blue link

See also: bluelink

English

Alternative forms

• bluelink

Etymology

In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.

Noun

blue link (plural blue links)

1. (Internet) A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link.
2. (Internet, Wikimedia jargon) A blue hyperlink that directs to an existing page of a wiki.

   Antonym: red link

   • 2022 August 31, Alex Abad-Santos, “They hate to see a nepotism baby winning”, in Vox‎^[1]:

     Beyond the satisfaction it provides linguistically and in terms of pure meanness, what makes “nepotism baby” so popular is that it also functions as a tool, a simple way for our brains to deconstruct the bigger idea of upward mobility in inequality. Every human is someone’s child, but not everyone’s parents are a blue link on Wikipedia.

Derived terms

• blue-linked