Occasionally, a wick will appear on a page's "Related to" subpage, but the page in question doesn't actually contain the link listed. In fact, sometimes nonexistent pages will appear to have this nonexistent link. This is called a "ghost wick": it is a ghost haunting pages past. There are a couple of ways these wicks could've surfaced, which are related to administrative/mod deletions and reversions. The details aren't important.
Elimination of a ghost wick depends on where the wick is occuring.
On an existing page:
- If the page is a redirect, make a null edit. It might force earlier changes to the page to register. Please leave an edit reason so others know what's going on. If that doesn't work...
- If the page has content but no internal links at all, create one. Wicks only update if there's at least one wick on the page, so adding one will make the ghost wick disappear. If you feel there's nowhere to place an appropriate link, add a link arbitrarily (such as to the page itself), save the edit, and delete it after. Please leave an edit reason so others know what's going on.
- If the page is ghost-indexing (creating index bars on other pages even though it's not an index), do a null edit to its page type (under Page Info; in the sidebar on desktop, bottom of the page on mobile). If it's a redirect, you'll first have to break the redirect so you can access the page type in the first place. After you're done, restore the redirect.
On a nonexistent page:
Requesting removal of ghost wicks from ghost pages is the purpose of this thread.- Post the page where the ghost wick is supposed to exist.
- Alternatively, if the page is not in the Main namespace, you can recreate the page with "Ghost Wick" and a wick to the page, then add it to the Cut List where a moderator will delete it.note
Edited by Twiddler on Jul 8th 2023 at 1:55:52 AM
That's been done.
BRPXQZME is making a ghost wick to DontLookAtMe.
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576Wolfmoonrising is creating a ghost wick to Does Not Like Shoes
My troper wallThat's done.
Macron's notesMain.Dark Colony has a ghost wick to Authority Equals Asskicking.
That's done
Macron's notesKaoru Mizuhara has a ghost wick to LightNovel.Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls.
Would appreciate for it to be removed before I ask the page to be moved to Literature/ in the other thread, please. Scratch that, Literature.Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls already exists. Still would appreciate it though.
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 3rd 2023 at 6:49:09 PM
Pantheon Wick CleaningThat's done.
Macron's notesLightNovel.Isekai Shokudou is already cut, but it apparently still appears as a redirect to Literature.Restaurant To Another World
Edit: Also the same case for LightNovel.Rokujyouma No Shinryakusha still appearing as a redirect to Literature.Invaders Of The Rokujyouma
Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 5th 2023 at 9:47:51 PM
Pantheon Wick CleaningThe page mover tool creates ghost wicks so that's what happened there. I'll get to it later.
Macron's notesFYI, we non-mods can fix them by just remaking the page with any data, then sending them to the cultist.
But I assume you, , have a reason to want to do it yourself?
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576Oh, I thought I actually forgot about that and doing them myself.
Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 5th 2023 at 10:50:09 AM
Macron's notesThere's a ghost wick from Sleuth Dates Cop to They Do. I tried removing it myself, but it didn't work.
online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.com- Not a ghost, just split out with curlies. What do you want it to be?
Hang on, I can fix it myself now that I know where it is.
online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.comStilanas is making a ghost wick to TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot.
Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576Looks like I have a real ghost wick this time, from Heartwarming.Les Legendaires to They Do.
online since 1993 | huge retrocomputing and TV nerd | lee4hmz.info (under construction) | heapershangout.comIt's gone now.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanBoth PlayingWith.Coitus Ensues and PlayingWith.Death By Sex have ghost wicks to A Date With Rosie Palms.
The best character is always the one-shot disguise.~Phantom Dusclops 92 You can recreate and cutlist pages that aren't in the Main/ namespace to get rid of the ghost wick.
Macron's notes
Pat The Beastie is making a ghost wick to Surprise Creepy.
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