Add wikipedia.org to linkinator exclusion list due to regular HTTP 429 responses, remove "en." prefix from all Wikipedia links.

Author: DavidAnson

.github/workflows/checkers.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-    - run: 'npx linkinator "*.md" "doc/*.md" "helpers/*.md" --directory-listing --skip "^https://github.com/.*/search\?q=" --skip "^https://www.jwz.org/"'
+    - run: 'npx linkinator "*.md" "doc/*.md" "helpers/*.md" --directory-listing --skip "^https://github.com/.*/search\?q=" --skip "^https://www.jwz.org/" --skip "^https://wikipedia.org/"'
 
   spellcheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Thank you!
 [closing-keywords]: https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/
 [custom-rules]: doc/CustomRules.md
 [dependencies]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/configuring-npm/package-json#dependencies
-[example-com]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com
+[example-com]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.com
 [micromark]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromark
 [new-rule]: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/labels/new%20rule
 [npm-scripts]: https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts

README.md

@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ as well as directives, footnotes, and math syntax - all implemented by
 
 [commonmark]: https://commonmark.org/
 [gfm]: https://github.github.com/gfm/
-[markdown]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
+[markdown]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown
 [markdownlint-ruby]: https://github.com/markdownlint/markdownlint
 [micromark]: https://github.com/micromark/micromark
 [micromark-extensions]: https://github.com/micromark/micromark?tab=readme-ov-file#list-of-extensions
 [nodejs]: https://nodejs.org/
-[static-analysis]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_program_analysis
+[static-analysis]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_program_analysis
 
 ### Related
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ See [.markdownlint.jsonc](schema/.markdownlint.jsonc) and/or
 configuration object with all properties set to the default value.
 
 Sets of rules (known as a "style") can be stored separately and loaded
-as [JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON).
+as [JSON](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON).
 
 Example of referencing a built-in style from JavaScript:
 
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ Type: `Array` of `String`
 List of files to lint.
 
 Each array element should be a single file (via relative or absolute path);
-[globbing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29) is the
+[globbing](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29) is the
 caller's responsibility.
 
 Example: `[ "one.md", "dir/two.md" ]`
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ The default value:
 /((^---[^\S\r\n\u2028\u2029]*$[\s\S]+?^---\s*)|(^\+\+\+[^\S\r\n\u2028\u2029]*$[\s\S]+?^(\+\+\+|\.\.\.)\s*)|(^\{[^\S\r\n\u2028\u2029]*$[\s\S]+?^\}\s*))(\r\n|\r|\n|$)/m
 ```
 
-Ignores [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML),
-[TOML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOML), and
-[JSON](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON) front matter such as:
+Ignores [YAML](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML),
+[TOML](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/TOML), and
+[JSON](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON) front matter such as:
 
 ```text
 ---

demo/default.js

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
   markdown.value = [
     "## Introduction",
     "",
-    "`markdownlint` is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) style checker and lint tool for [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)/[CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) files to automatically validate content, prevent rendering problems, and promote consistency.",
+    "`markdownlint` is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) style checker and lint tool for [Markdown](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)/[CommonMark](https://commonmark.org/) files to automatically validate content, prevent rendering problems, and promote consistency.",
     "This page offers an easy way to try it out interactively!",
     "",
     "####  Instructions",

doc-build/md001.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ level at a time:
 ### Another Heading 3
 ```
 
-If [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) front matter is present and
+If [YAML](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) front matter is present and
 contains a `title` property (commonly used with blog posts), this rule treats
 that as a top level heading and will report a violation if the actual first
 heading is not a level 2 heading. To use a different property name in the

doc-build/md011.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To fix this, swap the `[]` and `()` around:
 [Correct link syntax](https://www.example.com/)
 ```
 
-Note: [Markdown Extra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown_Extra)-style
+Note: [Markdown Extra](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown_Extra)-style
 footnotes do not trigger this rule:
 
 ```markdown

doc-build/md025.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ lower-level headings (h2, h3, etc.):
 Note: The `level` parameter can be used to change the top-level (ex: to h2) in
 cases where an h1 is added externally.
 
-If [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) front matter is present and
+If [YAML](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) front matter is present and
 contains a `title` property (commonly used with blog posts), this rule treats
 that as a top level heading and will report a violation for any subsequent
 top-level headings. To use a different property name in the front matter,

doc-build/md026.md

@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ Rationale: Headings are not meant to be full sentences. More information:
 [Punctuation at the end of headers][end-punctuation].
 
 [end-punctuation]: https://cirosantilli.com/markdown-style-guide#punctuation-at-the-end-of-headers
-[html-entity-references]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references
+[html-entity-references]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references

doc-build/md041.md

@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ in cases where an `h1` is added externally.
 Rationale: The top-level heading often acts as the title of a document. More
 information: <https://cirosantilli.com/markdown-style-guide#top-level-header>.
 
-[HTML]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
+[HTML]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
 [RegExp]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_expressions
-[YAML]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML
+[YAML]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML

doc-build/md045.md

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ content of an image for people who may not be able to see it.
 [aria-hidden]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Attributes/aria-hidden
 [phase2technology]: https://www.phase2technology.com/blog/no-more-excuses
 [w3c]: https://www.w3.org/WAI/alt/
-[wikipedia]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_attribute
+[wikipedia]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_attribute