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=== Suppressing redirects === | === Suppressing redirects === | ||
When a page is moved, a redirect is automatically left behind. Administrators have the ability to suppress the redirect, i.e., to prevent it being created, by unchecking the box labelled "Leave a redirect behind." This is useful to save time when performing moves for which a redirect is inappropriate, such as reverting page move vandalism. | |||
However, in general, unless there is a good reason (such as vandalism or [[FamilySearch Wiki:Userfication|userfying]] ''recently created'' malplaced items) to suppress the redirect, it is best to leave it behind, as a useful entry in the history. This leaves a trail to help readers find the old article, in case a new article is created at its previous location, and to prevent [[FamilySearch Wiki:Linkrot|linkrot]]. | |||
Therefore, usually we don't suppress nor [[FamilySearch Wiki:Redirects#When_should_we_delete_a_redirect.3F|delete]] redirects. As Brion Vibber [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15842#c20 said], "Not breaking links helps everyone, ''especially us first and foremost''". He also [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15842#c15 described] the removal of (file) redirects as "extremely user-hostile and makes the project less useful". | |||
=== See also === | === See also === | ||