Forum:Redirects

Look I don't know why wikias have an aversion to pipe links but if it were a choose between redirects and pipe links I would pick pipe links hands down. They along with disambiguation pages are the best way to get around and if anyone feels the same way we should change a certain policy where a major contribution is needed before redirects are turned into pipe links. An example of a redirect going unchecked is Vinsmoke Sanji when it was changed from Sanji and discussed to being changed back less than a year later and redirects older than a couple of years were not fixed during that time. Here's hoping I'm not the only one. Good Luck.--Rgilbert27 (talk) 11:47, January 14, 2018 (UTC)

Discussion
They don't matter at all. There's nothing wrong with redirects. SeaTerror (talk) 17:06, January 14, 2018 (UTC)

There's no aversion to pipe links. Pipe links are preferred over redirect links. But changing them is quite inconsequential and thus not allowed lest people clog up Wiki/Recent Activity by spamming edits that in the end aren't really productive. "Redirect links may be changed into pipe links, but the person changing it must make a major contribution to the article to go along with it." per Forum:Eliminating the Pipe Linking Rule. And Sanji is a special case since: 1. Vinsmoke shouldn't be used on old chapter/episode/etc. pages anyway; 2. We deliberately held back from changing much as it was expected it may be a temporary switch, and then we'd have to change them all over again. 20:10, January 14, 2018 (UTC)

I do not see any reason that redirects are bad. Changing redirects is a lot easier than changing all the links to the page, which can number in the hundreds...there are still hundreds of links to Nefertari Vivi. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 19:07, January 18, 2018 (UTC)

That should be fixed because of proper names but a bot can easily do that. SeaTerror (talk) 19:18, January 18, 2018 (UTC)

Yes, wrong spelling must be correct no matter the case for consistency in the wiki. I don't remember something, though, about the past discussion on this matter, doing edits specifically to change redirects is not allowed to avoid flooding RC of minor edits, however that should be fine with a bot, shouldn't it? Since the whole reason for not doing it, is voided by the fact that a bot is hidden. If so, then Rgilbert27 you have to leave this kind of stuff to someone with a bot account.

Only the wrong name ones should be changed with a bot. He was changing others and ignoring the rule about needing to make a major contribution to change those. SeaTerror (talk) 19:32, January 18, 2018 (UTC)