(*) Move page
only
( ) Make the page a redirect, and update all links so that they point to
the new article
( ) Move page and update links
Q1: What's the difference between the last two options?
I thought option 2 might be controversial, but I guess if no-one understands
it that would explain why no-one has commented on it yet. Option 2 simply
changes the first page to a redirect as if someone had edited it normally.
It does not move the edit history to the new location. This would
effectively allow someone to move a page to an occupied location, without
deleting it first to make way. I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not.
Q2: I don't really trust this idea yet and would
hesitate to use it --
although I have no objection to other editors' having it available.
But what I'd really like is an option that changes only redirects,
to automatically avoid double redirects. Can we add that?
Perhaps it should even be the default?
Okay, that can be done. Let me get this straight, is this what you want:
* Double redirect exists from [[redir1]] to [[redir2]] to [[content]]
* User navigates to [[redir2]] and clicks "move/redirect page" (probably a
better name for Special:Movepage with new functionality)
* User selects the option "No move, update redirects only"
* Software chages "#REDIRECT [[redir2]]" in [[redir1]] to "#REDIRECT
[[content]]"
Is that about right? Here's another scenario:
* [[redir1]] redirects to [[old content]]. User wants to change the title of
[[old content]] to [[new content]].
* User navigates to [[old content]], clicks "move/redirect page", and
selects "Move, update redirects only".
* Software moves the page, and changes [[redir1] to "#REDIRECT [[new
content]]"
For a UI, something like:
(*) Move
( ) Change to redirect
[*] Update redirects to here
[ ] Update links from article namespace
[ ] Update links from other namespaces
Where ( ) indicates a radio button or option group or whatever you want to
call it, and [ ] indicates a checkbox.
-- Tim Starling
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