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I previously brought this up in the Outdated Pages thread, such as in this post
— this page was created before the Main/ namespace was locked down, meaning we only really need Creating New Redirects, which already covers the fact that mods need to approve Main/ redirects.
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You have a trope, and the name seems to be fine, especially if it's an established term. But it's still kind of an obscure name outside of that particular {{Fandom}}, and/or it's hard to spell. So it's not that likely to be easily searched for.
This is a major cause of TropeLaunchPad duplicates of existing tropes.
So [[Administrivia/EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for Needs A Redirect questions - feel free to ask!
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This is a major cause of TropeLaunchPad duplicates of existing tropes.
So [[Administrivia/EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for Needs A Redirect questions - feel free to ask!
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This is a major cause of TropeLaunchPad duplicates of existing tropes.
So [[Administrivia/EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for Needs A Redirect questions - feel free to ask!
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This is a major cause of {{YKTTW}} duplicates of existing tropes.
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This is a major cause of {{YKTTW}} TropeLaunchPad duplicates of existing tropes.
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For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for Administrivia/NeedsARedirect questions - feel free to ask!
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For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for Administrivia/NeedsARedirect Needs A Redirect questions - feel free to ask!
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So [[EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
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So [[EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames [[Administrivia/EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
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For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for NeedsARedirect questions - feel free to ask!
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For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for NeedsARedirect Administrivia/NeedsARedirect questions - feel free to ask!
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You have a trope, and the name seems to be fine, especially if it's an established term. But it's still kind of an obscure name outside of that particular {{Fandom}}, and/or it's hard to spell. So it's not that likely to be easily searched for.
This is a major cause of {{YKTTW}} duplicates of existing tropes.
So [[EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for NeedsARedirect questions - feel free to ask!
Compare Administrivia/NeedsABetterName, NeedsABetterDescription, NeedsAnIndex, and PagesNeedingImages.
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This is a major cause of {{YKTTW}} duplicates of existing tropes.
So [[EverythingYouWantedToKnowAboutChangingNames if a new rename isn't called for]], creating redirects for it is the next best thing. This is popularly abbreviated by saying "redirects are free" -- but it should be noted that the ability to create redirects is '''not''' a valid argument for or against renaming.
For instructions (and general guidelines) on exactly ''how'' and ''when'' to create a redirect, see Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects. There is also [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13177791450A16260600 this]] forum thread for NeedsARedirect questions - feel free to ask!
Compare Administrivia/NeedsABetterName, NeedsABetterDescription, NeedsAnIndex, and PagesNeedingImages.
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