles)
 * 51) African-American (709 articles)
 * 52) Cities_of_Japan (688 articles)
 * 53) Novelist (683 articles)
 * 54) London,_England (679 articles)
 * 55) Magnoliopsida (677 articles)
 * 56) Reptilia (671 articles)
 * 57) The_Netherlands (662 articles)
 * 58) Napoleon (646 articles)
 * 59) Bacteria (644 articles)
 * 60) Acronym (640 articles)
 * 61) UNESCO (637 articles)
 * 62) Conservative (637 articles)
 * 63) Vocals (620 articles)
 * 64) Medieval (599 articles)
 * 65) UTC (596 articles)
 * 66) Los_Angeles (590 articles)
 * 67) Paris,_France (589 articles)
 * 68) Socialist (584 articles)
 * 69) Sauria (578 articles)
 * 70) Surface_area (570 articles)
 * 71) NCAA (564 articles)
 * 72) Canadian (544 articles)
 * 73) West_Indies (541 articles)
 * 74) FBI (537 articles)
 * 75) Academy_Awards (527 articles)
 * 76) As_of_2003 (527 articles)
 * 77) 2003_invasion_of_Iraq (522 articles)
 * 78) Buddhist (511 articles)
 * 79) New_Orleans (510 articles)
 * 80) New_York_Times (510 articles)
 * 81) CIA (505 articles)
 * 82) Oxford_University (502 articles)
 * 83) List_of_lunar_craters (495 articles)
 * 84) Jesuit (489 articles)
 * 85) WWII (483 articles)
 * 86) Sitcom (482 articles)
 * 87) Brooklyn,_New_York (482 articles)
 * 88) Homosexual (480 articles)
 * 89) Hispanic_American (471 articles)
 * 90) Terrorist (463 articles)
 * 91) US_Navy (463 articles)
 * 92) Burma (454 articles)
 * 93) European (450 articles)
 * 94) Ancient_Rome (449 articles)
 * 95) Okinawa (449 articles)
 * 96) Cambridge_University (444 articles)
 * 97) Danube (444 articles)
 * 98) CPU (435 articles)
 * 99) Theatre (435 articles)
 * 100) Aves (434 articles)
 * 101) San_Diego (429 articles)
 * 102) Vancouver (429 articles)
 * 103) Kilometer (427 articles)
 * 104) Atlanta (426 articles)
 * 105) Detroit (418 articles)
 * 106) Pacific (417 articles)
 * 107) Seattle (404 articles)
 * 108) Engineer (400 articles)
 * 109) Genera (397 articles)
 * 110) Anglican (397 articles)
 * 111) Producer (393 articles)
 * 112) NHL (389 articles)
 * 113) 1_July (389 articles)
 * 114) Roman_Catholicism (383 articles)
 * 115) UK_topics (383 articles)
 * 116) Space_Shuttle (382 articles)
 * 117) Trade_union (382 articles)
 * 118) Plantae (380 articles)
 * 119) Slave (377 articles)
 * 120) Historical_anniversaries (377 articles)
 * 121) Assassination (374 articles)
 * 122) Gregorian_Calendar (371 articles)
 * 123) PBS (369 articles)
 * 124) Asia_Minor (366 articles)
 * 125) King_of_Denmark (364 articles)
 * 126) Winnipeg (361 articles)
 * 127) Local_government_in_England (360 articles)
 * 128) Chordata (359 articles)
 * 129) List_of_famous_Puerto_Ricans (358 articles)
 * 130) International_Business_Machines (354 articles)
 * 131) St._Louis,_Missouri (354 articles)
 * 132) Warner_Brothers (351 articles)
 * 133) Hitler (351 articles)
 * 134) Napoleon_Bonaparte (345 articles)
 * 135) United_States_Supreme_Court (342 articles)
 * 136) Airplane (337 articles)
 * 137) Stalin (335 articles)
 * 138) 1_January (335 articles)
 * 139) Anglo-Saxon (333 articles)
 * 140) SIL (333 articles)
 * 141) U.S._House_of_Representatives (332 articles)
 * 142) Marijuana (330 articles)
 * 143) Catholic_Church (329 articles)
 * 144) Dutch (328 articles)
 * 145) Prime_minister (327 articles)
 * 146) UN (325 articles)
 * 147) Australian (325 articles)
 * 148) U.S._Army (324 articles)
 * 149) Mammalia (323 articles)
 * 150) Las_Vegas (323 articles)
 * 151) Nineteenth_century (322 articles)
 * 152) Musical (321 articles)
 * 153) CIA_World_Factbook (321 articles)
 * 154) USSR (319 articles)
 * 155) Twentieth_century (319 articles)
 * 156) Rap (318 articles)
 * 157) MIT (317 articles)
 * 158) Ph.D. (317 articles)
 * 159) R&B (317 articles)
 * 160) Ion (316 articles)
 * 161) Years (315 articles)
 * 162) Telecommunications (314 articles)
 * 163) Pitcher (314 articles)
 * 164) Queen_Victoria (312 articles)
 * 165) 1_October (312 articles)
 * 166) Prime_Minister_of_Denmark (311 articles)
 * 167) UNIX (308 articles)
 * 168) Grammy (308 articles)
 * 169) ISO (308 articles)
 * 170) Marxist (308 articles)
 * 171) Km (308 articles)
 * 172) Byzantine (306 articles)
 * 173) Russian_Revolution (306 articles)
 * 174) Reformation (305 articles)
 * 175) Jewish (304 articles)
 * 176) Hundreds_of_Sweden (304 articles)
 * 177) NFL (303 articles)
 * 178) 1_May (302 articles)
 * 179) IATA_Airport_Code (302 articles)
 * 180) EP (301 articles)
 * 181) CEO (300 articles)
 * 182) 1_April (297 articles)
 * 183) CNN (296 articles)
 * 184) Lutheran (293 articles)
 * 185) Harvard (293 articles)
 * 186) Franklin_D._Roosevelt (290 articles)
 * 187) Stroke (290 articles)
 * 188) King_of_France (289 articles)
 * 189) Theologian (288 articles)
 * 190) US_Army (288 articles)
 * 191) Sculptor (286 articles)
 * 192) NBA (285 articles)
 * 193) Disney (284 articles)
 * 194) Poem (284 articles)
 * 195) Bosnia (283 articles)
 * 196) Norman (282 articles)
 * 197) World_War_Two (279 articles)
 * 198) Madonna_(entertainer) (279 articles)
 * 199) St._Petersburg (278 articles)
 * 200) Explorer (278 articles)