[Wikipedia-l] Server-side backlink redirects

[Tim Starling]

> >(*) Move page only
> >( ) Make the page a redirect, and update all links so that they point to
> >    the new article
> >( ) Move page and update links
>
>Q1: What's the difference between the last two options?

I thought option 2 might be controversial, but I guess if no-one understands 
it that would explain why no-one has commented on it yet. Option 2 simply 
changes the first page to a redirect as if someone had edited it normally. 
It does not move the edit history to the new location. This would 
effectively allow someone to move a page to an occupied location, without 
deleting it first to make way. I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not.

>Q2: I don't really trust this idea yet and would hesitate to use it --
>     although I have no objection to other editors' having it available.
>     But what I'd really like is an option that changes only redirects,
>     to automatically avoid double redirects.  Can we add that?
>     Perhaps it should even be the default?

Okay, that can be done. Let me get this straight, is this what you want:

* Double redirect exists from [[redir1]] to [[redir2]] to [[content]]
* User navigates to [[redir2]] and clicks "move/redirect page" (probably a 
better name for Special:Movepage with new functionality)
* User selects the option "No move, update redirects only"
* Software chages "#REDIRECT [[redir2]]" in [[redir1]] to "#REDIRECT 
[[content]]"

Is that about right? Here's another scenario:

* [[redir1]] redirects to [[old content]]. User wants to change the title of 
[[old content]] to [[new content]].
* User navigates to [[old content]], clicks "move/redirect page", and 
selects "Move, update redirects only".
* Software moves the page, and changes [[redir1] to "#REDIRECT [[new 
content]]"

For a UI, something like:

(*) Move
( ) Change to redirect

[*] Update redirects to here
[ ] Update links from article namespace
[ ] Update links from other namespaces

Where ( ) indicates a radio button or option group or whatever you want to 
call it, and [ ] indicates a checkbox.

-- Tim Starling

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