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We don't seem to have a place to ask "should we add or remove this redirect", so here's a place for that.

(Redirect creation in Main/ requires asking a mod at the locked pages thread, but having some discussion behind the request will probably help convince them it's a good idea.)

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Oct 8th 2020 at 4:43:23 AM

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#1: Oct 8th 2020 at 4:30:26 PM

We don't seem to have a place to ask "should we add or remove this redirect", so here's a place for that.

(Redirect creation in Main/ requires asking a mod at the locked pages thread, but having some discussion behind the request will probably help convince them it's a good idea.)

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Oct 8th 2020 at 4:43:23 AM

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WarJay77 Bonnie's Artistic Cousin from The Void (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
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#2: Oct 8th 2020 at 4:31:53 PM

To be clear, redirects for tropes need to go through the thread.

And yes, I think a thread would be great.

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wingedcatgirl I'm helping! from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#3: Oct 8th 2020 at 4:47:16 PM

Right, it's the Main/ namespace that's locked to new pages.

As for the redirect that inspired this page: We noticed the other day that Shirtless Jackman Scene is a redirect to Shirtless Scene.

Now, we get it, Hugh Jackman is very attractive... but this seems like Fan Myopia. The majority of shirtless scenes are by other actors.

Unless this is some kinda fanspeak that legit overwhelms the non-name-dropping phrase elsewhere, this seems cuttable.

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Serac she/her Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#4: Oct 8th 2020 at 5:56:49 PM

[up] Yeah. It was created in 2010 by an IP address instead of a real troper account, and it's accumulated 19 inbounds in 10 years. I'd say it can be cut.

Edited by Serac on Oct 8th 2020 at 7:57:18 AM

ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
#5: Oct 9th 2020 at 3:27:27 AM

[up] I say we can cut also. It's before the Google incident, so it's likely a vandal.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#6: Oct 9th 2020 at 10:34:57 AM

While doing Our Elves Are Better cleanup I have been wondering why As An Elf exists (formerly to Better, now to Our Elves Are Different). It seems to serve no purpose and was unilaterally created in 2012 because the user "got tired of linking people to a nonexistent page". Cut?

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#7: Oct 9th 2020 at 10:37:18 AM

Yes, please.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
masterrobert Since: Dec, 2018
#8: Nov 14th 2020 at 4:49:47 PM

I want to redirect Viacom into ViacomCBS, since the original Viacom doesn't exist anymore as a company. It's basically the same page now.

Edited by masterrobert on Nov 14th 2020 at 8:51:25 PM

crazysamaritan NaNo 4328 / 50,000 from Lupin III Since: Apr, 2010
NaNo 4328 / 50,000
#9: Nov 14th 2020 at 8:38:59 PM

Makes sense

On August 13, 2019, an agreement was reached in-which Viacom would merge with CBS Corporation, uniting the two companies for the first time since 2005.

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ccorb from A very hot place Since: May, 2020 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
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#11: Nov 29th 2020 at 6:43:46 PM

Squee Bait redirects to Squee. It was created in 2010 by Fast Eddie and has no other history.

We're very confused about the idea that these are synonymous. Should we cut this redirect?

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Karxrida The Unknown from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
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#12: Nov 29th 2020 at 6:55:40 PM

It's not even collecting any inbounds (only 13), so probably.

Edited by Karxrida on Nov 29th 2020 at 6:55:49 AM

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#13: Dec 1st 2020 at 12:24:26 PM

With Elliot Page having come out as trans and non-binary today, I have a question: while Ellen Page is currently a redirect, do we cut deadname redirects like such once they've been dewicked?

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#14: Dec 1st 2020 at 12:53:03 PM

This ATT seems to lean towards keeping it, if only for searchability purposes. The deadname is public knowledge, it remains that way in their filmography's credits, and not everyone stays up to date with celebrities' personal lives.

To put it another way, if I fell into a coma right after I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past in cinemas and I thought, "I liked the girl who played Kitty, I wonder what she's up to now," that redirect would be useful.

Edited by Synchronicity on Dec 1st 2020 at 8:53:27 PM

LaundryPizza03 Maintenance? from Texas Since: Aug, 2020
Maintenance?
#15: Dec 3rd 2020 at 7:05:57 PM

Why does the redirect Main.Sorry I Left The BGM On have "Left the Background Music On" (the title of its target) as its WikiWord? We don't do it with other redirects locked to enforce the name change.

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Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#16: Dec 3rd 2020 at 7:29:20 PM

[up] I put in a request to change it to "Sorry, I Left the BGM On".

wingedcatgirl I'm helping! from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#17: Dec 3rd 2020 at 8:02:15 PM

[up][up]That automatically got done with all redirects to ptitles when The Ptitle Replacement System got implemented; I imagine we just never got around to fixing this one (which would originally have been pointing at something like Sorry, I Left The BGM On)

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Dec 3rd 2020 at 8:03:46 AM

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#18: Dec 4th 2020 at 12:38:18 AM

Because Fast Eddie used custom titles to enforce renames and this was one of the titles affected.

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#19: Dec 4th 2020 at 11:08:10 PM

[up] Same thing happened to the You Fail X Forever redirects, from what I remember.

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Serac she/her Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#21: Jan 25th 2021 at 5:15:37 PM

It was created in 2012 by battosaijoe, who hasn't consistently edited pages since 2015. My guess is that it's some kind of shipping pun, as a lot of romance tropes used to have such names.

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#22: Jan 28th 2021 at 4:42:39 AM

Narusisuto redirect for The Fighting Narcissist. No article redirects, but seems to have some forum redirects. Wonder what's the data on this redirect and should it be removed?

Edited by h4zard on Jan 28th 2021 at 7:43:31 PM

I wish i could condense my picked quotes into a single website, but i guess that won't happen
wingedcatgirl I'm helping! from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
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#23: Jan 28th 2021 at 7:57:39 AM

That seems to be Gratuitous Japanese for "narcissist".

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bwburke94 Friends forevermore from uǝʌɐǝɥ Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Friends forevermore
#24: Jan 28th 2021 at 12:13:27 PM

[up][up] This is the type of redirect we don't want.

I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
Tarenthel57 Since: Mar, 2013
#25: Jan 29th 2021 at 1:49:10 PM

Hi, I'd like for the individual (ex. The Sims, The Sims 2) redirects leading to The Sims to be undone, as I plan to break the gigantic character page into several smaller ones and sort families there by the games they were first introduced in. :)


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