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<h2>IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES</h2> | <h2>IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES</h2> | ||
This is an imported revision from Wikispaces. The revision metadata is included below for reference:<br> | This is an imported revision from Wikispaces. The revision metadata is included below for reference:<br> | ||
: This revision was by author [[User: | : This revision was by author [[User:xenwolf|xenwolf]] and made on <tt>2011-08-19 03:18:58 UTC</tt>.<br> | ||
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The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br> | The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br> | ||
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Real or "hard" redirects can only be made or edited by administrators of the wiki, and a hard redirect cannot link to a specific section of another article. Therefore, they should only be used in the case of simple misspellings or alternate spellings. The rule is that if anyone might ever want to flesh the redirect out into its own article, it should not be a hard redirect. | Real or "hard" redirects can only be made or edited by administrators of the wiki, and a hard redirect cannot link to a specific section of another article. Therefore, they should only be used in the case of simple misspellings or alternate spellings. The rule is that if anyone might ever want to flesh the redirect out into its own article, it should not be a hard redirect. | ||
For all other cases, create a "smart redirect". This is just an ordinary page with the text "See XYZ.", where XYZ is a link to the target of the smart redirect. | For all other cases, create a soft redirect or "smart redirect". This is just an ordinary page with the text "See XYZ.", where XYZ is a link to the target of the smart redirect. | ||
A smart redirect should not point to another smart redirect - if you see this you should fix it by shortcutting past the second one and making the first redirect point directly to the ultimate target. | A smart redirect should not point to another smart redirect - if you see this you should fix it by shortcutting past the second one and making the first redirect point directly to the ultimate target. | ||
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Real or &quot;hard&quot; redirects can only be made or edited by administrators of the wiki, and a hard redirect cannot link to a specific section of another article. Therefore, they should only be used in the case of simple misspellings or alternate spellings. The rule is that if anyone might ever want to flesh the redirect out into its own article, it should not be a hard redirect.<br /> | Real or &quot;hard&quot; redirects can only be made or edited by administrators of the wiki, and a hard redirect cannot link to a specific section of another article. Therefore, they should only be used in the case of simple misspellings or alternate spellings. The rule is that if anyone might ever want to flesh the redirect out into its own article, it should not be a hard redirect.<br /> | ||
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For all other cases, create a &quot;smart redirect&quot;. This is just an ordinary page with the text &quot;See XYZ.&quot;, where XYZ is a link to the target of the smart redirect.<br /> | For all other cases, create a soft redirect or &quot;smart redirect&quot;. This is just an ordinary page with the text &quot;See XYZ.&quot;, where XYZ is a link to the target of the smart redirect.<br /> | ||
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A smart redirect should not point to another smart redirect - if you see this you should fix it by shortcutting past the second one and making the first redirect point directly to the ultimate target.<br /> | A smart redirect should not point to another smart redirect - if you see this you should fix it by shortcutting past the second one and making the first redirect point directly to the ultimate target.<br /> | ||