Anthony wrote:
It's not a big deal, so I only complain about it because it was already brought up, but if I wanted to find out about [[Davik Kang]] why would I want to be taken to a long page full of minor Star Wars characters? IW links don't work. What links here doesn't work. Categories often don't work. It makes no sense at all to me. The only argument that I can see being made is that [[Davik Kang]] isn't a notable enough topic, as though people use Wikipedia to decide whether or not a topic is notable or something. It doesn't make sense.
That's the main explanation that I figure is the case. Personally, I see these giant lists mainly as stopgap "refuges" to prevent deletion and allow articles to continue developing in some fashion until such time as we have the tools to allow them to exist separately in a manner that satisfies deletionists.
Yes, it's much worse with people IMO. I especially hate it when one person redirects to another person.
Just last night I was directed to a situation where an article about an author survived AfD but was redirected to an article about the main book he was notable for, and then the book was speedy-deleted for "lack of notability."
I've restored the book article. Not sure whether to restore the author article as well, but that's something non-admins can do so I leave it in the hands of others.