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TASK DESCRIPTION
When double redirect-fixing bots change redirects as a result of
controversial mergers or redirect vandalism, the result often goes unnoticed by
the reverting human editor. For example:
Case 1: Controversial merger/redirection
1. Article A is controversially merged/redirected to article B.
2. The bot re-targets redirect C (which initially pointed to A) to article B.
3. The merger/redirection is reverted, and article A is restored.
4. Redirect C is left pointing to B instead of A, where it should.
Case 2: Redirect vandalism
1. Article A is redirected to article B by a vandal.
2. The bot re-targets redirect C (which initially pointed to A) to article B.
3. The vandal is reverted.
4. Redirect C is left pointing to B instead of A, where it should.
If the bots added `{{r avoided double
redirect|title_of_the_bypassed_redirect}}` to the pages they edit, once the
changes are reverted, the bad redirects will appear in Category:Avoided double
redirects to be updated
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Avoided_double_redirects_to_be_updated>,
helping alert human editors to the issue.
This should probably not be done for double redirects which are results of
page moves (those that redirect to redirects tagged with {{r from move}}, which
are the large majority of double redirects), in order to reduce unnecessary
load. (This was raised by Headbomb here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive_11#Double-redirect_tagging>.)
TASK DETAIL
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T235649
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