Replace a no longer working link with a description of its content

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Author: mineo

lib/matplotlib/ticker.py

@@ -209,11 +209,9 @@ def set_locs(self, locs):
 
     def fix_minus(self, s):
         """
-        some classes may want to replace a hyphen for minus with the
-        proper unicode symbol as described `here
-        <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1962574&
-group_id=80706&atid=560720>`_.
-        The default is to do nothing
+        Some classes may want to replace a hyphen for minus with the
+        proper unicode symbol (U+2212) for typographical correctness.
+        The default is to not replace it.
 
         Note, if you use this method, e.g., in :meth:`format_data` or
         call, you probably don't want to use it for