v4.0.6 Terrain Deadlinks Fix

bugfix
content
Removed broken mechanism links from all terrain pages
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 14, 2026

Issue

All 7 terrain pages contained “Related Mechanism” sections linking to mechanism pages that didn’t exist, creating broken links throughout the site.

Affected Pages

  1. terrain/awareness-levels.qmd
  2. terrain/civil-society.qmd
  3. terrain/digital-infrastructure.qmd
  4. terrain/electoral-integrity.qmd
  5. terrain/historical-ties.qmd
  6. terrain/media-freedom.qmd
  7. terrain/regulatory-environment.qmd

Root Cause

The terrain pages were likely generated from a template that assumed all mechanisms would have corresponding .qmd files. However, the actual mechanism pages use different filenames or don’t exist yet.

Fix Applied

Removed all “Related Mechanism” sections from terrain pages:

- ## Related Mechanisms
-
- - [Diaspora Mobilization](../mechanisms/diaspora-mobilization.qmd)
- - [Historical Revisionism](../mechanisms/historical-revisionism.qmd)

Current Terrain Page Structure

Each terrain page now contains only:

  • Title - Descriptive name of terrain factor
  • Description - Brief explanation of the factor
  • Content - Core explanation of how this terrain affects FIMI vulnerability

This simplified structure is cleaner and matches the intentionally minimal design from terrain.csv.

Impact

  • ✅ All 7 terrain pages now render without broken links
  • ✅ Cleaner, more focused content
  • ✅ No 404 errors from terrain section
  • ✅ Consistent structure across terrain pages

Future Enhancement

If mechanism cross-references are desired, they should be:

  1. Generated dynamically from actual mechanism files
  2. Added only when target pages exist
  3. Validated during build process

For now, the clean minimal approach serves the taxonomy well.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {V4.0.6 {Terrain} {Deadlinks} {Fix}},
  date = {2026-02-14},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/notes/v4.0.6-terrain-deadlinks-fix.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “V4.0.6 Terrain Deadlinks Fix,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/notes/v4.0.6-terrain-deadlinks-fix.html.