[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Created] T145522: [feature request] how to clean up redirects in sitelinks

[Esc3300]

Esc3300 created this task. Esc3300 added projects: Wikidata, MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseClient. Herald added a subscriber: Aklapper.

TASK DESCRIPTION

Problems:

• In merge lists, frequently we find duplicate items with sitelinks to the same article at a client wiki, one through a direct link, the other through a redirect.
• Many redirects don't get statements due to a lack of normally linked article to them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Redirects_from_merges is one of the top categories on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Database_reports/items_without_claims_categories/enwiki (about 1200 items)

We need to find a way to better clean these up.

Workarounds and possible fixes:

1. The request T143486 might limit this from happening.
2. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Wikidata:Bot_requests&oldid=375991287#Delete_redirects for https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:Josve05a/dupes

TASK DETAIL

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T145522

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To: Esc3300
Cc: Aklapper, Esc3300, D3r1ck01, Izno, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331

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