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[[caption-width-right:300:The link above is to TV Tropes, so it will [[TemptingFate (hopefully)]] never die. The [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] above, however, [[VisualPun is dead.]]]]
A dead link is a hyperlink that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin no longer works]] or takes its clicker to somewhere unintended. The more technical term for this is "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot link rot]]".

Typical destinations of dead links are HTTP 404 ("Not Found") or 403 ("Forbidden") errors, a "This video is unavailable because it is private/the account associated with it has been taken down due to copyright strikes" (for Platform/YouTube links), or a generic search engine-type page proclaiming, "This domain is up for sale!" In the worst cases, these links might redirect you to shady websites that disable your browser's "back" button and try to download malware.

On most of this wiki, as well as a vast majority of other wikis, [[Administrivia/RedLink dead internal links are indicated in red]], although SugarWiki/SugarWiki uses pink (unless you hover your mouse over the link).

If you see a dead external link on this wiki, correct it or remove it. If you see a dead internal link, then, in the immortal words of the instructions that appear when you click on it, "[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere If you want to start this new page, just click the edit button above.]]"

If you find that you ''can't'' create this page because it has been locked, that's because it's either a member of the Administrivia/PermanentRedLinkClub, or it was made and cut previously. Check the Permanent Red Link Club for it, and if it's not there, go to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13027474470A39862000 this forum thread]] and request an unlock.

This is one reason why Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples.