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
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@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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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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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.
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <fredericknoronha@gmail.commailto:fredericknoronha@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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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@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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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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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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"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace its content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically redirected to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the top will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have a note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where you can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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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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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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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Continuing a thread from some time back:
Is it possible to get back the earlier discussion from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr prior to it being shifted?
(The page was earlier called Journalist Richard Gutjahr) After the name was changed, the earlier discussion is not easily accessible, or someone visiting a page would not get an idea of what was said about it.
I'm concerned that there might be some systemic flaw with the way the Wikipedia works here.
Any change of name in a page could result in the loss of all the earlier discussion, or make it difficult to find. Even if it's very relevant to the page as currently renamed.
Please note, that this page has since got a "may not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines" tag, which I think could be a sign of things going wrong due to a flaw in how the software works.... and the fact that the earlier discussion is not easily accessible now.
FN
On 23 December 2016 at 20:25, Ben Salvidrim benoit_landry@hotmail.com wrote:
"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace its content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically redirected to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the top will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have a note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where you can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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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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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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?
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Just to add, there has been a discussion on a related link on Reddit too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/4u92vi/wiki_page_of_einat_wilf_...
Thought you may like this
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Just to add, there has been a discussion on a related link on Reddit too:
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/4u92vi/wiki_page_of_einat_wilf_... Wiki page of Einat Wilf Scrubbed: Wife of Richard Gutjahr ...https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/4u92vi/wiki_page_of_einat_wilf_scrubbed_wife_of_richard/ www.reddit.com The Admin Closure of /r/pizzagate and its Implications for /r/conspiracy. Conspiracy - a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful
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Please could you give a link pointing to the old 'talk' page for this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr
And, how is it possible to keep track of a 'talk' page, once the main page's heading is changed?
FN
On 20 February 2017 at 14:48, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha@gmail.com wrote:
Continuing a thread from some time back:
Is it possible to get back the earlier discussion from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr prior to it being shifted?
(The page was earlier called Journalist Richard Gutjahr) After the name was changed, the earlier discussion is not easily accessible, or someone visiting a page would not get an idea of what was said about it.
I'm concerned that there might be some systemic flaw with the way the Wikipedia works here.
Any change of name in a page could result in the loss of all the earlier discussion, or make it difficult to find. Even if it's very relevant to the page as currently renamed.
Please note, that this page has since got a "may not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines" tag, which I think could be a sign of things going wrong due to a flaw in how the software works.... and the fact that the earlier discussion is not easily accessible now.
FN
On 23 December 2016 at 20:25, Ben Salvidrim benoit_landry@hotmail.com wrote:
"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace its content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically redirected to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the top will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have a note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where you can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ynhockey Sent: 22 déc. 2016 10:25 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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?
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The discussion page was moved together with the page itself. The discussion is still on the discussion page of the new page.
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha@gmail.com wrote:
Continuing a thread from some time back:
Is it possible to get back the earlier discussion from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr prior to it being shifted?
(The page was earlier called Journalist Richard Gutjahr) After the name was changed, the earlier discussion is not easily accessible, or someone visiting a page would not get an idea of what was said about it.
I'm concerned that there might be some systemic flaw with the way the Wikipedia works here.
Any change of name in a page could result in the loss of all the earlier discussion, or make it difficult to find. Even if it's very relevant to the page as currently renamed.
Please note, that this page has since got a "may not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines" tag, which I think could be a sign of things going wrong due to a flaw in how the software works.... and the fact that the earlier discussion is not easily accessible now.
FN
On 23 December 2016 at 20:25, Ben Salvidrim benoit_landry@hotmail.com wrote:
"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace its content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically redirected to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the top will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have a note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where you can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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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-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ynhockey Sent: 22 déc. 2016 10:25 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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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Obviously not. The page was moved on 09:53, 9 August 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Gutjahr&oldid=733665909 and the first comment on the talk page was only on 7 August 2016 (UTC) There were discussions before that too. Have been following it. I am just concerned about a 'change in page name' being used as a form of censorship of the talk record. Can someone show me a way to access the 'talk' of the earlier page please? Assuming that can be done? FN
On 23 February 2017 at 14:37, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
The discussion page was moved together with the page itself. The discussion is still on the discussion page of the new page.
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha@gmail.com wrote:
Continuing a thread from some time back:
Is it possible to get back the earlier discussion from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr prior to it being shifted?
(The page was earlier called Journalist Richard Gutjahr) After the name was changed, the earlier discussion is not easily accessible, or someone visiting a page would not get an idea of what was said about it.
I'm concerned that there might be some systemic flaw with the way the Wikipedia works here.
Any change of name in a page could result in the loss of all the earlier discussion, or make it difficult to find. Even if it's very relevant to
the
page as currently renamed.
Please note, that this page has since got a "may not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines" tag, which I think could be a sign of things going wrong due to a flaw in how the software works.... and the fact that the earlier discussion is not easily accessible now.
FN
On 23 December 2016 at 20:25, Ben Salvidrim benoit_landry@hotmail.com wrote:
"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace
its
content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically
redirected
to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the
top
will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have
a
note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where
you
can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
======================================== ~ Ben / Salvidrim! · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk · Wikimedia Canada member · UTRS Ambassador
-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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. ☺
======================================== ~ Ben / Salvidrimhttps://salvidrim.net/! · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk · Wikimedia Canadahttps://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page member · UTRS Ambassadorhttps://utrs.wmflabs.org/team.php#tamb
-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ynhockey Sent: 22 déc. 2016 10:25 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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
There were no talk page discussions prior to the move.
* The article was created by you on August 5th, 2016 at "Journalist Richard Gutjahr". * "Talk:Journalist Richard Gutjahr" was created on August 7th, 2016, by User:FeanorStar7, with a banner and a rename suggestion (diffhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Richard_Gutjahr&oldid=733437352) * On August 9th, 2016, the article and its talk page were moved by User:The Banner from "Journalist Richard Gutjahr" to "Richard Gutjahr" and all the revisions of the article and its talk page were moved in the history of the new article.
What leads you to think there were more discussions between the creation on Aug 5th and the move on Aug 9th? You don't have any talk page contributions during that span. And no deleted contributions either. Why are you so sure there were discussions during that span of time?
Do you recall which username(s) might have taken part in the alleged talk page discussions?
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________________________________ From: Wikipedia-l wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha@gmail.com Sent: February 23, 2017 4:36 AM To: Wikipedia mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
Obviously not. The page was moved on 09:53, 9 August 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Gutjahr&oldid=733665909 and the first comment on the talk page was only on 7 August 2016 (UTC) There were discussions before that too. Have been following it. I am just concerned about a 'change in page name' being used as a form of censorship of the talk record. Can someone show me a way to access the 'talk' of the earlier page please? Assuming that can be done? FN
On 23 February 2017 at 14:37, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
The discussion page was moved together with the page itself. The discussion is still on the discussion page of the new page.
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا fredericknoronha@gmail.com wrote:
Continuing a thread from some time back:
Is it possible to get back the earlier discussion from this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Richard_Gutjahr prior to it being shifted?
(The page was earlier called Journalist Richard Gutjahr) After the name was changed, the earlier discussion is not easily accessible, or someone visiting a page would not get an idea of what was said about it.
I'm concerned that there might be some systemic flaw with the way the Wikipedia works here.
Any change of name in a page could result in the loss of all the earlier discussion, or make it difficult to find. Even if it's very relevant to
the
page as currently renamed.
Please note, that this page has since got a "may not meet Wikipedia notability guidelines" tag, which I think could be a sign of things going wrong due to a flaw in how the software works.... and the fact that the earlier discussion is not easily accessible now.
FN
On 23 December 2016 at 20:25, Ben Salvidrim benoit_landry@hotmail.com wrote:
"Redirecting" an article normally means editing the article to replace
its
content with "#REDIRECT [[Target]]". It shouldn't affect the talk page whatsoever.
What might be confusing is that, for example, if you redirect [[Foo]] to [[Bar]] (by editing [[Foo]]'s content to be "#REDIRECT [[Bar]]"), by afterwards navigating to the [[Foo]] page you are automatically
redirected
to [[Bar]] (that's the whole point), which means the "Talk" tab at the
top
will lead to [[Talk:Bar]]. The talk page for [[Foo]] is still at [[Talk:Foo]] but to access it, you will need to either navigate to it directly, or if you go to [[Foo]] and it loads [[Bar]], you should have
a
note under the page header that says "(Redirected from [[Foo]])", where
you
can click on the link to [[Foo]] and thus load the [[Foo]] page without being redirected, and then the "Talk" tab will lead to [[Talk:Foo]].
Hopefully that makes sense! If you tell us exactly what page you're talking about we'll be able to help you more precisely.
======================================== ~ Ben / Salvidrim! · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk · Wikimedia Canada member · UTRS Ambassador
-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha ????????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: 23 déc. 2016 03:09 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Losing the 'talk' discussion on a page....
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@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. ☺
======================================== ~ Ben / Salvidrimhttps://salvidrim.net/! · English Wikipedia Administrator & SPI Clerk · Wikimedia Canadahttps://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page member · UTRS Ambassadorhttps://utrs.wmflabs.org/team.php#tamb
-----Original Message----- From: Wikipedia-l [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ynhockey Sent: 22 déc. 2016 10:25 To: Wikipedia mailing list wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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@gmail.commailto: fredericknoronha@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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