This happened with me once. I redirected a page (for entirely legitimate
reasons), and to my surprise and horror found that the 'Talk' page
accompanying it had more or less vanished, and could not longer be easily
accessed. Maybe it was still available somewhere, but it was not easy to
find, nor was it linked to the main entry of the page.
My intention in this case was not to hide the Talk page (since it had some
valuable discussion, and multiple points of view on it).
It just struck me that if there was some controversial content, the best
way anyone wanting to block or censor it (the Talk page) would be to
redirect a page!
My question: (i) are the earlier talk pages easily find-able after a page
has been redirected elsewhere? (ii) is there some way they can be made
prominent, so that the earlier discussion is also available for the record?
Thanks and regards,
Frederick.
On 22 December 2016 at 21:15, Ben Salvidrim <benoit_landry(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
If you tell us what page you’re talking about
Frederick, we might be able
to help you locate the talk page you can’t find. ☺
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From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
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Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
The person who moves the page can specify whether the talk page moves with
it, so either it moves with the actual page, or stays behind with the old
title. In any case it isn't deleted.
—Yan (User:Ynhockey).
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या
*فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com<mailtomailto:
fredericknoronha(a)gmail.com>> wrote:
Is this a bug or is it a feature?
Just wanted to know what happens to the
'talk' section of a Wikipedia
entry once (or if) a page gets shifted.
I noticed that the earlier discussions (that
might have come up via
the
Talk) just disappears.
Now, this isn't very helpful. Because all the
earlier talk seems to be
untraceable, and there is a complete vacuum about
what was said earlier.
If anyone wishes, this system can be abused (for
instance, to cover
earlier discussions... by simply changing the
title of the page).
Am I missing something here?
FN
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