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Yeah, that's absolutely a case where the redirect flows way better. Malady just has a weird thing about removing all wicks to redirects.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallSmart Guy is not a redirect, it is a disambiguation page. Wicks to disambiguation pages should pretty much be removed whenever they're found.
Today, we wouldn't even allow "Smart Guy" to be a redirect because it violates policy: "Do not create redirects (or pages) for [...] Trope names with definite articles." English's tendency to drop definite/indefinite articles in sentences is just a reason why trope names shouldn't include them.
Link to TRS threads in project mode here.Alright, didn't know that, it seemed like the sort of thing that really should've just been a redirect.
...Ah, wait, Malady's the one who made it
a disambig. So that explains it. It was a redirect first.
I don't believe the OP changed the link twice? Unless I've missed something there's no need to "self-report" but to just report and ask.
e: And the wick now should be at The Smart Guy anyway. If it breaks grammar just pothole it.
- Penitent Tangent: Initial entry
- MaLady: SmartGuy -> TheSmartGuy
Direct link. - Unsung: TheSmartGuy -> SmartGuy
Changing this breaks the grammar of the sentence. Redirects are allowed when it's not the name of the example, as I understand it. - MaLady: SmartGuy -> TheSmartGuy
Direct link.

Self-report and checking in because I'm not sure who's correct. MaLady changed the redirect Smart Guy to The Smart Guy on Characters.Torment Tides Of Numenera 1/22 and I changed it back, citing that, to my understanding, redirects are still allowed to preserve the grammar of a sentence, and while the direct link is generally preferred where possible, it's only required when it's the title of an example. Malady changed it again today without discussion.
I also have a strange feeling of deja vu, but I'm not sure if it's from this specific example or just a similar issue on another page entirely. I mention it because I'm wondering if I've edit warred on this subject elsewhere without realizing it.
The example in question:
Changing it to "[the] First Castoff's The Smart Guy" seems like odd phrasing, so I'm just seeing if we can change it back or else rewrite the example in such a way that using the direct link in the text works better, while avoiding edit warring.
Edited by Unsung