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=== Unnecessary redirects === | === Unnecessary redirects === | ||
Due to MediaWiki's search irregularities, a proper-capitalization redirect and all-lowercase redirect may exist for each topic (for example, [[Afoot in the Foothills]] and [[afoot in the foothills]]). Deleting redirects provides no real benefit, so they should only be tagged for deletion in the rare cases where (1) they are completely nonsensical, (2) they are too general, and (3) the search function takes the user to the correct page '''without''' said redirect. There is no need to delete alternate name, conjectural, or spelling-mistake redirects unless they | Due to MediaWiki's search irregularities, a proper-capitalization redirect and all-lowercase redirect may exist for each topic (for example, [[Afoot in the Foothills]] and [[afoot in the foothills]]). Deleting redirects provides no real benefit, so they should only be tagged for deletion in the rare cases where (1) they are completely nonsensical, (2) they are too general, and (3) the search function takes the user to the correct page '''without''' said redirect. '''There is no need to delete alternate name, conjectural, or spelling-mistake redirects unless they are specifically too silly or too general.''' | ||
==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||