Plus it would slow down making redirects to cut boilerplate text. I do a
lot of redirects ... I do mean thousands.
I was going to say, it should be possible to disable this feature for experienced users.
Maybe. OTOH, just have a look through [[Special:Newpages]] on a Sunday afternoon US time. You'll consider hitting Ctrl-A before typing #REDIRECT to be a small price to pay.
- d.
Maybe the preformat should appear only when an IP address creates a page...
- another d.