Place the {{delete}} template before the redirect line (as I just tried) and
it should prevent the redirect.
Kirkburn,
Wikia Gaming Helper
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> We can put {{delete}} on a page we don't want, and that adds the page to
> the
> 'Candidates for deletion' category.
>
> I've done that on a couple of redirect pages lately, and the result is
> very
> confusing.
>
> Consider page "Delete word before cursor" shown at:
> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_deletion
>
> If you click the link you end up at the TARGET of a redirect, and that
> target is NOT to be deleted.
>
> The observant can see that the target does not have the "This page is a
> candidate for deletion" box, and is not in
> Category:Candidates_for_deletion.
> Also, there is a "(Redirected from Delete word before cursor)" message at
> the top. But it is confusing.
>
> I wondering:
>
> * Should I put {{delete}} on an unwanted redirect page, or should I just
> delete it?
>
> * Is there some way to get Category:Candidates_for_deletion to add
> "&redirect=no" to a link when it is to a redirect?
>
> John
>
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