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Chagen46 Dude Looks Like a Lady from I don't really know Since: Jan, 2010
#1: Dec 13th 2010 at 5:17:08 PM

I was gonna make a redirect for my Touhou fanfic, Even A Chance Meeting. I wanted to make "Ea CM a redirect, so I put in "[[redirect:EaCM]]" at the top of the page.

Now, Even A Chance Meeting redirects to a blank page named "Ea CM". And the page history is blank.

So.....I obviously screwed up the redirect, but is the page lost forever?

"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-Wraith
Ironeye Cutmaster-san from SoCal Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
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#2: Dec 13th 2010 at 5:19:42 PM

I removed the messy formatting.

You need to put the redirect code on the redirect page, not on the main page. [[redirect:FanFic.EvenAChanceMeeting]]

I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
BlackWolfe Viewer Gender Confusion? from Lost in Austin Since: Jun, 2010
#3: Dec 13th 2010 at 5:23:00 PM

Damn I wanted to swoop in all heroic-like and saw it already done.

But soft! What rock through yonder window breaks? It is a brick! And Juliet is out cold.
Chagen46 Dude Looks Like a Lady from I don't really know Since: Jan, 2010
#4: Dec 13th 2010 at 5:28:17 PM

Thanks, now I know what to do.

"Who wants to hear about good stuff when the bottom of the abyss of human failure that you know doesn't exist is so much greater?"-Wraith
Madrugada Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Dec 13th 2010 at 5:40:09 PM

^^ It's really hard to swoop in ahead of Ironeye. Really, really hard. And he's a master of fixing the broken redirect, too.

edited 13th Dec '10 5:40:20 PM by Madrugada

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#6: Dec 13th 2010 at 6:23:24 PM

You're not supposed to make acronyms as redirects anyway.

Fight smart, not fair.
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