"michael west" wrote
As for REDIRECTS - what is the current policy? take two of my google searches yesterday as examples* j s m ward * http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&oi=spell&...
the first wikipedia page is miles away John Sebastian Marlow Ward
I would have no hesitation in creating a redirect of [[J. S. M. Ward]] to [[John Sebastian Marlow Ward]]. I would do that simply on the basis that an academic book indexed Ward by initials.
;and kryolite (my alternative? spelling of Cryolite) http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=kryolite&meta= If one hears a word on television or radio its not always obvious how it is spelled
Typos a little harder to justify. If this is an actual alternate spelling, the redirect would be automatic
i would never suggest that every permutation of an articles name should be a redirect, but i wouldn't consider writing one now that everybody has TW. I just wouldn't be bothered with arguing over a PROD on a redirect.
The resource implications of redirects are apparently small. Using many bytes to justify deleting a couple of dozen seems to make little sense.
Charles
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