https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15842





--- Comment #26 from Victor Vasiliev <[email protected]>  2009-03-19 20:20:51 
UTC ---
(In reply to comment #25)
> Not only that, I also mentioned redirects giving more opportunities for vandal
> attacks. How should we take care of those? Also think of several consecutive
> renames, which give a pretty long chain of image redirects. How far will the
> software follow those? And are there ways to find redirects which are breaking
> because the software won't follow the complete chain?

We have the same issues with templates: protected templates may be accessed via
unprotected redirects, and those redirects may be vandalized. Also, templates
may be moved twice, which will create double redirects. Have anyone *ever*
complained about template redirects and recommended everyone to avoid them? I
can hardly believe they do, though they have all those issues. So:
1) Protect critical redirects
2) Run double redirect fixing bots.


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