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I think the problem that forms the basis of this task is not very well formulated. It might be worthwhile to convert this task into one of documentation on Wikidata and if people still feel strongly after understanding all the issues, then maybe link it to some strategy page on Meta. As far as I can tell the main reason this functionality is desired at all is due to notability concerns on various projects. Allowing a Wikidata sitelink to a Wikipedia redirect page would enhance the notability of that redirect (somehow) in that specific wiki project. Another idea was that using Wikidata information in Wikipedia infoboxes would be enhanced if this functionality was enabled. Notability for each wiki project is different from notability on Wikidata and I don't think Wikidata can or should even try to become some sort of notability indicator. From the other end of the spectrum, maybe the conversation we should be having is to eliminate all red links that don't link out to a Wikidata item. This would force page creators to go to Wikidata first, and that would have the added benefit that we would have a much smaller backlog of merges on Wikidata. Wikipedia redirect links could similarly all be converted into greenlinks that link to a Wikipedia page as well as a Wikidata item. This would have two benefits for the page creation process: 1) new pages would be properly linked on Wikidata and 2) users of greenlinks will be able to easily opt for the Wikidata item (which may be useful if different than the redirect target).
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