[WikiEN-l] We're growing up (was [[Daniel Brandt]] is gone again)

[Ray Saintonge]

Todd Allen wrote:

>geni wrote:
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>>On 6/15/07, Todd Allen wrote:
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>>>Why does everyone always claim that readers would have to "sort through"
>>>lists? Did no one get the memo that redirects can now anchor to a
>>>heading within the article? No one would have to "search through" a
>>>large list if the redirects are set up properly, they get taken right to it.
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>>In theory yes. In practice that doesn't work in all browsers and hits
>>problems when people redo the headings in the list.
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>{{sofixit}}
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Geni does raise a simply stated but important problem.  When you think 
about it, it is much bigger than one would at first imagine.  Now, when 
we rename an aricle we retain a redirect from the old page.  How do we 
extend something of the sort for headings to deal with broken links?

Ec