On Saturday 20 July 2002 21:34, Toby Bartels
wrote:
Stephen Gilbert wrote:
>I only redirect common misspellings. In this
case, I
would
redirect "Colombus" and ignore "Idendity".
[[Colombus]] is arguably a variant spelling, not a
misspelling.
But [[Idendity]] certainly shouldn't redirect
to
[[Identity]],
since [[Identity]] doesn't even exist!!!
"Colombus" could just as easily be a typo for
"Colobus". I think we shouldn't
be making disambigs for typos, so the page should be
deleted.
I agree, disambigs for typos would be a bad idea.
Redirects for common misspellings have proven useful,
however. If a person typed "colombus" but meant to
type "colobus", they would end up at the wrong page
with or without a redirect.