On 6/8/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Nick Jenkins wrote:
Surely the most useful solution would be to make the Go button redirect non-silently, i.e. in the same way as a real redirect. A wikilink [[Lyon metro]] would still be a redlink, but typing "Lyon metro" in the Go box or the actual URL should bring up [[Lyon Metro]] with the note, "(redirected from _Lyon metro_)", where "Lyon metro" is, of course, a redlink. You can then use that to create the page if you wanted to.
Yes...why didn't I think of that?
Good idea, but maybe it can be improved slightly by assuming that most people are somewhat lazy.
Instead of: (Redirected from _Lyon metro_)
You could have: (Redirected from _Lyon metro_ - _create redirect_)
I don't understand. If it already redirects automatically, why would you still want to create the redirect?
The "automatic redirection" only occurs if you happen to type the name in the box at the left of screen and press the Go button. In any other situation (linking to it, typing the name in the URL, searching) it doesn't "redirect automatically".
Given that, your question comes down to "why create redirects at all?".
Steve