Timwi wrote:
Jamie Bliss wrote: Making it a user option is a good suggestion, however I hope everyone realises that the new behaviour would have to be default for the change to actually fulfill its intended purpose (improve search engine ranking).
Does that line provide the inexperianced/ignorant user with any information of value? (ignorant == "unaware of how MW works in this regard")
A casual reader will not care if they are redirected between pages. An inexperianced editor _may_ wonder why they link to [[Foo]] and end up at [[Bar]]; some help entries can help on this if they don't already exist.
IMHO, the information is rarely of value. Situations in which it is almost always involves editing and maintenance. I consider it unlikely of an anonymous and/or inexperianced editor wondering about this. (The true test is the various support channels.)
My request is that the status "301 Moved Permanently" not be used, and instead use "302 Found", "303 See Other", or "307 Temporary Redirect". (Only 302 is compatible with HTTP/1.0 agents.)
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