With 1.13 there is a double redirect fixer (not sure if it is live yet) which should cut out the main way they can occur - moving pages. On top of that, as the redirect change follows through all redirects, you won't even notice them.
While I see your point that it makes them immediately harder to spot, most users and viewers won't have a problem. If you're on Monobook, you get the normal notice and can fix them, if you're on Monaco you can just ignore them and check the special page every so often. Kirkburn 2008/9/18 TwoTailedFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > We use Redirects to bring up pages quickly, Cards have every Set Number > they were released under redirect to the card itself, to assist with > non-English card searches. I can type DB1-FR001 to automatically bring up > the card that was released under that ID, without knowing it's English name. > > The behaviour previously was that Double Redirects didn't go to the > destination article, this allowed them to be fixed easier. Now, we have to > wait for the Double Redirects Special Page to have its cache updated so we > can see them. They can be edited manually, but this is a huge pain. > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:47 AM, Danny Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry -- can you explain what you mean about using double redirects for >> searching? I might be able to help, but I'm not sure how you're using it >> right now. >> >> >> -- Danny >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 4:21 PM, TwoTailedFox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> We have this, or some variant of this already on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia. >>> It's a pain in the arse, frankly. >>> >>> It wouldn't be so bad if the cache immediately registered double >>> redirects, we relied upon the nature of Double Redirects in order to fix >>> them quickly, since we use them for searching. This has now descended into >>> difficulty. >>> >>> Fine for most Wikis, but not for those that use Redirects in large >>> quantity like us. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Danny Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi folks -- >>>> >>>> I posted on the Central forum about some improvements we're making to >>>> help all of our wikis get better placement in search engine results, >>>> including a new way to handle redirects. >>>> >>>> It's a long post, so rather than repeat it here, I'm just going to link: >>>> http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Search_engine_improvements >>>> >>>> If folks have comments, questions or suggestions... please post 'em. I >>>> love talking about search engine stuff, and everybody here is tired of >>>> talking to me about it. :) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Danny >>>> >>>> User:Toughpigs >>>> Community Development Manager >>>> Wikia >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikia-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "I had a handle on life, but then it broke" >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >> > > > > -- > "I had a handle on life, but then it broke" > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >
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