SmashWiki talk:Redirects

Support

1. Support You'd think something like this would be common sense and not need to be a policy... Aidan, the Springing Dragon Warrior 23:12, 21 April 2017 (EDT)
2. Sounds good. I had always thought guidelines regarding redirects would be handy to have in the case of a particularly confusing instance. BaconMaster 23:22, 21 April 2017 (EDT)
3. This would be a good policy to have, not just for people who wouldn't know what common sense is if it shot them in the face at point-blank range with a shotgun, but also for new people who may not necessarily know how to do it and such (I've encountered users like that in the past). With that in mind, I think it's plainly obvious what my stance is on the matter. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:18, 22 April 2017 (EDT)
4. Do it! Just do it! Don't let your dreams be dreams. Fads aside, nothing has not been covered by the guys above me. -- Beep (talk) 00:28, 22 April 2017 (EDT)
5. Support as stated above. Ganonmew, The Evil Clone 21:34, 22 April 2017 (EDT)

Oppose

1. Oppose Eh, has there been a recent example of somebody making lots of pointless redirects? I would say this is the sort of thing that can be left up to the user's discretion when creating the redirects. If somebody did make a 'needless' redirect such as a capitalisation one, I don't think anyone would stand in the way of an admin wiping it on their own accord. Whether you're looking from the perspective of creating or deleting, generally people will be indifferent about each case. Adding a policy only makes the process feel more stringent, and people might start to question whether or not their redirect is useful. I doubt little-used redirects really take up much server space. Toast ltimatum 00:26, 21 April 2017 (EDT)

   Dragonfirebreath25 has been a pretty good recent example. Hell, there's still pointless redirects of his I'm finding that never got deleted. Disaster Flare (talk) 00:33, 21 April 2017 (EDT)

   That's kind of the point, to get people to think before they make a redirect (or in many cases, a series of them) that I later have to delete Serpent King 00:47, 21 April 2017 (EDT)

Comments

Might be worth throwing in some acknowledgment of Special:BrokenRedirects and Special:DoubleRedirects in here somewhere. Other than that, I'm mostly neutral on this. It's nothing critical, but they're reasonable guidelines that wouldn't hurt to have in place. Miles (talk) 01:47, 21 April 2017 (EDT)

Responding to Flare's comment: I have a list of redirects for you to delete, if you want me to make it easier for you. Aidan, the Springing Dragon Warrior 09:22, 21 April 2017 (EDT)