Forum:Links not appearing in What links here

Is there any way that Special:WhatLinksHere (in this case w:c:conmyth:Special:WhatLinksHere) can be made to show links like those from MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar (in this case w:c:conmyth:MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar). I remember that after the deletion of several pages I did not find the links until I got to a deleted from one of them. Lars (Poet) (speak page) 20:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure i understand.
 * You want the "what links Here" of a deleted page ? — TulipVorlax 04:56, 6 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Nah, the issue is that MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar does not use explicit links - the software converts it into links at a later stage. This means MediaWiki:Monaco-sidebar doesn't show up in whatlinkshere, despite any links it may contain. I don't know of a solution to that issue, unfortunately. 14:45, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps (but I have no idea how) those who view Special:WhatLinksHere in the monaco skin could be made to see if links in the sidebar go to the page which they are looking after links to by making mediaWiki:Monaco.js to check it, but it is faster to check mannually where links from the sidebar go than using Special:WhatLinksHere to it, and javascript cannot be made to check the colour that a link would have in a preview, if it is not handled as a link when previewing it (and so, I still have to check where a link on the sidebar goes if I suspect it to go to something deleted. Lars (Poet) (speak page) 17:18, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I think that the easiest is using Special:Search. Lars (Poet) (speak page) 20:15, 18 February 2009 (UTC)