Jayt: redirect

2006-09-12T10:12:57Z

redirect

Eidolos: Perhaps not delete but redirect? A possible quagmire, redirection..

2006-09-12T05:16:23Z

Perhaps not delete but redirect? A possible quagmire, redirection..

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== Deletion vs. Redirection ==

I requested that the [[GreyKnight]] page be deleted because the information should be located at [[User:GreyKnight]]. However, this raises an interesting point: should [[GreyKnight]] simply redirect to [[User:GreyKnight]]? That way, say, if we include an article about his Seven Deadly Sins patch, we can link to [[GreyKnight]] which may or may not have an extensive article about him in the future, such as if he joins the [[DevTeam]]; if not, we can still be sure it'll at least redirect to his userpage. If we do have a redirect, do we redirect ''everybody''? What about people who create users with names like Grayswandir? Perhaps redirection should be reserved for anyone who has their name included in an article (and who don't have an obnoxious name like Grayswandir). --[[User:Eidolos|Eidolos]] 05:16, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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	I requested that the [[GreyKnight]] page be deleted because the information should be located at [[User:GreyKnight]]. However, this raises an interesting point: should [[GreyKnight]] simply redirect to [[User:GreyKnight]]? That way, say, if we include an article about his Seven Deadly Sins patch, we can link to [[GreyKnight]] which may or may not have an extensive article about him in the future, such as if he joins the [[DevTeam]]; if not, we can still be sure it'll at least redirect to his userpage. If we do have a redirect, do we redirect ''everybody''? What about people who create users with names like Grayswandir? Perhaps redirection should be reserved for anyone who has their name included in an article (and who don't have an obnoxious name like Grayswandir). --[[User:Eidolos\|Eidolos]] 05:16, 12 September 2006 (UTC)		I requested that the [[GreyKnight]] page be deleted because the information should be located at [[User:GreyKnight]]. However, this raises an interesting point: should [[GreyKnight]] simply redirect to [[User:GreyKnight]]? That way, say, if we include an article about his Seven Deadly Sins patch, we can link to [[GreyKnight]] which may or may not have an extensive article about him in the future, such as if he joins the [[DevTeam]]; if not, we can still be sure it'll at least redirect to his userpage. If we do have a redirect, do we redirect ''everybody''? What about people who create users with names like Grayswandir? Perhaps redirection should be reserved for anyone who has their name included in an article (and who don't have an obnoxious name like Grayswandir). --[[User:Eidolos\|Eidolos]] 05:16, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
		+	:We should not encourage people to create user pages outside the User: namespace, but in this case, nothing is lost by redirecting to [[User:GreyKnight]] - the token "GreyKnight" has no NetHackish meaning. I don't think we need to pre-emptively redirect usernames to their userpages --[[User:Jayt\|Jayt]] 10:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Talk:GreyKnight - Revision history

Jayt: redirect

Eidolos: Perhaps not delete but redirect? A possible quagmire, redirection..