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:'''2.''' There is practically no server overhead for redirects: | :'''2.''' There is practically no server overhead for redirects: | ||
:*The longest redirects are going to be ''less than 100 bytes'' | :*The longest redirects are going to be ''less than 100 bytes'' | ||
:*Redirects will probably never be edited again once they are created, so their history will not build up | :*Redirects will probably never be edited again once they are created, so their history will not build up. | ||
:*I don't have hard data to prove this, but I'd wager a redirect uses a lot less processing and bandwidth than a search or three | :*I don't have hard data to prove this, but I'd wager a redirect uses a lot less processing and bandwidth than a search or three | ||
:*A redirect definitely uses less bandwidth than loading other pages to try to find the correct spelling of the Pokémon you're looking for (example, loading [[Pidgeot]] to look for [[Pidgey]] <is it just me or are those redirects?>) | :*A redirect definitely uses less bandwidth than loading other pages to try to find the correct spelling of the Pokémon you're looking for (example, loading [[Pidgeot]] to look for [[Pidgey]] <is it just me or are those redirects?>) | ||
:'''3.''' Redirects are basically invisible to end users, other than a tiny note at the top of the article, which is | :'''3.''' Redirects are basically invisible to end users, other than a tiny note at the top of the article, which is as unobtrusive as possible. This minimizes their capacity to cause confusion, and they are in no way messy. | ||
Again, I can't imagine any sort of logical reason ''not'' to include redirects for misspellings of Pokémon's names. It's a good convenience with no downsides. This is why they are used on many other major Wikis. They are a fantastically useful feature of | Again, I can't imagine any sort of logical reason ''not'' to include redirects for misspellings of Pokémon's names. It's a good convenience with no downsides. This is why they are used on many other major Wikis. They are a fantastically useful feature of MediaWiki. [[User:Thelonesoldier|Thelonesoldier]] 09:28, 24 May 2011 (UTC) | ||
:I agree with you, to an extent. Some misspelling redirects are incredibly useful, but in the past they have got a bit ridiculous. I don't remember any examples off the top of my head, but we seriously had to think how someone would misspell some names in the ways they created redirects for. For things like repeated letters, or 'Feraligater' (which probably already exists) that should be okay. More input welcome. —'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 10:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC) | :I agree with you, to an extent. Some misspelling redirects are incredibly useful, but in the past they have got a bit ridiculous. I don't remember any examples off the top of my head, but we seriously had to think how someone would misspell some names in the ways they created redirects for. For things like repeated letters, or 'Feraligater' (which probably already exists) that should be okay. More input welcome. —'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 10:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC) | ||
::If they're searching "roggenrolla", they aren't counting (11 letters). Anyway, I don't feel typo redirects are a good thing, UNLESS you can cull out any current misspelled redirects with the (Pokemon/Pokémon) tags (then they can be cool), because that'll only wind up encouraging misspellings here on the Pedia (I'm sure they already do). "Ninetails" is my misspelling vice (it's Ninetales, and I'm constantly having to check which one is correct). "Ninetails (Pokémon)" ''exists'' and do you know how much that pisses me off because it looks like the right one every time? That's like saying, "hey kids, it's cool to typo here on important links that only redirect! We don't mind!" <nowiki>{{p|Ninetails}}</nowiki> is a functioning link to [[Ninetales (Pokémon)]], and I do not think we should be encouraging that in the least. Aye for ''common'' typo redirects without any fanfare at their backs. [[User:ArcToraphim|Luna Tiger]] * [[User talk:ArcToraphim|the Arc Toraph]] 12:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
:::Luna, great point. With the current redirect system, I don't think anyone's going to bother searching "Ninetails (Pokémon)" anyway. —'''<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="color:#000">darklord</span>[[User talk:The dark lord trombonator|<span style="color:#0047AB">trom</span>]]</span>''' 03:24, 25 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
::::Yeah, I wouldn't want to have "Mispelling (Pokemon)" redirects because I don't think many people are going to bother to type them in like that. I hope you don't actually expect people to stop and count the number of letters in the name they're spelling :P . So between the two of you is that a go-ahead to make some redirects? [[User:Thelonesoldier|Thelonesoldier]] 00:43, 26 May 2011 (UTC) | |||
== Redlink == | |||
There is redlink to bulbapedia list of edicts that was deleted on 23rd of sempteber is it staying or going. [[User:Truthseeker4449|Truth]][[User talk:Truthseeker4449|seeker]][[Special:Contributions/Truthseeker4449|4449]] 02:52, 16 November 2011 (UTC) | |||