public static string ActionLink(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper, 

                                string linkText,

                                string controllerName,

                                string actionName,

                                object values, 

                                object htmlAttributes)

@Html.ActionLink("Delete", "DeleteList", "List", new { ID = item.ID, ListID = item.id }, new {@class= "delete"})

@Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", new { TransdateID = item.transdate, SectorID = item.sectorid /* id=item.PrimaryKey */ }, null) |

Html.ActionLink(article.Title, 

                "Login",  // <-- Controller Name.

                "Item",   // <-- ActionMethod

                new { id = article.ArticleID }, // <-- Route arguments.

                null  // <-- htmlArguments .. which are none. You need this value

                      //     otherwise you call the WRONG method ...

                      //     (refer to comments, below).

                )

<li data-active="resources">@Html.ActionLink("Resources", "Resources", "Home", new { area = "" }, new { @class = "nav-link text-dark" })</li>