Eclecticolgoy (Ray Saintonge) wrote in part:
My inclination with the long example-title would be to create a reasonable place to redirect, change all the links that lead there to the new title, wait for a month, then quietly delete the long-titled article. A lot of other lists would be better served by consolidation.
The final sentence is the only serious disagreement that I have with anything that you've said on this matter, Ec. Once we move the article to a more convenient name, then the long name is harmless and it's ''OK'' to leave it alone. OTOH, if it exists for a month, then it will get archived, so there is a reason, assuming that you didn't catch it immediately, why it's ''good'' to leave it alone.
This is the "Redirect, don't delete!" slogan (well, part of it).
-- Toby