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--- a/doc/basewiki.mdwn
+++ b/doc/basewiki.mdwn
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ It currently includes these pages:
 * [[sandbox]]
 * [[shortcuts]]
 * [[templates]]
-* [[ikiwiki/blog]]
 * [[ikiwiki/formatting]]
 * [[ikiwiki/markdown]]
 * [[ikiwiki/openid]]
@@ -19,3 +18,9 @@ It currently includes these pages:
 
 As well as a few other files, like [[favicon.ico]], [[local.css]],
 [[style.css]], and some icons.
+
+Note that an important property of the basewiki is that it should be
+self-contained. That means that the pages listed above cannot link
+to pages outside the basewiki. Ikiwiki's test suite checks that the
+basewiki is self-contained, and from time to time links have to be
+removed (or replaced with `iki` [[shortcuts]]) to keep this invariant.