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==Bad redirects==
==Bad redirects==
*'''Misspelling and capitalization redirects''': Redirects are not to be used to idiot-proof this wiki. Additionally, capitalization redirects are pointless because any SmashWiki search will automatically fix any capitalization mistake made, if a match is found.
Redirects should not be used...
*'''When the article's subject's name has an obscure or previously unknown alternate term''': If you don't think too many people know the article's subject by a certain name, that probably means that you shouldn't create a redirect from that title.
*'''for misspelling and capitalization redirects''': Redirects are not to be used to idiot-proof this wiki. Additionally, capitalization redirects are pointless because any SmashWiki search will automatically fix any capitalization mistake made, if a match is found.
*'''When the article already has many similar redirects''': The goal is not to over-saturate articles with pointless redirects that no one will use. Creating different "versions" of redirects to the same article is generally not helpful.  
*'''when the article's subject's name has an obscure or previously unknown alternate term''': If you don't think too many people know the article's subject by a certain name, that probably means that you shouldn't create a redirect from that title.
*'''When the redirecting title could apply to more than one article''': In this case, a disambiguation article is the way to go, where all articles that the subject could be referencing art listed out and linked to.  
*'''when the article already has many similar redirects''': The goal is not to over-saturate articles with pointless redirects that no one will use. Creating different "versions" of redirects to the same article is generally not helpful.  
*'''Images, templates, and talk pages''': These should generally not have redirects made to them, although there are a slew of exceptions.
*'''when the redirecting title could apply to more than one article''': In this case, a disambiguation article is the way to go, where all articles that the subject could be referencing art listed out and linked to.  
*'''Redirects to other redirects''': Called a double redirect, usually this is a mistake or a result of moving an article. It can be rectified, usually, by simply redirecting the offending redirect to the target article.
*'''on images, templates, and talk pages''': These should generally not have redirects made to them, although there are a slew of exceptions.
*'''on other redirects''': Called a double redirect, usually this is a mistake or a result of moving an article. It can be rectified, usually, by simply redirecting the offending redirect to the target article.
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