Wikipedia talk:Redirect/Archive 2024

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WP:BLAR suggests it's good practice to add a short notice at the talk page of the target article. Is there a template (e.g. simliar to {{Merged-to}}) that we can use to satisfy this? ~Kvng (talk) 15:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, editor Kvng, the only template associated with WP:BLAR that I know of is {{uw-blar}}, which is a notice for the talk page of the blanked article's creator. For this purpose the general {{notice}} template can be installed on the target's talk page below any project banners with a short notice about the blank-and-redirect. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 18:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm interested in creating something. I wanted to first verify that it didn't already exist. ~Kvng (talk) 19:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Pleasure, editor Kvng! If you do create something like {{Blank and redirect notice}} with a shortcut redirect something like {{blarn}}, please remember to mention it at WP:BLAR, so other editors will be aware of its usage. Thank you for your edits! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 19:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

I've created the template based on {{Merged-from}}. I'm new at templates and haven't figured out how to use the sandbox yet but I have added it to a couple articles I recently WP:BLARED (see Talk:Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, Talk:Mortiis) and it seems to be working as expected. I'll wait for any comments on my work here or at Template talk:Blank and redirect notice before updating WP:BLAR to mention this option. ~Kvng (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Looks like your new template has potential! Did a little minor copy editing and such. Very good job, editor Kvng! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 03:43, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Having project banners on talk pages of redirects like this, where the target of the redirect has a more comprehensive set of banners, seems pretty useless at best. Would it make sense for a bot to clean up banners in this sort of instance where the banner is present at the target's talk page? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 00:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

No cleanup required, because more and more projects have embraced the "redirect class" and sort them to categories to track them. If I'm not mistaken, editors are not supposed to create talk pages just to banner them, but if the talk page is already there, then editors are encouraged to banner them. I've been bannering redirect talk pages for nearly fifteen years. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 01:39, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Encouraging editors to banner all redirect talk pages that exist doesn't sound like a great idea. Since in almost all cases, the redirect page will require the same banners as the target, so bannering it just creates a syncing/completion/redundancy problem, where the target will always have a better set of banners than the redirect. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:07, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Adding banners seems to reduce the syncing problem by making the talk page of the redirect match that of the target. However, the real problem may be that the redirect should not have a talk page at all. Certes (talk) 20:30, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

I think the idea is for project members to be able to track appropriate redirects and improve them or delete them as needed. Why would this not be a good idea? P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 20:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

My thought is that a single concept (i.e. the subject of a page) should have only a single centralized record of the talk banners that apply to it, per DRY. That record already exists at the talk page of the target. Having a bunch of copies of it at whichever talk pages for incoming redirects happen to exist, rather than assuming that the same project banners apply, is what creates a syncing problem.

Now, there are some times where a banner might apply to a redirect but not the target. For instance, Florida Tech Magazine (a redirect to the university) could reasonably be tagged with {{WikiProject Magazines}}, which would not have been appropriate for the university page. That's why I proposed exempting banners which are not present at the target page.

But in general, we already have enough trouble keeping project tags accurate/complete/up-to-date for 6 million articles, let alone for however many articles+redirects there are. The approach I'm suggesting also aligns with how we approach redirect categorization, which we allow only when there's a category that wouldn't apply to the target. Does that help clarify? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:43, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

I don't think we should encourage creating talk pages only to add a banner. However, there is little downside and some potential benefits for projects to be able to track these, especially in cases where the redirect has potential to become a standalone article. older ≠ wiser 20:54, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Here. Still think these should be discussed at RfD, but I'll page a notice here instead. J947 ‡ ^edits 21:21, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion § Improper disambiguation redirects. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

{{R from alternative hyphenation}}, {{R from alternative punctuation}}, and {{R from alternative spacing}} all redirect to {{R from alternative spelling}} and the template states that "This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.". I am planning on going ahead and creating (or making edit requests to create) those rcats, however I wanted to mention it here per suggestion of @Paine Ellsworth in case anyone disagrees with this change.

@SMcCandlish I also wanted to ping you as you created {{R from alternative hyphenation}}, even though it was back in 2012. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 18:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Subcategorization should have happened ages ago.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  19:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion § RfC: enacting X3. ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 18:15, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

The redirect Wikipedia:→ has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 6 § Wikipedia:→ until a consensus is reached. Nickps (talk) 14:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)