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Strange thing with project links

There's something odd going on with the project links in this template and its children: when a template links to WikiProject {{{PROJECT}}}, it's showing up in the Whatlinkshere for the article named "PROJECT".

For instance, Template:WikiProject Science Fiction links to Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction, but it also appears in Special:Whatlinkshere/Science Fiction. Another example, Template:WikiProject Health and fitness links to Wikipedia:WikiProject Health and fitness, but it also appears in Special:Whatlinkshere/Health and fitness. (And there is no article Health and fitness, so it ended up being listed for Red Link Recovery, which is how I came to notice.)

I'm not up to wading through the code for this template to figure out what's going on – can somebody look into it? —Paul A (talk) 06:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, the science fiction banner has a link to Science Fiction in the banner text which is why it shows up in Special:Whatlinkshere/Science Fiction. For the Health and fitness banner, if no |MAIN_TEXT= or |MAIN_ARTICLE= is specified then the banner code does an ifexists check on the value of the PROJECT parameter to see if that should be linked to or not which is why it's showing up in the Whatlinkshere. I've now set a MAIN_ARTICLE on that banner without any link so Whatlinkshere should clear out in a while. -- WOSlinker (talk) 06:45, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I see. (Let me try that with another template that's been listed for Red Link Recovery – yes.) Thanks! —Paul A (talk) 08:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

...but it doesn't seem to be the reason why Template:WikiProject Amateur radio is appearing on Special:WhatLinksHere/Suomen_Radioamatooriliitto. Any suggestions? —Paul A (talk) 09:01, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. It's because it transcludes Wikipedia:WikiProject Amateur radio/To Do List. —Paul A (talk) 09:03, 9 July 2009 (UTC)