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 :If I may add my two cents. I'm not an admin or anything close, but I can understand that they do what they must to keep the 'pedia running smoothly. Quality-wise, everything is excellent here. I know I don't speak on Wikipedia's behalf, but I've heard that things there get messy and unorganized. The admins here just want to keep everything organized and running. If you have a question about one of their edits, I think it would be better to simply ask why instead of getting angry at them...they're nice people, I assure you. --<span style="color:#534F4B">The [[Special:Contributions/Snowrunt|ωild</span>]] [[User:Snowrunt|<span style="color:#FFD700">'''Snoωrunt'''</span>]]  [[User talk:Snowrunt|<span style="color:#FF9900">'''fled!'''</span>]] 03:03, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
+== Redirects for Typos ==
+I added a few redirects for types, but [[User:Werdnae]] deleted them with the reason "we don't redirect for misspellings". This is a statement, not a reason, and I can't fathom any reason ''not'' to allow redirects for typos, but just to be sure I'll give a good explanation of why you ''should'' allow redirects for typos:
+:'''1.''' There are ~650 Pokémon. That's a lot of spellings to remember, particularly when their names aren't (usually/exactly) real words and are sometimes just romanizations of Japanese words. While a diehard might have all the spellings committed to heart, it's not reasonable to expect every Pokémon fan to remember the spelling of every single Pokémon. There are also people like myself, who haven't played Pokémon since Gen I and are just getting into it again and can't remember how spell all the Gen I Pokémon from well over a decade ago.
+:*Some examples of the prevalance of name-typos:
+:**Rattata: ~645,000 results for 'pokemon rattata' [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=pokemon+rattata&cp=13&pf=p&sclient=psy&biw=1920&bih=976&source=hp&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=pokemon+ratta&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c] and ~119,000 results for 'pokemon ratata' [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1920&bih=976&sa=X&ei=-nXbTarONo22sAPJiq3FDg&ved=0CBgQvgUoAA&q=pokemon+ratata&nfpr=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c]
+:**Pidgey: ~ 498,000 results for 'pokemon pidgey' [http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=976&source=hp&q=pokemon+pidgey&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c] and ~47,000 results for 'pokemon pidgy' [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1920&bih=976&sa=X&ei=eHbbTYu3FoLEsAPa77W_Dg&ved=0CBgQvgUoAA&q=pokemon+pidgy&nfpr=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c]
+:**Roggenrola: ~236,000 results for 'pokemon roggenrola' [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1920&bih=976&nfpr=1&sa=X&ei=4HbbTc20NY_SsAPX4IDGDg&ved=0CBUQBSgA&q=pokemon+roggenrola&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c]  and ~51,0000 results for 'pokemon roggenrolla' [http://www.google.com/#hl=en&biw=1920&bih=976&sa=X&ei=33bbTcKeCoy6sQPRs9GeDg&ved=0CBgQvgUoAA&q=pokemon+roggenrolla&nfpr=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=e4d813b43c7d221c].
+:'''2.''' There is practically no server overhead for redirects:
+:*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
+:*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?>)
+:'''3.''' Redirects are basically invisible to end users, other than a tiny note at the top of the article, which is an 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 MetaWiki. [[User:Thelonesoldier|Thelonesoldier]] 09:28, 24 May 2011 (UTC)