[WikiEN-l] Tool announcement: Alternative names redirect

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/18/07, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, should be fixed now. Should there be a MediaWiki function that
> prevents one from saving a #REDIRECT to the same topic? ;-)

Yes. I'd guess 1 in 100 times that happens it's experimental vandalism
of the "Hehehe, I wonder what would happen if..." sort, and the other
99 times it's an embarrassing paste error by an at least somewhat
serious editor.

—C.W.