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::I must admit I'm increasingly concerned about the eagerness to delete redirects of value, which includes some misspelling-based redirects. While we certainly don't need to cover every possible misspelling ("Yohsi's Island"), particularly common ones should definitely remain as a means of convenience. There's a point at which you're undoing harmless convenience more than doing anything of value. There's a difference between inventing 37 names for "match timer" and taking out redirects that are probably getting actual use through the search bar. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 11:29, 7 May 2017 (EDT) | ::I must admit I'm increasingly concerned about the eagerness to delete redirects of value, which includes some misspelling-based redirects. While we certainly don't need to cover every possible misspelling ("Yohsi's Island"), particularly common ones should definitely remain as a means of convenience. There's a point at which you're undoing harmless convenience more than doing anything of value. There's a difference between inventing 37 names for "match timer" and taking out redirects that are probably getting actual use through the search bar. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 11:29, 7 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
:::Although I've made my gripes about the obscure names rule clear, I actually agree with the typos one. As someone who hates typos, I think it's important that it is clearly pointed out when they make a typo. The easiest way to do this is to stop accommodating for spelling errors that users regularly make. for example if someone kept typing "definetely" instead of "definitely", but a redirect made it seamlessly appear as though they had spelt it correctly, they will just continue to make that mistake. [[User:Alex Parpotta|Alex Parpotta]] ([[User talk:Alex Parpotta|talk]]) 12:01, 7 May 2017 (EDT) | :::Although I've made my gripes about the obscure names rule clear, I actually agree with the typos one. As someone who hates typos, I think it's important that it is clearly pointed out when they make a typo. The easiest way to do this is to stop accommodating for spelling errors that users regularly make. for example if someone kept typing "definetely" instead of "definitely", but a redirect made it seamlessly appear as though they had spelt it correctly, they will just continue to make that mistake. [[User:Alex Parpotta|Alex Parpotta]] ([[User talk:Alex Parpotta|talk]]) 12:01, 7 May 2017 (EDT) | ||
::::That's a bit of a stretch; it clearly says at the top that you were redirected if you use the wrong title. Disregarding the official-in-Germany aspect for a moment, if someone types "Shiek", why make them go through the extra effort of figuring out how it's spelled instead of redirecting them to the page they were clearly looking for? Deliberately inconveniencing the end user because you assume they won't notice the "redirected from _____" notice is a counterproductive idea. [[User:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="dodgerblue"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">'''Miles''']] <font color="silver">([[User talk:Miles of SmashWiki|<font color="silver">talk]])</font></font></span></font> 12:07, 7 May 2017 (EDT) | |||