blue link
See also: bluelink
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]In most wikis, a link to an existing page appears in blue text.
Noun
[edit]blue link (plural blue links)
- (Internet) A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet followed the link.
- (Internet, wiki 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.