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STARCRUSHER99 (Captain)
2022-07-01 15:50:16

Are you trying to turn Literature.Book Of Joshua into its own page, with its own information and tropes as well, rather than just a redirect? If it's the former, then go to Literature.Book Of Exodus, where the other page will be listed as a redirect - click the link to it, and then click edit page, and you should be able to edit it. If you're trying to get rid of it entirely, then you want to just put it on the Cut List.

MacronNotes (Captain)
2022-07-01 15:54:05

if you are trying to cut/delete the page as redirect, I think we would need consensus for that

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 15:55:20

Well that's interesting, Literature.Book Of Joshua's redirect is hard-coded and doesn't behave like normal redirects pages. I guess that's something only a site admin can touch.

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m-95 Since: Jun, 2021
2022-07-01 16:01:36

RE: STARCRUSHER99 1. Yes, I'm trying to make Literature.Book Of Joshua it's own page instead of a redirect, that's exactly what I'm trying to do. 2. I tried that. I'm supposed to edit what exactly? I don't see anything relating to a redirect on the edit page.

RE: MacronNotes Why didn't you mention that in the forum thread I was in before?

RE: Amonimus I'm sorry what now? If it's "hard-coded" does that mean it can't be edited?

Edited by m-95 JustForFun.How To Be An Anti Hero
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 16:06:00

It can't be edited, sorry but your effort unfortunately can't go on until that's resolved on website's side, though it was a useful find. See another redirect page (don't make changes) to see how a normal redirect looks like.

You can make own work page at Sandbox.Book Of Joshua place meanwhile.

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m-95 Since: Jun, 2021
2022-07-01 16:09:12

WAIT HOLD ON, I THINK I FOUND A WAY AROUND IT.

I went to https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Literature/BookOfJoshua, then I hit edit THERE, and THEN I found where the "redirect code" is. Currently I just put "Testing" in there in lieu of any content. I will go into sandbox in the meantime.

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MacronNotes (Captain)
2022-07-01 16:09:15

^^^Because the way, you worded your question, made it look like you were planning to make a work page and you had text for it already. I didn't know you trying to cut/delete the redirect altogether.

^It would have been best to just leave the redirect alone until you are finished with the sandbox. We don't want people to click a blue link to Book of Joshua and just get "testing".

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m-95 Since: Jun, 2021
2022-07-01 16:15:34

My apologies. Fortunately it won't take long to put actual content on the page, since a lot of the stuff would be cut-and-paste work.

Edited by m-95 JustForFun.How To Be An Anti Hero
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 16:15:55

Huh. Another possibility the editing was kicking you and me off to another page could be perhaps someone else had it open (and thus locked to editing).

At any rate the page looks to be free to edit, so you need to put everything back until what you're planning is ready to be moved over, unless you're planning to paste it like right now.

Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
m-95 Since: Jun, 2021
2022-07-01 16:23:59

The bulk of the cutting and pasting is done! There may be a few stuff left on Literature.Book Of Exodus but the page for Literature.Book Of Joshua is an actual page now instead of a blank spot.

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 16:28:57

Looks good to me. Don't forget to insert it to the lists as Sacred Literature, Classic Literature, Literature.The Bible, and Non-English Literature like other Books, now that it has own page.

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m-95 Since: Jun, 2021
2022-07-01 16:33:45

^ Will do with Sacred Literature, Classic Literature, and Non-English Literature. I'm not sure how I would put it on Literature.The Bible given how that page is under administrative lock.

EDIT 1: sent a request.

EDIT 2: Thank you, MacronNotes!

Edited by m-95 JustForFun.How To Be An Anti Hero
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 16:38:10

Ah, true. And yes, that's how you do it for locked pages. Being more specific on where to put in on the index would make it easier for mods though.

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-07-01 16:53:50

I believe on this note we're done here. In the future please be more detailed on what you intend to do.

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