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KhymChanur from USA Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
#1: May 13th 2011 at 7:18:51 PM

Would it be possible to have the system attempt to automatically redirect plurals? So, for example, you could just do BlahBlahBlahs instead of { { Blah Blah Blah } }s?

edited 13th May '11 7:19:40 PM by KhymChanur

Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#2: May 14th 2011 at 5:13:33 PM

Technically possible but difficult. It would have to proceed something like:

  1. Verify that the Wiki Word text looks like a plural (e.g. ends in 's'), and that the plural form is a Red Link.
  2. Leaving the label text alone, strip the plural off the end of the Wiki Word and re-check to ensure the singularized Wiki Word corresponds to a Blue Link.
  3. If all this passes, generate a piped link to the article (singular Wiki Word) while the label text remains in plural form.

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