https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55036
--- Comment #13 from Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com --- Sure. This would be ideal for me as well. However my proposal to prevent the creation of self redirects didn't even fly: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show%5C_bug.cgi?id=34932
redirect.py wouldn't be needed if mediawiki was able to distinguish double redirect problems. I have been told that this is too costly which is why I do not expect a resolution on the mediawiki end.
Local communities are willing to resolve them if they know what the problem is and that bots cannot fix it. I want to periodically report to them.