[Mediawiki-l] How is Wikipedia's redirect structure set up?

River Tarnell river at loreley.flyingparchment.org.uk
Mon Apr 13 17:02:28 UTC 2009


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Bobby S:
> If you type "fort wayne tincaps" in to Wikipedia you will get to "Fort
> Wayne TinCaps" without having to set up a redirect.

because when you type something in the search box, MW tries several variations,
including capitalising the first letter of each word, which finds the page you
mean.  this isn't WP-specific, it should work on any MW install.

	- river.
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