[WikiEN-l] Redirects, was Re: Re: Writing for the Pedia

[Ray Saintonge]

Christiano Moreschi wrote:
>> From: "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com>
>>
>> On 01/09/07, Christiano Moreschi <moreschiwikiman at hotmail.co.uk> wrote
>>> RFD? Sounds to me like a convention of UFO fanboys. Terrifying!
>>> Redirects are useful. If you see a really silly one, nuke it. Why should RFD
>>>       
>>> even exist?
>>>       
>> To give people a page to feel powerful on?
>>
>> Make it part of misc for deletion again?
>>
>> - d.
>>     
> Or just simply list it on MFD. I still don't get why we have this page for 
> redirect discussion. Redirects are fundamentally useful, fairly unimportant 
> things that should be included wherever possible. Redirects are the obvious 
> exception to my usual deletionism. Delete offensive and silly stuff wherever 
> found - why the need for RFD?
I share David's sentiments on this.  Some practices are mysteriously 
guided by something greater than rationality.  Keeping these people 
occupied with looking for pots of steam is a means of keeping them away 
from things that really matter. ;-)

Ec